HOW TO DO IT

WINNING BACK MY JOB

How to do it »  Winning back my job

Activity and continuous learning can us move on to our dream job.

Losing a job fundamentally changes your life. In addition, initially, nobody knows how long on end their period of unemployment is going to last. It will last as long as we allow it to last! There is always a road to go down.

1. Mental and physical balance – the first step to take is keeping your mental and physical balance. Losing a job strongly affects our assuredness and self-confidence. The best course of action here is to keep yourself busy to such a degree that you have little time to analyze your own self-confidence. Exercise, studying, training courses, all these will help you strengthen your physical fitness and mental alertness.

2. Positive thinking – helps you to boost your self-assuredness and get good vibrations. Pessimism has never brought success to anybody, and, mainly, has not made an employer think you are the right employee for them. You can acquire the positive thinking through reading positive newspaper articles, discussing with positive friends, or rejoicing at little achievements.

3. Keep your daily routine – your will and resolve tend to recede in time. It is, then, all too easy to get used to the fact you are not required to go anywhere, do anything. In order to keep yourself active, it is appropriate to carry on following the original daily routine. On weekdays, getting up at the same time, busying yourself with varied activites for the minimum of 8 hours a day (looking for a job with prospective employers, participating in retraining schemes, for instance… ), having your daily meals regularly.

4. Analysis of financial standing – no later than in the first few days into the period of unemployment, it is appropriate to check all receipts and expenditures. You need to establish for how many weeks/months ahead you have your costs covered and so how much time you have on your hands to find a new job. Also, the process of cutting all possible costs has to be started instantly. The general rule applies we are capable of saving up to 10% of our earnings each month. Sometimes it only takes to start having less opulent meals.

5. Responsibility analysis – our lives always come with their history. We bear responsibility in respect of our children, spouses, parents, and we should not be forgetting about that. We can only live up to that responsibility in full, if we have a job and a sufficient financial income.

6. The key to a new job are my abilities – any job-search starts right within ourselves, with the fundamental questions being – „What can I do best?“, „What line of business am I most successful in?“. These are the two areas you need clarified before you begin searching for any employment. For it is inadvisable to look for a job you do not enjoy doing and have little qualification for.

7. I want to work or do business – another fundamental decision to take. Your next course of action depends oo which one you have decided for.

I want to be an employee:

• Search for those employers who need your abilities – concentrating on all employers who are looking for employees makes no sense. Suffice to limit your search to those who are looking just for you and the abilities you possess.
• Elaborate your structured CV – it is a basic document every employer will demand to see. It will tell them what your knowledge is, how experienced you are, and what kind of work you are fitting. You should be very particular about elaborating it.
• Get ready for a job interview – during a job interview we are really supposed to prove our worth. Good communication is of the essence here. It is almost impossible to manage it well without some preparatory work. It is a good thing to take a job interview up with friends and prepare the answers to the basic questions which are unavoidably asked in any job interview.

Where to look for employers:

• Entrepreneurs – companies´ websites. Companies are listed according to branches at Seznam.cz, Google.cz …
• HR departments – in bigger companies they are responsible for the selection of workers. It is approprate that they know about you, so that they can react to your query and tell you whom they need.
• Personal placement agencies – they have the best knowledge of which employers are currently hiring workers and for which positions. Select a number of agencies, make some appointments with them and give them your CV. No doubt they will ask you what kind of work you would like to do. You have your answer ready 
• Internet d-bases – job.cz, profesia.cz, yob.cz, ….
• Work exchanges
• …

I want to do business:
There are always lots of business opportunities on the market. Unable to find an employer and having a promising entrepreneurial intent, you may easily get a trade licence and start your own business. In many cases, start-ups do not need any overly massive capital. Here is the basic scheme to launch a viable business:

• Business idea
• Profiling of your prospective customer
• Entrepreneurial intent/plan
• Verification of the entrepreneurial plan
• Prenegotiating cooperation with the first prospective customers
• Prepare for the first order
• ..

The aforementioned procedure makes an indispensable base to understand where and how to start a business.

Conclusion

There is nothing to wait for. Life equals motion! Yes, activity represents the key to winning back a work or starting your own business. Believe me, your delight in having won the first customer or a new order or a new job is much bigger than waiting for a decent job offer from Employment Office.

If you have queries, feel free to contact author and consultant Jiří Střelec

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