hi it's Linda Rayner of Linda Rayner
comm career strategist and intuitive
purpose coach I help driven
professionals like you to enhance your
personal brand so that you can pursue a
career career you'll truly enjoy and in
this video today I want to talk to you
if you're someone who's recently been
let go out of a job or you've discovered
that you're about to be let go out of
your job and you're starting to panic
and you're wanting to send your resume
and job applications to as many places
as possible well I'm here to tell you to
stop take a break watch this video
because I have three questions that you
should ask yourself and get some clarity
on before you move forward and to help
you get moving in the right direction
so the first question that you really
need to ask yourself is how am I feeling
right now now you might be thinking this
isn't really an important question to be
asking but actually it is an important
question because it really sets the tone
for how you're going to move forwards
beyond this beyond this transition so
first of all are you someone who's
feeling really worried concerned you're
depressed about the fact that you've
been let go out of your job or maybe
you're feeling excited maybe you're
finding that this is a great opportunity
to move forward and you're actually
happy about the fact that you've lost
your job either way as I said it really
sets the tone for how you're going to
move forward with your job search so for
example if you've been someone who's
been really hating your job you haven't
really been enjoying it and you just
found out that you're going to be let go
then great this is an opportunity for
you to start fresh and to move forward
and determine your job search strategy
from that mindset but on the other hand
if you're someone who's really enjoyed
your position and you're wondering why
me why was I selected to be let go out
of everyone else then you're probably
going to play that self blame game and
tell yourself even if it may not be true
that it was all your fault for why you
were part of the PAC's I was chosen to
be let go and what happens with that is
that that can lead you down a path of
lower self esteem as time goes on and
lack of confidence
in your skills and abilities to be able
to find another new opportunity so you
really want to be careful and really
take inventory of how am I feeling right
now am I feeling good about this and
feeling that I'm pretty confident in
what I need to do next to move forward
or am i wrapping myself up in all these
negative feelings and getting more
blurry minded and confused on a daily
basis with the way that companies are
using technology the world of work is
changing and as a result there are
certain positions that are going to be
completely eliminated and are being
eliminated due to the fact that
technology can replace that effort so
what that means for you is number one
realize that it wasn't your fault
and number two realize and confirm to
yourself that yes you are actually very
good at what you did and you still have
skill sets and experiences and knowledge
that you can carry forward and bring
into another organization into another
position so remind yourself of that and
that will help you to start to move
forward now once you've taken an
inventory of how you feel you need to
then secondly breathe and ask yourself
what do I really want to do with my life
now some of you may think we'll hold on
this is a trick question what do you
mean I need to ask myself what do I
really want to do with my life I need to
find a job ASAP
and I'm here to tell you that you know
just relax before you start panicking
and trying to apply to all the jobs that
are out there online you need to really
consider your situation for a minute
look at it this way you are currently
unemployed
yes that is true but what I know to be
true is that whenever the universe
throws us curveballs such as losing our
jobs out of the blue what it really is
is an opportunity for us to breathe and
reflect about how we've come to where we
are in our life and where we want to go
moving forward and if you don't take
this opportunity now that you're not
working to really reflect and think
about what it is that you truly want
moving forward then you're probably just
going to fall into the same trap that
everyone else is going to fall into
which is to just do what everyone else
is doing instead of creating
our own unique path and moving forward
that way so for example you might do a
bit of reflection and meditation and
realize that you know what even though
I've just lost my job this is a great
opportunity for me to take that vacation
that I've been wanting to take over the
last two years but I haven't taken
because I've just been rolling my
vacation days forward and working my
butt off for the last two years or you
might think that this is a great
opportunity to go back and pursue that
program that you've been wanting to do
go back to school to pursue that degree
that you really wanted to finish
whatever it could be this is a great
opportunity to do that because now you
are not distracted with a full-time job
and instead you may be able to support
yourself in other ways while you're
finishing your program or your degree or
you might find that none of those apply
and instead that this is actually an
opportunity for you to really dig deep
and ask yourself the hard question of
what do I really want to do when I grow
up as much as you may be an adult at
this point and you may think that I
should have already figured this out I
can tell you based on my own experience
that I've met individuals who are well
into their 60s and Beyond who are still
asking themselves this question what do
they really want to do when they grow up
and so this is a great opportunity for
you from now to really think about that
because at the end of the day what's the
purpose of having a career you know yes
it is to make money but on top of that
you can have a truly fulfilling and
enjoyable career if you just knew what
that was so why don't you give yourself
the time and space now that you actually
have the time and space to really
reflect on that and think about that and
ask yourself what do I really want what
would make me happy and alive and
excited every single day if I was able
to do this what could I do and then
develop a plan from there I know it
sounds easy talking about it and I know
it's harder to do it rather than to say
it but honestly this is the chance this
is your opportunity when the universe
throws us a curveball take that
opportunity and
give yourself the chance to really
reflect and think about what your next
steps could be what your vision for your
life could be if you didn't just fall
into the trap of doing what everything
what everyone else is doing so after all
that you're probably thinking okay great
I get what you're saying I need to
reflect and I need to think about what I
want to do next I need to think about
how I'm feeling right now but that still
doesn't answer my question of how do I
find my next job or what do I need to do
to find another job and so that leads me
into the third question that you need to
ask yourself and that is what do I
really want to do in my next job you see
this is the thing a lot of people get
let go out of in position and that
causes them to panic and when they panic
they start rushing out trying to find
any positions that kind of are similar
to the job that they've been doing
before and in hopes of just landing
something anything so that they can be
employed as quickly as possible and what
I can tell you is that what happens is
when you're panicking and you're
desperately trying to find something and
let's say you're lucky enough to find
something in that state even though I'd
say that you know a lot of employers
will be deterred from that desperation
but if you're able to land something
what you likely will realize is that you
probably didn't think through the
decision to join that company all that
well you probably thought well they're
going to pay me a salary it's kind of
similar to what I was doing before and I
need a job so let me take it what
happens is in two three months time if
the company isn't exactly the right fit
for you if the job actually isn't the
right fit for you if you realize that
there's certain aspects about this role
that you really aren't happy about at
that point it's kind of too late and
then what does that mean it really means
that you've taken two or three months of
your time out of your entire life to
work at a job that you're not happy with
when you could have spent maybe a couple
weeks maybe a month thinking about truly
what the right next steps are and then
at that same point be in a completely
different place in space in your life
and in your career you need to ask
yourself if I want to
move into another job what are my
strengths what do I bring to the table
to any organization what have I been
good at in my previous job that I know I
really want to continue being good at in
my next job what types of knowledge and
specialized experience do I have that I
know I could contribute to an
organization what do I really bring to
the table so you want to think about all
those types of questions and focus on
what you want to give and offer to an
organization from there that's when
you'll look at job postings and
positions where you know you would be a
good fit because they're asking for the
same things that you are able to offer
them so therefore you know that that's a
match and that's how you would pursue
your job search you know it's more
methodical it's more laid out properly
and really it just shows that you know
that you have the right intentions going
into a position it's not about just
landing a job and just getting paid and
working 9:00 to 5:00 for the rest of
your days in a position that you may or
may not like but it's actually about
being intentional about the next steps
for your life and where it is that you
want to go and for the career in the
position and once you get clear on
yourself the opportunities will show up
the right roles will appear and the
match will happen and of course in order
to land a job it all has to do with
knowing how to sell yourself so it's the
idea of creating a top-notch resume and
positioning yourself effectively in
front of interviewers is intimidating to
you then really it's time to get
yourself up to speed with how you're
going to do that how you're going to
stand out so that you can get hired
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