Is your job search or career stuck in a rut? Here’s some help getting unstuck! Improve your job search, how you apply for jobs, your mental outlook, and more!

Every week I share the best performing content from social media (or my favorites, whichever is better for you!) These are the top 5 posts from last week.

Job Search

The Mind-Blowing Reason Behind How the Best Employees Find Jobs by Lou Adler | Inc.

You should know that Lou Adler is a recruiter (and advocate for job seekers). This chart says it all. The orange bar equals…

Adler says:

Job seekers should reverse engineer this process and stop applying to job boards, shifting their efforts to gaining introductions through the backdoor.

6 Changes You Should Make to Your Job Search | US News & World Report

It’s harder than ever to land a good job. So if you’re unemployed and searching for one, you’re probably frustrated. While employers cite many reasons why finding the right talent is nearly impossible, you can only control what you are doing (and not doing) to get on their radar. Here are a few things you should do differently to get more interviews.

This Woman Created A Resume For Airbnb And It Went Viral by Jenny Che | Huffington Post

Your resume might not go viral, BUT, this is a great lesson on how to stand out.

Step one: find a target company

Step two: research it

Step three: pitch your solution/idea (how to grow their business, improve something)

Step four: share on social media (especially to company insiders/execs)

Career

4 Ways to Ensure You’re Not Overlooked at Work by Anita Bruzzese | 45 Things

Passed over for a promotion? More than once? This post includes some pretty important questions…can you answer these?

• What are your organization’s three top priorities?
• Who are its biggest competitors?
• What is the top challenge your industry faces in the next five years?

If you can’t answer these questions, Bruzzese says “this is why you’re also missing out on key opportunities.”

Reframing Your Way To Happiness At Work by Dorie Clark | Forbes

Dorie Clark’s post features the work of Shawn Achor (I love his ideas and work!).

Here are some quotes by Achor:

“When the human brain is positive, you’re 3x more creative, intelligence rises, and productivity rises by 31%.”

“Before we can change people’s happiness, success, or habits, we have to change their mental reality.”

“Part of what I want people to realize is that the reality you attach to the things going on in your life…changes how your brain responds to it”

Your Action Items For Next Week

Here are five things Achor says you should do…every day to shift your mindset according to Achor:

• Writing down three new things you’re grateful for every day;
• Journaling about positive experiences for two minutes;
• 15 minutes of cardiovascular activity, which is “equivalent to taking an antidepressant”;
• 2 minutes of watching your breath go in and out; and
• “The most powerful one is we have people write a two-minute, positive email praising or thanking someone they know for 21 days in a row,” says Achor. “Not only do you see happiness significantly improve, but you see stress levels drop and social support increasing. Social connection is as predictive of how long you live as obesity, high blood pressure, or smoking, so it’s pretty incredible.”

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