You Majored in What? by Katharine Brooks

Author:Katharine Brooks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin USA, Inc.

2. MANAGING YOUR ENVIRONMENT

Now that you’ve set some goals or intentions, take a look around your living space. Have you set it up to make achieving your goals easier? Are your goals and intentions visible? If you have something you want to accomplish (write a paper, read a book, search the Web, play your guitar), can you just walk in and do it? Or do you have to clean up a bunch of junk first and remove last night’s pizza crusts and beer cans? Your personal environment plays a big role in shaping your dreams. If you don’t think your setting makes a difference, try studying in the middle of a fraternity party. Sit in the middle of the party with your chemistry book and see how much you learn.

When you’re trying to set new goals and move forward in your career plans, it’s important that your lifestyle support those plans. The college environment doesn’t always support job searching—students are often working with last-minute deadlines, distractions, and time-wasting activities. With so many choices to make, procrastination can easily become your lifestyle.

Let’s say your goal is to manage a golf resort, and one step toward that goal is to improve your golf game so you can get a job at a local country club where you’ll likely develop a great network. You’ve even found a way to get credit for pursuing golf by taking a phys ed course on golfing. Take a look around—what in your room supports your goal? Do you have some clubs? Are they readily available? Do you have some golf magazines or books?

A professional musician friend leaves his instrument in his hallway and every time he walks past he plays a scale or a short song. He has found that short exercises throughout the day make his scheduled longer practice sessions go much better and he plays much more than he otherwise would. The same idea applies to the job search: are your job search materials easily accessible?

• Keep all your job search-related materials in one place—a notebook or file.

• Keep your résumé near your phone or maybe in your wallet in case you get a call on your cell phone.

• Keep the materials you need for an interview in one place so you don’t forget them.

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