Overcome the Biggest Job Search Obstacle You

Overcome the Biggest Job Search Obstacle You Overcome the Biggest Job Search Obstacle You 12Figuring out how to get out of your own way may bring a lot more clarity to your thinking about your career. Indecision, self-doubt, lack of confidence, and making excuse after excuse about your own capabilities can be paralyzing behavior that keeps you from moving ahead. If you’re finding that self-doubt has put you in stop-and-go mode in your job search, it’s worthwhile to find ways to remove yourself as an obstacle and push ahead toward your career goals. Some ideas: Free your mind. Visualization is an all-important tool that can help you keep your mental focus sharp and your spirits up. Focusing like a laser on your ultimate career goals and how to achieve them can help you keep your career trajectory straight. Reject rejection. The pain of getting rejected carries a lasting sting- in your job search, in your personal life, in your day-to-day interactions. Being smart in how you handle rejection can help you arm yourself for the battle. Having a strategy for how to handle rejection at the ready can help you stay on track despite the inevitable setbacks. Chin up. The British talk about keeping a stiff upper lip and all that. As far as your job search goes, that may simply mean staying resolute and making sure youre not cowed into hewing to the same safe, tried-and-true- but fruitless- career path. Trying new job search methods may be just the ticket to taking a big enough step to steer your career in a new direction. Embrace the challenge. Its been said that fear itself is the biggest fear of all. So if you feel uncertain and fearful in your job search, muster your courage and do your best to set your fear aside. Keep asking yourself, Whats next in my career? and momentum will be on your side. Readers, tell us how youve overcome your fears and moved forward in your job search!