This will seem like very odd advice from a job-seeker blog…especially
as a start my 14th week on the hunt for good employment. Tip #6 this
week for my fellow hunters is Gratitude.
Are you still with me?
Thanks for not closing this page.
No, I have not lost my mind.
I have, however, spent countless hours out there
networking, volunteering, gathering information and just talking to as many
folks as possible. Let‘s face it, going out and doing all of this is partially my choice but has also been forced
upon me by circumstance. But somehow, what has risen out of it is an unexpected feeling
of gratitude.
During the events, workshop and hours spent looking for new
work, I have found from some AMAZING people I may never have had the chance to
meet. For example: I have encountered an inspirational woman who speaks on her experience
losing an arm to cancer 12 years ago. She acknowledges the difficulties while
exuding true gratitude for her journey.
At a recent event, I had a lovely conversation with a woman who moved to Minnesota years ago and became a CEO. She shows her gratitude for a difficult
journey by creating a foundation lending support to victims of sex trafficking in
her birth country of Korea.
I have reconnected with past colleagues and employers,
reminding me of how fortunate I am to have had them shape my early workplace experiences
and renew my faith I my abilities.
I have found friends I somehow carelessly lost track of, and
learned how they overcame their challenges; like a sweet author friend of mine
who struggled with acceptance of her unique life experiences by writing a book
that brought her to so many others who felt the way she did.
I have joined support groups for
job seekers, like the one at a Lutheran Church in Minneapolis (I am a Catholic
from Saint Paul) that is filled with gracious, giving, supportive facilitators
who lend their time and resources to give us job hunters a weekly boost.
I am grateful for even the smaller
things in life, like lower gas prices to save on gas money and warmer weather allowing
me to walk more and put off the winter coat purchases. When you are on unemployment, these things really matter.
I urge anyone else out there to be
open to gratitude during the hard times in your life. As Tony Robbins says, “When you are grateful,
fear disappears and abundance appears.”
I am wishing you abundance (and of
course a great job!). -Susan
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