Thinking of starting a job search in the New Year? Don’t wait!

You may be thinking that the holiday season is a bad time for job hunting. People will be out of the office, making it difficult to schedule interviews. Hiring managers and recruiters will be generally distracted. Maybe budgets are spent for the year already.

However, there are some great reasons to start laying the foundation for a new job in the new year, right now.

1)      Other people won’t be actively looking.

Your competition is probably thinking, for all the reasons above, that they should wait for Jan 1 to start a new job search. Or maybe they’re taking a break from their search over the holidays. Get a jump start on them! There may be a company that really needs to fill a role before year-end, and being out there and actively searching could just put you in the right place at the right time.

 2)      January and February are the biggest hiring months of the year.

It takes time to find and hire a candidate. If you wait to start laying the groundwork for your next move until after the holidays are over, you could miss the boat on these key hiring months entirely. Take advantage of generally more empty calendars over the next couple of months to set up some networking calls. Send a holiday greeting and reconnect with someone you haven’t spoken to in a while. (Bonus points if they’re at one of your target companies!)

 3)      It’s a great time to slow down and re-focus on your priorities (and write your resume!)

Make some time for yourself, reflect on the past year, and think about where you want to be a year from now. Carve out some time to work on your resume, too!  Holidays can be hectic, with lots of things going on, but set aside some time for yourself and get mentally ready to start the journey to your next career destination.

If you’re still not sure you’ll have time to write your resume with everything else on your plate already, get in touch.  I’m here to help!