Urgency is high, the will is strong, persistence shows up every morning and drives you to continue your search to find that new job. It’s been 6 months since the layoff. And you still haven’t found that position you so desperately need.
So, you’re working hard, but you don’t have much to show for it. Click, click..the picture isn’t very clear right now. Why after all the work isn’t it happening for you? Spinning Your Wheels?
This list partially represents why candidates feel they are not getting anywhere in their job search. Do you recognize any of these 1-12? Any chance you’re guilty of any of them?
- Bad Attitude- moaning and whining about how hard it is and how nothing is going right.
- An open ended plan
- To heavily invested in the internet
- Making the job search part-time
- Writing mistakes into the résumé
- Exiting the interview, meeting, without a follow-up
- Fixing the wrong things
- Networking in the wrong places, or just wishing you could network
- Leaving staffing firms and recruiters off your target lists
- Interviewing poorly
- Remaining invisible to the hiring authorities, recruiters, and friends
- Hiding
I didn’t put urgency on the list because lack of urgency indicates low enthusiasm. That means the wheels aren’t really turning at all. These 1-12 mostly are actions that aren’t going anywhere.
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