Best 65 quotes in «job search quotes» category

Practice empathy rather than sympathy.

Regardless of profession or title, at some level we are all hired to do the same job. We are all problem solvers, paid to anticipate, identify, prevent, and solve problems within our areas of expertise. This applies to any job, at any level, in any organization, anywhere in the world, and being aware of this is absolutely vital to job search and career success in any field.

Our career mantra should be learn, relearn, repeat.

Preparation, application and determination are three of the most important factors that enable you to regain your sparkle and shine like never before.

So I'm biding my time, like a surfer waiting for a wave. I'm pretty good at surfing, as it happens, and I know the wave will come. When the moment is right, I'll get Demeter's attention. She'll look at my stuff, everything will click, and I'll start riding my life. Not paddling, paddling, paddling, like I am right now.

One theme that runs through many [job hunting books] is just plain harmful: the advice to "just be yourself." Wrong. Remember that first day on your first job, when you went to get your first cup of coffee? You found the coffee machine, and there, stuck on the wall behind it, was a handwritten sign reading: YOUR MOTHER DOESN'T WORK HERE PICK UP AFTER YOURSELF You thought, "Pick up after myself? Gee, I guess I've got to develop a new way of doing things." And so you started to observe and emulate the more successful professionals around you. You weren't born this way. You developed new skills and ways of conducting yourself, in effect creating a professional persona that enabled you to survive in the professional world.

The construct of retirement is dubious at best and a farce at worst. Expectations contrary to this are to be dashed.

The easiest way to obtain an updated version of a candidate's CV is via SocialMedia

The job you seek isn't out there in some job description, it's already inside you, aching to get out.

There remains a natural career progression even though the tougher job climate seeks to delay it.

The resume focuses on you and the past. The cover letter focuses on the employer and the future. Tell the hiring professional what you can do to benefit the organization in the future. (12)

The one surefire way to get me not to hire you is to send me your resume, especially if you've already got a good job. I won't be interested, because in a couple years, you'll be doing the same thing to me that you're doing to your current boss: looking for a better deal.

The success of your job-hunt depends on you—with a little help from your friends. You must be in charge of it. You must plan it. You must direct it. You must know what works and what doesn’t work. Your job-hunt is by its very nature a “self-directed search.

The surest way to ensure career extinction is to resist change and adaptation.

the value of intellectuals is neither their intellect nor the value of their intellect but the value of what they use their intellect to do

Use affirmations as statements of becoming, not statements of being.

We yearn for opportunities, we pray for opportunities and we seek for opportunities. The good news is that we meet opportunities. The bad news is that we miss the opportunities only to come to a later realization of missed opportunities.

When presented with an open door in your job, drive a Mack truck through it.

When you create a résumé, for instance, it’s not about listing every single role and responsibility you’ve had. Instead it’s about highlighting accomplishments that all ladder up to your overall positioning, expressing a clear point of view. You’re taking control of the impressions you make by doing the work for them.

When you make the decision to start something new, first figure out the jobs you want to do. Then position yourself to play where no one else is playing.

you are trained for job but you are born to work.Exert then your energy in the right proportion on the most vital matters

You hear a lot about "digital natives." Well, baby boomers are the "digital founders.

They want you to be the solution. Whoever is waiting in there for you—interviewer, examiner, casting agent—is hoping you are the answer to their search. Our fear or self-doubt can persuade us that those waiting in the room want us to fail, but that means you carry that closed or victim energy in. People get into the negative habit of preempting the worst-case scenario as a misplaced way of protecting themselves. Try to walk in instead with an ‘I can be the solution to your problem’ attitude. Not arrogant, just open. The rest is out of your hands, but the positivity in itself is empowering.

We don’t deserve our job. Period.

What someone may lack in talent can be more than made up for in self-motivation, self-direction, and follow-through.

When my father was 17, he went to Montreal and found these submarine sandwich shops that were really successful, and weren't in Toronto [his home town]. So he went to my grandparents and said: "Look, you have to give me the seed money to open up one of these places. We'll make a fortune. They've got lines going round the block. There's nothing like that here." And my grandfather's response was: "Look, I'm sure these sandwiches are really good, and if we scraped the money together we could make a lot of money and your mother and I would be really proud of you, but you need to find something that has *magic* in it for you." It was off of that conversation that my father went to college on a music scholarship, started a film club and became one of the most successful directors of all time.

Whereas previous generations had to face some unpredictability, current generations are facing unprecedented levels of instability.

When you work on what you love, you have the best job in the world.

You must fall in love with your job, over and over again, to own it.

Your CV is just a commodity, Package yourself.

Your ideal career or business idea is probably something you already do. Are you a number cruncher at your day job but love helping your colleagues to get fit? Do you work a 40-hour workweek and travel on weekends? Oftentimes, your calling is hiding in plain sight.

Adaptability is the name of the game; if you understand that you must now be adaptable and flexible, you will find a way to succeed in your career. If not, you will succumb to job market pressures.

Authenticity and strategy could be called the 'yin and yang' of good interviewing--except that they aren't opposites. The opposite of authenticity is phoniness, and the opposite of strategy is randomness, or carelessness.

Asked what we do best, few of us would say 'doing a great job interview.' Yet this is one of the most highly rewarded abilities in life.

Action is the spark that ignites potential.

Bad boss? Fire him/her. When you're interviewing for a job, You're job is to interview them. You are an equal.

Bypass the authoritocracy. Don't go to interviews looking for validation from others. Instead, develop your talent stack and search for teams who need you.

Can’t we do better with Applicant Tracking System (ATS) software?

Come right out and say you want it: “It’s been great hearing you talk about the position. I’d love to work here, and I think I could do a terrific job for you.

Chase career relationships, not job postings.

Do not be discouraged by the disappointments you meet. Don't ever loose hope because, you missed opportunities. Disappointment and missing opportunities are all essential components of life. They give us the reasons to reason and they teach us the best lessons in life. They give a clear distinction between the wonder and the wander. When you meet disappointments, ponder! you may be on the great bath to that great appointment.Instead of being disappointed by disappointments, find the 'this appointment' disappointments show you. Instead of crying over missing and missed opportunities, let missing and missed opportunities miss you

Do not waste your life, in search for a job. Use your special gifts to create work for yourself.

Do you want a level of income to fit your lifestyle or a lifestyle to fit your income level?

During your job search, you must also be networking as much as possible, attending events, talks, lectures, and conferences where you’ll meet people you can add to your contact list.

Earn your confidence, nurture it, then help to build it in others.

Every day you should also be checking job boards to track positions as they open up. In addition to the job boards on company websites, use public job boards such as Monster, Indeed, LinkedIn, and any specialty sites. There’s also your alumni website, etc.

Roadblock #5: It's Unpredictable By and large, human beings don't like surprises. I know that I don't. Okay, maybe I like that rare piece of unexpected good news or a letter from a friend or a thoughtful thank-you. But I'm willing to bet that people in funny hats jumping out of dark closets are responsible for more heart attacks than expressions of unbridled delight. When the doorbell rings late at night, I'm under no illusion that it's the Publisher's Clearing House Prize Patrol! This, most likely, goes back to our caveman past when a big, exciting surprise was apt to be something like an 800-pound,snarling, saber-toothed tiger about to rip the head from our shoulders. Surprises were usually bad news. (Think about this the next time you're crouching in the dark in somebody's front hall closet with their raincoats and umbrellas.)

Desperation works in job search as well as it does in dating.

Don't save your best for when you think the material calls for it. Always bring your full potential to every take, and be on top of your job, or they will replace you.

Ever day you spend at work is a foundation for your future.