How Attitude Can Impact Your Job Search - CareerAlley

How Attitude Can Impact Your Job Search - CareerAlley We may receive compensation when you click on links to products from our partners. Attitude, as defined in Dictionary.com, is all about manner, disposition, feeling, position etc., with regard to a person or thing; tendency or orientation, esp. of the mind. Whether you are looking to advance your career within the current organization or searching for a job, your attitude will make a lot of difference. Always remember that your attitudes affect your behaviors. Every person possesses negative and positive attitude. The important thing is to channel the right attitude and move forward. What is the Right Attitude? Employers want to hire people with the right attitude. Skills can be learned anytime but attitude is hard to change. Every member within an organization has different thinking skills, behavioral patterns, manner of communication and attitude. It is the job of any employer to understand the attitude of the job searching candidate and analyze whether it will be suitable for the organization. If you are looking for a new job, you need to cultivate a positive approach and improve your chances of getting hired in the next interview. Here are some ways to go about it. 1. Have a Positive Vocabulary Take a look at this question answer pattern. Question: Why did you leave the last job? Answer: I am not sure. I just felt like quitting. Again, Question: What skills and experience will you bring to our company? Answer: I am not sure now. Lets see. Arent the answers elusive? Do they sound even remotely convincing? Is the vocabulary and mode of expression positive? The answer is a big no on all counts. This behaviour reeks of negative attitude. You wont ever get hired if you answer like the examples above. You need to have articulation skills and ability to communicate clearly. There are no books to teach this attitude. You need to inculcate it through self assessment and practice. 2. Dont Show a Self Defeatist Attitude For some job seekers, it takes weeks and months to get a job. It is perfectly natural to display a self defeatist attitude. If you are making statements like: I never get called for second round of interviews. I never get follow-up calls. No one calls me for interview. These are defeatist statements, implying that you have already given up and ready to wallow in self pity. While occasional moments of self pity are fine, a continued self defeatist attitude becomes the breeding ground for negativity and colors your perception towards job search. Searching for jobs in India is sometime stressful. It drains finances and builds stress but your attitude is something you can control and therefore, never have a self defeatist attitude. Sooner or later, it will begin to reflect in your overall body language and manner of communication. As a result, you will lose any further chances of getting hired. Keep negativity at bay. 3. Never Procrastinate Procrastination is an attitude that severely impacts not only your chances of employability but every other aspect of existence. Like the famous last word of Shakespeares Hamlet to be or not to be is the ultimate question, you cannot afford procrastinating efforts and determination towards getting a job. Repeated failure to get a job will cloud your attitude and make you give yourself reasons to delay things such as applying for more jobs, following up on job leads and channelizing network connections. This is also one of the reasons why people tend to become narrow minded and fail to realize opportunities coming their way from unexpected sources. Instead, you should open up your mind and search for new possibilities. For example, you can think of getting into a new field if you have skills, talking with previous colleagues and asking for references, and more. The point is not to let go efforts and maintain a positive attitude for physical and mental well being. In all, positive and negative disposition matter a lot in the employment sector. You need to have a positive attitude, good communication skills and a lot of willpower. Authors Bio Diksha is a social media examiner and freelance writer. she enjoys sharing information about employment and career related needs with students as well as her readers. She loves to write and exploring on various options of higher education in India and abroad, jobs and career in different field. We are always eager to hear from our readers. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions regarding CareerAlley content. Good luck in your search,Joey Google+ what where job title, keywords or company city, state or zip jobs by