Job Search Motivation Archives

18 09, 2017

Burning Question: What’s Harder, Holding a Job or Hunting for a Job?

By Matt Youngquist|2017-09-18T18:17:46+00:00September 18th, 2017|Burning Questions|6 Comments

This morning, when advising a client around their job hunting efforts, I suggested he go home and complete a few activities I'd recommended such as updating his resume, enhancing his LinkedIn profile, and building out a list of all of the people he knew as a foundation for launching a systematic networking effort. Not only did I provide him with detailed documentation about how to go about each step, but also stressed that if he [...]

20 04, 2017

Quick Tips for Getting “Unstuck” in a Job Search

By Matt Youngquist|2017-04-20T20:45:37+00:00April 20th, 2017|Job Searching, Motivation|Comments Off on Quick Tips for Getting “Unstuck” in a Job Search

While a small minority of people I've met seem to really enjoy the job hunting process, and thrive on the challenge of going out and promoting themselves to new organizations, let's not kid ourselves -- for most folks, the job search journey is a roller-coaster ride and there are points where one is likely to feel significantly lost, stuck, frustrated, and confused. All of this, I can assure you, is perfectly normal and part of [...]

16 03, 2017

10 Snippets of Armchair Career Psychology

By Matt Youngquist|2017-03-16T03:48:15+00:00March 16th, 2017|Motivation|Comments Off on 10 Snippets of Armchair Career Psychology

While the field of psychology may not be everybody's cup of tea -- and some of the deeper stuff being done out there on the subject tends to get pretty dry and clinical -- I recently stumbled across a fascinating list of over 100 psychological theories/principles here, compiled by the folks at changingminds.org. This site, if you're not familiar with it, is dedicated to helping people "change what others think, feel, believe and do" and [...]

4 11, 2016

What Makes a “Serious” Job Hunter?

By Matt Youngquist|2016-11-04T20:58:34+00:00November 4th, 2016|Job Searching, Motivation|Comments Off on What Makes a “Serious” Job Hunter?

Ages ago, back in the last millennium, I distinctly remember sitting in a conference room in downtown Seattle and working with a client who had recently been laid off. He said that he'd been ramping up his job search and was channeling five or six hours of focused effort into the process, each day, in the hopes of turning up a new opportunity. He said he felt pretty proud of himself, until he described his [...]