When people first begin their job search or decide to think about their next career move, they often do not realise the mental toughness required to go the distance. When I help clients successfully secure a new job or make a career transition into another industry, they have climbed a mental mountain that they perhaps did not realise they would need to traverse. The process is made easier with a Job Hunting Coach by your side. 

How well are you playing the mental game? Are your beliefs serving you well and enabling you to climb the mental mountains you need to?

I see many people get disappointed during the job search journey. A client recently spent five hours on their CV and cover letter in preparation for applying for a job. This took so much effort and yet they received no thank you email or recognition that it was received (which is common practice).

Another example is when my clients go and see a recruiter. They walk away from the meeting feeling like they’d made a great connection and yet they never hear from that recruiter again.

Or they’ve experienced their first rejection after their first job application.

Or they got to the job interview and received their first rejection, even though they felt it went well.

At these moments it is very natural to experience an array of emotions including feeling disappointed, angry, overwhelmed, despondent and confused.

And even though you don’t want to hear it, this is how the job search journey can be.

I’m so glad you found me, because I offer job hunting coaching and now you have a choice about how to deal with the difficulty of finding a job. You can curl up into a foetal ball or you can realise that rejection is part of the journey and character building. Of course you will not be able to respond like this straight away, and rejection and poor communication from either recruiters or potential employers is tough.

It may also be time to acknowledge that some of the tools you are using in your job search (e.g. your resume and cover letter) may not be serving you as well as they could be. Or perhaps you need to polish up on your interview technique? Or you need to learn how to better leverage your networks to help you get a new job.