Hired for the holidays: Don't slow job search  December 19,
2012|By Kristyn Schiavone | Tribune Media Services   • The job
search can be fruitful during the holidays. The job search can
be fruitful during the holidays.  Many job seekers think the
holiday season is time to give yourself a well-deserved break
from those endless cover letters, interviews and networking
events. Why not? Nobody's hiring anyway, right?  Wrong. In fact,
this is a misconception of epic proportion, says Ford R. Myers,
author of "Get the Job You Want, Even When No One's Hiring."
"People have this mistaken belief that everyone is on mental
vacation during the holidays, and that nobody is focused or
thinking about hiring," Myers says. "The perception is that
everyone turns their brain off after Thanksgiving, and that's a
myth.  "[In addition, job seekers] get very busy with additional
activities, parties, and gifts to buy. They feel like they just
can't handle it, so they put their job searches on hold, because
‘nobody's hiring anyway,