How to keep up a positive attitude in the journey of job search

Tired of looking out for jobs? Have you reached your saturation point of job-search frustration? Be known that you aren’t alone in this. There are so many like you holding on to a string of thread and still figuring out a way how to get them a breakthrough! Take a deep breathe and relax, getting anxious or frustrated is not going to help in any way. You need to train your mind to remain calm amidst the chaos and that is how you land yourself in a job.

Professional Education vs Skillsets

Today’s world is witnessing transformations in all walks of life! From personal, interpersonal, intrapersonal to professional and societal, changes, changes, and changes! Changes everywhere! Well, isn’t that how it is supposed to be always? Well, yes, but, not at this pace! So, now that you know that this is kind of normal but only a little out of the usual normal, let us see how to get a grip over the changes and make them favor you.

Today’s professionalism has completely changed course and it is up to you to make the best out of it. Conventional jobs exist no more. It is good to accept this fact than denying it. Our ancestors can’t guide through each and every step now because; this change is way out of their league! Gone are those days when professional education fetched high paying jobs! Today it is all about how you make yourself a person in demand. Skill sets are the most sorted out element now. How far has this fact registered in your mind? If not, it is high time you digest this fact and start working on your skillsets.

Digital India and Job Trends

Ever since the digital revolution took over India, it has been a challenging time, the reason being, we are living in the transitional phase and we haven’t fully adapted to the transition yet! Traditional professional skills alone don’t serve us anymore. It is high time that we buck up and equip ourselves with the necessary skills that the companies are fishing for.

Technologies keep evolving day by day. If you are a graduate of science and engineering background, it is essential that you keep an eye on the constantly evolving technologies. If and only if you stay updated will you understand the need to learn them and add them to your database of skills. The current job trend is so dynamically changing. But still, if you look into the infographics closely, you will understand that there are opportunities everywhere!

The power of the prefix ‘digital’

We are living in a digital world; hence it is essential to know all about ‘digitalism’. Today’s buzzing domain is digital marketing, artificial intelligence, augmented reality, data science, etc, etc. Today these are the buzz areas, tomorrow, these might go outdated, and new buzz areas will emerge and this will go on like this always, so the bottom line here is all about ‘Survival of the fittest’. You need to get acquainted with anything that emerges anew.

Since we are living in a digital era, it is a wise move, to get you updated with digital skills. By doing this, you are making yourself a person whom the companies would like to recruit. Learn and earn concept holds well always. Check out the skill sets that are most wanted now, and get a good knowledge of that. You can’t expect just a degree to fetch your job especially looking at the heavy competition now.

Persistence: A winning mindset

No one got anything at one shot! You need to keep this mind. You need to try on and on. Know in what domain you want to leave your imprint. And acquire skills of that domain. Master it. Use digital media intelligently. Write articles and get them published. Recruiters today see your digital imprint even before they think of calling you for an interview. Think of how your employer needs to see you and be that on the digital platform. Keep learning about many things, need not be your subject domain always. General knowledge is always a mandatory asset. Above all persist. Your persistence talks a lot about your character. Persistence always wins.  

Last but not least – Never Give Up

Giving up means one less competition in the world. So know that if not you, then there are millions out there to do the job. So, if you need to win, you need to be in the game. Stay focussed. Stay alive. Don’t be a walking zombie. Enjoy your life. A happy mind attracts positivity. Even though this attitude doesn’t get a job immediately, this will definitely pave a way that leads to your destination. So, last but not the least, keep up the attitude of not giving up no matter what.