1. “Today is the first day of my job search. I see myself waking up excited about the opportunity of finding a job. As I smell the fresh coffee that I pour, I feel confident knowing that I’m going to manage the process of finding a new job. As I sit, relaxing and drinking my coffee, I begin to think about executing the plan I made last night. I know that this is a little scary and I feel the trepidation of not knowing what’s going to happen, yet this is undoubtedly going to be an exciting day.”

2. “I see myself prepared for the day. I’ve already made 10 calls to set up appointments with prospective employers. I hear myself speaking to prospective employers, and I hear them grant me an interview. I feel the rush of success from knowing that I’m going to successfully sell myself on these interviews.”

3. “I see myself setting 10 face-to-face interviews each week. This is an average of only two interviews per day. I hear myself practicing the interviewing techniques that I’m going to use in each interview. I feel well-prepared for every interview I will have. I am confident. I feel great. I know that I am prepared and will perform extremely well in each of these interviews.”

You should write at least 10 of these goals in a very specific way. By reading them aloud, everyday, they will also become affirmations. Affirmations are positive statements that will reinforce activity and your mental attitude. In this case, you are confirming with every sense that you will be successful in finding a new job. The more you positively reinforce the emotional and spiritual parts of your psyche, the more likely it is that the tangible side will follow. These goals must be recited repeatedly to create the effect the necessary.

Your specific job-search goals

Write 10 goals related to your job search based on what you’ve learned about goals. Research also reveals that a person cannot reasonably deal with more than 10 goals in any one focused endeavor.

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Specific and simple.

Goals should not be broad generalities. A statement such as “get a job and be happy” is not a specific goal. Also, it is best to state your goals in sensory language – words that describe that which is seen, felt, heard, and even smelled and tasted.

Examples of specific and simple job search goals would be:

“I see myself having five face-to-face interviews a week.”

“I hear the sound of a hiring manager making an appointment to interview me.”

“I feel the rush of success in anticipation for the opportunity to sell myself.”

Manageable, measurable, and motivational.

Having manageable, measurable, and motivational goals leads to reasonable outcomes. Manageable goals are the ones you can personally manage. Having a goal to grow wings and fly is not manageable. Having a goal to become a better person is not measurable. Motivational goals must be the kind of goals you personally get excited about, and inspires you to action.

Attainable and achievable.

You need to develop goals that, though they might be a stretch, can be achieved and are possible. For example, you can control the activities necessary to get a job, but not whether you get the job offer. You goals should focus on those activities.

Relevant and risk-oriented.

On the other hand, to be meaningful your goals must have a real possibility for failure. A goal that has no inherent risk is not a goal. When writing goals for this exercise, many people will describe results that are almost certain to happen and list actions they are already taking. Instead, the risk and reward of a goal must be balanced. A goal should require a reasonable risk, and a reasonable challenge as well. The goal pre-supposes that you have the ability, even as it pushes your limits to attain the goal.

Track-able and timed.

Your goals should allow you to track tangible and quantifiable action. For example, a goal for obtaining interviews would stipulate that you schedule a certain number of interviews. And the goal should include a time frame. This may seem elementary, but many people design goals and don’t set time limits – they let themselves off the hook before they ever start. Make goals that can be tracked and timed, and make those restrictions appropriately proportionate to the size of the goal.

As an example, a S.M.A.R.T. goal could be written like this:

“it is October 15th and my goal is to be onboard with my new job in time to celebrate Christmas. I know how grateful I will feel for my new opportunity. Everywhere around me, people will be happy about Christmas. Well, I am going to be doubly happy. My new job will be so fulfilling. I will see a new paycheck of a $____ a month. My family and friends will be so happy for me. I will be challenged and will feel like I am learning something new every day on my new job. My family will share in my happiness. I love my new job!”

This goal encompasses all of the S.M.A.R.T. attributes. Importantly, note that it is specific, and is stated in sensory-based language. It is also simple, measurable, certainly motivational, achievable, relevant, challenge/skills balanced, and timed.

Research reveals that goals need to be stated positively. The mind and emotions react differently to a positive statement or a negative statement. Goals stated negatively (e.g. I won’t do…) instead reinforce whatever the person did not want to do.

Research also reveals that public goals are more effective than private goals. This indicates that you make others aware of your goals. Psychologically you are more apt to achieve your goals if you know that other people are “watching.”

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“Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals, and I’ll give you a stock clerk.”

Goal setting is critical to having a positive attitude. I recently heard an author on Oprah talk about “The Law of Attraction.” I heard the same theory years ago phrased as “where the mind goes, energy flows.” When you focus on your job search, you feel energized and positive results will happen. In fact, your job search can become an obsession. Some people will spend every waking moment focused on finding a new job. Do you doubt they will be successful?

Your mind’s “interest” wants to give you what you want, but you need to make every effort possible to ask. Written goals are a very clear-cut way of “asking” the universe.

Goals need to be S.M.A.R.T.

S – Specific and simple. Stated in the present with sensory-based language.
M – Manageable, measurable, and motivational. I can, I do, and I feel.
A – Attainable and achievable. They should be a stretch, but very possible.
R – Relevant, risk oriented, challenge/skill based.
T – Track-able and timed. Measure the process and set dates of accomplishment.

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