Stevea Robbins here. Welcome to the Get It Done guys, quick and dirty steps to work less and do more.

Job hunting is weird. No one ever gets really good at it, because the instant you get a positive result, you stop doing it.

You don't get much practice. Unfortunately, though, our economy is still losing jobs.

That means that job hunters are finding themselves unemployed for a long time.

But there's a bright side.

It's a chance for many of us to master job hunting by practicing it over and over and over and over.

You will track more than just people. You'll also have

research that you'll use in your hunt. For that, you'll need file folders, my favorite.

This will be like kindergarten, but without the paste, so you'll need something else to snack on.

Get about 20 file folders. Also, get a package of notebook paper, at least 50 sheets. First,

we'll set up your folders. We'll use the folder naming system in my filing episode. This

episode's transcript has a link to the episode on how to name your file folders. Label one folder

industry-hyphen, and then the industry where you're looking. For example, industry-hyphen, and then the industry where you're looking.

For example, industry-hyphen banking, industry-hyphen fashion, or industry-hifin action figures.

Here you'll file the notes about the industry so you can make smart conversations when meeting people in that industry.

Save articles about industry trends and news.

If you're looking in multiple industries, create a file folder for each industry.

Label another folder, function, hyphen, your desired job function. For example, function

hyphen graphic designer, function-hyphen programmer, function

hyphen accountant.

Here, you'll put information about your job function.

If an article says, all graphic designers now must know how to draw an elephant free hand,

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