Job Search Time Management
Where Are You on the Time Management Matrix?
Many job hunters need a guide so that they use their time in the best ways. The following illustrates one way we work with clients to improve their use of time, always a precious resource in the job search.
Take this short quiz to see how you might use job search coaching.
First: Some Background
This is the Time Management Matrix from Dr. Stephen Covey's research (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, 1989). He refers to it as a self-management matrix, because what are we managing when we manage our time, but ourselves?
The Question: Where Are YOU on this Matrix?
Think about your job search activities. Look at your planner for last week, if that helps. Where did you spend most of your job search time? Which quadrant -- I, II, III, or IV best describes where you are, job search-wise? Come on, be honest. Are you dawdling about and "getting ready", in Quadrants III or IV? Or constantly putting out fires in Quadrant I? Or planning and regenerating in Quadrant II?
Your Answer
If you are mostly in Quadrant I, you are rapidly heading for burnout. Job search coaching with Joanne can help you avoid being here so much. You'll learn how to be more in control of your time, instead of it being in control of you.
If you are mostly in Quadrant II, you're in the right place, investing in yourself and using your time well. Job search coaching can help you stay here. Simple check-ins with Joanne are a key part of the coaching you'd use.
"This is the most activity I have had in 6 months and is ALL YOUR FAULT! ;) You can quote me: Joanne helped me realize I have a lot of tools and knowledge I can offer to any employer and she helped me describe this knowledge in a more attractive and professional way.."
- Product Manager
If you find yourself in Quadrants III or IV most of the time, you are stuck in your comfort zone, and are doing things that waste valuable job search time. Your job search will be a long one if you don't move out of these quadrants! Job search coaching can get you OUT of being stuck and INTO an effective search. Joanne would help you set goals and stick to them.
