Tip #2: New mindset, who dis?
Transform your job search with 20 Job Search Tips in 20 Days
This email is part of a series “20 Job Search Tips in 20 Days”. Every day in December, you’ll receive a job search tip for career changers.
Job Search Tip #2: New mindset, who dis?
Your mindset is a key 🔑 component of the job search.
When you are feeling down, you are naturally going to gravitate toward negative thoughts and emotions. Feeling down will also block you from taking steps in your job search through action. That means you might not apply to jobs, reach out to people, or make any posts on Linkedin. When you are feeling like “no one cares” and “what’s the point”, you will naturally do nothing.
When you are feeling positive, your world is your oyster. You feel hopeful, inspired, and creative. You take steps to create momentum in your job search by applying, networking and even posting about your career journey on Linkedin.
Your mindset determines your actions in your job search.
Common mindset traps
When embarking on the job search, there are commonly held beliefs that can determine your mindset going into the job search.
Here’s a few mindset traps:
I don’t have enough work experience
No one wants to hear from me
There are few junior jobs
I don’t have a network
My skills from past work don’t apply in tech
When you start your job search with this mindset, you are holding yourself back. These thoughts will show up again and again in your job search to stop you from taking the steps to network, apply, or even interview!
🎯 Don’t block yourself from taking action before you even start job searching. Create a mindset that helps you build confidence from within, not based on external validation.
Reframe your mindset
Build a strong sense of confidence so that you can keep going, even if you don’t get responses the right way. The most important element in the job search is to KEEP SHOWING UP. With a growth mindset, you’ll be able to keep job searching because you BELIEVE in yourself.
Here’s a few affirmations to help reframe your mindset into one where you can feel confident, take action and build momentum:
I bring value to others
I have unique work experience
It’s safe to share about myself
People want to help me
Use these affirmations to create a mindset that instills confidence in your actions.
Let’s look at an example:
Carla is a Product Designer with a background in graphic design. She spent 6 months job searching on her own. Although she was landing interviews, a lot of them were are internships. She was talking with founders, leaders and designers who all liked her work but did not want to pay for it!
Starting out her mindset was: My work is not valuable
After working with a job search coach, Carla shifted her mindset to: My work is valuable. I get paid well for my work.
This shift in mindset allowed Carla to look for better-paying opportunities, grow her confidence in interviews, and finally land a role with a company that really values her work!
Read the full story here:
🎯 Your mindset matters more than you know.
Reframe your mindset from seeking external validation to being grounded in your knowledge of your inherent value as a professional with valuable skills.
Tips to help reframe your mindset
When you are getting ready to job search, here are a few ways you can set yourself up for sucess.
If you enjoy being social, do your job search activities in a cafe or public space
Its OK to not update your friends and family on every step of your job search if that make me anxious
Approach networking with gratitude first, that way you can feel supported even if some people don’t respond
Celebrate small wins weekly, keep a list of all the learning and connections you make each week
Don’t blame yourself for anything, you’re on the right track by showing up every week.
The job search is an ongoing process, so setup for mindset to support you in the process!
To everyone job searching during the holidays… you got this, keep going 🌟