5 Tips to make your New Year New Job Resolution a success
Welcome to 2018! When the clock strikes midnight on the 31st December, champagne flutes chime, fireworks descend into the night sky and the question ‘What is your New Year’s Resolution?’ flows into conversation across the globe. A new house, a new fitness regime, a new relationship and more often than not a new job. Believe me, when I tell you you’re not alone when it comes to the latter.
According to Indeed, last January the number of job seekers increased by 64% compared to the rest of the months of the year. Showing a flooded job market where standing out amongst the crowd becomes vital. This can lead to unanswered applications and generic automated rejection emails, it’s important to not let this deter you from reaching your goal, to make sure this doesn’t happen here are our 5 top tips to stick to your New Year New Job resolution:
1. Make a Plan
There are many steps to getting a new job and it is not a quick fix, so make sure you plan ahead and associate adequate timeframes to all the following steps:
• Updating your CV
• Signing up to a Recruitment agency
• Applying for jobs
• Interview process – including 2nd interviews, 3rd interviews and assessment centres
• Acceptance
• Notice period
Some of the steps such as the interview process and notice period can take anywhere from a week up to a month in some cases, so it is important to set out a realistic plan and timeframe and don’t think you’re going to be in your dream job come the 2nd week of January.
2. Keep Track
Whatever method you want to use to do this whether it is a diary, excel spreadsheet or an app. It can often take a substantial amount of time to hear back from recruiters or companies regarding an application you have made and be easy to lose track of ones you have heard back from and the ones you need to chase, whilst getting disappointed with the lack of contact.
3. Be Realistic
Don’t aim too high and ignore reality, consider your previous resolutions and what the outcome was. What led to failure? It may be that you wanted to lose too much weight too quickly or save an unrealistic amount of money. Remember, there will always be more opportunities, so set realistic goals. Or if you don’t want to hold back, set clear short-term bitesize goals on your way to a big achievement.
4. Don’t Give Up
As I said previously, getting a new job in 2018 is not going to happen immediately, you will get rejection emails and you will get no answer from some applications, this is inevitable. This is where it is important to not give up, as rejection is never easy to deal with. It is important to prepare yourself for this, be strong and be proud of what you have achieved in the past. The perfect job could be just around the corner.
5. Reward Yourself
Getting the job you truly want is not easy, it will take up a lot of your time, with numerous amendments to your CV and usually more than one interview with more than one company. It is important to treat yourself at all the important milestones along the way, getting the interview, being shortlisted and then obviously when you accept their offer. It is vital to keep a positive mindset throughout the process and reassure yourself that you’re doing well.
Recruit Mint is here to help with all of your job requirements. Whether 2018 is the year where you look to make a step up the career ladder, a career change or just want a new job, we can help you at every step of the process. Register today and let us get the ball rolling in 2018.
