There might be a hundred apples on the tree, each with ten seeds. That's a lot of seeds! We might ask, "Why would you need so many seeds to grow just a few more trees?"
Nature has some thing to teach us here. It's telling us, "Most seeds never grow. So if you really want to make something happen, you had better try more than once."
This might mean:
You'll apply for fifty jobs and get one interview.
You'll attend twenty interviews to get one job.
You'll talk to a hundred people to sell one house, car, insurance policy, idea etc.
When we understand the "Law of the Seed", we don't get so disappointed. We stop feeling like victims. Remember! Successful people fail more often. They plant more seeds.
It's easy to get discouraged after searching for a job for a length of time with no apparent success. Job search success will come, but it never seems to come early enough.Here are the 8 tips to help you keep your spirits up.
The 8 tips to keep your spirits up are:
1. Recognize that it is a tough job market right now
Being unemployed for several months is not "proof" that you are stupid or unemployable. It is a very tough job market, and many people who will be amazingly successful in the future are unemployed right now. Not everything is beyond our control, and the job market is one of those things.
2. Don't get preoccupy by the bad job market news you hear or read
People seem to feel compelled to let you know "how bad it is out there." Don't listen! Many of the disappointing stories are not true, and even if they are true, the person or people involved are most likely to be quite different from you.
3. Don't spend a lot of time trying to "fix" what is "wrong" with you
This isn't the time to tear yourself apart trying to change into something you aren't. You can't go from introvert to extrovert, or vice versa, if that's not who you really are.
4. Focus on positive things right now, not negative
This is not "avoiding reality." This is staying upbeat and positive so you can recognize (and pounce on) the opportunities coming to you.
5. Understand that losing a job is something that happens to everyone sooner or later
Remember that being unemployed doesn't mean you are incompetent or lousy even if you have been unemployed for several months. Just believe that you were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
See what you can learn from it (pay more attention to office politics or to the signs that the company was heading into financial difficulties, etc.), and move on.
6. Start making contact with people who can help you
For many of us, this is the hardest thing to do - to ask for help. Don't be whiny or downbeat and self-pitying. After the preliminary pleasantries, state your purpose in making contact and your job objective. Then, ask for advice or ask for the name of someone who could help you find that job.
Many people are willing to help because they've been through it themselves. And, next time, you may be the right contact for the people who are helping you now. It is still that tough word, "networking " but, with a little practice, you can do it. And, bottom line, you must network to that new job.
7. Take a break
Finding a job is a around the clock job, but don't work yourself overly and exclude time to relax. You'll be more effective if you take time to "recharge your batteries" with a little relaxation every day. Get yourself a good mystery novel or a video, have lunch with friends, go to a movie, whatever works for you. Have a real life in addition to your job search.
8. Shut off your computer
Limit the amount of time you spend working on the job sites and e-mail. It may make you feel that you're accomplishing something, but, for those of us who are already discouraged, you are also hiding from making the real (human) connections that will be more helpful. Being comfortable with the technology of an online job search is critical, but an effective job search is more than just using the technology.
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