3 steps to keep you focused on your job search this season

When listening to the news or reading a newspaper, it is easy to get distracted from your career goals this season. From new record unemployment rates to the seasons hottest gift giving ideas we are often led one way or another by the media. Nobody knows what's next, everyone however is trying to convince you that they know what you should be doing right now. Marketeers, retailers, service providers, all the entities that are focused on getting our attention just don't get it. In today's new energy, it is no longer about what they can give us, it is all about what we can give ourselves. Here are some suggestions on how to stay focused on your immediate goals:

1. Do something outside of your normal routine this month. Consciously agree to change a habit, something you do unconsciously everyday. For example, if you are looking for a job, instead of getting on the internet searching for the perfect job, call a friend or an old colleague and tell them what is going on with you. Share "you" and what you are looking for in the new year. What would you share with them? Write it down.

2. Spend an hour or two a week helping someone else. Take yourself out of "your world" and share "you" with a local charity or animal rescue agency or helping a neighbor with thier christmas lights. What do you have to share? Write it down.

3. Accumulate your notes from the two activities above and integrate them into your resume. Capture those attributes, the gifts and the talents that you shared. What does it look like? Are you looking for the right position? Does it open you up for new and different opportunities?

If you can achieve these three things in the month of December, you will have networked, targeted a position and marketed "you", the 3 critical strategies necessary in a successful career search. Yes, when we share who we are and what we have to offer, our job searching tasks can be more focused and enjoyable!

Happy Holidays!

Dennece

Change in season

Can you feel the change in the season? Traditionally, we associate this feeling with the weather but in today's consciousness, we recognize that it is really a change in energy. Look at the difference between where we were as a society last year vs. today. Last year we were clinging to idea that a new government would make things better. Today, we realize the power of change is not on the outside of us but rather the power of change comes within. This is a shift in our energy.

What a gift we have received to now understand that those around us, our husbands, wife's, mothers, fathers, friends, our employers, not even our government have the power to make things better for us. We alone hold the energy to affect positive personal change. We are not victim to another.

Have you had a positive shift in energy? Take a moment to go within and recognize how you have steered yourself where you are today. Are you where you want to be?

Intuitive Guidance

Today I am sharing a posting from www.DailyOm.com about Intuition. It is all about going inside to find your power. For so long society has only looked for strength on the outside of themselves whether it be from a job, another person or religion. We are the creators of our destiny in life. Take a moment out of your day to hear yourself. What is it saying?

Posting from www.DailyOm.com June 16th:

Paying close attention to your intuition when interacting with others will help you recognize even the most subtle hints of dishonesty or deception. If you can spend time getting in touch with your inner wisdom, you will be better able to understand the signals your intuition sends you. A good way to do this is by spending time alone, emptying your mind of all concerns, and turning your attention toward your spiritual center. Doing this periodically throughout today will keep your inner connection clear and allow you to be more aware of your surroundings.

Strengthening our intuitive abilities and being aware of our surroundings allow us to recognize lucrative opportunities and make beneficial decisions. While our intuition speaks to us spontaneously, we can learn to use it as a tool for growth if we instead learn to access it on demand. Making time to clear our mental and spiritual channels and tune in to our inner wisdom gives us a heightened sense of clarity that can enhance every experience. With focused attention, we are able to recognize lucrative opportunities and make wiser decisions that lead to more positive outcomes. Forging a stronger connection to your inner wisdom today could give your heightened clarity direction and guidance.

A Sustainable Life?

Everywhere I turn these days I am hearing the adjective sustainable before words that we use everyday. What is sustainable and what does it mean to us? A definition of sustainable is ‘Capable of being continued with minimal long-term effect on the environment’. So having sustainable foods, agriculture, tourism and architecture, design and development is a way of being. “Being” in harmony with the earth, preserving it for future generations while using its many natural resources to sustain a comfortable lifestyle.

So what does that mean to us personally? Most of the population today is so drained by the events of the day, there doesn’t seem to be time to focus on saving the earth. So why focus on this? Why not? Focusing on something much bigger than us can help change the world we see today. Changing the world starts by changing ourselves, we are the world. Increasing our consciousness, our awareness of how we affect the world, can create a sustainable way of life, a life of possibility, of ease and happiness.

It is quite evident that the path our society has been on is not sustainable. Greed has brought down the most powerful banks. Judgment has created wars and death. Narrow-mindedness has created a separation of, we the people. We can no longer sustain on “business as usual”. Business as usual is the reflection of an obsolete consciousness, one of narrow mindedness, short time horizons, judgment and greed.

How do we increase our consciousness? Looking at life through an unfiltered lens creates a clear perspective on what is in front of us. A lens that is free of tradition or expectations of what something should look like. A lens that is clear of judgment, in ourselves, and in others opens many more possibilities in life. What judgment is holding you back? How can you create a sustainable life?

Affirmations

"Today I let each of my experiences be a gateway to something even better! " This is an affirmation I use frequently. Holding in mind an intention helps me get the most out of the day. If we try to control every detail of our day it keeps our mind so focused, we lose out on the subtleties in daily life that can serve as an idea or opportunity for something different. What happens when you free yourself up to hear, see and feel something uncontrolled in your life today?

Networking

As most of you may know, the most efficient, effective way to find a job today is through your network. Not only your friends and family but your business contacts from your previous positions. I know an individual found a job opportunity from contacting their previous employers supplier. Customers and suppliers can be an excellent resource in finding that next position. Who is the most unlikely person you would tell about your search? What is stopping you from contacting them?

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