Tuesday, August 9, 2011

[JimsJobs] (Articles) Career Tips: Embrace Your Failures

 

Following up on "Show Your Energy" and "Briefer Is Better", in July I presented my 3rd key concept for accelerating a job search, "Embrace Your Failures."

I have seen time and time again how much damage job seekers do to their search when they stumble over their past failures.

This can happen in many ways:

  • You left your job involuntarily, and feel a lot of angst about that. As a result, you have difficulty presenting what happened in an upbeat, professional way.
  • One of your bigger projects never went forward, or was a dud, so that you feel you can't even present it in your résumé. You worry about what to say when someone asks you about it.
  • You feel like you should have done so much more in your career, and can't demonstrate the career progression you think hiring managers are going to require to consider you.
  • You never developed the depth of expertise in an area that you are convinced now creates a big hole in your presentation.
  • You have a long gap in your résumé, and are afraid it is going to look bad to prospective employers.

    Did you notice a commonality about these?

    Each one hinges on how YOU feel about something. You may or may not have trouble getting a powerful networking contact or hiring manager to look past the issue, but that's not your real issue - it's that YOU have trouble looking past it.

    If you would like the complete article, just drop me a note at John@JHACareers.com, or you can visit my website to check out the contents of past issues and selected articles at:
    www.JHACareers.com/Newsletter.htm

    Other topics I covered in this most recent issue include:

  • Career Search KPI's
  • My free webinar on August 24 "5 Secrets to Getting a Job You'll Love"
  • Advice to someone trying to give too much information to a prospective hiring manager.

    John
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    John West Hadley  Career Search Counselor  (908) 725-2437

    "Land The Job And Pay You Deserve"

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