For all of us who haven't found the right fit just yet, don't lose heart.
There's a position with your name on it. You're going to be working with an amazing team at a great company doing important work. You know it. You feel it.
Keep your focus on the horizon, your eyes towards the light, as you continue to review positions, update your resume, send in applications, connect and network with the right individuals and attend first, second, third (et al) interviews.
The job hunt is work. So take care of yourself through the process.
1. Give yourself the gift of a schedule. Time to search, complete applications and interview; and time for you - to do the things you love and connect with those you care about.
2. Focus on what you can control. It's no help in overthinking a situation that is truly out of your hands.
3. Have realistic goals. This current job market is different than ones in the past. There are a lot of broken systems; and we're all just doing our best to take the right steps forward.
4. Invest in wellness, however that looks for you. Maybe it's (more) time at the gym, or focusing on nutrition and improving your gut health. Maybe it's giving yourself more creative time or going within for mindspace meditation. Maybe it's rest, and making sure that there's meaningful breaks between the peaks of high performance.
We want to invite best ourselves to a new position, but that also means nurturing that best self while we seek.
5. Celebrate the small wins. Because collecting and fostering all the positive energy that's available to you in your process is a powerful method of "looking on the bright side." Honor yourself. Your work towards your evolution process is valuable: in every updated version of your resume, in every mock interview experience, in every human exchange when the opportunity doesn't pan out.
PRO TIP: Manage the negative self-talk. Rejection is a real buzz kill. And there's a lot of it ... A LOT ... of it.
Remember to give yourself grace, offer yourself compassion. You deserve to be gentle with the "you within you" that's doing the best they can with the set of circumstances available.
You are an incredible human being capable of so many positively impactful actions.
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