(1)
Regard job-hunting as a real job—and expect that it, like any other job,
demands time, persistence and discipline. (2)
Recognize that while you can get a good job through ads or employment agencies,
competition for jobs that are advertised tends to be fierce.
(3) Apply directly to an employer, even without any hint there's a job
opening. Positions constantly
become available and it's wise to be on a good list.
(4) Try to get as many job interviews as you can and concentrate on
smaller firms. (5) If you can see a
layoff coming, start looking for a job while you are still working.
(6) Expect to be discouraged. Guard
against anger, apathy or feeling defeated.
If
you have a job now, keep it until you find a better one—even if it's driving
you crazy. Potential employers are
much more likely to hire someone who's already working.
When
you want something, go back and go back and go back, and don't take no for an
answer. And when rejection comes,
don't take it personally. It goes
with the territory. Expose yourself
to as much humiliation as you can bear, then go home and go do it all again
tomorrow.
- Betty Furness
You
will find it a very good practice always to verify your references.
Caution
to a young reporter: Be wary. If
your mother says she loves you, check on it.
The
first law of journalism, which is information gathering, should be: ask.
Right? Not exactly. The
First Law is listen. The Second Law
is: ask. The Third Law is: pay
attention to what you see, so you'll know what to ask.
- Leonard Koppet
Nobody
can give you wiser advice than yourself.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Trust
also your own judgment, for it is your most reliable counselor.
A man's mind has sometimes a way of telling him more than seven watchmen
posted on a high tower.
A
man's judgment cannot be better than the information on which he has based it.
Don't
mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else.
Judge everyone and everything for yourself.
- Henry James
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