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Follow your North Star to find the right job for you.
Looking for a new job is hard work and you have to prepare, prepare, prepare," says consultant Suzanne Forsyth, who was director of human resources at the American Council on Education for 24 years.
Her workshop on "Navigating and Negotiating Change" at the NASPA conference in St. Louis in March told participants how to take charge of their own careers. The job search model is changing. You don't have to be a passive victim of the search process.
"Finding the job is a lot harder than the job you get," she told WIHE. "How many times do you buy a house? How many times do you get married?"
Job change is a time of anxiety, especially if it's involuntary. Preparation starts early. Long before you study ads and write cover letters for your c.v., think seriously and systematically about what you've done and where you want to go.
Introspection
Keep a journal to get solidly in touch. Are your motives internal or external? Do you like your job but hear others say you should move up?
Explore options in your current situation. Faced with a vacancy, your school may redistribute those duties instead of filling the position. That offers you an opportunity to expand your role.
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