{"id":154,"date":"2014-03-08T09:29:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-08T14:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.jeanbaur.com\/?p=154"},"modified":"2014-03-08T09:30:12","modified_gmt":"2014-03-08T14:30:12","slug":"dealing-with-discouragement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/?p=154","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with Discouragement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Getting bogged down during job search is so common that it&#8217;s almost expected. You get all geared up to conquer the world with your new resume, you have a search plan, and you network like crazy. And then, lots of times, nothing happens. The phone doesn&#8217;t ring, there are no emails inviting you in for an interview, and that bleak silence can begin to make you feel really discouraged. What can you do?<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few ideas that I&#8217;ve gathered from my years of coaching thousands of people in transition:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>expect it (don&#8217;t go into a search thinking it&#8217;s going to be quick and easy)<\/li>\n<li>plan for it (put commitments on your calendar that you know will make you feel good, whether it&#8217;s taking a class or having coffee with a friend)<\/li>\n<li>try to turn these feelings into action, even one small action such as targeting a company where you&#8217;d really like to work<\/li>\n<li>put some of your focus on helping others. You can do this with a search buddy or on a Job Search Work Team, or sign up to volunteer&#8211;but make sure that you&#8217;ll be doing something you enjoy<\/li>\n<li>remember, things can change in an instant. It only takes one &#8220;yes&#8221; to get you to a wonderful job, but you&#8217;ve got to work your plan to get there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Is this easy? No. Do most of us want to do it? No. But the stakes are too high to let discouragement stop us. And a last idea:\u00a0 read a good book on getting through the search process so you know you&#8217;re not alone. My first book, &#8220;Eliminated! Now What?&#8221; is full of true stories about job seekers who made it through tough times.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting bogged down during job search is so common that it&#8217;s almost expected. You get all geared up to conquer the world with your new resume,&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jean"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2j73q-2u","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jeanbaur.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}