Best 7 quotes in «job hunting quotes» category

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.

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.

From My Life's Work by Cardinal Newman God has created me to do Him some definite service. He has committed some work to me which He has not committed to another. I have my mission. I may never know it in this life, but I shall be told it in the next...I shall do good. I shall do His work if I do but keep His commandments and serve Him in my calling. Therefore I will trust Him. Whatever, wherever I am. I can never be thrown away. If I am in sickness, my sickness may serve Him, if I am in sorrow, my sorrow may serve Him. My sickness, or perplexity, or sorrow may be necessary causes of some great end, which is quite beyond us. He does nothing in vain.

Interviewers are sick of robotic, canned answers people have read in books. So instead of feeding you readymade answers, I'm going to help you think though and prepare your own answers---ones that are both authentic and strategic.

If you’re lucky enough to find something you’re good at, where people appreciate you, don’t thumb your nose at it. If it’s an issue of salary or benefits, I’m open to discussing it. Pg 275

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.

It's perfectly normal to be nervous about job interviews. But if you get so anxious that your voice shakes, you can't stop fidgeting or it's hard to think clearly, that's a problem. Fortunately, there's a lot you can do about it.