After a happy and satisfying stint with an organization for which you thought you were a great match – until you got downsized and out-placed – what can you do to move on?

Celebrate what you accomplished!

No doubt you left behind a long list of accomplishments. If you can’t make a list of 10 – 20 things you accomplished there, ask some of your former colleagues or look at your past performance reviews and make a list of all of your successes, both big and small.

Close the door on what you didn’t accomplish!

You also probably left behind a few unfinished …

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In the last post we talked about assembling the tool kit for the job search process. For the next few weeks I will be posting some of the processes that you may want to systematize so that you can use your time effectively get the most out of every one of your job search days! Today is the process of Managing Your Job Alerts. We will also be covering processes for Networking Follow-up, Preparing for the Interview, Assembling Your Top 30 List, and many more.

Hey, if you have some ideas about which processes would help you to become …

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11 Tools for the Job Search Process

Have you ever noticed when you sit down to do a do-it-yourself assembly project that the first step is always to assemble the tools and make sure you have all the pieces that you should have. How many times do you just dive in and start the project thinking that you will just get the tools and figure out what pieces you have along the way? Have you ever noticed that you can waste an inordinate amount of time and cause unnecessary levels of stress for yourself and for others around you when …

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