Do you exercise regularly? Your job search might be the best time to begin this great habit.
Regular exercise will…
- Give you a serotonin rise, keeping feelings of job search depression away
- Improve your breathing, allowing you to improve your attention span and more easily focus on your job search tasks
- Pull you away from the above tasks at the right time, so that you don’t get bogged down
- Increase your metabolism, making you feel more energetic
- Help you sleep better
- Serve as a mechanism for release job search tension and frustration (why did my CV not get any replies…?)
- Lift your spirits with inspirational highs as you achieve exercise goals too
- Raise your self-confidence, which will shine through in firmer handshakes and positive body language
- Make your brain function better including your memory
- Lead to new job opportunities from new contacts in your gym.
That said, if you’d like to save membership costs or live far from a gym, there are many exercises that you can do at home.
More benefits
- 7 benefits of regular physical activity
- 10 Benefits of Exercise, and How to Start Doing It
- How to Exercise While Sitting at Your Computer
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--Jacob Share
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You forgot to mention a longer healthier life, not to mention the great looking body you will get, this might help in your job search as well :)
Comment by Stomach Exercises
— February 18, 2008 #
Thanks for the extra tips. There’s no question- anything you can do to be attractive will help in your job search too.
Comment by Jacob Share
— February 25, 2008 #
These are some great tips. I was looking for a job last year, and I had just started hitting the gym about three months before then.
I got the job, and part of the reason was the confidence I felt from working out.
Comment by Fitness Tips
— March 3, 2008 #
The biggest benefit for me is that I feel my body better and therefore feel overall better
Comment by Flat Stomach Exercises
— June 24, 2008 #
The way I look at it is that exercise is like a life-sustaining medicine; if I miss workouts, it can literally be dangerous to my health. So don’t miss ‘em ;)
Comment by Jacob Share
Twitter: jacobshare
— June 24, 2008 #
This is something I definitely need to do a better job of. I spend way too much time in front of the computer working. I think if I exercised more, I would feel better, be more efficient and have to spend less time in front of the computer…hmm what a concept!
Matt
Comment by Matt | Small Business Entrepreneur
— September 19, 2008 #
It also improves your mood which improves your relationships making networking much easier.
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Comment by Debbie Lattuga
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— February 17, 2010 #