Self-Talk and Job Hunting
August 24, 2015
By Sue Levine | Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Do you have a running voice in your head that sometimes sabotages your efforts with thoughts like these?
- “I’ll never find a job.”
- “I don’t know where to start.”
- “My adviser won’t give me a recommendation if I tell him I’m exploring careers outside of academia.”
- “Networking is so stressful -- I don’t know anyone and I don’t want to talk to strangers.”
- “I can’t find any jobs online that seem like something I can do or would want to do -- there’s nothing out there.”
- “Why didn’t I hear back from the company I interviewed with yesterday? Someone else must have gotten the job offer.”
- “Why did I say that in my interview -- that was so stupid. I completely ruined my chances.”
Does any of this sound vaguely familiar? Do you feel paralyzed, as if you can’t get started thinking about career options and the job search?
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