Beating Job Search Stress

Keeping a positive attitude during your job search is one of the most influential factors on your success. It is easy to become frustrated and down with the current economic situation, unemployment rate soaring, and companies laying off employees. Whether you are making a voluntary job move or have been unemployed for several months, you must remain positive. Managing your stress and creating a positive influence will give you a positive outlook.

 

Use these tips to reduce your job search stress and boost your positive vibes.

• Spend time improving your marketable skills. Improve your software skills, begin classes towards a higher degree, learn a foreign language, or obtain a certification. In addition to giving you that sense of accomplishment, you will have increased confidence and an additional selling point to discuss in your job search interviews. Prospective employers love tangible ambition.
• Commit to being the best you. After all, you are marketing yourself in this job search. Just as companies focus on improving their product before an important demonstration, use your job search as a time to focus on YOU. Be your best you.
• Channel positive thinking. Reflect on your accomplishments, your family and friends, and how fortunate you are to be YOU. Meditation, yoga, and active positive thinking are proven to increase personal and professional success, even if you are typically skeptical of motivational methods. Try something new.
• Eat healthy. How we feel truly is reflective of what we eat. It is common for stressed job seekers to eat more fast food or unhealthy food. Begin eating healthier and it will have a positive affect on your skin, confidence, how you physically feel, etc. 
• Begin a workout routine. If you do not typically exercise, start with something small like walking or jogging for 15 minutes at least three times per week. From there, you can increase your routine accordingly. Before long, you will notice an increase in your confidence and a significant reduction in your stress.

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