Ep 74 - Tips to organize your time during a job search - Propelling Careers Podcast

In our last episode, we talked about the steps in the job search process (26…).  To follow up this episode,  Jim and I decided to focus on advice for how to structure your time when you are in a job search in this episode.  We provide advice for people who are currently working and job searching as well as those who are fulltime job searching due to a RIF or other reason.  We will provide tips for how to organize your schedule to help you be more efficient as you do the many things that you should be doing as part of the job search process.  We hope you find the advice in this episode helpful and hope you enjoy listening.  

Before we dive in, it’s important to mention that for many people, when they are working, their schedule is prettystructured.  It can be a shock when you find yourself suddenly not working, since the unstructured and unpredictable nature of your day can be really hard to deal with. This is why Jim and I are a big proponent of puttingin some sort of structure if you are job searching, otherwise, things may seem super haphazard, and nothing might get done…  

We start with general concepts that apply to whether you are full time working and looking for a role or full timeunemployed looking for a role….   We talk about advice that is helpful to do if you are early in the job search We talk about advice once you get into a rhythmWe give some advice when you are mid Job Search ProcessWe give some advice when you are late in your Job Search Process

Lauren Celano, CEO of Propel Careers and Jim Gould, the Director for Postdoctoral Affairs at Harvard Medical School,launched this podcast as a way for us to share our advice, insights, and reflections to help others navigate their careers.

As we develop new episodes, this podcast will provide insights regarding career advice to help listeners navigate career choices and become more confident in their decisions. We look forward to busting myths and providing real life, timely, and accurate advice. Jim and Lauren work heavily with Ph.D. trained scientists, but the advice weprovide can be applicable to other audiences. We hope you enjoy listening!