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On your mark....get set……

GO!

For today’s MBA student, conducting a job search today is like running a marathon. It takes time, practice, and lots of endurance. Sometimes, the job search race can seem really, really long, with no end in sight. Even worse, it can be painful.

But here’s the good news: If you get in the race, eventually you’ll finish. Like most of us, you’ll reach the finish line, and, hopefully, feel good about your accomplishment.

Here’s the problem: Too many of us treat the job search like a series of sprints, instead of the marathon it resembles. Instead of accepting the fact that the job search is a long road and we need to start running if we’re going to finish the race (which, hopefully, ends by the time we graduate!), we take action in short bursts, stopping almost as soon as we start. Like a good sprinter, we gear up for the short race, putting all of our energy into our next interview, or dashing out dozens of resumes to employers when we’re feeling productive or panicked.

Soon, however, our energy dissipates, and we need to rest, to stop…to collapse! We’re done, spent, and don’t have the resources to devote to the ongoing follow-up, networking, and relationship-building that the job search requires. Until we realize that we’ve only got a month until graduation, and then we sprint again, trying to make up for the time and distance we lost because we stopped running. Calgon, take me away!

The job search is a marathon and the sooner you start the race, the better. Unlike a sprint, you aren’t expected to find a job in a day, make hundreds of contacts in a week, or send off dozens of resumes in a flurry of energy.

The job search is a marathon because it requires a long-term, ongoing commitment to land a job that you’ll feel good about. And that takes time. Like any self-respecting marathon runner, we know that we will hit a few bumps in the road, face a few hills, and, sometimes, get on a good roll and before we know it, we’re halfway there. But we’ve got to get in the race to win it. Start today.