Andrea Dine
Assistant Director, Career Development Center
Macalester College
- Write a thank you note to each member of my job search network thanking them for their past assistance and updating them on my current job search status.
- I will be forgiving of and positive about myself throughout my job search, even when I experience frustrating situations.
Phil Hey
Director, Career Services
Briar Cliff University
- Talk to three people every day about your job
search (whatever stage it's in) and TAKE NOTES.
Gale Montgomery
Career Services Coordinator
Simpson College
- Resolve to stop
seeking a 'j o b' and begin seeking a career. Give yourself permission to be
more selective and go after something that is going to be personally satisfying,
in addition to paying a reasonable salary.
Janet Scarborough,
Ph.D.
Bridgeway Career Development
- Read an inspiring biography of someone who overcame a significant challenge, because job searching during a recession is difficult.
- To broaden your existing network, take up a new hobby that will be both fun and enable you to make new acquaintances. Acquaintances are a richer source of information about prospective jobs than are friends and family, mostly because you will be able to develop many more relationships at the acquaintance level than at the friends / family level.
- Write an article in your field of expertise and find a Web site willing to publish your content for its readers (you probably will not be paid, but you may attract the attention of a recruiter who would otherwise not be receptive to communicating with you).
- Volunteer your time to an organization in a capacity that enables you to develop skills you do not already have.
- Read your community newspaper with the goal of identifying at least one company and contact name in an area where you can make a contribution. Send that person a proposal about what you can do.
Rachel Tepfer
Director, Career Development
Lake Forest College
- Be patient!
