Job Search Courage: Looking Inside & Out for Hope & Help By Thomas Bachhuber , Ed.D. September 30, 2009

Job Search Courage Workshop Topics Transition Theory/Practice Addressing Fears; Faith Myths in Job Seeking Falvey’s Rules Employer Research Elevator Speech/Branding Net “Working” “ The” Resume Art & Science of Job Seeking Managing Anxiety The Economy Zen Ideas in Job Seeking Merton and Daily Work/Prayer

Transition Theory/Practice

Addressing Fears; Faith

Myths in Job Seeking

Falvey’s Rules

Employer Research

Elevator Speech/Branding

Net “Working”

“ The” Resume

Art & Science of Job Seeking

Managing Anxiety

The Economy

Zen Ideas in Job Seeking

Merton and Daily Work/Prayer

“ God didn’t give us a spirit of timidity but rather one of courage, of love and of sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7

“ God didn’t give us a spirit of timidity but rather one of courage, of love and of sound mind.”

2 Timothy 1:7

Objective To deliver a workshop experience where participants can grow in hope and job search effectiveness through new ideas, strategies and resources…and by exploring their own spirituality.

To deliver a workshop experience where participants can grow in hope and job search effectiveness through new ideas, strategies and resources…and by exploring their own spirituality.

Courage “ The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger with confidence and resolution.” American Heritage Dictionary

“ The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger with confidence and resolution.”

American Heritage Dictionary

The “S” Word To be spiritual means to know and to live according to the knowledge that there is more to life than meets the eye……

To be spiritual means to know and to live according to the knowledge that there is more to life than meets the eye……

Telliard de Chardin “ We are first spiritual beings--- who happen to be on this earth for a finite time—not just human beings with spiritual encounters.”

“ We are first spiritual beings--- who happen to be on this earth for a finite time—not just human beings with spiritual encounters.”

Managing Transitions William Bridges Integration, reinventing yourself, new meaning, Success--elation, satisfaction Setting new goals BEGINNINGS Anxiety, confusion, uncertainty, apathy, immobility Managing conflict NEUTRAL ZONE EMOTIONS & OUTCOMES Anger, blame, fear, shock, denial, self-deception TASKS Dealing with loss STAGE ENDINGS

Everything is changing.... Everything is connected.... Pay attention. Jane Hirshfeld

Everything is changing....

Everything is connected....

Pay attention.

F E A R No shortage of things which cause fear. Waves--feeling rejected, forgotten, misunderstood; sometimes anger, resentment, self-pity and even revenge. Uncertainty causes fear—uncertainty extended can be a barrier.

No shortage of things which cause fear.

Waves--feeling rejected, forgotten, misunderstood; sometimes anger, resentment, self-pity and even revenge.

Uncertainty causes fear—uncertainty extended can be a barrier.

Parker Palmer “ It’s me. Don’t be afraid.” (Matthew 14:27) “ You can have fear but you don’t need to be your fear….you can choose to stand in other places—hope, beauty, family, your own mortality (PP)…. “ Reality won’t let you down. It is what it is . And we have to learn to deal with it. (PP)” “ Accepting what is brings you away from the negativity which is the mind…….” Eckhart Tolle Parker’s analogy to his own depression—a hand of a friend.

“ It’s me. Don’t be afraid.” (Matthew 14:27)

“ You can have fear but you don’t need to be your fear….you can choose to stand in other places—hope, beauty, family, your own mortality (PP)….

“ Reality won’t let you down. It is what it is . And we have to learn to deal with it. (PP)”

“ Accepting what is brings you away from the negativity which is the mind…….” Eckhart Tolle

Parker’s analogy to his own depression—a hand of a friend.

Parker Palmer “ It’s me. Don’t be afraid.” (Mathew 14:27) “ You can have fear but you don’t need to be your fear….you can choose to stand in other places—hope, beauty, family, your own mortality (PP)…. “ Reality won’t let you down. It is what it is . And we have to learn to deal with it. (PP)” “ Accepting what is brings you away from the negativity which is the mind…….” Eckhart Tolle Parker’s analogy to his own depression—a hand of a friend.

“ It’s me. Don’t be afraid.” (Mathew 14:27)

“ You can have fear but you don’t need to be your fear….you can choose to stand in other places—hope, beauty, family, your own mortality (PP)….

“ Reality won’t let you down. It is what it is . And we have to learn to deal with it. (PP)”

“ Accepting what is brings you away from the negativity which is the mind…….” Eckhart Tolle

Parker’s analogy to his own depression—a hand of a friend.

Eckhart Tolle "Accept what is; this will take you away from the negativity which is the mind and moves you toward Being ."

"Accept what is; this will take you away from the negativity which is the mind and moves you toward Being ."

