From the course: Handling Workplace Change as an Employee
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Mental attitude when job hunting
From the course: Handling Workplace Change as an Employee
Mental attitude when job hunting
- I was unemployed for a short period once. I called it being between jobs, because I was telling myself that I was bound to get another job, which, of course, I did after a while, but it was really easy to slip into a negative frame of mind during that period. I remember being in town at lunchtime once and all these people in suits were coming out of the offices and hurrying importantly off to get a coffee with their briefcases and their phones. And I remember bitterly hating them, because their lives were so great and mine wasn't. But of course, being eaten up with bitterness isn't going to make me a great job prospect or put me in a good state of mind to write letters asking for a job or phoning people up for one. So I think the first thing, if you're between jobs or if you think this is even a possibility, is to look after yourself physically. Get plenty of sleep. I know you can stay up 'til 3:00 a.m. watching TV because you have no job to go to, but resist this. And get some…
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