Read my #1 tip for finding the next great job! This time without AI

Last week I created a post about staying positive during your job search. Upon completion, LinkedIn suggested I rewrite it with AI. The result was polished, positive, and a little bland, and I went ahead and published it. Since then, I have read several boring posts on LinkedIn that had a similar polished, positive, banal AI tone. I do not like to be boring, so today, I am publishing the original version without AI, and in the dreaded second person voice. Sorry, not sorry. …

My best advice for job seekers

When the world is collapsing around you, when it seems that nothing is in your control, stop. There are things in your control. They may seem meaningless and small but find them. Control them. Master them.

Being out of work and looking for a senior level job can feel like a world collapsing. Former colleagues don’t have openings and are too busy for a meeting. Dozens of LinkedIn applications have elicited zero responses. Even your best friends seem uninterested in making introductions. Fear piles up, insecurity grows, and the danger of paralysis is at hand.

But there are still things in your control. What you eat, how you exercise, your journaling, your family, your living surroundings, and even your closet. Take a hold of all these things and make them the best they can be.

And the most important thing – also the most powerful tool in your job-seeking toolbelt – is your attitude. Keep it positive! Looking for work is hard, and luck may find others first, but none of it is personal. LinkedIn has its challenges, but it’s not their fault. It’s not the hiring managers’ fault. And yes, there is unconscious bias, but that is your cross to bear. None of these things reflect on you. Remember that.

You have value and finding the person who wants to hear it *and* has the open opportunity is going to be a lot of work, but you will do it. Wake up every day, make your bed, love your kids, go to the gym, eat healthy, reach out to five friendly people, and be the best f*cking job seeker you can be. Control what you can, and the rest will follow.

I finished my last project in May. I am currently looking for a project or FTE work. If you have ideas for me, or just want to talk to a positive person who has been through the wringer and came out clean, please reach out!

Original AI post here: https://lnkd.in/gM4BRQYG