Blog Post: Being at your best during your job search

In pursuing your next job, it's not easy to have your game face on at all times.   There's a lot of uncertainty, rejection and pressure.  In the face of those things it's a struggle to be at your best at all times. 

However, the next person you talk to could be the bridge to your next job, and if you're not ready, wearing your game face, that bridge could dissolve before your eyes.

I discussed with a group of my clients what it means to be 'at your best.'  Here is a list of the descriptors they came up with.  As you read this list, see how many of them should be at the front of your mind at every step of your job search:

"When I'm at my best, I am ___"

Prepared

Open, with curiosity

Having fun

Outgoing

So energetic and alert that I almost speak too fast

Passionate

Dedicated

Excited

Engaged

A victorious warrior

Outgoing

Confident

Determined

Focused

Creative

Unself-conscious

Are you some or many of these things while you pursue your next job?  A hint from a pro in this business: Fake it. 

Envision yourself as that victorious warrior.

George Fleming is Managing Principal of Momentum Coaching Resources, a career transition coaching firm here in Phoenix.  His website is www.momentum-coaching.net .