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- INTRODUCTION
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- The job of looking for a job will likely be one of the hardest jobs
- you will ever have. Typically, it takes a serious commitment of
- your time and energy to get the best available job. You need a high
- level of motivation and determination to remain confident in the
- face of frustration and disappointment. Like any job that is well
- done, you need to:
- 1. Set goals about the type of job you want
- 2. Develop a game plan to best accomplish the goals
- 3. Collect the needed tools to accomplish the goals and to monitor
- progress.
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- To best maintain an active pace, you will need to motivate yourself
- to get going and keep going in the job search. Assuming that you
- have clearly defined what you want and the direction you want to go,
- your key task will be to cope with the emotional ups and downs of
- the job search. A few ways to generate and sustain motivation are:
- 1. Keeping records of favorable feedback (Use Database).
- 2. Having a positive mental image of your goal.
- 3. Forming a support group.
- 4. Maintaining a successful search plan.
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- These steps can play a valuable role in maintaining a positive
- emotional attitude and successfully completing your job search.
- They are covered more thoroughly in the remainder of this section.
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- It is helpful if you write a description of yourself in the job you
- want, a job that is satisfying and in surroundings that you would be
- happy in. Be specific; paint a verbal picture of you and your new
- career.
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- The next step is to print the different job forms from the "Print
- forms for job search" from the submenu.