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3 Smarter Strategies for Better Job Search Success
Reduce the noise and take control
You’ve decided you’re done.
Done with the unfulfilling work. Done with the empty conversations at water coolers and Christmas parties. Done with the egos so big, they drain any hope left in the day. Done with the Sunday Scaries that creep in on a Wednesday (and are now here on a Tuesday). Done with only living for the weekend.
You’ve decided you’re done.
Hope, with all its fragility, creeps back in. You can do this. You can find another job. Not just another job, but maybe something with purpose, something that can fill you up again. Something where you may be able to connect with like-minded people. Something that makes you feel alive.
You update your resume and go online.
A simple job search brings back lists of hits. This may be good news, but the initial enormity of it feels overwhelming.
You dive in anyway and take a look.
You quickly find yourself confronted with unrealistic job expectations, low pay, and hints of toxic work environments.
You carry on.
