20 Ways to Stay Motivated During Your Job Search

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This is a great article. I think it's very helpful tips for those who are UN-employed and looking for work everyday but feels they are not good enough for employers. I know what its like not have nothing constructive going on in your life. Well these tips are help for you to realize there other important things to do heal yourself while looking for work.s

Christina of CT 2:09PM November 05, 2012

These are great tips we can send out to our job seekers!
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Zoe of CA 7:07AM November 10, 2010

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The Select Group of NC 8:22PM October 28, 2010

Thanks for the 20 tip! I can use practically all of them - but I need to stay on top of my job search and networking, which consumes the better part of my day - 7 days a week. Therefore, not a lot of extra time to socialize. I do try to take at least part of one day off and have noticed this not only re-energizes me but helps this "baby boom" adjust her atiitude.
I expecially agree with tip 14 - when I have the opportunity to spend time with my 10 year old grandson, A.J., we concentrate on just having fun & taking about everything - except my job search!
Again, thaks for taking the time to list these tips & we all can incorporate many of these tips into our daily job search routine.

Rox Pranger of WI 12:43PM October 28, 2010

When I was laid off in 2002 after the Dot-Com bust, I was an emotional wreck. There were days that I would be diligent about looking for a job and days where I just curled up into a ball - paralyzed with fear.
I started to realize that the days I got up, took a shower, got dressed and hit the computer by 8:00 am to start job hunting, I would spend a much longer time at it than if I waited until later in the day. I decided to treat job hunting like an actual job. Within a month I landed a job while many of my coworkers who were also laid off took much longer to find jobs.
Keeping emotions in check can be incredibly difficult, but whatever you can do to trick yourself into moving forward, do it!
Melissa Tosetti
www.TheSavvyLife.com

Melissa Tosetti of CA 3:26PM October 25, 2010