Job Search Blues

Looking for work is a horribly frustrating experience. Job seekers have no idea how long their ordeal will last, and they experience constant rejection until it’s over. So it’s no wonder they get depressed. But that depression can create a vicious cycle, because depressed people lack energy and drive – two ingredients necessary for job search success! So here are a few suggestions for battling the blues:

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“Self-talk” refers to the dialogue that goes on inside your head – the way you communicate with yourself. This internal dialogue affects how you feel about yourself, your colleagues, your job, and your life.

The good news is that although you may not be able to control everything that happens, you can control the way you think about and react to those situations. Positive self-talk can encourage you, relieve stress, and improve your self-image. Negative self-talk, on the other hand, increases stress, chips away at self-esteem, and can cause you to overreact. Think of your positive and negative self-talk as the voices of two different people. One is supportive, caring and encouraging. The other complains frequently, puts you down, and is quick to find the worst in everything. Who would you rather listen to?Here are a few tips for making self-talk work for you, not against you:

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During every minute of every day, you are burning mental and physical energy. If you have goals, then a goodly portion of that energy should be directed towards achieving them. Goals automatically provide a useful screening question for your thoughts and actions: Is this particular use of energy helping to create my desired future? Sometimes we are thrown off track by internal or external distractions that represent “energy leeches”. Try observing yourself for a couple of days with the “goal” question in mind. See if any of these energy leeches are interfering with your ability to concentrate on more important things.

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