Why a “Job Seeker Mantra” and Positive Mindset is KEY Ep 005

A positive mindset and a powerful mantra can significantly impact your job search journey. Here's a summary of the key points:

Why a Job Seeker Mantra is Key:

• Boosts Confidence: A positive mantra can help you believe in yourself and your abilities.
• Reduces Stress: Positive affirmations can help alleviate anxiety and stress associated with job searching.
• Improves Focus: A clear mantra can help you stay focused on your goals and avoid distractions.
• Enhances Resilience: A positive mindset can help you bounce back from setbacks and rejection.

Meller Marketing Job Seeker Mantra

• This is temporary.
  • Remind yourself that your current situation is not permanent.
• I am awesome.
  • Believe in your abilities and worth.
• You are awesome.
  • Recognize the value in others and build connections.
• I am valuable.
  • Understand your unique skills and experience.
• I will find another job.
  • Maintain a positive outlook and take proactive steps.
• The black hole isn't the only way.
  • Explore diverse job search strategies beyond traditional methods.
• I am in control of my future.
  • Take responsibility for your career path and make informed decisions.
• Using LinkedIn can help to give me power.
  • Leverage LinkedIn to network, build relationships, and find opportunities.
• Plus, by attending today, I am a step ahead.
  • Continuously seek opportunities to learn and grow.

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Transcript

 If You've been a part of my VIP Job Seeker community for a while. There's a good chance you've been on one of my webinars or events where I've reviewed the Meller Marketing Job Seeker mantra. And if you haven't been so lucky to be along with me yet, you'll probably hear one in the future if you come with us.

So basically I'm a big believer in the power of positive thinking and. Sometimes just getting things in front of your eyeball so that your brain starts to register and make things happen. And whether you believe with this philosophy or not I know there's something to be said about the mind body connection and how we put things out there to the universe, whether you're religious or spiritual or not, and how things happen to us.

And a lot of times it's honestly, it's a mindset shift, just getting your mind into the right  frame of mind, so to speak, so that you're open to the right opportunities. Now, when you are in job search mode, you're going through a lot of emotions. Sometimes you might be really happy. Sometimes you might be really sad or angry, right?

Sometimes you're feeling helpless going through the process. So the mantra that I've created, I'm going to read this to you now. And I will then go through line by line and explain to you and break it down what it means exactly. So what I do in my job seeker calls is I encourage people on the zoom.

I say, raise a hand. It doesn't matter if you're, if it's your left hand or your right hand, it's not legally binding, but raising your hand, it's like you're making this promise to me and to other job seekers. And I think there's something to be said with taking that physical action. It's linked to your brain.

If you're going to say these things out loud, you're going to start to. to believe that. So here it is. So I will say these lines. I'll point at the screen and my audience will say them back to me. And here's the mantra.  This is temporary.  I am awesome.  And you are awesome. And we point to someone else on the screen there. 

I am valuable. I will find another job.  The black hole isn't the only way.  I am in control of my future  and using LinkedIn can help to give me power.  Plus, By attending today, I am a step ahead.  Now, when we do this on a zoom call, I encourage all of my VIP job seeker attendees to unmute themselves. And while they're doing it again, to hold up a hand, I will say the line and I'll have them repeat after me.

And there's some parts in this, which makes people laugh and it makes them smile. And sometimes when we first get started, I noticed that.  when we say the first two lines, this is temporary, I am awesome. This is temporary. It feels very natural to say that, right? Just speak and you say this is temporary.

When I ask people to say I am awesome, it's usually met with, not a lot of energy and enthusiasm, and I feel even some self doubt when I hear people say I am awesome. They say it with a very flat voice. So at this point, I usually say, okay, we're going to say that again. Cause I didn't believe it.

And I don't think you believe it. I want you to believe in your heart and in your mind that you are awesome. So I have them say it again, and now we're getting some smiles inside the room and we're getting people taking a deep breath. And they realize that they need to say it with enthusiasm to make themselves believe it as well.

So I say, I, and I am awesome. And then I put some inflection in it and the audience will repeat it back to me. And it makes you smile. It does. And then the next line is, and you are awesome. And I tell people, point to somebody else on screen right now. And you are awesome. So now we've got this feeling of community and camaraderie that's being built up in here, right? 

Then the next two lines are, I am valuable and I will find another job. And I let people know that when you go through career transition, you might start doubting yourself. You might start having some self confidence issues and even some, gosh, I thought I was knowledgeable. I thought it was wonderful. I thought they liked me there.

