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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Career coach, recruiter and frequent Vault contributor Caroline Ceniza-Levine recently posted to CNBC&#39;s &lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Executive Careers&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; blog in response to the question, &quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Is It The Job Market Or Is It You?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&quot; The question was posed by a career workshop attendee who had grown frustrated by her lack of job search results. Caroline&#39;s answer was that, while this is a valid question in the current climate for job seekers, the unfortunate truth is that&amp;nbsp;there&#39;s no one to blame for poor job search results than the man (or woman) in the mirror. The post responds to the disenfranchised job seeker with a few questions of its own:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;How much time are you spending on your search?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;How many resumes have you sent out?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;How many networking meetings have you lined up?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;Are you spending time on activities that bring you results?&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Are you talking to the right people?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Whether you&#39;ve&amp;nbsp;done a great job or a horrible job conducting your job search, the answers to these questions will most likely glaringly reflect that. They also will drive home the point that it&#39;s not the market or the Recession or any other outside factor that&#39;s dragging down your job search -- each and every one of those questions asks what YOU have done, not what has happened around you. Consequently, the answers are all going to start with an introspective &quot;I.&quot;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Obviously there&#39;s potential to sink even further into a funk&amp;nbsp;if your answers to&amp;nbsp;those questions&amp;nbsp;reveal that you&#39;ve taken zero ownership of your job search. However, once you&#39;re able to take a good look in the mirror and proactively change your technique to become a better job seeker, the eventual rewards will be that much sweeter. It&#39;s easy to blame the market and fall further into a rut. But the most important thing to remember (and arguably the toughest in the current depressed environment) is to remind yourself -- and more importantly to truly believe -- that you and you alone control your happiness through your attitude and actions. I&#39;ll let Caroline sum it up:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot;&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;&lt;em&gt;We have all heard the line &quot;It&amp;#8217;s not personal, it&amp;#8217;s business.&quot; In the case of your job search, it&amp;#8217;s both. Yes, keep your business hat on because you need to be professional and analytical and focused on your target companies&amp;#8217; business concerns. But your job search is also very personal. Your ability to find the best job for you impacts your emotional health, financial wellbeing, day-to-day living and future prospects. Is it the market or is it you? It&amp;#8217;s your search, your career, and your willingness and ability to be better than the jobseekers out there regardless of the market. It&amp;#8217;s all you.&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;Is It The Market Or Is It You?&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt; [CNBC &#39;Executive Careers&#39;]&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;font face=&quot;Arial&quot; size=&quot;2&quot;&gt;--Posted by Steven Schiff, Assistant Producer Vault.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Career coach, recruiter and frequent Vault contributor Caroline Ceniza-Levine recently posted to CNBC's Executive Careers blog in response to the question, "Is It The Job Market Or Is It You? " The question was posed by a career workshop attendee who had grown frustrated by her lack of job search results.

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