Create a Winning Job-Search Game Plan
建立一個能獲勝的求職遊戲計劃
Turn Former Errors Into Accomplishments
將以前的錯誤轉變為未來的成就。
Microsoft founder Bill Gates said, "It's fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure." In other words, even our worst job-search errors are the training ground for greater success.
微軟的建立者比爾.蓋茨說過：“慶祝勝利是很好的，但是從失敗中吸取教訓則更重要。”也就是說，即使是我們求職中最大的失敗也是為了更大的成功而所必經的磨練。
With that in mind, try this exercise: Draw four columns on a blank sheet of paper. Use the following four questions to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get back into the game with a winning plan.
考慮到這一點的話，試試以下的方法吧：在一張白紙上畫四欄。用以下四個問題來剖析你自己，然後從遊戲中制定一份勝利的計劃。
Column 1: Last Year's Misses
第一欄：去年的失誤
Without pausing to analyze, make a list of your actions that you felt hindered your career last year. Remember to examine every area of your job search, including: interviewing, networking, and your resume.
不要停下來分析，將去年一年裡你覺得阻礙了工作的行為都列出來。記住，每年都要檢查求職的'每一個方面，包括以下幾點：面試、關係網、簡歷。
Column 2: Hit or Miss?
第二欄：偶然還是失誤?
Now, take a step back and look at each of your actions from an outsider's viewpoint. Did it really derail your job search or is it just something you feel badly about? For example, your lingeringembarrassmentat spilling your coffee during an interview doesn't mean that this is an error you need to fix, unless you repeatedly spill your coffee.
接下來，退回上一步，以一個局外人的眼光來審查列出的每一步行動。這些行動是真的阻礙了你的求職還是你自我感覺不好而已呢? 比如說，在一次面試中你撒出咖啡的尷尬情況並不是你需要改正的錯誤，除非你總是會反覆潑出咖啡。
On the other hand, not knowing the meanings of buzz words you used on your resume is something you need to correct. Go through each item in Column 1. If it truly requires a change, then jot "change this" beside it in column 2.
另一方面，不懂得簡歷中的一些流行用語則是你需要改正的錯誤。瀏覽第一欄中的每一項，如果真的要改正的話，就在第二欄中備註上“此錯誤需修改”。
Column 3: Can I Fix This?
第三欄：我是否能夠改正?
What is in your control to change? Be realistic. You can change your habit of turning up late for interviews. You cannot change the fact that you got fired from your last job because of a personal conflict. Increase your chances of success by focusing your attentionon the things that you can change. And put a check mark for each of those in column 3.
哪些是你可以控制的?現實一點。你可以改正面試遲到的壞習慣。但是你無法改變上次被開除是因為人際衝突的事實。重點改正那些你可以做到事情，這樣可以增加成功的機率。然後在第三欄中打上檢查標記。
Column 4: My Hits for This Year
第四欄：我今年要提高的
Here is the turning point. Review the list of things to change that remain after questions 2 and 3. Identify a positive behavior to replace each of them and write these in Column 4. For example, do you arrive at interviews inadequately prepared? Then identify a more positive action to take and write a measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-based objective to guide your change, such as, "Starting this month, I will spend at least an hour preparing for each interview."
這裡是一個轉折點。審查清單上在第2項和第3項之後仍然需要改變的問題。確定一些積極的措施來取代要改正的缺點，並在第四欄中記下來。例如，你是否準備不充分就去參加面試了?那就採取一些更積極的行動，制定一份可檢測、可實現的、有明確的完成日期的方針來指導你的修正行動。你可以這樣寫“從這個月開始，我將會花至少一個小時的時間來準備每次面試。”
Now, make this plan work for you. Circle the three positivechanges from Column 4 that are most important to you. Write them on a cue card or some other place where you can easily review your turnaround plan every day. In addition, give a copy of this list to someone you trust and ask him or her to hold you accountablefor making at least one change by the end of the year.
接下來，就應該讓這份計劃成為現實了。從第四欄中圈出三項對你來說非常重要的積極改變。將它們寫在提示板或其他顯而易見的地方，這樣你每天很容易就可以看到自己的調整計劃。另外，將這份清單影印一份給一個你信任的朋友，讓他/她監督你每年至少做出一個改變。
Then watch your hits add up.
然後，將等著你的閃光點越來越多吧。