Will I get the job When will I get a job How plaguing questions undermine your success. - Your Career Intel

Will I get the job When will I get a job How plaguing questions undermine your success. - Your Career IntelTheres no getting around it. Job searches are nerve wracking and can do a number on your self-confidence. You often face a lot of rejection before finally hitting it out of the ballpark.As an executive recruiter, I see candidates filled with apprehension quite a bit, especially when they are unemployed. But once you start obsessing and asking yourself Will I get the job? or When will I get a job? youre undermining your own success. Here are a few traps you fall intoYou Dont ApplyWhen you dont believe in yourself, you often assume youre notlage qualified for positions and then dont bother applying. You cant get a job when you dont even put yourself in the runningYou Dont Network SuccessfullyA huge chunk of job interviews are obtained through networking but if you dont present yourself with self-assurance, it is unlikely people will make referrals on your behalf.You Undersell Your selfOnce you get the interview, you need to show youre qualified but also convey that youre the person they should hire above all other candidates. But if you dont believe youre the best person for the job, youre bound to be tentative about saying you are.You Dont NegotiateIf you do get the job offer, youre often so glad to get the job that you dont negotiate the best possible deal, a mistake that can impact your earning power for years to come.Tips on how to get a job are ineffective until you improve your confidence level. It really is the one thing needed for success. Heres how to get your groove backThink SmallEmployment is hugely important for personal fulfillment as well as supporting a family so its easy to think of the consequences of not getting a job as catastrophic. Forget about the big picture. Focus on smaller objectives that you know you can tackle like perfecting your resume or landing three informational meetings so that youre constantly succeeding.Do Things That Mak e You HappyWallowing in self-doubt will only increase your anxiety. Go out and do the things that you love. Play sports, hang out with your friends, or take your kids to the park. By lifting your spirits youll be far more likely to attack your job search with a positive attitude.Remember That a Job Search is a Matchmaking ProcessWhenever you dont get a job, its easy to go straight to thinking you simply werent good enough. But in actuality, its more likely you just werent the right person for the position. To land a job where youll flourish, you and the company need to be compatible in a variety of ways. Skill set, industry background, personality type, working style and more all come into play. When you dont get a job you were vying for it may be a letdown in the short term but stay positive. Send a thank you email asking for feedback and you never know where it might lead in the future.Confront Your WeaknessesOne of the hardest parts of interviewing, especially when youre plagued by self-doubt, is assessing your weaknesses. But discussing your weaknesses is something interviewers really want to see you do. When thinking about your weaknesses, focus on how you overcome them and how addressing them has made you better and stronger.Nagging voices in you head hold you back from the success you deserve, and confidence is the key to landing the job of your dreams.What techniques do you use when youre questioning yourself during a job search? Share your success stories with us in the comments.

How to Tell If Your Employer Values Womens Advancement, From 3 Senior Leaders

How to Tell If Your Employer Values Womens Advancement, From 3 Senior Leaders What happens when women support women in the workplace? Incredible things happen in their lives and in their careers. Empowering women to bring their entire selves to work and advance in the workplace was the topic of Lift As We Rise When Women Support Women.The Facebook live event, hosted by Fairygodboss and The conversation began with a discussion about the importance of female representation, and companies who foster female leadership. Both Greene James and Houles reporting structures report to senior executives who are women, and they landsee that as an important aspect of their own advancement at Cognizant.Houle went on to discuss an action that Cognizant takes to advance more women into senior consulting positions. She said they recognized that advancement could only occur for people with certain opportunities.We started asking Who is in client facing roles and who can sell? Without that opportunity to sell you arent going to move up in the organization, Houle explained.She says Cognizant took measures to ensure women and men were represented equally in behauptung roles, so that more women could progress to senior positions.Houle and Greene James also heralded the importance of work-life integration to womens advancement in the workplace. Both women are mothers, and they believe they are able to bring their entire selves to work because their employer allows them to dedicate meaningful time to their home lives and to blend their two lives when necessary to get it all done.The great thing about Cognizant is you have the ability to have work-life integration. You have the ability to blend your life at work and your life at home. My kids are older but they still take control of my life, Green James laughed.However, the women still bonded over how they still need help with some tasks (in this case, chores) and that women should encourage help. You dont need to do it all, much less all alone.We outsource everything thats not critical, Houle shared. ... and from the time that the kids were 7, they were responsible for doing their own laundry.Beyond the ability to be an active mother due to work-life integration, the women also argue that being set up for task execution and ownership is important to getting more females promoted.One of the things that I truly love about Cognizant is that you really... have the ability to roll up your sleeves and get the job done. Youre able to execute on it, Greene James shared.Newman shared that entrepreneurship and ownership is important to womens advancement because they are able to provide discrete examples of their accomplishments and the times they went above and beyond on the job. This helps in promotion negotiations, raise negotiations and proving naysayers who think working mothers arent as effective at their jobs wrong.One of the most effective ways for individual women to hit these targets and advance in their career s is through mentorship and sponsorship. The panel tackled how to score both relationships.I always seek out individuals who can bring something to the table that you know you cant yet, but that you will be able to in the future, Greene James shared.She also advised women seeking career help from other women to realize the difference between mentors and sponsors (mentors provide career advice and guidance, while sponsors advocate for your advancement within a company). She believes sponsorship is bred from an organic relationship that moves from one level to another. And it may take some time. Houle agrees that you build the relationship with them over time and it just becomes natural.Greene James and Newman advised that when you recruit someone to be your mentor, you need to bring specifics.As a mentor, you need to know what that individual is looking for. Whats worked well, what hasnt worked well, what do they need to work on, where do they want to go, Greene James emphasized.I lo ve keeping it specific, Newman echoed.Houle had the perfect advice for bringing a specific lesson that you want to learn to your mentor.I spent quite a lot of time thinking about what are my God given talents and what are the things that are naturally easy for me I have sought out sponsors and mentors who will help me in those three areas, she shared.She also suggests building a strong relationship with your mentor by inviting them to see you in action.I invite the person who mentors me onto sales calls with me, Houle said.Effective sponsorship and mentorship can only truly occur in positive work environments. The panel gave their best advice for finding an employer that excites (and advances) you.Think about the relationships youre going to be able to develop, Greene James said. She says the level of collaboration and the network you can build through this collaboration is key to advancing in an organization.Similarly, Houle drove home the importance of understanding a companys d edication to inclusive employer practices. You cant advance if there are systems holding you back. She says Cognizants dedication to inclusion shined through when everyone in consulting had to take an unconscious bias class.--Fairygodboss is proud to partner withCognizant.