Looking for a job can be nerve-wracking, especially in the current economic climate. With so 12.6 million unemployed people just in the United States, the job market competition is fierce. To find a job, it’s important to be proactive and strategic with your search to ensure you’re following best practices for landing a job.
On top of this, managing your time to search for a job is difficult — there’s no one-size-fits-all time management strategy that works better than the rest, so how do you know which one is right for you?
Whether you’ve just graduated from college or are an experienced worker who is newly unemployed, you should take time to determine what you want your next move to be. To do so, it’s important to find a time management technique based on your personality type and learning style — the unfortunate reality is that you’ll likely spend lots of time customizing your resume and writing cover letters just to get to the interview stage with a few potential job prospects.
It’s important to remember that different people have different time management techniques that work best for their specific style. For example, many extroverts can benefit from the Eat That Frog technique, which involves doing the tasks you like the least first thing in the day to get it over with and leave the enjoyable tasks for later. This is great for people who are not as disciplined since it prevents them from putting off tedious tasks until the very end.
Another great time management strategy is the Eisenhower principle, where you divide your daily tasks into 4 categories: important, not important, urgent, and not urgent. This allows you to take an arbitrary list of tasks and prioritize them in a way where it’s easy to create your schedule for the day. The Eisenhower principle is an excellent technique for people who are organized but can sometimes be a bit scatterbrained since it gives them a concrete schedule (and ranks in order of priority) to make the job searching process easier.
Although looking for a job or making a career change can be tiring, it’s an important part of developing your career further. Whether you’re an energetic extrovert or an analytical introvert, finding a new job can allow for more career growth and an upwards trajectory in your professional life.
Are you ready to find a time management technique that works for you? If you don’t have a foolproof time management strategy yet, check out this handy graphic by Resume-Now to get some great ideas on how to manage your time during a job search.
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