求職第四個月最艱難:撐下去海闊天高大綱
You may start feeling down as time passes by during your job hunt. After all, there are only so many rejections that one can take right?
在求職的過程中，隨着時間的不斷推移，你會開始變得情緒低落。是不是每個人在接受拒絕時都有一個極限呢？
Well, a new study led by a University of Minnesota psychologist says you should keep your head up. The research found that the 76 percent who kept a go-getter attitude during the job hunt found a job after four months。
明尼蘇達大學的心理學家們的一項最新研究表明，求職者在心情煩悶、不斷受挫的時候更應該擡頭挺胸、保持信心。該研究發現，那些擁有積極心態的求職者，在求職四個月後，有76%的人找到了工作。
"Searching for a job isn't like learning a skill, where maintaining a positive attitude may be easier as you see improvement with effort," says psychologist Ruth Kanfer, one of the researchers in the study. "Beyond landing a job, you get almost no feedback."
Ruth是參與該研究的一位心理學家，他說，“找工作和學習技能是不同的。想在求職的過程中保持積極的心態要更加困難，因爲學習技能，你可以看到自己的進步，這就有利於你增加信心。而找工作則不然，你可能付出了很多努力，卻沒有得到任何迴應。”
The harder you work at staying positive, the more effort you'll put into the job hunt. The study found that by the fourth month of job searching, participants decreased the time they spent looking for jobs. They went from initially dedicating 17 hours per week to 14 hours a week. It's natural to get a bit discouraged, but keep in mind that as long as you keep at it, the higher your chances will be of scoring a job!
你越是想要努力地保持樂觀，你在求職中就需要花費更多的努力。研究發現，在求職第四個月的時候，參與者花在求職上的時間從一開始每週17個小時下降到了每週14個小時。感到受挫是自然反應，但是記住，你越堅持，就越有希望找到工作！
