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​“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.” ― H. Jackson Brown Jr.

It's important that you develop effective strategies for managing your time to balance the conflicting demands of time for study, leisure, earning money and job-hunting. Fast time management skills are valuable in job-hunting, but also in many other aspects of life: from revising for examinations to working in a vacation job.

Sometimes it may seem that there isn't enough time to do everything that you need to. This can lead to a buildup of stress. When revising for examinations, or during your final year when you have to combine the pressures of intensive study with finding time to apply for jobs good management of your time can be particularly important.  How can we save our time? 

​Keeping a to-do List

You should have a reminder system to tell you of when you need to do what: don't try to remember everything in your head as this is a recipe for disaster! Carry a pen and paper or organizer wherever you go. At the simplest level your reminder system could simply be to use your diary to write down the things you need to do, it will not take a lot of time. Before interviews, it's fine to write down the questions you wish to ask on a small piece of card or notepad.

Setting Goals

Hurry up! Set yourself specific and clearly defined goals, and make sure that these are realistic and achievable. To do this, you first need to examine your present situation! Assess what goals are important to you and what action you need to take to achieve your target.

​Organizing your time

Identify areas of your life where you are wasting time and try to reduce these. A good way to do this is to log everything you do for a week in details and then examine your record to see how you use (or misuse!) your time.

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wasting time - марнувати час

to reduce - зменшити, послабити

​Job-hunting – look for a job. - пошук роботи.
Revising  – to study again something you have already learned, in preparation for an exam. - передивлятися, перечитувати.
Reminder – a thing that causes someone to remember something. - нагадування, памятка
Goal – the object of a person’s ambition or effort; an aim or desired result. - ціль, задача.
Assess – calculate or estimate the price or value of. - оцінювати
Achieve – successfully bring about or reach (a desired objective or result) by effort, skill, or courage. - досягати
Target –a person, object, or place selected as the aim of an attack.

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eхactly - точно

earning money - заробляти гроші
leisure - вільний час

seem - здаватися

valuable - цінний
lead to a buildup - накопичувати
particularly - в особливості

to apply for job - влаштовуватися на роботу
Hurry up! - поспішай!

disaster - катастрофа