You Only Need One Job

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#990000" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="474005a0dvldzz.png"> <div> <A HREF="alan.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Advice"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     | </B><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>MRIBiotech from SC James</B></I></FONT></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" ><B>You Only Need One Job</B></FONT><B>    </B><A HREF="alan.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Advice"><U><B><IMG SRC="48f0e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>   </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>     </B><A HREF="alan3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What if the money didnt matter?"><U><B><IMG SRC="4910e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="alan12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Journal of Your Accomplishments"><U><B><IMG SRC="4920e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="alan3.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="What if the money didnt matter?"><U><B>What if the money didn't matter?</B></U></A><B>   |   </B><B>You Only Need One Job</B><B>   |   </B><A HREF="alan12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="A Journal of Your Accomplishments"><U><B>A Journal of Your Accomplishments</B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>You Only Need One Job</B></I><I><B> </B></I></div> <div> <B>From Alan Schonberg's book, "Headhunters Confidential"</B></div> <div> <B>(Alan is the founder of MRI)</B></div> <bR> <div> Prepare yourself for several interviews, and factor in the possibility of rejection.  Then believe in yourself, understanding you don't need a job offer with every interview.  You only need one offer because you only need one job.  Get it, and your mission is accomplished.</div> <bR> <div> When it's all said and done, a score of prospective employers could pass on you (or you could pass on them).  When somebody makes an offer too good to pass up, then your job search is over.</div> <div>      </div> <div> Eventually, everyone gets an offer.  Look around you.  Opportunities are everywhere.  Eventually one will knock, and you'll answer.</div> <div>      </div> <div> I can recall hundreds of times when a job candidate was devastated after being turned down, only to get a better offer at the next interview.  This happens so frequently, I sometimes tell candidates to look at rejection as "a blessing in disguise."  I tell them, "Something better will come along, and someday you'll wonder why you even considered this position in the first place."  It's amazing how often things turn out this way.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>