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Job Search Handbook

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ob market research tells us that in the course of an
individual’s working life, the average person will
change company’s they are employed with 5 times. If
an individual begins working at age 18 and Continues to
J work until retirement at age 65 to 68, they will have
worked 50 years; and they will have changed employment on
average 5 times. I know that I have just been redundant, but the
average worker will have to go through the process of finding
employment at least on 5 different occasions.
The purpose of this pamphlet is to create methods and
procedures you can follow in the pursuit of finding employment.
There is no way to predict how a job search will go. Job
searches require a focused and persistent effort on your part.
Your attitude is very important during this time, and the best
way to have a good attitude is to keep the big picture in
perspective, and keep your eye focused on your target. Ask
yourself: What is that I do in my work, and how does it apply to
the current job market?
Your job search is similar to any typical business, and you
should consider yourself to be a business. All businesses reach
their goals by (1) identifying what the objective is; (2) identify
the resources needed to achieve the objective; and (3)
developing a well-thought-out plan to achieve the objective. If
these three steps are used by all successful businesses, won’t
they work for you? Of course they will, and you should use
them. Even when obstacles arise, these three steps work every
time, and you should anticipate obstacles; and you will adjust
your plan as the unpredictable occurs.
This pamphlet has been devised to help you identify your
objective, resources and develop your plan in the job search.

Please use it actively.

Good Luck,
Richard Skidmore

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