Defeating The Pressure of Finding A Job and Career

A procedure that can be used to diminish the anxiety of finding another job is to divide the task into a series of smaller steps and then absolute each of the smaller errands one at a time. For occurrence, the first thing you should do is to conclude what kind of job you want. Once you know what you are looking for, the next step is to update and arrange your resume. Once that is finished, you should then ponder on finding the companies that notice you and send your resume to them. Once you submit your resume, the next step is to organize for the job interview. By carrying out these smaller tasks, you will reduce your stress and anxiety and increase your chances of finding another job.

Sometimes we may get depressed during our job search. Another system that is very helpful is to have a small notebook of positive statements that make us feel good. Whenever you come across an pronouncement that makes you feel good, write it down in a small notebook that you can carry around with you in your pocket. Whenever you feel depressed, open up your small notebook and read those statements.

A procedure that can be used to diminish the anxiety of finding another job is to divide the task into a series of smaller steps and then absolute each of the smaller errands one at a time. For occurrence, the first thing you should do is to conclude what kind of job you want. Once you know what you are looking for, the next step is to update and arrange your resume. Once that is finished, you should then ponder on finding the companies that notice you and send your resume to them. Once you submit your resume, the next step is to organize for the job interview. By carrying out these smaller tasks, you will reduce your stress and anxiety and increase your chances of finding another job.

Sometimes we may get depressed during our job search. Another system that is very helpful is to have a small notebook of positive statements that make us feel good. Whenever you come across an pronouncement that makes you feel good, write it down in a small notebook that you can carry around with you in your pocket. Whenever you feel depressed, open up your small notebook and read those statements.

For My Second Career, I Want to Do Nothing!

Q. For my second career, I'd like to know "What to do when you have done a lot and nothing really interests you anymore. The things that interest me are not financially feasible right now, because one of the things I'd like to give up is working!"

A. People often want to stop working when they've experienced a series of challenges. You leave one career and begin another. You experience a great burst of energy as your second career takes off. And then your exciting new career goes away. Or you realize your dream was not at all what you anticipated.

1. Don't think of crashing the career party. Stop pounding on closed doors. Think of creating yourself as a person who will collect all sorts of exciting invitations!

2. Reach out for more opportunities to do what you enjoy. As you become enthused, you'll generate unexpected connections. And you'll come across as purposeful and productive.

For example, I began writing book reviews for amazon.com just for my own amusement. At first my reviews seemed to generate only intangible rewards. Then one day the UPS truck delivered a box of best sellers from a major publisher. Now I get books, clients, media interviews, website visitors and more.

3. Find something to enjoy every day, even something as simple as walking the dog (well, that's not always so simple). Keep remembering what fun feels like.

4. Share your career frustrations only with a paying audience who will keep your questions confidential. People tend to get the most help when they appear to have everything they want. Opening to the wrong person can kill a potentially exciting option.

5. Gain information by expressing lively curiosity. Attend professional meetings, classes, and informal gatherings.

6. Keep moving. It's tempting to hide when you're not sure what you want to do, but activity fuels creative problem-solving.

7. Remember that most people don't follow a linear path as they move to their second (or third or fourth) careers. They take two steps forward and one step back. They zig and they zag. And usually they fall into their next lives -- sometimes literally! -- and realized they've been preparing for this move all along.

About Author:
Cathy Goodwin, Ph.D., helps midcareer professionals take the First Step to their Second Careers. Weekly Your Next Move Ezine: mailto:subscribe@cathygoodwin.com

Taking Charge Of your Career

Are you continuing to progress in your career? If you are a business owner, have you consistently met your projections? Are you serving clients and customers as well as you intended to when you began your business? Is your company growing and vital, or is it beginning to fall behind the competition? What are the factors or influences holding you back? And perhaps the toughest question of all: Are you really doing the type of work that you want to do? Are you in the right field or industry? If not, it is time to begin evaluating what it would take to shift to an area that you really want to be in.

Once you know what your strengths or motivated skills are, that knowledge sticks with you. It gives you greater freedom to choose the activities you are willing to undertake.

This type of self-evaluation is not easy to do, but it is vital in assessing where you are and where you want to be with regard to your career or business. It will give you a taste of so many different things that are available to you. By performing a rigorous self-assessment of what you can do and match those things with what you want to do, your options will increase dramatically and will be more attainable.