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Chapter 1 ➤ Mapping Your Job Hunt

➤ Join a support group of job seekers. It doesn’t matter whether
the members are in your profession, just as long as you feel
comfortable sharing the joys and woes of your job search
with them and listening to theirs.
➤ Hire a career coach or get help from a friend, someone who
will meet with you regularly to talk through your job-search
strategy and motivate you to stay on track. Job-Hunt Hint
➤ Keep a journal of your successes so that you can refer to Set up a tickler system (an
them when the going gets rough. index card, file folder, or data-
base system) that reminds you to
➤ Collect inspirational essays and stories that you can draw on
do each of your job-search steps
when you need to see some light in the middle of the
and follow-ups.
tunnel.
What motivational techniques have worked for you in the past?
Write them down now so you can refer to them at any point dur-
ing your career development.

My Quicksand Rescue Plan
What four activities could I do to ease the disappointment of a
job-search setback? Job-Hunt Hint
1. _________________________________________________________ Ask your friends what organiza-
_________________________________________________________ tional and motivational tech-
niques work for them. When you
2. _________________________________________________________
hear of ones you like, borrow
_________________________________________________________
them!
3. _________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________________________

Who are good people for me to talk with when I feel down about my job hunt?
1. _________________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________________________

What books, movies, stories, music, or humor inspire me?

1. _________________________________________________________________________________
2. _________________________________________________________________________________
3. _________________________________________________________________________________
4. _________________________________________________________________________________

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