Using LinkedIn doesn’t have to be hard. Use this cheat sheet to help you get started. If you don’t have access to the resource library or have been unable to watch the videos- set aside 20 minutes today to build a profile to get you noticed. And don’t forget to connect with me- Cari Hawthorne

I read a quote once that said:

“Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes it’s built on catastrophe”.

We’ve all been there- that weird space between the time you’ve interviewed for a job and the time you are waiting to find out if you were selected. You replay every second of the interview back in your mind. Wishing you could have said this or that, anxiously sitting on pins and needles until you know the outcome.  And even though you know there is a 50/50 chance that the answer is no, there is some comfort in knowing. You tell your friends how the interviewers laughed at your jokes, said you were one of the top candidates and that you would hear back very soon.

And then it comes.

Good, bad or indifferent, people will always have an opinion about you. We have to stop expecting people to celebrate us and learn to celebrate ourselves. Whatever accomplishment you’ve achieved- it’s yours now. Don’t get discouraged by the noise in the background of folks who won’t celebrate you.

I get it. Searching for a job can be frustrating. You toil away on application after application, just to receive an automated email saying “you aren’t qualified” or “we already filled the position.” As a senior in talent acquisition, I go through what seems like thousands of resumes and applications a day and what I see leads me to believe that it’s very possible that job seekers just don’t know some of the basics needed to be considered for an interview.

Just having a mentor is not enough. You need other people like the sponsor, the champion, the raving peers and the humble haters to succeed in 2018. As you become more self-aware and emotionally intelligent, the identification of these folks become a lot easier.

How many times have you said this or heard someone say this about the job searching process? I hear it, read it and have likely said it myself a few times. I understand how frustrating the job search can be. When I returned from Iraq, I thought it would be easy to obtain employment. I thought my military experience would be enough to secure my place in the workforce. Sadly, I was mistaken. I wanted to share some ways that you can get employers to come to you.