Daily Success Boost
Alan Carniol

As you know, I advocate "irons-in-the-fire" approach to job seeking.

This means that—instead of putting all your eggs in one basket and pursuing one job opportunity, you can get involved in running for two or three serious job opportunities simultaneously.

Below are five reasons to support my position:

(1) You're less dependent on the outcome of a single opportunity, so you'll feel more confident and relaxed when you walk into the interview (This makes it more likely that you'll get the job).

(2) Because you're not counting on just one opportunity, you won't give off unconscious signals of neediness. This increases your perceived value as a candidate. (Again, this makes you more likely to get the job.)

(3) If an opportunity doesn't work out, you always have at least two other opportunities to fall back on. Invariably, the possibility to feel more secure is probable.

(4) When it's time to negotiate your salary, you can negotiate from a position of strength — since, chances are, you have other job offers behind you. This means there's a good chance you'll get a bigger salary than if you were relying on one job opportunity to get you back into work.

(5) And when you start the job, you won't feel "lucky" to be there. You'll know that there's always another job you can take instead, so you'll carry yourself in a way that inspires confidence and commands respect—rather than being pushed around, like a lot of new starts.

This is why I believe in and advocate for the "irons-in-the-fire" approach to getting a job.

So, how can you put more irons in the fire?