You need a job. You do not have the time to organize. You need a job.
Hang... breathe, just breathing. Thinking rationally about it. While you may be absolutely frantic to find a job, go to this subject in a disorderly without a specific plan way will not accelerate things. In fact, it might slow down your obtaining a job. Or even help find a job to all the.
Therefore, before you jump in defining your objectives, prepare your resume, develop your list of contacts, arrange interviews and everything, take a few minutes to organize your plan.
Why?
It has everything to do with productivity. If you're organized, you work your plan. If this is not the case, your "plan" more than will be probably random at best.
But, you say that your situation is just temporary, so that you have to organize? I wish I could have a nickel for everyone that I hear that... and then continue for months of job search.
If you're not organized at the beginning, you are likely to:
Not properly manage your time.
Be ineffective.
Not be proactive.
Fail to recognize and take advantage of the opportunities.
What are some of the things you can do to organize?
First of all, realize that to organize themselves to find a job is different from simply organize your life. Here are a few things to consider. All are not necessary, but they can certainly help:
Workspace - you need a room, a cubby hole, Office... something to call your own to keep in a place where nobody gets in your stuff.
Telephone - even if many people hate or even afraid to talk on the phone, you will probably not be able to avoid it. You must be a land line, a voip phone via your internet connection or a cell phone.
Answering machine or voice mail - in today's labour market, it is a very important element. Voice mail is so common place that will make you stand out if you have not. And employment interviewers go their way to remind you... they expect to speak with you or leave a message. (Important...) Make sure your voicemail greeting is professional; I really hooked up to when a greeting is too bizarre or cutesy for my taste... resume in the trash.)
Computer - even if this can be expensive, a computer is almost necessary today to find a job. If you do not have one, you can often find an old model of very low cost (although you will need access to the internet, which is an other expense to consider). A good alternative to consider is your public library, often with free computer/internet access.
This is only a beginning of how to organize for employment. Other tips, advice and suggestions are readily available... just realize how important it is to take some time to organize for your job search.
J. r. Sebastian was General Manager of one of the largest communication agencies in the country, until his retirement while still in his 30 years. Subsequently, he (with a little help from his wife) had triplets, and opened several small businesses to support. In its 30 more years in business, he interviewed hundreds of job seekers and reviewed thousands of resumes. Today, J.R. spends his time to write, play with his children and who wish to have time for a hobby. His latest project is a site called unsecured business lines of unsecured credit Businesscredit, which is a site that helps small business owners to find credits to businesses (not so easy to do these days) and is located at http://unsecuredbusinesscredit.org.
