Job Search Information

Your Job Search Schedule

Congratulations. You have just accepted a full-time job. Full-time job search, that is. Do not conduct your job search with anything less than a full-time effort. Without full-time commitment, you increase the amount of time you will be without work--which decreases your attractiveness in the job market.

Following is a simple work schedule to follow:

7:30 a.m. - Early morning callbacks to contacts you were unable to reach the previous day.

8:30 a.m. - Off to the library or Career Center to do further research and write follow-up letters from the day before.

12:30 p.m. - -Hit the telephone all afternoon. Do not stop until you have contacted every potential employer and every potential contact

4:30 p.m. - Send same day follow-up e-mails or letters to the most promising contacts of the day.

5:30 p.m. - One last attempt to reach all those who were unreachable during the day.

In looking at the above, there is one major activity missing: interviewing. Until you spend the time to make direct contact with potential employers, there will not be any interviewing. There are worse things than having your day filled with interviews. When that starts happening, you will know that your new job is within reach.

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