Lower Your Expectations — TEMPORARILY
If you think of yourself as your own personal services corporation, as success coach Brian Tracy suggests, then you may want to hold a “sale” when demand for your talents drops and you’ve been in the job market more than four or five months. So, consider lowering your target for salary and other benefits so that you can find a position faster and then work your way back up to the level of pay you originally sought. The key to this tactic is to remember that all sales are TEMPORARY, including yours. Look for a position where there’s a very real chance that you can, in fact, advance to a higher rate of pay within a reasonable time period. Action Step : If you’ve been out of work for any length of time, be flexible in the salary and benefits package you seek.
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