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Career centre - job search time management
Finding a new job is full-time work in itself.
Time management is a five-step process. With studies, work, social activities and sleep potentially taking up the majority of one's week, it can be very difficult to carve out the time required for a proper job hunt.
Like your career, your time within an employment search process needs managing. Establishing a routine and keeping a weekly diary will be imperative to handling the stress of looking for a new position, not to mention ultimately saving time and effort.
- Consider the time you realistically have available.
- Identify your essential tasks - everything from sleeping and eating, to working and family time.
- Block in high priority tasks and vital ‘house-keeping’ activities, such as commuting, groceries and course-work.
- Commit blocks of time to your job-search activities - meetings with your Crone Corkill Consultant, researching, phone calls, writing, rehearsing, interviews.
- Devote yourself some 'downtime' whatever that may be - exercise, friends, reading, TV, shopping, etc. Remember, no one can work non-stop without taking care of themselves!
As a simple exercise, fill in the timesheet below with the way in which you will spend your time in the upcoming week.
Remember to be flexible with your schedule as well. Allow for time to handle second interviews, career fairs, etc.
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