One month has gone by. You wonder during this week if you are doing all you can. Many voices tell you that you must network, but they don't hand you the magic formula for doing it. By this week you resigned yourself to the long haul and have gotten what I call an "unemployment pattern" going. For me that means that I start the day at 8 am on the computer checking my e-mail. This usually takes me anywhere from thirty minutes to an hour depending on how many messages I get and if I see an interesting article from an on-line group.
If you are like me, you are by now feeling very intimidated by all the advice that practically tells you that you must pester your friends, family and any other stranger that you might happen to meet on your travels to secure another job. Then on top of this, some say even with this persistent "begging" you will probably end up antagonizing and sabotaging any chance of getting the job you need. It's a sad state of affairs when you literally have to beg for work.
When you are as introverted as I am, then you are completely out of luck as far as getting another job...so it seems. You must not give up hope. You don't have to play the employment games or listen to those well meaning people that tell you that you must expose yourself and/or "friend" yourself with thousands of people that don't know you. As any good counselor will tell you, you have to be true to yourself first. This means for me that even though I will continue to be proactive in my search, I will not succumb to the depression that wants to rear its ugly head. I will be myself and show myself to the world as the calm confident person I know I am.
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