How to quit this vicious cycle
You might not even realize you're in it.
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Truth time: is this your job search strategy?
It’s OK if you’re nodding your head right now- we’ve all been there. It’s the lowest-hanging fruit for someone who has a demanding full-time job and a less-than-clear picture of what their long-term career could look like. It takes just enough energy to make you feel like you’re doing something to find a new job, when really you’re letting passivity take the wheel- again.
LinkedIn is an incredibly powerful platform for connection and thought leadership. For establishing a professional brand and expanding our networks.
But LinkedIn should NOT be the main tool in your career pivot strategy.
LinkedIn can’t figure out the most fulfilling long-term career path for you.
LinkedIn can’t assess what you loved and hated about your past experiences.
LinkedIn can’t determine which workplace culture is a fit for your values and lifestyle preferences.
Instead of exhausting this one avenue and burning out after a few days, consider a more strategic approach:
This approach is the foundation of my work with clients, both 1:1 and in a group program.
LinkedIn has its place in this framework (see: connecting with the people who are already doing the work that excites you), but it’s just one piece of a much larger, holistic puzzle.
So, close out of that tab and stop the scroll for a minute, yeah?
Pick your head up and start asking some bigger questions.
When you have a few of those answers- that’s when you can really make LinkedIn work for *you*.
What would a more empowering, effective career switch strategy look like?
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🤔 Should you work with a recruiter or a career coach?
🎙️ I chatted with Jocelyn of “She Illuminates the World” podcast about the Great Resignation (that is, a mass exit of workers- from corporate to field- due to remote work policies and flexible visions for worklife). Listen here to learn why we’re calling it the “Great Realization.”
😆 Need a brain break for the middle of your work day? Turn a few pages in Jerry’s Seinfeld’s collection of standup from his 40-year career, “Is This Anything?” I’ve kept this book on my desk for the past few months to flip through in between meetings or tasks-- it’s literally just 40 years of standup bits and nothing else. Just a few pages of jokes is enough to remind me-- it’s not all that serious.
Title: Head of Operations and Client Services
Company: Syndicately
Location: Remote!
Description: Syndicately is looking for an experienced operations and client services leader to help run the day-to-day operations of the Syndicately customer experience as well as manage customer success initiatives. This individual will need to have a strong knowledge of the private investment ecosystems as well as consulting or customer success/service experience.
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