Bouncing Back from Job Loss: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Job Hunters

Bouncing Back from Job Loss: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Job Hunters

if you look at job loss, like any setback from an enlarged perspective, you realize that success in life is measured far less by our opportunities than by how we respond to life’s setbacks and challenges.

The challenge people in that situation face is how they handle not only the loss of their job, but the many emotions that can arise. These range from a sense of humiliation, failure and vulnerability, to anxiety, resentment and self-pity. Sure, losing your job can be a blow to your back pocket, but it’s often an even bigger blow to your ego and self worth.

When it comes to a successful job hunt, attitude is everything.  A proactive and positive mindset will differentiate you from the masses, making all the difference in how “lucky” you get in an unlucky economy

1. Stay future-focused

2. Don’t let your job status define you.
Who you are is not what you do. Never was. Never will be.
People who interpret losing their job as a sign of personal inadequacy or failure are less likely to ‘get back on the horse’ in their job hunt than those who interpret it as an unfortunate circumstance that provided a valuable opportunity to grow in self-awareness, re-evaluate priorities and build resilience.

3. Prioritize self-care.
mental and emotional resilience requires physical resilience
(After all, you now have no excuse that you don’t have time for exercise.)
Studies have found that exercise builds resilience, leaving you more immune to stress.
just do something that lifts your spirits

4. Surround yourself with positive people
Emotions are contagious.
The people around you impact how you see yourself, your situation and what you do to improve it
Surround yourself with people who lift you up, and avoid those who don’t.
Let them know that while you may not have chosen your circumstances, you are confident that with time and effort, you will all pull through together, and be all the stronger and wiser for it.

5. Tap your network

6. Treat finding a job as a job.
Sure you have more time on your hands than you had before, but you will be amazed at how little you can do in a day if you aren’t intentional about what you want to get done
Then prioritize, structure your day and treat finding a job as a job.


7. Extend kindness.
extending kindness toward others makes us feel good.
scientists have found that acts of kindness produce some of the same “feel good” chemicals in the brain as anti-depressants
In addition, when we give our time to help others, it helps us stop dwelling on our own problems, and makes us realize how much we have to be thankful for.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/womensmedia/2012/06/12/bouncing-back-from-job-loss-the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-job-hunters/