Michael Horn and Bob Mesta break down seven mistakes job seekers make. The biggest: failing to craft a coherent career narrative. Others include force-fitting job descriptions, treating the search as solo work, and chasing titles over day-to-day work.
Want to avoid the top seven mistakes that job Seekers make when they're looking for a new job. That was the topic of a talk that Bob Mesta and I gave recently and I wanted to give you the Cliff Notes. So without further ado, mistake number seven is not understanding what progress looks like for you and just doing what you think everyone else thinks you should do. Number six is focusing on what you'll be be instead of what you'll do. That means the title, the money and things like that, not the day to day and week to week of what you'll actually be doing. Number five is confusing your assets with strengths, thinking that they can't change based on your effort. Number four is believing that job switching is a solitary process. Absolutely wrong. Job switching is social. It's all about whom you know. Number three is rushing to send out resumes before you understand the trade offs that you'll have to make to take a job. Number two is trying to fit yourself to the job description at all costs rather than being honest about hey, this is what gives me energy. These are the trade offs I'm willing to make. These are my capabilities. How can you fit the job description to me? And number one is not crafting your career story. Check it out and check out the full talk at the link below.
