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Prepare For Success
Establishing A Working Space
Preparation
An office, a corner of the room, a table, just a space to call your own – having an area dedicated
to your job hunt can bring benefits to your whole process. First of all, it’s easier to get (and
remain) organized if you’re not constantly having to move. But there’s also a psychological
advantage: if you can devote physical space to your job hunt, it
reinforces the mental ‘space’ too, acting as a motivator.
In an ideal world, your job hunting space will be a
separate, private room, with a PC/laptop/tablet with
Internet access and a printer, and enough peace and
quiet to make and receive phone calls. That said,
if that isn’t possible, don’t waste time and energy
worrying about it. Get as close as you can and work
with what is possible. It might be a chair at the kitchen
table with an ‘Occupied’ sign on the back or even a
favorite spot at the local library. Whatever. So long as
you can work there and be focused and free of distraction,
then it’s your job hunting ‘office’.
Taking an organized and disciplined approach to your job hunting campaign will have many
benefits, not least the fact that you will be more successful, more quickly. There are numerous
other side effects and benefits from running an organized campaign, including:
• y You will feel considerably less stressed if you are working to a plan
• y An organized campaign allows you to set targets and measure your success against them
• y You can focus more on your objectives day by day
• y You’ll be more productive as each task sits in an order and has a time and place
• y You can maximize the use of your time
• y You’ll be able to prioritize your tasks better and with greater clarity
• y You’ll have more energy and enthusiasm
• y You’ll be more flexible and creative
• y You’ll be easier to be around
• y You’ll have a general feeling of wellbeing and achievement
• y You’ll have organized time in your schedule to allow for friends, family and all those
other important little things
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