Psst! Tips for jobseekers to make it through the holidays - Sterling Career Concepts

Psst! Tips for jobseekers to make it through the holidays Psst! Tips for jobseekers to make it through the holidays The next two weeks are a hectic time of the year for nearly everyone, but the expectations and events of the season can easily place extra stress on jobseekers.Penelope Trunkwrotean excellent post yesterday onhow to deal with unemployment in the face of holiday cheer where she sharedfive morale-boosting tips to helpjobseekers make the most of the holiday season. Based onthe comments section,her encouraging points comforted and resonated with jobseekers.As Penelope admits, answeringthe simplest of questions, How are you doing? can be a land mine forsomeone wrestling witha period of unemployment. What stood out (forme, at least)was Penelopes 4th pointaddressinghow December and January are strong hiring months. So true! And so easily forgotten!A recent post of my ownoffered severalsuggestions on how to effectively job search during the holidays, and theCareer Collective, of which Im a member, did an awesome job earlier this month ofaddressing the same topic.I urge you to read through theadvice of my esteemed colleagues as well. The bottom line: It is all tootempting to take a break during the holidays with your job search efforts, but the smarter move is to recharge and revitalize your search and continue forward. Let your competition take a break while you continue to network and connect withdecision makers at yourtarget companies. To your career success in 2010! Psst! Tips for jobseekers to make it through the holidays Psst! Tips for jobseekers to make it through the holidays The next two weeks are a hectic time of the year for nearly everyone, but the expectations and events of the season can easily place extra stress on jobseekers.Penelope Trunkwrotean excellent post yesterday onhow to deal with unemployment in the face of holiday cheer where she sharedfive morale-boosting tips to helpjobseekers make the most of the holiday season. Based onthe comments section,her encouraging points comforted and resonated with jobseekers.As Penelope admits, answeringthe simplest of questions, How are you doing? can be a land mine forsomeone wrestling witha period of unemployment. What stood out (forme, at least)was Penelopes 4th pointaddressinghow December and January are strong hiring months. So true! And so easily forgotten!A recent post of my ownoffered severalsuggestions on how to effectively job search during the holidays, and theCareer Collective, of which Im a member, did an awesome job earlier this month ofaddressing the same topic.I urge you to read through theadvice of my esteemed colleagues as well. The bottom line: It is all tootempting to take a break during the holidays with your job search efforts, but the smarter move is to recharge and revitalize your search and continue forward. Let your competition take a break while you continue to network and connect withdecision makers at yourtarget companies. To your career success in 2010!