5 Ways to Reframe Failure During a Difficult Job Search.

Let's face it, searching for a new job is extremely stressful.?

And when you receive more rejections than you expected it’s easy for your confidence to take a hit.?

The self-doubt kicks in and you start to see each job rejection as a failure.?

Of course this isn't true, but self-doubt is like a virus.

Once it sets in, it can be very hard to shift and it makes the job application process that much harder and more painful.

So learning how to re-frame how you see those rejections is pivotal if you want to be able to ride the job search process and land yourself a great new job!

It’s Not Rejection, It's Redirection.

I love this re-frame. When you see a great job advertised it’s easy to start picturing yourself working at that company and imaging your new life. So when you don’t get the job it hurts.?

Start to make the shift that this is not a rejection, but merely a redirection. There have been many times in my past when I was rejected. Those rejections changed my trajectory and led me to things I could never have foreseen or even planned. It’s very hard to see it at the time, but that rejection is redirecting your life to something even greater.?

Change Your Intention

What if your intention was not to get the job, but to share your experience with a company and give them the opportunity to speak with you? What if your intention was to see how far you could get in the interview process??

Can you see how changing your intention means there is no longer the possibility to fail, because it’s not a win or lose situation.

Instead approach every job application with curiosity with only the intention to learn and share, not to get the job.

I know this might sound counterintuitive, but it will take away any feelings of failure and it will also take off a lot of the pressure you are most likely putting on yourself.?

A Blessing In Disguise

There is a job out there for everyone, but not every company is the right company for you. It’s really important to remember this whilst doing your job search.

It’s easy to start believing that you're the problem, but you’re not.

If you haven't been hired, it’s most likely a blessing in disguise. There are stringent interview processes for a reason. To give both the company and the interviewee a chance to see if they are the right fit for each other. If it didn’t work out, there's a good reason for that and it’s better that you didn’t get the job.?

There Is No Failure, Only Feedback

This is a powerful belief and it really has the ability to change how you approach everything in your life.?

If you truly believe you can’t fail, but can only get feedback, then you’ll never stop trying. So get the feedback and the lesson from each experience and use it to help you move forward.

Keep learning and iterating?

Take Control Of your Mindset

When you feel the self-doubt kick in it’s time to take control and shift your mindset.

The best way to do that is to read about people who have been where you are and have come out the other side.

There are so many people right now sharing their job search experiences. They're sharing how they faced sometimes up to a 1000 rejections before finally landing their dream job. It's not only inspiring to read these stories, it’s also important as it reminds you that it is possible to find that dream job, even when you’ve faced some knock-backs.

So keep reading their stories until you feel that self-doubt fading and your confidence coming back.??

And as always, find yourself some good support. Job searching can be lonely and it is hard, so make sure you have people around you that can lift you up and keep you on track.

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