Is your job search routine or consistent?
By Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter
Jeff Altman, Big Game Hunter discusses how to energize your job search
Negotiate your job offer like a pro
I modified this during an interview with Jim Kwik, a memory and brain development coach. At some point, you start talking about how to train your brain. It’s tied together in a second, so hang in there.
One of the techniques he talks about is learning new things. Novelty fosters memories, ideas, and connections in the brain. Everyone of mine is concerned about things related to job hunting. Most job seekers develop a strategy or two, a technique or two, but never really move beyond them.
I try to encourage people to believe that anything is possible in a job search; we don’t know what will ultimately get you the job. We just know everything is going to work out. If you don’t believe me, talk to 20 people about how they got their jobs and you’re worried about the many different stories about what they did.
Don’t act desperate!
This is what I want to tell you. For those of you who are members, records (I’m not talking about CDs or DVDs, I’m talking about the old fashioned stuff), they scar the memory, restore it and help people remember. There is a fine line between the groove and the rut.
Often what job seekers do is get stuck in a rut, they keep driving and repeating the habit over and over again until it’s so deeply ingrained that they can’t get out of it. For most people, the game plan is to get out of the rut and into something new. Do something different.
It may not bring immediate obvious returns. But neither is what you’re doing. Although replying to all these ads and other things you are doing may seem like a worthwhile activity, you still get a few replies. The idea is to do things differently.
Clear the table. Start connecting with people. Went out for lunch. Go to a party. Go to a cocktail party. Start serving people who are different from the people you’ve talked to before. Surround yourself with people who are dynamic and successful at work.
Allow different inputs to come into your mind. Ask different questions than you normally would. Do things differently. You’ll find that if you start asking different questions, you’ll get different answers and possibly different results, which will have an impact on your job search.
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About Big Game Hunter Jeff Altman
People hire “Big Game Hunter” Jeff Altman to provide no-nonsense career advice around the world because he makes so many things in people’s careers easier. Those ones Matters may involve job search, recruiting more effectively, managing and leading better, career transition, and advice on solving workplace problems.
He is the producer and former host of “No BS Job Search Advice Radio,” the #1 job search podcast on iTunes with over 3,100 episodes.
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