A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A JOBSEEKER – OR WHAT WE THINK IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE
The nice thing about being employed is that you have a rigid structure to your day, week and, well... life. Everything else revolves around your job which takes up most of your time and your free time is increasingly valuable and because of this, you use it wisely.
You would think that with lots of free time you would have the cleanest house, be fluent in 8 languages and have written several novels. This is not the reality, which seems strange but productivity breeds productivity. The lack of time takes away any opportunity for procrastination.
The jobseeker feels as if he or she has all day to enjoy a lie-in, take 4 hours for lunch and find an awesome job. But that is not how things work; when you feel like you have all day the things you want to do the least get relegated to the bottom of your priority list.
So what is the answer?! I hear you ask. How can I, a capable jobseeker with a tendency to avoid doing tasks I don´t really enjoy, possibly secure my dream job? Simple...
Routine
It seems obvious, but it is essential to create a routine that is practical, effective, demanding and fixed – just like a job. If you are going to take a job search seriously and achieve results that you will be proud of, it is important to recreate the environment of a working day.
Here is a helpful infographic we created to help you through a day of searching for a job. It outlines times to complete each tasks but also has time set aside for self-improvement and rest. It´s tough, but so is the world of work. If you´re used to getting up at 7:30 every morning, your first day will be ten times easier.
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