ups & downs & in-betweens of job search
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“You cannot expect to achieve new goals or move beyond your present circumstances unless you change.”
–Les Brown
“One may go a long way after one is tired.” – Proverb
“Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.” Walter Elliot
Vital skill that we all need to master in order to be successful in this world
The continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition
Trials come in all forms and they will ALWAYS be there!
Motivation
The psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal and elicits, controls, and sustains certain goal directed behaviors
What motivates you?
"It takes a lot of courage to release the familiar and seemingly secure, to embrace the new. But there is no real security in what is no longer meaningful. There is more security in the adventurous and exciting, for in movement there is life, and in change there is power.“ Alan Cohen
“In three words I can sum upeverything I've learned about life: it goes on.” Robert Frost
…whether you choose to keep up or not!
In order to play the game…
Career Rules Life Skills Rules
AdaptabilityResponsibilityLifelong Learning
Expect the UnexpectedAdaptabilityInterdependencePurposefulnessResourcefulnessResilience
Career RulesJob Security doesn’t existAdaptability
◦Change – domino effect◦Adapt or perish
Responsibility◦This means YOU!
Lifelong Learning◦Healthy response to change
Life Skills RulesExpect the Unexpected
◦Not just a good skill, but a crucial skill
Adaptability◦Curve balls can’t derail you
Interdependence◦There are times in your life when it IS
appropriate to lean on others
Life Skills RulesPurposefulness
◦Choose wiselyResourcefulness
◦Find different ways to get your needs met
Resilience◦If a door doesn’t open…
“Become addicted to constant and never-ending self-improvement.” – Anthony J. D’Angelo
What do you see in your mirror?
ProcrastinationThe bad habit of putting off until
the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday. -Napoleon Hill
Creates higher levels of stress and sends all those stress hormones coursing through your body, wearing it out faster
The world today is littered with an abundance of distractions that can diminish an individual’s productivity
Where does all my time go??
“Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.”
“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.” Benjamin Franklin
Cognitive distortions – AVOID!All-or-nothing thinking
“Either I find a job that pays $50,000 or my whole job search is a waste of time!”
Overgeneralization◦ “I performed poorly in my last job interview. I’ll
never find a suitable job!”
Mental filter◦ Dwelling on that one answer to that one
question in an interview that didn’t go well
Discounting the positive◦ Job searching requires that we share the
positives
Cognitive distortions – AVOID!Jumping to conclusions
◦Mind reading & fortune tellingMagnification/Catastrophizing
◦Blow things out of proportion Emotional reasoning
◦Feel bad and find reasons to back that up“Should” statementsLabeling
◦“I’m a bad interviewer.” “I’m no good at writing.”
Personalization & Blame◦Blaming only yourself or blaming others
Don’t let negativity get to you!He was fired by a newspaper
editor because “he lacked imagination and had no good ideas”
His famous secret chicken recipe was rejected 1,009 times before a restaurant accepted it
What is your support system like?
“You can learn a lot about a person by the company that they keep.”
Whether you choose to believe it or not…
We take on the characteristics of the people we surround ourselves with
We resemble the members of our inner circle in our speech, actions, thoughts or mannerisms
Surround yourself with people that you can LEARN from and EMULATE!
When life’s currents try to sweep you underneath start kicking as hard as you can, for as long as you can, until you find yourself swimming in calmer waters!
Attitude determines your Altitude
How far do you want to go in life?Something as trivial as a bad
attitude can rob you of opportunities
Your attitude is the key…Will help you…Look for the positive in a
situation no matter how dire the circumstances
HAVING A HARD TIME?
Make your list!
Seriously… start a list!Right now!
Really want to put this gratitude stuff into practice?
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These people have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern.
Beautiful people do not just happen.