You’re on the emotional roller coaster of job search. The loss of your professional identity is sad, scary, depressing…or liberating. It is all how you look at this next chapter in your life.
We All Need a Little Motivation
I write a lot about moving past your emotions, in fact, every Monday, my Motivation Monday posts are focused on this. You can review them all by clicking on this Motivation Monday link.
Choices
During job search, you have been or will be filled with choices. The biggest of these choices is work or don’t work. I explain more in this post: You Have Two Choices. The other choices you make daily are around how hard you will try to follow up and whether you will leave no stone unturned.
Finally, you have to decide when you are going to change what you are doing in your job search. Doing vs. Really Doing forces you to look at some of measurements for your job search productivity. Whatever you do, don’t knock it until you’ve tried it!
Expand Your Thinking
You know what you know, but do you know what you don’t know? Take your head out of the sand and see how the way we work is changing! The idea of a lifetime career is dying, so start thinking like a free agent.
Shake your old beliefs, rattle the cage a little and roll yourself along!
Hannah Morgan speaks and writes about job search and career strategies. She founded CareerSherpa.net to educate professionals on how to maneuver through today’s job search process. Hannah was nominated as a LinkedIn Top Voice in Job Search and Careers and is a regular contributor to US News & World Report. She has been quoted by media outlets, including Forbes, USA Today, Money Magazine, Huffington Post, as well as many other publications. She is also author of The Infographic Resume and co-author of Social Networking for Business Success.