Maybe I'm not as much as I thought I was, right? Maybe I'm not as valuable. Maybe I'm, not in that space where my mind thought I was. I encourage them that you are valuable and it's important to know that you carry the value. They can't take that away from you. And when I say this, what I mean is that organizations can take your job away from you.

They can take your office or your cubicle away from you. They can take your work issued laptop, your phone number that was assigned to you as an employee. They can take those things away from you because they have ownership of that and that resides with the organization. But you know what they can't take from you?

They can't take from you the passion that you have for the work that you do. They can't take from you the values that you carry with you as a good human being. They can't take with you all of that industry insights and knowledge and experiences and everything that you bring to the table as an employee of an organization.

They cannot take that from you. That value is something that you carry with you wherever you go.  And by saying, I will find another job, I will emphasize, and we're doing this in our mantra in our group, I will say, I will find another job, emphasizing the word will, because you might find yourself when you're in career transition, you're unemployed.

saying to yourself, either in your mind or out loud, I'm never going to find another job. Like you, you exasperate that expression. Oh, I'm never going to find another job. And when you hear yourself thinking that or saying it out loud, I want to encourage you to stop what you're doing and say three times, I will find another job.

I will find another job. I will find another job. Because once you start saying those things, your mind starts seeing opportunities that are out there. And I even believe like opportunities start to come to you. So by having the right mindset that you will find another job, you will find opportunities. I guarantee you that.

If you have the mindset that you're never going to find another job, you're going to close your mind out to the possibilities of those additional opportunities. So you've got to believe it. You are valuable and you will find another job. Now, the next two lines are, The black hole isn't the only way I am in control of my future.

When I refer to the black hole, if you've been job seeking for any amount of time, you know what I'm talking about, right? The black hole of job search, where you apply to job upon job, you spend hours applying to these jobs, right? Often, it's upload your resume, but then sometimes it's do the questionnaire, and follow this link, and do that, and it's just a lot of effort, and a lot of times you just don't get any response back.

Maybe an automated email, maybe an on screen, your submission has been received after you spent 10, 20, 30 minutes, an hour filling out an application, maybe you get a form email back that says, we'll let you know, right? And sometimes you don't ever hear back anything at all. And three or four months later, you'll get an automated email from some HR box saying, we went with another candidate and you're like, I don't even remember applying for this job.

So the black hole, when you think about in the universe, black holes are these things that are out there in space. And they're energy sucking and they're like just void of energy, right? And I think about the black hole of job search is similar. It just sucks your energy and it sucks your enthusiasm and it sucks your motivation away from you.

You know what I mean? And you have those days where you're like, I don't want to apply to another job. I'm sick of applying for another job. If you've been through multiple career transitions, you know what I'm referring to. Like the applying for the job is probably like one of the worst things. You need to do it.

It's a necessary evil, but it can be just soul sucking and energy crushing. So I want to let you know the black hole isn't the only way. You can't control what happened to you, but you can control what you do next, and you don't have to leave that up to the job boards. But using LinkedIn can help to give you power is the next line. 

And plus, by attending today, I'm a step ahead. I'm always offering resources inside my VIP Job Seeker office hours to help people, to give them power, to help them to understand how to use LinkedIn more effectively. I always say that 50 percent of your job search should be applying to the job boards, maybe not even more.

Maybe even less than 50%. The other 50 percent should be time that you're spending getting active on LinkedIn, growing your network with like minded professionals, maybe even with recruiters and hiring managers, but certainly people in your industry. People that are in your targeted geography, you should be connecting with them.

You should also be following company pages for targeted positions. You should be trying to make new connections with employees of the organization, and you should try to work your network to ask for referrals and introductions, or even informational interviews, right? All of these things are going to give you some power.

right? You don't have to rely on the job board and wait and cross your fingers and wait for those opportunities to respond back to you. You can do some follow up, you can do some additional networking on top of that.  All right, so that's it. The Meller Marketing Job Seeker Mantra. If you come to one of our upcoming Job Seeker Office Hours, I will try to review this once again.

At least once in every call. Sometimes we go a few months without reviewing it, but I think this is something that's really important. I might start off with it in every call from this day forward. So I hope you found this helpful as always. If you're enjoying this podcast, I'd encourage you to share it with a friend.

You never know who else might be out there who could benefit from some additional inspiration  and the techniques that I'm sharing here in the podcast. I hope you enjoyed this episode and I look forward to seeing you on the next one. Take care.