by Beverly Aarons
9. November 2009 08:47
For legal professionals in
the midst of a serious job hunt, increasing productivity can be essential to
success in the long-term; but also in the short-term. Here are a few tips to help job seekers increase their productivity:
- Time It. If you have a sneaky suspicion that
simple tasks are taking you a little longer than necessary, then you may
want to time yourself.
Finding out exactly how long a task takes will give you an
opportunity to plan, organize and most importantly prioritize.
- Remove or decrease time spent on unimportant
tasks. Do you check your
email every 30 minutes or every few hours? Stop that! Hours spent checking email can
become a huge timewaster. Pick one or two prescheduled times to check your
email each day. Give yourself
a set amount of time to check your email and only focus on important
tasks. Got spam? Ignore it. Spam along with newsletters and other internet
junk can be read and/or dumped once a week or even once a month. When you
check your email focus on job leads, recruiter/employer emails and other
critical messages.
- Set aside a specific slot of time to do your job
search each day. Don't just
say you're going to spend 4 hours working on your job search today. Get
specific. For example, "I will work on my job search from 9am -
1:00pm." Don't forget to write it down.
- Do less, not more. Many times job seekers mistakenly believe that doing
more makes them productive. This is not always the case. Sometimes doing
less, more effective tasks can make a bigger difference in your job
search. For example, you may want to focus on the most viable job lead for
the day, write the cover letter, tweak your resume and email/mail it to
the employer or recruiter.
That's better than spreading yourself too thin trying to complete
multiple tasks.
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