New Year and New Goals

Okay, you’ve had a couple of weeks now to adjust to the let-down of the holidays, all the hustle and bustle and the worry about where you were last year at this time!  Now it is time to pull yourself up by the bootstraps and go after that new job that you are in need of in order to survive.

I am sure that you like everyone else, made out your New Year’s Resolutions and have already promptly filed them away in a drawer, never to be seen again.

Now it is time for some serious evaluation here and you need to make out a GOALS list that you see every single day. No cheating now!  This has to be a BIG GOALS BOARD where you are going to post all your wants and needs for your new job.

It needs to be out where you can see it on a daily basis. Statistics show that people who make visual goal boards are more likely to obtain their goals than those who do not! 
Be realistic but dare to dream as well.

Start with the types of jobs you are looking for
The salary you are expecting to earn
The benefit packages that you want included
The regions of the country where you are willing to go to obtain these goals.
What are your strengths and what are your weaknesses? Not only skills wise but also personality wise?

Now what are you going to do to reach those goals?

Are you willing to work Temporary jobs while you look for what you want and need?
Do you need to think about going back to college? Can you get a grant…? Not a loan to do so?
Are you willing to relocate to another city or state?  Have you done your research? 
Have you reevaluated your salary needs?  Can you get by on less now than you thought you could 6 mos or 12 mos ago?
Are you willing to sell some of your “stuff” in order to be in a better position financially than you are now?
Have you considered the idea of starting your own business?
Have you thought about working from home for a while?

When you see what you have to work with and what you need to get where you want to go your chances of getting there are so much better!

Let me know what you are doing to reach your goals, I would love to hear what you are doing.