all, wouldn't you tell your friend to try something different?

You are where you are today because of the decisions you made yesterday. Positive results come from good decisions.

It may be time to change your approach, time to move on, time to make a fresh start.

Lets generate some positive results..

You may need to reword your covering letters, change your resume slightly to make a more positive impact, you may have to change the agencies you have been using etc.

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Introduction
There is one thing you need to understand about getting a job and that is, the simple fact that "Getting a job is a full time job in itself". Read that again, I did not say it is a part time job, I said that it is a full time job.

The fact that you are reading this page means you are serious about your future, you are serious about finding a job and you are obviously willing to put in the time and effort that is needed to get that job.

To help you I am going to talk straight and tough when I need to, just to make sure that you think about what you have been doing and what you need to do next. Please understand that I am not attacking you, I am not criticising what you have been doing, I am just trying to get you thinking about alternative methods and approaches that might work for you.

End of contract
Firstly, your last term of employment was terminated, either by you or by your employer.

During the first few weeks or unemployment, there is a psychological change that occurs, there is an emotional change that occurs. Now I am not going to launch into any psycho babble about this, I just want you to recognize that this is normal. You have to acclimatize to being out of work, you have to put aside the feelings of helplessness, remorse, anger and disbelief that are associated with dealing with circumstances beyond your control.

If you have been out of work for more than six months you may have slipped into blaming others for the situation you are in. Understand, if you are out of work for more than three months then your approach to getting a job needs to change to cope with this small gap.

Yes I said small gap. It may seem enormous to you and also to some of the employers you will meet. But in the long run, your working career (45 - 50 years), 3 - 6 months is nothing.

Why does your approach need to change? If you observed a friend doing the same thing day in day out, for months on end and every day he got a negative result, no positive indicators at all, wouldn't you tell your friend to try something different?

You are where you are today because of the decisions you made yesterday. Positive results come from good decisions.

It may be time to change your approach, time to move on, time to make a fresh start.

Lets generate some positive results..

You may need to reword your covering letters, change your resume slightly to make a more positive impact, you may have to change the agencies you have been using etc.

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tough when I need to, just to make sure that you think about what you have been doing and what you need to do next. Please understand that I am not attacking you, I am not criticising what you have been doing, I am just trying to get you thinking about alternative methods and approaches that might work for you.

End of contract
Firstly, your last term of employment was terminated, either by you or by your employer.

During the first few weeks or unemployment, there is a psychological change that occurs, there is an emotional change that occurs. Now I am not going to launch into any psycho babble about this, I just want you to recognize that this is normal. You have to acclimatize to being out of work, you have to put aside the feelings of helplessness, remorse, anger and disbelief that are associated with dealing with circumstances beyond your control.

If you have been out of work for more than six months you may have slipped into blaming others for the situation you are in. Understand, if you are out of work for more than three months then your approach to getting a job needs to change to cope with this small gap.

Yes I said small gap. It may seem enormous to you and also to some of the employers you will meet. But in the long run, your working career (45 - 50 years), 3 - 6 months is nothing.

Why does your approach need to change? If you observed a friend doing the same thing day in day out, for months on end and every day he got a negative result, no positive indicators at all, wouldn't you tell your friend to try something different?

You are where you are today because of the decisions you made yesterday. Positive results come from good decisions.

It may be time to change your approach, time to move on, time to make a fresh start.

Lets generate some positive results..

You may need to reword your covering letters, change your resume slightly to make a more positive impact, you may have to change the agencies you have been using etc.

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that occurs, there is an emotional change that occurs. Now I am not going to launch into any psycho babble about this, I just want you to recognize that this is normal. You have to acclimatize to being out of work, you have to put aside the feelings of helplessness, remorse, anger and disbelief that are associated with dealing with circumstances beyond your control.

If you have been out of work for more than six months you may have slipped into blaming others for the situation you are in. Understand, if you are out of work for more than three months then your approach to getting a job needs to change to cope with this small gap.

Yes I said small gap. It may seem enormous to you and also to some of the employers you will meet. But in the long run, your working career (45 - 50 years), 3 - 6 months is nothing.

Why does your approach need to change? If you observed a friend doing the same thing day in day out, for months on end and every day he got a negative result, no positive indicators at all, wouldn't you tell your friend to try something different?

You are where you are today because of the decisions you made yesterday. Positive results come from good decisions.

It may be time to change your approach, time to move on, time to make a fresh start.

Lets generate some positive results..

You may need to reword your covering letters, change your resume slightly to make a more positive impact, you may have to change the agencies you have been using etc.

Finding Vacanci

if you are out of work for more than three months then your approach to getting a job needs to change to cope with this small gap.

Yes I said small gap. It may seem enormous to you and also to some of the employers you will meet. But in the long run, your working career (45 - 50 years), 3 - 6 months is nothing.

Why does your approach need to change? If you observed a friend doing the same thing day in day out, for months on end and every day he got a negative result, no positive indicators at all, wouldn't you tell your friend to try something different?

You are where you are today because of the decisions you made yesterday. Positive results come from good decisions.

It may be time to change your approach, time to move on, time to make a fresh start.

Lets generate some positive results..

You may need to reword your covering letters, change your resume slightly to make a more positive impact, you may have to change the agencies you have been using etc.

Finding Vacanci

all, wouldn't you tell your friend to try something different?

You are where you are today because of the decisions you made yesterday. Positive results come from good decisions.

It may be time to change your approach, time to move on, time to make a fresh start.

Lets generate some positive results..

You may need to reword your covering letters, change your resume slightly to make a more positive impact, you may have to change the agencies you have been using etc.

Finding Vacancies
Just do a quick check on the list below, how many of the following do you utilize to locate vacancies?

Local Newspaper

National Newspaper

Specialist Trade Publications

Local Government sponsored programs

Personal Contacts

Business Contacts

Speculative approach (explained later)

Phone Directory Business Directories

Local library

Internet Agencies

The list above is not a conclusive list of places to find job leads, but it is the main core of commonly used reference. If you are not using all of these sources of job leads then you need to change what you are doing.

Let me highlight a few of the less obvious ones and explain the approach: -

Personal Contacts Let your friends know that you are actively seeking work, ask them to pass any job leads they hear of to you with some urgency. In Britain, it is known as the "old boy network" or just Networking and it works.

Business Contacts People you used to work with in previous jobs, these people know you and hopefully respect your professional approach to work, they are in a position to use their contacts to help you.

Speculative approach This approach to finding work is highly under rated. Imaging you are an employer, if you have a job vacancy it can cost you thousands of pounds to advertise, short list, interview and eventually employ the right person. It is a process that may have to be repeated several times before the employer finds a suitable candidate for the post.

Now imagine that as an employer you have a vacancy and someone has just sent you their resume, they might be exactly what you are looking for and it cost you nothing to find them! If as an employer you do not have a vacancy to fill, you may keep the resume on file for two or three months, just in case.

From your point of view sending a resume and covering letter to an employer who may or may not be going through this process is a way of tracking down job vacancies wi