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I didn’t make the title of this post “Overcoming Your Job Search Anxiety” or “Coping With Your Job Search Anxiety” because no article or one piece of advice can ever eliminate your job search anxiety or help you cope with it magically. And I’ve read many of those, way too many to count. The only thing that I know of that works is doing something about it, failing, learning a lesson or two from it, and then trying something new, wash, rinse and repeat.
In this post, I share one way that helped me get started on doing something about my job searching anxiety in hopes that it can be of value to you.

𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰:
How do you experience job search anxiety? Examine the process of getting anxious during a job search. Replay the last time you experienced these feelings, and try to remember as many details as possible of that moment:
✤ When did it start? What triggered it?
✤ When did it get worse?
✤ What thoughts preceded and/or accompanied it?

𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐲
What are the roots of your job search anxiety? If it’s the first time you’re trying to tackle this anxiety, it might be very difficult to dig in deep enough to uncover the ultimate reasons lying behind it. This is very normal, don’t panic and give this question your best guess. Your answer will most likely change multiple times and evolve along the way as you learn new things about yourself and your job search anxiety.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲?
It might be very very tempting to make big plans for overcoming your anxiety and attempt a few dozens of self-help techniques and mindset shifts that you really believe would work, but remember that this started with trying to do something about anxiety, overwhelming yourself is the last thing you want to do. Think about one or two things you can do that will feel effortless to you, you’re certain you will be able to remain consistent with and that will most likely have the biggest impact on helping relieve your job search anxiety, then focus all of your mental energy on doing it. Once that action becomes a habit running on auto-pilot mode, re-evaluate your situation and decide what’s the next one or two effortless impactful actions you can take.

𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 your 𝘫𝘰𝘣 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 #𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨.

Anybody that has a thought on this topic, I’d love to hear from you also.
Please drop your comments below and let’s explore this 🙏

Best of luck on your #jobhunt!!

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