{"id":1307,"date":"2018-09-07T13:03:42","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T13:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/?p=1307"},"modified":"2018-09-07T13:03:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T13:03:42","slug":"career-switchers-stop-waiting-to-be-chosen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/career-switchers-stop-waiting-to-be-chosen\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Switchers: Stop Waiting To Be Chosen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Dawn Graham<\/p>\n<p>Being in a job search can be anxiety-provoking, especially if you\u2019re making a significant career change. Waiting for responses that never come, getting rejected before having the opportunity to present your case to a hiring manager, and feeling excited that you\u2019ve found the perfect job only to lose out to a traditional candidate will make any career switcher want to give up.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t\u2014you\u2019ve got this. And here\u2019s the secret: You don\u2019t have to wait to be chosen to start your career switch.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s understandable why you might think you have to follow a process. The human brain seeks structure \u2013 a clear path with sequential guideposts that guarantee we arrive at our destination. And we\u2019ve become a culture reliant on 24\/7 access to GPS, so we\u2019ve forgotten that we have the ability to reach our destination via a map of our own making.<\/p>\n<p>This is causing frustration for job seekers who are pursuing unconventional job changes, while following conventional job search steps, such as applying online and waiting for a company to respond. These processes are losing momentum as new professional working structures grow in popularity.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dawngraham\/2018\/08\/30\/career-switchers-stop-waiting-to-be-chosen\/#470ac6e0256a\">https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/dawngraham\/2018\/08\/30\/career-switchers-stop-waiting-to-be-chosen\/#470ac6e0256a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dawn Graham Being in a job search can be anxiety-provoking, especially if you\u2019re making a significant career change. Waiting for responses that never come, getting rejected before having the opportunity to present your case to a hiring manager, and feeling excited that you\u2019ve found the perfect job only to lose out to a traditional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46,66],"tags":[101],"class_list":["post-1307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-hr-2","tag-career"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4vlXG-l5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":975,"url":"https:\/\/ejobsitesoftware.com\/blog\/considering-a-career-change-in-2018-heres-what-you-need-to-know\/","url_meta":{"origin":1307,"position":0},"title":"Considering a career change in 2018? 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