THE SPIRITUAL KEYS TO A SUCCESSFUL JOB SEARCH

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THE SPIRITUAL KEYSTO A SUCCESSFUL JOB SEARCH
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Welcome

• Loss of job 21st century reality
• Just-in-time people supply process
• Management career-seeing many lose jobs
• January 1, 2001 it happened to me, again
• Suffered the same emotions you are

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Good News

• Turned it over to God
• Did my part
• God provided
• Experience became something wonderful
• Called to help others between jobs
• Focus on spiritual keys and job search keys
• God is waiting to start the journey with you

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Spiritual Keys

• Deal with your emotions using Gods Word
• Implement a two step search strategy
• Grow in your faith
• Study the Word
• Increase your prayer life
• Establish a small group opportunity
• Counsel of fellow Christians
• Search for Gods will

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Deal With Your Emotions Using Gods Word

• One of the most stressful life events
• Huge range of emotions
• Deal with spiritually first
• Difficult to start successful search without
• Gods Word is the answer

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Implement Two Step Job Search Strategy

• Job search is lonely process
• Tend to dwell on emotions and the past
• Step 1 Turn it all over to God
• Your name written on the job he has for you
• Each day brings you one day closer
• Step 2 Do your part to find the job
• This is your full-time job

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Grow In Your Faith

• Closer relationship with our Lord
• Two key ingredients
• Study the Word
• Daily prayer
• God loves for us to turn to him in a crisis
• God will use this to draw you closer to him

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Study the Word

• God tells us how to live our life
• As I read daily my faith grew
• Keeps you grounded during search
• Never too late to start
• God loves us no matter what

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Increase Your Prayer Life

• Learn to listen to God
• Needs to be daily
• It will change your life
• Consider following ACTS
• Adoration
• Confession
• Thanksgiving
• Supplication

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Establish a Small Group

• Time with fellow Christians is essential
• Hold each other accountable
• Structure of a small group
• Time to share
• Bible discussions
• Making commitments/goals
• Holding each other accountable
• Time to pray for each other
• Tough love often necessary

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Search For Gods Will

• Important to understand Gods will
• Job loss is your opportunity
• How do you discover Gods will?
• Through a right relationship
• Turn to the Bible-His Word will guide you
• Prayer
• Seek counsel of fellow Christians

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10 Most Important Non-Spiritual Keys

• Treat search as full-time job
• Get out of house if possible
• Most jobs found via networking
• Quantity/quality of contact
• Two page resume
• Have your Two-minute drill prepared

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10 Most Important Non-Spiritual Keys

• Attack every source
• Networking
• Classified ads
• Internet
• Search firms
• Broadcasting
• Be prepared organized
• Dont let highs get too high, lows too low
• Treat as a marathon, not a sprint

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Group Approach

• 5 key components
• Time to share-job search activity
• Time to share-turning it over to God
• Set goals
• Hold each other accountable
• Pray for each other