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What to do with pain, fear, and resistance.
You’re suffering. Or you might be, if you let yourself acknowledge what you’re thinking and feeling. If you’re anything like me and my clients, you’re probably great at avoiding that pain and fear, ignoring it, strong-arming it, channeling it into busyness, or numbing it. But sometimes painful thoughts slip through, like, “The pandemic ruined everything.”…
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Why you’re not getting job offers.
As you work hard to send out your resume and do your job search diligence, at some point you may be wondering why you’re not getting job offers. After all, you need to get at least one job offer to get your dream job. A couple of weeks ago we talked about creating a sustainable…
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Don’t meet the qualifications for the job you want?
You’re searching through the job posts and you see your dream job! So excited! You get a rush of excitement. Then you read the required qualifications and you sink…you don’t meet the qualifications. Don’t you give up just yet! This one’s for you if you’ve ever thought: I don’t meet the qualifications for the work…
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How do you go about a career change?
Whether you’re looking for a new job or wanting to transition to a whole new career, a career change can feel daunting. Here are three big picture steps to help. As always, the best stuff is in the video, but here are some notes for you readers. 1. Get clear about what you want. You…
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Job Interviewer Is Silent, Cold or Quiet? Don’t Panic! Do This…
Feel intimidated by silent job interviewers? Don’t let their mood define yours! Learn how to stay centered and take charge of the experience.
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Your #1 Job Interview Skill — Improve This to Make It Easy
The top job interview skill isn’t smooth talking, skillful lying, or telling them what they want to hear. To get the job, your best move is to…
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Job search got you down? Here’s a Job Search Plan to get your groove back and get hired.
How to conduct a winning job search without losing your perspective. In a down economy like this one, your job search might be a long game. People are getting hired. You want to be one of them. Here’s how to make sure you’re in the game to win. Two extreme job search approaches I hear…
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Create the career and life you want: why you’re not taking action.
Why aren’t you taking action to create the career and life you want? Or, if you’re a total do-er, why aren’t you taking the actions that will get you the results you want? Maybe you’ve got a vision. A life you imagine. A dream career. A business idea. The love of your life. If you…
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Get beyond Work Survival Mode, once and for all.
Right now, you’re in work survival mode. You tell yourself you should be content to have any job, that it should be good enough, especially right now, when the pandemic is changing the way we work and so many companies are reorganizing, if they haven’t already. You justify staying: benefits, paycheck, security, you’ve still got…
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How to set weekend boundaries with your boss
It’s so easy in the modern age for your boss or coworkers to fire off emails, texts, and requests during off hours. “I’ve got a juicy idea I want to run by you.” “Could you just take a ‘minute’ to look this over?” “Would you mind …?” If you feel stressed, overwhelmed, or obligated to work…
Jennifer Shryock
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