GIFT YOURSELF THE GIFT OF A NEW JOB!
December 20th, 2006
The holidays are never “FUN” when you’re in the middle of a job search. There are ways however to connect with potential employers during the busy holidays. Attend any and all holiday gatherings and pass out your “Free Agent in the Open Job Market” business cards. Volunteer to help others less fortunate than you. Most extremely successful people are also philanthropic and you never know what connections can be made. It is also good to put yourself in situations where you appreciate what you have - even if you are in a job search.
Send out resumes this week and next - at least five per day. Companies have new hiring budgets after January 1, 2007 - and many new opportunities open up during the first quarter of the year. While your competition may be distracted by the holidays, you need to stay focused!
Remember a job search IS a full-time job!
If you are upset because you can’t BUY gifts for those you love, give everyone a CERTIFICATE showing them what you will do for them. It could represent 4 hours of babysitting for a tired mom, it could be driving an elderly family member to the doctor, it could be 10 hours of reading books to a special child in your life. When my daughters got married, they gave me a book of special memories from their childhood. They remembered the “smells in the kitchen”, playing piano and singing, making cookies…the simple pleasures in life. It’s never about the AMOUNT of the gift, it’s about the THOUGHT behind it.
Have a Blessed, Happy, Healthy Holiday Season.
Barb Bruno, CPC, CTS
