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Songs for job seekers

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This is going to be a fun post – I invite you to join in and post your favorites :)

Starting your job search

Let's get it started, Black Eyed Peas

Obstacles are inefficient, follow your intuition, free your inner soul and break away from tradition.

Start me up, Rolling Stones

If you start me up
If you start me up I’ll never stop

To keep yourself going during your job search

I will survive, Gloria Gaynor

Oh no, not I! I will survive!
Oh and as long as I know how to love I know I stay alive.
I’ve got all my life to live, I’ve got all my love to give.
And I’ll survive!
I will survive!

Stayin' Alive, Bee Gees

You know its all right. its ok.
I’ll live to see another day.
We can try to understand
The new york times effect on man.
Feel the city breakin and everybody shakin,
And were stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive, stayin alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin alive.

Eye of the Tiger (wonder why is this a favorite? :) )

So many times, it happens too fast
You change your passion for glory
Don’t lose your grip on the dreams of the past
You must fight just to keep them alive

Tubthumping, Chumbawumba

I get knocked down but I get up again, cause nothing’s gonna keep me down.

Preparing for an interview

Lose yourself, Eminem

If you had one shot, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted…One moment – would you capture it or just let it slip

I've got the Power, Snap!

Maniac brainiac winning the game
I’m the lyrical Jesse James

Which songs get YOU going in your job search?

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Frustrated with your job search?

in How-to,Job loss,Job search,JobPounce,Tools

Frustration
As our coaches work with Jobpounce participants and interact with many aspirants, majority of the people are grappling with a serious ailment.

It would be easy to call it frustration but I think it has a lot more to it. Let’s review it a bit more closely.

Cause and effect

  • Most people put in a lot of effort to polish their resume and send it to their friends, or post it online or use job websites to respond to opportunities that have been posted
  • And then they wait for a response…maybe an email, maybe a phone call
  • Most of the time, there’s no response. And that gets job seekers even more determined to send out resumes and cover letters to a wider audience – the thought process being to spread the net a bit more wider to get a bigger catch
  • And when they still don’t hear back, frustration starts to creep in. And it’s not just because of the lack of response from HR or recruiters, it is because of the amount of effort that has already been put in with very little results. It is sunk cost…all that time and effort…we can never get it back

What to do?

Our recommendation is to change the way you look for jobs:

  1. Define your market and focus on what the employers in that market are looking for. Because it’s about what is in demand and what the requirements are. One good question to research is “why is this employer hiring for this position at this time?”. The answer to this question will give you clues and will help you align with the opportunity
  2. Connect with your personal and professional network. And remember that that current and past employers of people within your network are also your extended network.
  3. Celebrate even the smallest of milestones you achieve…it could be a phone call with a counselor, or a new job lead or an introduction to a recruiter.
  4. Keep your exercise routine up, its amazing how much physical well being can contribute to positive thoughts and inspired action
  5. Don’t stress, even thought reports say that 10% of the population is unemployed, understand that 90% of the population is still employed :) It is just a matter of time before you are back to work.

What would be some other ways to reduce job search frustration?

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How to bounce back after a layoff

in Job loss

Marshall Goldsmith provides an excellent approach to reduce negativity and move on after a lay off. Read on…

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Don’t let the critics weigh you down

Job search

The last thing you want during your job search is destructive criticism.   Constructive criticism is good and in fact, welcome.   Confidence Matters The destructive one on the other [...]

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