{"47197":{"#nid":"47197","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Study Shows Persistence \u0026 Positive Attitude Really Do Pay Off in Job Searching","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe new Georgia Institute of Technology study also reveals how certain personality traits affect job-search behavior.  For example, people tend to look harder for jobs and consequently have more success if they are:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Optimistic and view the job loss as an opportunity to improve their position.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Higher in self-esteem and self-efficacy; they\u0027re confident in their ability to search for a job.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Extraverted.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n- Conscientious, in the sense that they are more organized and concerned with follow-up.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022That doesn\u0027t mean that introverts or less conscientious individuals have poor re-employment prospects,\u0022 said study director Ruth Kanfer, a Georgia Tech psychology professor.  \u0022But those personality traits are less conducive to the path that they\u0027re up against.  In contrast, some people are naturally outgoing or predisposed to set goals and follow through.\u0022\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nKanfer is completing a two-year study on job-search behavior in cooperation with the Georgia Department of Labor.  Although researchers are still crunching numbers, preliminary findings show a positive relationship between active job-search behavior and re-employment success -- even in a time of recession.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u0022That may seem intuitive, but it\u0027s something people forget -- especially if the economy is bad,\u0022 Kanfer said.  \u0022When jobs are scarce, people often assume that there\u0027s no point in looking.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"A new study confirms what some job-seekers may suspect: The more effort people put into a job search, the more likely they are to find employment, even in difficult times.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-09-18 00:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:03:45","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-09-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtresearchnews.gatech.edu\/newsrelease\/JOBSEARCH.htm","title":"Study suggests tailoring help"}],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cstrong\u003E \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/contact\/index.html?id=\u0022\u003EContact  \u003C\/a\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}