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Prepare For Success
hours, or maybe two three-hour sessions three days a week, set your targets for the number of
hours every week that you are going to commit to your job hunt. Once you have set them, put
them into IGH Pro. Give yourself breaks and rewards just like you would do when at work.
Keep active and make sure you get out at lunchtime for a walk, fresh air and maybe to socialize
(but not for too long!)
And remember, when you are at work on your job hunt, whether it’s for an hour, half a day or
the whole day, you are at ‘work’ and everyone needs to know it and respect it. Be a boss that
doesn’t encourage personal phone calls, let alone personal visits to the office from friends and
family!
Be tough on yourself – it really will pay off.
3. Be Disciplined About Your Job Hunting Week
Having set your job hunting hours, it’s time to plan your week.
At the start of your job hunting working week, review your diary and remind yourself of any
appointments, engagements, interviews, careers events, seminars, webinars and so on that you
may have scheduled.
With your diary commitments in mind, you should now schedule in your time in line with your
‘working hours’ and get ready for the following activities (and probably many, many more):
• y Searching for jobs
• y Registering with job boards
• y Registering with appropriate agencies
• y Engaging in relevant discussions and debates on social networks, forums and blogs
• y Interview preparation time (if interviews are
scheduled). This would include time to research
the following
Likely interview questions and
model answers
Questions that you would like to ask
the employer
How to get to the employer’s office,
preparing your interview suit, etc
Possible psychometric or assessment tests, and how to perform well in them
You should allow about 4-8 hours to prepare in advance for an interview. If it does
not take this long, then you are not preparing well enough
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