Are you in the Right Frame of Mind?

When looking for work it is important that you strive to be in a positive state of mind and have an employment goal. Is it a position with a great company, where you can learn and grow? Or is it simply to investigate new careers and line up potential employers on your list to interview.

Focus on your positives. What you can do for the company or bring to the table in the way of skills and accomplishments as apposed to things you lack such as a certificate.

I have found that many people have a hard time getting into a positive frame of mind. They tend to look back on the things they did wrong, or if they were fired from a job, believe potential employers will see them as losers. Then there are those where family pressures to find employment are heavy, add in mounting bills and they feel even more like a failure before they begin looking. It is hard when the pressure is on you and begging for a job seldom works. Blaming others or the world for your situation is also not going to help.

People are fired from jobs every day and do just fine. Remember, behind every firing is an excellent lesson. Learn from the lesson and you are moving into the positive. Mix with positive employed people because you never know where your next job lead is coming from.

So what should you do?

Make a plan.

Set some goals short term and long term.
An Action Plan can set you in the correct path to successful employment and put you in the right frame of mind for all the right reasons.

Employers hire positive people…..not just with the right skills, but in the right frame of mind.

Now, are you in the right frame of mind?

Lesley Anderson – CES - Skills 101 Facilitator/ Job Coach