Searching for a new job is challenging to some, but other look with dread on even starting the process. Because it is a process, each part of it can be studied to identify the important decisions and what should be done to support them. From making the first decision to leave the old job, to the first day in the new workplace: You will make less mistakes if you plan for the decisions that must be made.
Yet many people do not make plans, they just deal with it as things come up.
Combine this attitude with someone who only searches for a new job every four or five years. Throw in an employer who hires two to two hundred people a year, who is sharp in negotiating, contract language, and interviewing skills. Mix it all with a mild depression over the relationships that are ending, and you have the potential for a catastrophe!
So approach the goal of a new job by working on specific skill sets. Do you do poorly on interviews? Practice with your family and friends, until they say you are ready.
Have you been burned-promised something in the negotiations that was not given once you started the job? Or meant more work for less compensation? Then teach yourself to document everything connected to the job search. You may need to note every phone conversation in a diary, especially if you are dealing with many potential employers. Your understanding of what was agreed during interviews is added to your other notes, along with every piece of email and paper correspondence
This section offers articles on the job search that have been written by a pair of former PA recruiters, and peer reviewed by dozens of PAs over a five year period.
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Organizing
Your Job Search
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Issues, Clothing, Attorneys and Accountants, and Expectations
