5 Keys To Successfully Searching For A Job (and Not Dying Trying)
“Unemployment has increased by xx thousand people”
“The difficulties of those over 50 in finding work”
“Thousands of families face expenses of up to €500 with the return to school”
“Precarious contracts”
“Many young people with university education are forced to leave their country”
These headlines sound familiar to you, right? They give a very uninspiring image for all those people who are looking for work. To the frustration that many people suffer day after day, refusal after refusal, silence after silence from their mobile phone, is added the image of a world that seems to have very little to offer us.
If this were not enough, sometimes you have to add the typical “become an entrepreneur”, which although it is an important option to take into account, is not always the plan B and It only increases the feeling of guilt and that feeling of “doing nothing.” Looking for a job is sometimes frustrating and exhausting.
What to do to avoid dying trying? How to renew energy day by day and face finding a job? Looking for a job is something that we have all seen ourselves or will see ourselves doing at some point in our lives, and it doesn’t hurt to have some tools and advice so as not to give up in that search. Here are 5 essentials:
First of all, we have to know what search options and where we can leave our Curriculum vitae We have from the already known Infojobs (and thousands of other search portals) to the classic of leaving your CV in hand. There are also employment advice centers where they can guide and help you according to your case and specific search websites according to your profession. Professional associations also have their job boards or bulletin boards where one can advertise.
Send CV via e-mail or go to deliver it in person?
Each option has its advantages and disadvantages. Nowadays with the Internet it is very easy to send your CV to many companies, centers and offers (in some cases it is even the only means of contact depending on the calls), but there also lies your risk, many people will be sending their CV, so the competition will be higher
Leaving your CV in hand is more direct, more personal, the company sees you directly and the interest shown is different from a simple email, but Its disadvantage is the investment of time that must be spent walking around the different places that interest us The best option is to use all means, both email and in person for those offers that interest us the most. Spend all the cartridges.
Here are two articles on this topic that can help you have a presentation with greater chances of success:
“The 10 tips to improve your resume”
“Types of CV: which one suits you best?”
2. Is it better to be an employee or an entrepreneur?
Do I become an entrepreneur? Starting your own business can be very tempting, especially if you have been looking for a job for a while without success. But you have to have everything very well organized and tied up for that business to work, in addition to doing something purely vocational. Being an entrepreneur is sometimes a 24-hour job, everything will depend on you (at least at the beginning), and the investment of time and money is usually high at first.
For it to work you have to dedicate a lot of time, and sometimes That means sacrificing time that you can dedicate to your leisure or your social and family life You also have to control important issues that escape many of us, such as accounting or the more legal parts. The key for everything to work is the vocation. The vocation will be the energy that will move you to lead your business to success, to learn those necessary and unknown topics and to overcome possible problems and frustrations that may arise.
3. The importance of organizing (and dosing)
Set a time Not having a job does not have to be synonymous with doing nothing and having empty hours. Organize your day, set what hours you are going to dedicate to looking for work, what hours you are going to dedicate to, for example, taking care of your house or shopping, set aside some time for leisure and to see your friends and family, and yes, why not? , reserve a little time to do nothing or watch TV.
We must not stop pampering ourselves and taking care of ourselves during this search stage , moments of disappointment, frustration and anger may come, and we must be strong and prepared. In addition, having an organized schedule will take away the feeling of “wasting time.”
4. Reflect on what conditions you are willing to accept
An aspect that generates much debate is What are you willing to accept to have a job? Many factors and situations come into play here to take into account, but it doesn’t hurt to know what things we will accept and what things we won’t. Many companies take advantage of the crisis situation we are suffering and They hire under unacceptable conditions, taking advantage of people’s desperation
That they do not demand or absorb more than what you want and need (and watch the legal limits, sometimes they are very fine and play with them in your favor)
5. Who are you and who do you want to become?
Finally, it doesn’t hurt to have a ultimate goal : what would you really like to do? What is your dream job? What can you do now to reach that goal? No one can say what the future will bring us and where we will end up, and it is true that there are situations in life that will help you more or less to walk towards your goal, but not losing sight of it guides us and gives meaning to what we are doing, even if it’s the toughest job in the world.
