The key motivation tips for job seekers include partnering with someone else who is also job hunting to share progress and leads, setting specific weekly goals and publicly committing to them, creating a reward system for facing rejections, treating the job search like a full-time job in terms of time commitment, and applying additional motivation strategies from resources like The Motivation Hacker book and productivity advice in Appendix 2.
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