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It’s true and it also applies to job hunting.

If you have perhaps been job hunting a while, or recently been made redundant, then you may feel that right now “life sucks” and fear sliding into a rut. You are aware that the deeper you get stuck in that rut, the faster your motivation will go and, when you do finally get an interview, you will lack the sparkle to let your personality and experience shine above the other candidates.

One of the things you need to perhaps look at when you are facing this potential situation is the people that you mix with. Are you surrounded by negativity? Maybe family are spending too much time sympathising rather than helping pull you up by the boot straps? Are the friends that you mix with naturally negative? Maybe you need to spend a little less time with those particular people at the moment? If you have been made redundant are you still mixing with all your ex- colleagues and hearing all about how wonderfully everything is going at your old workplace, while you are silently seething into your beer about being on the dole?

So, how do you stay positive while watching the pennies and struggling with cabin fever? The obviously answer is to keep busy and find people who are vibrant and positive to bolster your morale and get you out the house.

A quick google on “Meet positive people” brings up a variety of sites that aim to put you in touch with like-minded folk. Ok, so the top entry on that search is “meeting positive people with STD’s” which may not be the ideal forum for you (!), but try this good one….

http://www.ourultimatedreamteam.com/

Groups such as this one host evening events and meals for people who will help keep you enthusiatic. And, they may also open up a whole variety of new contacts who can help in your job search.

So, in order to find a job more quickly, make sure that you are taking all the necessary steps in staying positive and motivated.