{"id":3468,"date":"2016-05-06T19:32:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T11:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/06\/3-times-you-should-hit-reset-on-the-job-search-and-how-to-do-it\/"},"modified":"2016-05-06T19:32:28","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T11:32:28","slug":"3-times-you-should-hit-reset-on-the-job-search-and-how-to-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/06\/3-times-you-should-hit-reset-on-the-job-search-and-how-to-do-it\/","title":{"rendered":"3 times you should hit &#039;reset&#039; on the job search &#8212; and how to do it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Break-from-job-search\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzA1LzA1LzVkL2JyZWFrZnJvbWpvLjk4ZWNiLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/0902a82d\/ee8\/break-from-job-search.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=3+times+you+should+hit+%27reset%27+on+the+job+search+%E2%80%94+and+how+to+do+it&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F06%2F3-times-you-should-quit-the-job-search%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F06%2F3-times-you-should-quit-the-job-search%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Often when a tough task isn\u2019t quite clicking, you know the best way to change things up is to take a break. You\u2019ll come back refreshed, with a new perspective that can help you break through a mental block.<\/p>\n<p>And yet, so often when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themuse.com\/advice\/5-times-youre-judging-the-job-search-by-its-cover-and-missing-out-on-great-opportunities\">job search<\/a> is getting people down, they take a more-is-more approach. Your first 10 applications haven\u2019t gotten a response? Send 15 more! You\u2019ve been spending 30 minutes each day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themuse.com\/jobs\">browsing open positions<\/a>? Bump it up to an hour!<\/p>\n<p>This motivation to double-down is understandable: If you\u2019re actively searching, odds are you\u2019re either unemployed or unhappy in your current role, so you want to know you\u2019re doing all you can to find something ASAP. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/06\/3-times-you-should-quit-the-job-search\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/interview\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Interview<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/jobs\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Jobs<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/job-search\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Job Search<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/career-advice\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Career Advice<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/business\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Business<\/a><br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/jump\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1462534011' target='_blank'><br \/>\n<img src='http:\/\/ad.doubleclick.net\/ad\/mash.to\/rss;pos=atf;tag=ad;mtype=standard;type=rss;sz=300x250;ord=1462534011'><br \/>\n<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/yhEQ5DcipmE\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often when a tough task isn\u2019t quite clicking, you know the best way to change things up is to take a break. You\u2019ll come back refreshed, with a new perspective that can help you break through a mental block. And &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/06\/3-times-you-should-hit-reset-on-the-job-search-and-how-to-do-it\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[768,1896,2709,2710,805],"class_list":["post-3468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other","tag-business","tag-career-advice","tag-interview","tag-job-search","tag-jobs"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}