How To Overcome Executive Job Search Inertia - Executive Career Brandâ„¢

How To Overcome Executive Job Search Inertia If youve been in a prolonged job search, sometimes inertia sets in. It may just be an inevitable part of the process. And during the holiday season, its even easier to give in to the urge to kick back and forget about your search for a few weeks. Heres some help to get you motivated, recharged and in the right frame of mind to keep moving forward any time of year. Nan Russell gives you 7 daily tips (one for each day of the week), in her Job-Hunt.org article, Recharge Your Week for Your Recovery from Job Loss. Heres her advice for Monday, often the hardest day of the week to get going: Monday: Not motivated to market yourself today? There were times you didn’t want to go to work when you had a job, but you still did. Now you’re working for yourself, so do something. Anything. Find something on your to-do list that you can accomplish quickly. Keep going. You’ll be glad you did. On the Work Coach Cafe blog, Ronnie Ann offered a long list of excellent re-energizing tips in 12 Ways to Stay Sane After a Job Interview, including Try putting your extra energy into doing extra things for people you care about. Hard to stay too obsessed about the interview when you’re obsessing about…I mean doing something wonderful for a loved one. In another Work Coach Cafe post, Handling Those Job Search Blues, Susan P. Joyce advised: Don’t job hunt in solitude. Find a local job search support group and join it . . . Misery loves company is an old cliché that is true, and with fellow (job seeker) sufferers around you, it will be obvious to you that you aren’t the only one struggling. You aren’t the only one who isn’t getting 100% (or even 50%) call-backs. And you may learn more about how to job search effectively â€" social media, job boards, local networking opportunities, etc. Related posts: 16 Ways to Stay Motivated in Executive Job Search 7 Ways To Stay Sane in Your Executive Job Search Say NO to Social Media . . . Sometimes 00 0