99.99% of my clients over the years have been hard-working, resourceful people who want to get through the job transition as quickly as possible. Unfortunately, when they enter the job search, things seem to slow down for a variety of reasons.

One can be that they are not familiar with the stress and strain of looking for a job – who is? Who should be? No one, but we all have to go through it at least once in our lives. Another is that their expectations are too high or misplaced – they assume it will be a matter of a few weeks, or months at the most. One more could be that, while they are organized at work, they are not so focused when involved in something that requires the same type of attention but not in the same environment.

For instance, when I do resumes for people in sales, I have to stress that the same skills that made them a success at their job must also be applied to the job search – selling a product, themselves. Actually, sales executives have a leg up, sort of, over the rest in that they understand those sales dynamics already. They just need to “retool” their thinking and attitude.

Most people feel the job search will never end, but it will – it only seems like you will never get a job. Actually, I have found that everyone eventually gets a position, sooner or later. The trick is in not letting your circumstances dictate what job you have to take.

And this means that you have to work the process: get a better resume, build a job search campaign, sketch out your contact tree, activate your network – get busy and stay busy until you achieve your goal without settling.