Top 5 Steps to Help Your Job-searching Friend
3. Avoid asking for the updates regarding their job search frequently:
You might be curious in knowing whether your friend has got a call for any job interviews and you start calling for the updates to them every now and then. But, before you call them up the next time, think once, because, if they didn’t receive any response or got any job interview call, it might hurt them. So, try to avoid asking for the updates frequently, as in case they receive any call, they will let you know about it. If you keep calling them repeatedly, they might get frustrated or feel embarrassed to share that they don’t have any progress in their job search.
4. Ask him or her to connect with people who are in your network:
Yes, as everyone knows, building contacts with the new faces through the networking sites or personally communicating with a new person is of lot of help, it is better to suggest your friend to connect with people who are there in your network, as anyone of them might help him or her in searching a good job. Many have been successful in this method of communication. With this, you might be of some good help to your friend when they search for a job.
5. Divert their attention to some other side every time, so that they can relax for some time:
Yes, as a friend you need to avoid your friend from taking a lot of pressure. They might get frustrated if they don’t find a good job even after searching for a nice one putting lot of hard work. As a friend, to divert their attention, take them out for a lunch or dinner along with you, talk to them about some interesting topic that can help them forget their frustration, take them for a long walk and keep them engaged in some nice activity, etc.