Job Search Advice

I'm job hunting. In fact, I've made it my job to be aggressively looking for a good paying position that will also bring with it a measure of satisfaction. I don't want to make a commitment of investing my time and energy into something that holds little meaning. I want to know that my efforts are making a difference. Yes, I am being selective.

I've made huge strides in my efforts. I've gone to numerous interviews and sometimes multiple times for the same company. I've been asked for references and had my previous bosses and co-workers undergo detailed questioning about my capabilities and strengths and weaknesses -- as a team player, as an independent problem solver, as a dependable co-worker, and more. I've agreed to background checks. I feel confident that one of the opportunities I am striving for is on the edge of becoming a reality.

As I sit close to my phone, and I work with my email window open in the background -- just in case anything might come through at any moment -- I continue to investigate other job openings.

I can't sit back and wait. While my efforts to date appear to be heading in a positive direction, I can't count on it. I don't know what other prospects might be in competition with me.

I'm not sure why it is, but it has so often happened for me that when I start to mentally give up on a goal, hope or dream, it's then that things have sometimes moved in my favor. There may be nothing more to do on my end but wait for my most desired position. But while I'm playing the waiting game for that one to come through, I'll continue with efforts to make contact with similar organizations.

At some point, when conditions are right, everything will fall into place. I am confident of that.

With every door that closes, another one will open. The only constant in life is change... Yes, I know. A lot of idiomatic phrases. But these concepts certainly apply to my situation.

My messages here:

1. Don't put all your eggs in one basket. You don't know which path towards a goal is one the one that will eventually bring you to the destination that is right for you. And,
2. Don't give up. If you do, you'll stop the flow of positive energy. That will only keep you further from your goal.

There's one more statement I want to put out there: My daughter's karate class recites this at each and every class: Winners never quit. Quitters never win. I believe there's a whole lot of truth in that!