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Welcome to week 1 of Job Hunting for Corporate Rebels!
If you are not currently looking for a job, this series applies to getting promoted, staying fresh in your field, and will set you up for the day you do start a job search. Tuck these newsletters away for the future.
An effective job search is one part mindset and two parts effort. Do you ever think these things?
- I don't know if I'm qualified.
- My skills are so varied, no one will understand what I do.
- I'll never find a job.
- I wish I had taken a different path/gotten a different degree because then I'd be qualified.
- I've wasted time.
These thoughts in your head are simply beliefs. Limiting beliefs. When you operate from beliefs like these, it is hard to motivate yourself to take action and move forward.
In my 14 years of supporting people in their job searches and careers, there is one over-arching belief that effectively propels your job search, and it's this:
Job searching is match-making. Someone out there is looking for you.
Hiring is a grueling and fraught process. Employers want to hire the right person for the role and culture. The right hire solves a problem and makes the manager's life easier. A bad hire is horrible. An employer is just as happy to find you as you are to find them.
Today's Hot Tip: Someone out there is waiting for you. You just have to find them.
Keep reading, we'll talk more about how to find them in the coming weeks.
Please reach out anytime with questions and comments. I always love hearing from you.
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