easy to let down on your interview preparation efforts when things are going bad. Especially, with a 9.5% unemployment rate and jobs so scarce. However, this is the time to push even harder and do even more to obtain interviews.<\/p>\n
In my own case, I have invested a lot in redesigning my web site and ranking for SEO (Search Engine Optimization) despite the high costs and the terrible jobs outlook. I have had to repeatedly remind myself that: a) this horrible employment situation will pass and b) the means justify the ends. This has helped me to work a lot harder and be more creative during these tough employment times (e.g. I opened new employment markets such as healthcare to compensate for the lack of jobs in my traditional areas). I recommend you follow similar tough measures to achieve your interview and job success.<\/p>\n
For example, I recommend developing a daily log of your jobs activities. Include: (1) daily and weekly employment goals (2) achievements and (3) analysis of your job efforts. Give yourself a rating every week from 1 to 5 where 1 is terrible, 3 is average and 5 is excellent. The caveat is you cannot control the output (e.g. job offers or interviews), but you can control inputs (e.g. how many employers you called on). I hope this helps you. Please share any ideas that have worked for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
easy to let down on your interview preparation efforts when things are going bad. Especially, with a 9.5% unemployment rate and jobs so scarce. However, this is the time to push even harder and do even more to obtain interviews. In my own case, I have invested a lot in redesigning my web site and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[38,29,33],"class_list":["post-1917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-interview-preparation","tag-jobs","tag-staffing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1917"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1917\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/strategicsearch.com\/beta\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}