When you are starting out searching for a job it is important to
Be paranoid and have an increasing amount of panic and fear.

What is meant with that is that you need to be focused at the task of getting a new job from day one. Getting a new job may be as much work as actually having a job. When you are afraid you often get very focused.

The job search process may take a long time and the sooner you really get started the better.

It may be tempting to relax a bit.
Some countries have very good unemployment benefits. It may be very comfortable to take sort of a paid vacation. The real horror starts when that benefits stops. People that are eligible to receive unemployment benefits are people that have been working full time for a while. The unemployment benefits are to help pay off your loans and such. People just finishing college do not usually have big loans on cars and houses, but they do not get any unemployment benefits since they have not been working. This can be tough. For a person that is not eligible for unemployment benefits are likely to have more panic and fear straight off.

Paranoia, Panic and Fear are survival instincts.
It is not comfortable to have any of these things, but they are natural instincts from nature. They where developed as survival instincts in the early evolution, but they are still needed in today’s corporate jungle.

Even if Paranoia, Panic and Fear are uncomfortable you should tap into those feelings as soon as possible since they will ultimately help you get the job.