Career Exploration and Career Stuff on the Internet: Routines
Series of Blog posts on career stuff. Focus will be on career exploration and Internet job resources. My hope that you will find the information helpful in your career journey.
As with anything you read on the internet, please evaluate the information you read and use the specific information that is helpful to you.
People can have routines in their lives. Work can be a routine for people lives. Routines can be like;
* Wake up at a certain time
* Have an established work routine going to work (eat breakfast, put on work clothes, travel the same or similar route to work, stop be the same coffee shop or gas station and so on)
* Spend time on work tasks at the work place
* Have an established work routine to leave work (stop by the cafe or bar after work, travel the same route back home, eat supper at an established time and so on)
When people lose their jobs, people can feel a great degree of stress. Part of the stress can be the established routine of a workplace disappears. What provided structure for many people becomes lost.
You may find it helpful to establish routine ideas as you search for a job. Below are some ideas to established a routine while searching for a job. Some established ideas for a routine can be:
* Wake up at an established time on certain days
* Have established time periods you spend time searching for a job position
* Go to see a career expert at an established time period that you repeat (like the same day and time during the week). Career Expert could be from a number of different places like Workforce Development, a non-profit organization (like Goodwill), or hiring your own career expert (like a career coach or career counselor). Besides establishing a routine, a career expert can help give feedback on your job search
* Go to a job club (a job club is a social group of job seekers looking for a job position) where people help each other search to find a job. The social component to a job club can be helpful; searching for a job position can be a lonely process and a job club can help provide social support
* Go to other social groups at structured times (going to a hobby group, a place of workshop, a social services group). The social group can be helpful to give you support while searching for a job position
* Meet family or friend members at a particular time
* Exercise – having an established time to exercise may be helpful to deal with stress and keep you healthy
* Listen or watch media programs at an established time (like watch your favorite comedy program at a the same time in the week)
* Eat meals at established time periods
These are some ideas to create routine while searching for a job position. Routine ideas to a schedule may help make your job search easier.