Job hunting goes down so much better when you’re teaming with at least one other person. You have a chance to laugh about your bloopers and your imitations of outrageous questions and employers.
However, you know something’s wrong when your teammate:
• not only didn’t have any interviews but didn’t make any telephone calls;
• “forgot” to respond to ads in the paper;
• didn’t follow up on past interviews to obtain additional contacts and keep current in the employer’s mind;
• wears a bathing suit to your weekly meeting; and
• looks and sounds as if he just lost his favorite dog.
Joanie Winberg, The Happy Wednesday Lady (), suggests that you pull some chocolate out and offer it. But don’t stop there.
When you see a smile, pull out another piece, and another, and another until you have your teamie laughing desperately, trying to get you to stop. Then, get up and do something active. Run around the block. Or do something totally childish, such as squirting each other with a hose.
If your teamie is a friend, he knows you listen. Don’t listen this time. Do something or a series of somethings instead until you collapse in a heap.
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