Enduring

Endure. One of my good friends of about ten years, Amy, has been supportive for me through this process. She called me today with a wonderful inspirational message about “enduring” through it all. “The triumphant will be the one that endures.” I think the hardest thing for me has been to be patient. So, I will keep networking and I will keep enduring.

Yesterday I met with my old administrator from my first job in dialysis years ago. It was very enlightening to hear about his job search journey. I certainly took a networking lesson from him yesterday. I was telling him about my dissatisfaction about my Linked-In networking activities. I realize now that maybe I have been going about it in the wrong way. I have been applying for job after job after job on Linked-In’s job boards. CS has been actually setting up appointments and requesting face to face meetings with contacts. While he has not yet secured a position, he has made some very impressive contacts using this method.

I had essentially given up on Linked-In as a job search tool. I think my next move is to focus my pursuit to a couple of particular roles and seek out individuals that can either aid me in my search or are the hiring managers themselves. Then, I just need to endure until I talk to the right individual. What things do you do to help yourself endure this process?