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**About The Guest(s):**
Kimberly Shapiro is the co-host of the Big Girl Pants podcast and the Director of Business Development at Sage Search Partners. She has over 13 years of experience in recruiting and previously worked as an accounting manager for a retail jeweler.
**Summary:**
Kimberly Shapiro emphasizes the importance of maintaining a positive attitude during the job search process. She highlights that job searching can be frustrating and impact one's self-esteem and confidence. To stay positive, she recommends managing the information you consume, such as reading motivational books or listening to audiobooks. She advises avoiding negative news and relationships that bring you down. Kimberly also emphasizes the need for self-reflection and self-evaluation to determine if you would want to work with yourself. She explains that hiring managers pick up on attitude and confidence during interviews, so it's crucial to convey positivity and belief in your abilities. Kimberly shares the acronym HERO, which stands for hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism, as characteristics that define a positive outlook.
**Key Takeaways:**
**Chapters:**
(0:00:00) Importance of self-reflection and being someone others want to work with
(0:02:49) Tips for staying positive during a job search
(0:03:46) Managing what you put in your brain and blocking negativity
(0:05:39) The importance of having a positive attitude and confidence in interviews
(0:07:38) The essentiality of eye contact in interviews
(0:08:14) Removing negative influences, such as Facebook, during a job search
(0:09:10) Helping others to feel good and receive positive energy
(0:09:34) Focusing on hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism for a positive outlook
(0:10:28) Negative mindset of job seeker
(0:11:21) Importance of resilience in job search
(0:12:11) Law of averages and not giving up after rejection
(0:12:42) Introduction to Big Girl Pants podcast
(0:13:12) How to connect with Kimberly Shapiro
(0:13:33) Contact information and Sage Search Partners
**Quotes:**
"If you met yourself on the street, would you like you? Would you want to hang out with you?"
"You've got to have boundaries. The word 'no' is a beautiful thing."
"Hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism. If you focus on those things, you 100% are going to change your attitude."
"A 'no' just means you're trying. It means you're getting out there. You're throwing your hat in the ring."
Get in touch with Kimberly:
👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyshapiro/
Get in touch with Trevor Houston:
👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/
Get to know all things Who Ya Know:
👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow
Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com/
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**About The Guest(s):**
Kimberly Shapiro is the co-host of the Big Girl Pants podcast and the Director of Business Development at Sage Search Partners. She has over 13 years of experience in recruiting and previously worked as an accounting manager for a retail jeweler.
**Summary:**
Kimberly Shapiro emphasizes the importance of maintaining a positive attitude during the job search process. She highlights that job searching can be frustrating and impact one's self-esteem and confidence. To stay positive, she recommends managing the information you consume, such as reading motivational books or listening to audiobooks. She advises avoiding negative news and relationships that bring you down. Kimberly also emphasizes the need for self-reflection and self-evaluation to determine if you would want to work with yourself. She explains that hiring managers pick up on attitude and confidence during interviews, so it's crucial to convey positivity and belief in your abilities. Kimberly shares the acronym HERO, which stands for hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism, as characteristics that define a positive outlook.
**Key Takeaways:**
**Chapters:**
(0:00:00) Importance of self-reflection and being someone others want to work with
(0:02:49) Tips for staying positive during a job search
(0:03:46) Managing what you put in your brain and blocking negativity
(0:05:39) The importance of having a positive attitude and confidence in interviews
(0:07:38) The essentiality of eye contact in interviews
(0:08:14) Removing negative influences, such as Facebook, during a job search
(0:09:10) Helping others to feel good and receive positive energy
(0:09:34) Focusing on hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism for a positive outlook
(0:10:28) Negative mindset of job seeker
(0:11:21) Importance of resilience in job search
(0:12:11) Law of averages and not giving up after rejection
(0:12:42) Introduction to Big Girl Pants podcast
(0:13:12) How to connect with Kimberly Shapiro
(0:13:33) Contact information and Sage Search Partners
**Quotes:**
"If you met yourself on the street, would you like you? Would you want to hang out with you?"
"You've got to have boundaries. The word 'no' is a beautiful thing."
"Hope, self-efficacy, resilience, and optimism. If you focus on those things, you 100% are going to change your attitude."
"A 'no' just means you're trying. It means you're getting out there. You're throwing your hat in the ring."
Get in touch with Kimberly:
👉https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberlyshapiro/
Get in touch with Trevor Houston:
👉 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trevorhouston/
Get to know all things Who Ya Know:
👉 https://linktr.ee/whoyaknow
Separately and independently from the WYK Show, Trevor Houston and Mark Elder are licensed financial professionals offering insurance and financial products through various carriers. For more info, visit 👉 https://www.ClearPathWealthStrategies.com/
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