Parker Palmer “ It’s me. Don’t be afraid.” (Mathew 14:27) “ You can have fear but you don’t need to be your fear….you can choose to stand in other places—hope, beauty, family, your own mortality (PP)…. “ Reality won’t let you down. It is what it is . And we have to learn to deal with it. (PP)” “ Accepting what is brings you away from the negativity which is the mind…….” Eckhart Tolle Parker’s analogy to his own depression—a hand of a friend.

“ It’s me. Don’t be afraid.” (Mathew 14:27)

“ You can have fear but you don’t need to be your fear….you can choose to stand in other places—hope, beauty, family, your own mortality (PP)….

“ Reality won’t let you down. It is what it is . And we have to learn to deal with it. (PP)”

“ Accepting what is brings you away from the negativity which is the mind…….” Eckhart Tolle

Parker’s analogy to his own depression—a hand of a friend.

Job Search 101 Myths Falvey’s Rules Employer Research Elevator Speech/Branding Net “Working” Resume Art & Science of Job Seeking

Myths

Falvey’s Rules

Employer Research

Elevator Speech/Branding

Net “Working”

Resume

Art & Science of Job Seeking

Job Search Myths If I can show my talents, employers will put me in the right opportunity. I must develop the perfect resume. A successful interview is all about chemistry. Most jobs are in print or on the web—80/20 There’s a “best” job out there for me—if I don’t find it I’ll be unhappy.

If I can show my talents, employers will put me in the right opportunity.

I must develop the perfect resume.

A successful interview is all about chemistry.

Most jobs are in print or on the web—80/20

There’s a “best” job out there for me—if I don’t find it I’ll be unhappy.

Career Change “ Our working identity is not a hidden treasure waiting to be discovered at the very core of our inner being. Rather, it is made up of many possibilities: some tangible and concrete, defined by the things we do, the company we keep, and the stories we tell about our work and lives.” Working Identity Herminia Ibarra

“ Our working identity is not a hidden treasure waiting to be discovered at the very core of our inner being. Rather, it is made up of many possibilities: some tangible and concrete, defined by the things we do, the company we keep, and the stories we tell about our work and lives.”

Working Identity

Herminia Ibarra

No Hard and Fast Rules (1987) Jack Falvey No rules—right, wrong Too many variables for a prescription Get yourself in front of people Keep yourself alive in a network of 10-20 Lightning—in the rain, damp and cold

No rules—right, wrong

Too many variables for a prescription

Get yourself in front of people

Keep yourself alive in a network of 10-20

Lightning—in the rain, damp and cold

Net- “Working” Not schmoozing. Start simple and familiar…curiosity through good questions, sincerity—and eventually value you add. Become a colleague. Information turns to recruitment. What Color Is Your Parachute? Hidden Job Market Technology (Linked-in, Facebook, Twitter) and Face to Face Asking the right question. Saying the right thing. At the right time. To the right person….to create INTEREST and POSITIVE IMPRESSION.

Not schmoozing.

Start simple and familiar…curiosity through good questions, sincerity—and eventually value you add.

Become a colleague. Information turns to recruitment. What Color Is Your Parachute? Hidden Job Market

Technology (Linked-in, Facebook, Twitter) and Face to Face

Asking the right question. Saying the right thing. At the right time. To the right person….to create INTEREST and POSITIVE IMPRESSION.

Value of Research and Networking “ Intense introspection poses the danger that a potential career planner will get stuck in the realm of daydreams.” “ We learn who we have been and who we might become –--in practice, not in theory—by testing fantasy and reality, through exploration and examination, not just by looking inside.” - Herminia Ibarra

“ Intense introspection poses the danger that a potential career planner will get stuck in the realm of daydreams.”

“ We learn who we have been and who we might become –--in practice, not in theory—by testing fantasy and reality, through exploration and examination, not just by looking inside.”

- Herminia Ibarra

Have faith… “If you’re in transition and you happen to have an old faith hanging in the closet of your heart, it’s probably a good time to bring it out and dust it off.” - Dick Bolles

“If you’re in transition and you happen to have an old faith hanging in the closet of your heart, it’s probably a good time to bring it out and dust it off.”

- Dick Bolles

Faith is a process… “Jesus said to the father that all things are possible for those who believe. And the father said, “Lord, I believe..please help me with my unbelief.” - Mark 9: 15-29

“Jesus said to the father that all things are possible for those who believe.

And the father said, “Lord, I believe..please help me with my unbelief.”

- Mark 9: 15-29

Finding a Job; Finding Faith “……he surrendered himself to the slow heart work of seeking God one day at a time and one night at a time in the place where his eyes opened and shut…he got up and fell down, he got up and fell down, he got up over and over again.” Patrick Hart, Jonathon Montaldo The Intimate Merton

“……he surrendered himself to the slow heart work of seeking God one day at a time and one night at a time in the place where his eyes opened and shut…he got up and fell down, he got up and fell down, he got up over and over again.”

Patrick Hart, Jonathon Montaldo

The Intimate Merton

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