My Top Job Searching Tips for New Jobseekers

Published 3 months ago • 1 min read

Hi Reader,

A few weeks ago, I was helping a friend prepare to leave their long-time job and job search for the first time in their career.

Now I've helped people, especially impact professionals navigating career identity crisis, make career moves for a decade now. The opinions and advice about job searching came pouring out.

I realized, "wow, I say these things ALL the time, but I've never written them down. I should do that!" So this is long overdue :) Happy to share:

Lauren's Top 8 Job Searching Tips for New Jobseekers

This post is for folks job searching who have never had to job search before (or haven’t in a long time). Here are my best job searching tips, from the trenches with job searching clients.

You should not job search for 40 hours a week - You can hold yourself accountable to doing the work to find a new job and give yourself some room to breathe. Job searching can be an energy-intensive process which is one of many reasons it’s important to take care of yourself. Fill your cup first. Listen to your body, find joyful movement, eat meals, drink water, sleep, meditate, get time outside, be social, do creative projects, try new hobbies. What would feel nourishing? Nourish yourself, then do the work. You don’t want to burn out from job searching, then start a new job. No, thanks!
Look at the big picture of your life. - What do you imagine for yourself, minus your career? We have many other identities beyond how we make money. In fact making money should align with our values and aspirations. So get clear on the bigger picture of the life you envision for yourself first, then make career decisions around that. Capitalist culture likes to teach us to build our life around a job, but it doesn’t necessarily leave room for important considerations like your needs, dreams, desired lifestyle, etc.

See what else is on my Top 8 Job Searching Tips list in my latest blog post, which you can read here:

Cheering you on!

Lauren

Bye, career identity crises. Hello, confident leadership & change-making for a better world.

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