How to Get Hired.- For Graduates

Developing a

Mindset for Success

You need something to deal with the stresses

and strains. What can help you, is the way you

approach the process of job hunting: your

mindset.

Your mindset can either help

or counteract you during your

job hunting.

Most graduates need three to nine months to

find a job. In this process, it is very important to

stay motivated if you want to achieve your goal.

your resilience to setbacks

your self-esteem

your ability to face challenges

The kind of mindset you have is very important; it

influences a lot of aspects of your life, for example:

the growth mindset and the fixed mindset

What does the most recent mindset research teach us?

This research is largely the work of Carol Dweck of

Stanford University.

She made the distinction between two kinds of

mindsets:

Within an individual either the growth

mindset or the fixed mindset is

dominant. And the type of mindset that

is dominant affects an individual’s

learning and motivation.

The following clip nicely summarizes the

difference between the Growth Mindset & Fixed

Mindset.

So how does this mindset research

relate to your job search!?

As we know, nowadays it is hard for

graduates to get a job. Consequently you

will get rejected a few times.

How you perceive this failure influences

what you will achieve. imagine you

applied for a job you really liked and you

got rejected.

With a fixed mindset you will conclude

you are not good enough for the position.

You will start to feel worthless and you

want to avoid any further failure. You feel

resistance to apply again… and you stop

learning altogether.

When you have a growth mindset, you

look at job hunting as a skill that you

can improve. When you get rejected, you

won’t take it very personal.

Of course you don’t like the rejection, but

you try to learn from it, you’ll ask for

feedback on why exactly you were not

the right candidate.

You will apply what you learned next time.

Instead of feeling down, you focus on growth

and improvement.

So be prepared to go through the

application process time after time,

eventually, after a few rejections, you will

succeed. Don’t take rejections too personal,

even the best candidates can be rejected for

a position, simply because there’s so much

choice for recruiters.

Embrace this challenge and decide to learn

as much as you can.

Challenges are what make life

interesting. Overcoming them

is what makes life meaningful.

- Joshua J. Marine

“

So, what can you

practically do now you

have watched this

slideshare?

The key is to be aware of how you perceive the

job hunt process you’re in, week after week.

Believing job hunting is a skill you can improve

will ultimately land you a job much faster.

The first thing you can do is check what

your dominant mindset is on

mindsetonline.com. Becoming aware of

your dominant style is a great first step.

When you’re aware of how you perceive

your job search, you will be able to

change this.

Research shows you can

change from a fixed- to a

growth mindset.

Ready to take your job hunt to the next level?

Click here for the full online training on “How to Get

Hired – for Graduates:”

WWW.UDEMY.COM/CAREERKICKSTART

Thank you & good luck!