Whether you’re unemployed, or simply looking for another job, here are some things you can do:

• Make your job-searching and applications into a routine, perhaps scheduled to resemble a job
• Update your résumé
• Write a coverletter
• Create online profiles, such as on LinkedIn, Indeed and Monster
• Contact job agencies and headhunters like Manpower and Academic Search
• Comment on articles with topics related to your profession, interest and experiences
• Develop your skills with nightclasses
• Write down how you’d like to work, such as independently, with a team, in an office, or directly with customers on the field
• Intern, volunteer, or ask to go and visit a company doing what you’d like to
• Find and meet with a mentor
• Update your wardrobe
• Get fit with exercise and sleep
• Print up some business cards
• Network and mingle, especially at jobfairs
• Make a list of references, such as with your former teachers, bosses and colleagues
• Research the news and business magazines for the latest trends and developments
• Send out applications to industries you find appealing
• Make a list of your services, of what you can offer
• Look into starting a business of your own
• Research what is sustainable and eco-friendly, and whether the business you’re applying to, is
• Team up with others to work with, and suggest a trial based project as a pitch
• Look into what the regular salaries are in your city and profession, to know what to ask for

To get more clear about what you’d like, and how, don’t hesitate to call a career coach.