| Job Searchers, have you ever been so close to | | | | opportunities.Remember to keep looking at and |
| getting a new position that you stop doing | | | | applying for openings until you have |
| most of the things that brought you to that | | | | completely negotiated for your next position. |
| point? It is easy to get so excited over one | | | | Continue the activities that resulted in |
| potential opportunity that you forget how | | | | success. Seek out the assistance of a coach |
| important it is to keep your pipeline full of | | | | or job search buddy who can help keep you |
| leads.A job search takes time, potentially | | | | accountable during the demands of a |
| three to six months, or longer in our current | | | | search.Think out of the box for possible job |
| economy, depending upon your particular skill | | | | options or employers. You may have several |
| and salary level. People often get | | | | skill sets to promote rather than just one. |
| discouraged at the amount of time it is | | | | Continue exploring and talking to anyone you |
| taking and may slow down or even stop the | | | | can about potential opportunities. Keep your |
| process. In addition, employers often state | | | | pipeline full of leads and you may be |
| an ideal time frame to fill the position. | | | | surprised by the results. Your negotiating |
| However, that goal may not be realistic, and | | | | power and your confidence will increase when |
| the employer may take much longer than | | | | you have more than one option.Joanne Waldman |
| anticipated filling the position.Waiting on a | | | | is a trailblazer in global learning and |
| specific job could put you at risk. Perhaps | | | | personal/career and retirement coaching so |
| you have interviewed once or even several | | | | her alma mater recognized her with the |
| times for the job. During the interview | | | | Citation of Merit for Outstanding Achievement |
| process, you receive encouraging signals that | | | | and Meritorious Service.In 2001 she started |
| you are the top candidate. As a result, you | | | | New Perspective Coaching. Previously, Joanne |
| decide that this is the job for you and you | | | | consulted with Fortune 500 companies. Joanne |
| stop developing other leads. Then, you | | | | trains coaches for International Coach |
| discover the position has gone to someone | | | | Academy and Retirement Options. Awarded the |
| else. Where does that leave you in your job | | | | Master Career Counselor title, Joanne also |
| search? All your eggs were in one basket and | | | | earned her Professional Certified Coach |
| now you are back at square one with nothing | | | | designation.Joanne has a Masters of Education |
| on the radar screen and weeks wasted because | | | | and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. She |
| you were counting on this job.So, what are | | | | graduated cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. A |
| some of the things you can do to keep the | | | | Licensed Professional Counselor with national |
| momentum going in your job search? Be aware | | | | counseling certification, Joanne also serves |
| that this is a process and takes time, energy | | | | as a Nationally Certified Gerontological |
| and commitment. The more you put in, the more | | | | Counselor and completed the Geriatric Scholar |
| you get back. Set up some structures to | | | | Fellowship Program through St. Louis |
| ensure that you spend a certain amount of | | | | University.Joanne has been quoted in the Wall |
| time each week on your search. That could | | | | Street Journal and the St. Louis |
| include networking activities or even going | | | | Post-Dispatch has published over 50 of her |
| to the gym, as long as you are cultivating | | | | articles. |