Commandments for Conducting a Successful Proactive Job Search Campaign 10
10. Give yourself some incremental rewards and take breaks to avoid burnout.
© Copyright 2005, Ron E. Bates, Executive Advantage Group, Inc.
Remember, it’s about timing. Hiring is also seasonal. Most searches are conducted in the 1st quarter of a calendar year when companies have new hiring budgets. The 2nd quarter of the year is almost as busy as the 1st.
The 3rd quarter is the slowest quarter of the year because it’s Summer and people are on holiday, and because hiring needs have already been filled for the year at many companies. The 4th quarter starts to pick up again for companies that are panicking that they still haven’t filled critical positions still open from the beginning of the year, because they are at risk of losing their recruiting budgets, and because they are trying to capture employees that will actually be ready to start work at the beginning of the coming new year.
Conducting a proactive job search can be one of the most stressful frustrating –jobs– you’ve ever had. Like with any job, you need to take breaks and have some balance to be able to keep fresh perspective, stay focused, and keep your determination and spirits up.
Reward yourself for getting your resume done with a break. Reward yourself for getting an email campaign out. Reward yourself once you get an interview scheduled. And celebrate when you take that next step in your career as a result of all the great opportunities you’ve exposed yourself to by conducting a well thought out proactive job search campaign.
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Ron E. Bates is a Managing Principal with the retained executive search firm Executive Advantage Group, Inc. His search practice focuses on mission critical retained searches for pre-IPO Venture Capital backed start-ups to Fortune500 clients. He has delivered personal executive coaching projects to former SAP, E&Y, Oracle, and WorldCom Exec's responsible for multi-billion dollar business units, and co-founded http://www.cv-advantage.com/ a self guided job search oriented executive coaching process. With +22,000 direct contacts, Ron is also the most connected individual in the world on http://www.linkedin.com/. His Ecademy profile can be viewed at http://www.ecademy.com/user/ronbates. Ron can be reached at rbates@executive-advantage.com.
Question? Give me a call, as an NLP'er I'm always interested in NLP business best practice.
Michael 01908 506563
PPI Business NLP Ltd
© Copyright 2005, Ron E. Bates, Executive Advantage Group, Inc.
Remember, it’s about timing. Hiring is also seasonal. Most searches are conducted in the 1st quarter of a calendar year when companies have new hiring budgets. The 2nd quarter of the year is almost as busy as the 1st.
The 3rd quarter is the slowest quarter of the year because it’s Summer and people are on holiday, and because hiring needs have already been filled for the year at many companies. The 4th quarter starts to pick up again for companies that are panicking that they still haven’t filled critical positions still open from the beginning of the year, because they are at risk of losing their recruiting budgets, and because they are trying to capture employees that will actually be ready to start work at the beginning of the coming new year.
Conducting a proactive job search can be one of the most stressful frustrating –jobs– you’ve ever had. Like with any job, you need to take breaks and have some balance to be able to keep fresh perspective, stay focused, and keep your determination and spirits up.
Reward yourself for getting your resume done with a break. Reward yourself for getting an email campaign out. Reward yourself once you get an interview scheduled. And celebrate when you take that next step in your career as a result of all the great opportunities you’ve exposed yourself to by conducting a well thought out proactive job search campaign.
# # #
Ron E. Bates is a Managing Principal with the retained executive search firm Executive Advantage Group, Inc. His search practice focuses on mission critical retained searches for pre-IPO Venture Capital backed start-ups to Fortune500 clients. He has delivered personal executive coaching projects to former SAP, E&Y, Oracle, and WorldCom Exec's responsible for multi-billion dollar business units, and co-founded http://www.cv-advantage.com/ a self guided job search oriented executive coaching process. With +22,000 direct contacts, Ron is also the most connected individual in the world on http://www.linkedin.com/. His Ecademy profile can be viewed at http://www.ecademy.com/user/ronbates. Ron can be reached at rbates@executive-advantage.com.
Question? Give me a call, as an NLP'er I'm always interested in NLP business best practice.
Michael 01908 506563
PPI Business NLP Ltd
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