How to handle the pressure of finals and job hunting

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Career building and job-hunting are demanding activities. How are you doing? Under optimum conditions, you should exhibit the signs of healthy stress outlined below subject of course to natural differences in underlying temperament and personality. Read the list below and see how many of the items on the checklist describe you.

CHECKLIST:SIGNS OF HEALTHY STRESS

• Good concentration
• High quality work
• Keep essay deadlines
• Punctuality
• Good attendance at lectures, seminars and tutorials
• Interested in studies
• Good relationships
• Ability to handle conflict
• Clear thinking
• Good use of time
• Positive self-image
• High energy level
• Accept constructive criticism
• Feeling competent
• Strong sense of self-worth
• Sense of fun
• Feeling optimistic

If you cannot list at least half of these it could mean that you are not responding to your present level of stress very well.