Another Manic Monday

Just thinking what this week will entail -- job hunting, starting a part-time instructor job....yeah, that'll be about 80 hours worth of work : )

How many job hunters really put in a full day's work into job hunting (8 hours a day)? It's unbelieveable that anyone would send in a few resumes to jobs on job boards and call that job hunting, yet I know it happens. Without starting a part-time job later today, I would have a minimum of 50 hours of job hunting work a week, and that's a conservative estimate.

I've just spent a few weeks (that's right, WEEKS) making sure my marketing materials are "just right"---or at least ready to be tested---so that when I go hit my best contacts, I'll look like I have everything together and am articulate about who I am and for what I am looking. For those of you who've been forced out (retirement not withstanding), please take the time to process your feelings first (could be a couple of days or weeks), get your marketing materials together (resume, business cards, "elevator" speeches, etc.) and THEN hit your best contacts. Too many times, people go to the best contacts they know of/find first, and are unpolished and look unorganized. These people may want to help you, but if you can't succinctly articulate what you've done and are looking for, chances are they'll walk away not knowing of any way to help you, even if they'd like to.

More on contacts later. Time to get ready to go to the new part-time job.