Discipline Will Get You That Job

There are many facets of life that require discipline; getting up every
morning to go to work, paying your bills, putting gas in your car and
countless other things. However, many people consider looking for a new
job as a hassle that can be addressed whenever the mood strikes them.

Many Americans today adopt the ‘it can wait’ attitude and their
career search suffers as a result. Finding a job, just like putting
food on the table, requires discipline and extreme effort to
accomplish.

People who join the military get a taste of discipline during
boot camp and basic training. However, even these folks lose a
considerable amount of their discipline when they enter the working
world. If you have the discipline to work out every day or to get up
and go to work, then you have the discipline to find a new job and find
it quickly.

Look everywhere for that job

The discipline required to find a good or even a great job
starts with looking for that job. You have to look continuously and
when I say continuously, I mean at every free minute that you have.

Finding that perfect job means leaving for lunch and going to
the library to search the internet for jobs. It also means spending a
minimum of one hour a night surfing the job boards to find that perfect
job. And that is just the beginning.

Once you have disciplined yourself enough to spend all your
free time looking for a new job, you can begin to divide your job
search time into specific tasks. One important aspect of looking for a
job is to make contacts. You do this by sending your resume to all
placement agencies and letting them know your requirements for your new
job.

Network with friends

You must also spend some time networking with your friends to
see if they have any ideas for you. You should also spend time
networking with acquaintances whose spouse might work for a good
company or a person you met at church who works for a company that
might be hiring. No matter what the source, you need to try and take
advantage of any contacts you may have.

Another aspect of a disciplined job search is looking at all
possible sources for a job. This might include multiple job boards,
several newspapers, and many different company websites. It never hurts
to send a resume to a company that is not hiring because they will
generally keep your resume on file for 6 months.

Finally, it never hurts to use the phone book and call places
where you might like to work. I have actually gotten a job while the
market was terrible by blindly calling software companies to see if
they needed help.

Stay positive and stay disciplined

Another important aspect of disciplining yourself to find that
perfect job is to keep a positive attitude even in the face of
rejection. I have sent out hundreds of resumes without a response but
have managed to continue sending my resume until I landed a job.

Unfortunately, looking for a job is not like going to
McDonalds. You can’t just pull up to the drive through window and
select your new job from the super value menu. Throughout your intense
job search efforts, you must maintain a positive attitude and remain
disciplined.

If you consider getting a new job or advancing your career as
one of those events in life that require perseverance and discipline,
you will succeed where others fail. If you are able to dedicate any and
all free time to finding that perfect job, your efforts will be
rewarded. So, put your nose to the grindstone and accept the fact that
finding a new job is going to take lots of work and extra effort. It’s
going to require your utmost discipline.