job search survival kit -- part 25 -- keeping sharp during the job search --

The Job Search Survival Kit – Job Search And LinkedIn Tips. Part 25

Getting The Upper Advantage No Matter The OddsBy: Anthony Hines

A Reminder Of Who Am I & Why Am I Sharing What Helped Me?

Who Am I….I am a hardworking guy who, like many others, found himself out of work during the economic downturn in 2010. After a long battle of wrong turns, job search strategies that led to no where, and dead end leads, I decided to take a more strategic approach to my job search. Like anything else in life, I needed to treat my search like a full-time job and create a plan that would allow me to stand out above the competition.

Why Am I Sharing What Helped Me…because I quickly realized that to handle an event like that is to focus on what you can control and share the experience to help others. I believe that an experience not shared is a lost opportunity in life, and that smart people learn from their mistakes and smarter people learn from other people’s experiences.

Step By Step By Step By Step.

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING MORE.Get Your Resume Checked Email your resume to [email protected] and tell them I sent

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Read My Job Search Tip Document First .These are the Free documents that tell you everything that I did to get activity & visibility in my search. Email me at [email protected] and I will send you them.

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Job Search Mental And Physical Focus Tips

The next group of slides will discuss things that I believe will help you keep your focus mentally and physically during your job search.

I will tell you the tip or idea and let you know why I like it to help you in dealing with the process.

Remember, I am by no means a professional and never claim to be. I am just giving you things as I see them to help you to see through the ‘fog’ and get ahead in your career.

I hope my ideas help you out and help me to end unemployment one person at a time.


In most cases you have more free time when you are in transition so you really want to find ways to may this time work for you and not feel guilty about it. Taking care of you is a major piece of this process and one that is sometime forgotten as people worry about getting the next opportunity. Don’t be one to forget that!!! Make time for you during this process as a continuous improvement item. Give this time more value by taking time to help yourself.


Lets say you are looking to gain more of a purpose. Well, take YOUR skill set and offer that to your favorite charity as a volunteer. This will keep your skills active, give you something to talk about during interviews and help you to really feel satisfied about where you are because with this time off, you are taking advantage of it that helps you and the charity. This is HUGE and very useful and you never know where it could lead for you.


Now you can also do what I mentioned above for the following situations, local political campaigns, national political campaign, local events in your town or city, holiday related events like parades or faires. See my point? This will help you to stay ON mentally, and really feel that you are making a difference etc.


Don’t discount working your skills in an environment to help animals as well. Places like Zoos or aquariums or shelters I bet could use your skills to make those places run better or run more efficiently

Plus helping an elderly center or a children’s help center are all places I bet your skills can be used in the time you have for free. Think about it, I bet you can figure something out. Everyone is different on this stuff. I am just planting the idea.


It is extremely important that you stay in the best physical shape possible as you will be dealing with stress and a lack of routine. Maybe you want to get into a structured weight management just to have the deadline of being weighed in each week and remember those weekly meetings can be networking opportunities as well. This is another way to make this time work for you. You cant look for a job 24/7 or you will go insane. Here is another way to stay in balance and do something for you and network.


Do you have a treadmill at your house or know of one somewhere that is not being used that you can access? Do you have an IPAD or laptop or smart phone, well walk on the treadmill while you watch your favorite show. Don’t watch that show from the couch anymore. Watch it from the treadmill as you walk. Now you are exercising while you watch your show. How cool is that?


Want to control your portion intake when you eat out ? Its on you to make that happen.

Just ask for your “doggie” bag before you start eating and once you have eaten what you should eat, you can bag it to take home and that way you don’t “pick”

NameJob Search Mental And Physical Focus Tips

Focus on the number “1” all of the time.

Remember you are looking for only “1” job.

You take weight off “1” pound at a time.

You take this process “1” day at a time.


Keep the focus on the number “1” when you can because “1” is a manageable number and not as overwhelming as some of the other numbers that you could look at. Like say applications or interviews, you take them “1” at a time. Even if you do many of both, you still do them “1” at a time. See what I am driving at here?


Do you like sweets and soda and don’t want to give them all up? Try the very small soda cans as well as the weight watcher treats and ice creams. Those two things have helped me to lose many pounds over the last year and they can help you as well.


Do you live in a warm climate and you like to swim for exercise? Maybe you don’t have your own pool? Well tell a neighbor or friend that you will check on their house for them during the week if they let you take a dip in the pool. That way their house gets checked on and you get some exercise.


Want to stay mentally sharp and have some fun while networking? Take in some trivia contests in your area. You think you don’t know anything? I bet you know more than you think you know and your mind is working. Plus you never know who you will meet right?


Don’t discount the value of taking a yoga class. The classes are pretty cheap and you network with the other class members and you keep a schedule and routine which is important to do during this period when you have less structure.


Walk wherever and whenever you can. You can get a Fitbit if you want but doing things like parking in back of the parking lot when grocery shopping or walking around a local pond really help to keep your mind clear. Sometimes walking your neighborhood early in the morning can do a world of good because it is so quiet and once your results come about, no matter what level of good they are, it’s a good interview story


Staying in shape matters to some interviewers more than others as some people think physical appearance is a factor in getting a job. Sorry that is unfair but it’s the way it is. I myself am five foot five inches tall and I am sure that it mattered in some cases but I it didn’t stop me because I only focused on what I could control and I tell you that your physical and mental health are a priority especially during this stressful process. You can do it. No need to be a hero. Just start slow, get a routine and go from there.


Having a new routine is HUGE in this process because a very underrated potentially negative factor in the transition process is the lack of routine that having a job gives you. Doing what I discuss here helps you to gain a routine so you maintain things like sleep habits and the items that you never thought about doing when you had that routine. No need to sleep all day and be up all night. That is not good for anyone.


These are some of the ways that you can stay sharp during this process so that when a hiring manager calls you out of the blue and asks if you “have a minute to talk” you are “on your game” and ready to go. You own you. No one else does so it is up to you to stay as sharp and “with it”. This could really end up mattering much more than you thought.

Job Search & LinkedIn Tips To Help You Land The Job

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Thoughts For You To Ponder

I want to reiterate that I am not a professional and only providing you with things I did that helped me out during my own job search.

I do these presentations because the job search process has a lot to do with attitude and outlook. That’s on you. Excuses are for losers. Be a winner and take charge. You can do it because you have done it before I bet.

Make sure you individualize any all of the information provided on this or any of my presentations. My ideas are to guide you and help you to understand concepts.


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If you have found this presentation helpful and found some ways to gain an advantage in your job search, then my hours of work to help the unemployed one person at a time has been a success.

please email me at [email protected] and tell me how its going. If you have read my docs and have seen my other Job Search Survival Kit presentations , I believe that you are on your way to your next group of opportunities. Embrace the challenge and do your best daily. Go for it and don’t look back. No excuses, no delays, no procrastination. Go for it.



Come join the LinkedIn group that I recently created. It is called the Anthony Hines Job Search Survival Group. It’s a unique group because the people in it really support and help each other to get their next opportunity.

Just log into LinkedIn.com, go to groups and join the above named group. People really seem to find it useful and I check in often as well. Come join today.


Go back to Slideshare.net and check out my other “Job Search Survival Kit” presentations because over the recent past, I have added a bunch of new chapters that enhances what you have just read and will also help to get you an even better edge in your job search journey.

Check out my Job Search Survival Kit on Youtube.com as well.

Just search for it and it will come right up.

Most importantly, make sure you email a copy of your resume to [email protected] for your free resume critique because you have no chance of ever getting a great job without a great resume to get you noticed.


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