No one's life is going to be baggage free -- not physically, not metaphorically. We all have to deal with it and learn how to manage it. And if you don't manage your baggage in a job search, it will hurt you in a number of ways.

Today I'm going to identify the stuff that tends to drag us down in a job search, talk about how those things will hurt you in your search, and teach you how to manage them by asking yourself the right questions and keeping your thoughts where they need to be.

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• Leverage your career history and transferable skills in your career pivot
• Mindset and strategy to manage and escape a toxic workplace

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In Make Your Move part 1, you learned that simply observing what's going on in your career or job search changes your result. In part 2, you learned motivation techniques so you can create the kind of action and attitude you need.

Now in Make Your Move Part 3, I'm sharing the three things you need to make it happen... a great resume, a strategy that gets you in front of people and interview skills that show "them" what it's like to work with you.

It's a lot easier to make it happen than you might think. Listen in so you can get unstuck and make your move!

Here's the TED article I mention.

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Don't stay in a job that feels bad. I'll help you see your value, release your doubts and feel confident. It's time to make your move.

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• Customized coaching and strategizing to land a rewarding new job
• Leverage your career history and transferable skills in your career pivot
• Mindset and strategy to manage and escape a toxic workplace

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How do you springboard from observation into motivation so that it's actually leading you to a better destination? In Part 2 of this 3-part series, I've put together some thoughts on motivation that I want to share with you, and some guidance on how you can create motivation through leverage.

Leverage is using both pain and pleasure to create motivation for yourself. Here are few pain/pleasure questions to ask yourself to create this leverage:

Pain-associating questions:

• “What will this cost me?”

• “What has it cost me in the past?”

• “What is it costing the people I love?”

• “What is it costing me in (lifestyle, opportunity, family, etc.)?”

Pleasure-associating questions:

• “If I change this now, how will my life be?”

• “What will I gain?”

• “What will it mean for the people I love?”

• “What will it give me?”

You can go back to these questions over and over again to maintain the leverage and motivation you've created. Without motivation, none of those amazing plans and goals you've made will really matter. Any kind of meaningful change in your life or in your career is underpinned by motivation.

LYWL Episode 9: Running Away From the Past versus Running Towards the Future

The very first step to making your move starts with taking some time to observe your thoughts, your career, and where you are today. In this first part of a three-part series, I'm going to give you tools to help you look for evidence and start changing the meaning you've assigned to your past, so that you can measure it as success instead of measuring it as failure. In doing so, success will become an inevitable part of your future.

Resources:

Don't stay in a job that feels bad. I'll help you see your value, release your doubts and feel confident. It's time to make your move.

When you're ready, I can help you ::

Personalized 1:1 Coaching

• Customized coaching and strategizing to land a rewarding new job
• Leverage your career history and transferable skills in your career pivot
• Mindset and strategy to manage and escape a toxic workplace

Schedule Your Possibility Session™

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Don't think I'm crazy, but I have found some really great parallels between Journey's music and your career. There are a few song titles that really stand out to me as being part of the career journey, and I want to share them with you today. How does this play into a career journey in the more conventional sense? Let's talk about that, too.

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Don't stay in a job that feels bad. I'll help you see your value, release your doubts and feel confident. It's time to make your move.

When you're ready, I can help you ::

Personalized 1:1 Coaching

• Customized coaching and strategizing to land a rewarding new job
• Leverage your career history and transferable skills in your career pivot
• Mindset and strategy to manage and escape a toxic workplace

Schedule Your Possibility Session™

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A recent report shared that there are 58 million companies on LinkedIn, and more than 15 million job posts. There are a lot of jobs out there, so why is finding a great job such a challenge for so many people? I've narrowed it down to 3 areas that I really do believe affect your ability to find great jobs.

Today I'm going to give you some really detailed suggestions to help you find those great jobs:

1) practical & tactical use of LinkedIn

2) strategic & targeted approach to create focus

3) intentional & positive self-talk

Resources:

Don't stay in a job that feels bad. I'll help you see your value, release your doubts and feel confident. It's time to make your move.

When you're ready, I can help you ::

Personalized 1:1 Coaching

• Customized coaching and strategizing to land a rewarding new job
• Leverage your career history and transferable skills in your career pivot
• Mindset and strategy to manage and escape a toxic workplace

Schedule Your Possibility Session™

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If you're having trouble marketing yourself in interviews, you could have the best resume on the planet and you still won't get job offers. There are two pieces to marketing yourself and today I'm going to walk you through them.

First, the three levels of problem-solving:

1) the physical level

2) the emotional level

3) the philosophical level

Organize your answers to interview questions in a way that addresses all three levels.

Second, the Belief Triad:

1) belief in yourself

2) belief in your value

3) belief in the other person

The reason people buy things is because it will make their life easier and better, and the psychology behind hiring is exactly the same. Don't think of marketing yourself as a salesy, inauthentic thing -- it's a way to show someone that by hiring you, you can make their life easier and better. Believe that you can be their solution, and believe that they will see your value and take action.

Resources:

Don't stay in a job that feels bad. I'll help you see your value, release your doubts and feel confident. It's time to make your move.

When you're ready, I can help you ::

Personalized 1:1 Coaching

• Customized coaching and strategizing to land a rewarding new job
• Leverage your career history and transferable skills in your career pivot
• Mindset and strategy to manage and escape a toxic workplace

Schedule Your Possibility Session™

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If you're getting lots of interviews, but no offers, something is going sideways in those interviews. Everyone has a story going on in their brains during the interview process, and today I'm going to teach you how to answer that key question: "Tell me about yourself."

You can take charge of the narrative right from the beginning of the interview with how you answer this one question, and it is such an easy and powerful fix!

Resources:

Don't stay in a job that feels bad. I'll help you see your value, release your doubts and feel confident. It's time to make your move.

When you're ready, I can help you ::

Personalized 1:1 Coaching

• Customized coaching and strategizing to land a rewarding new job
• Leverage your career history and transferable skills in your career pivot
• Mindset and strategy to manage and escape a toxic workplace

Schedule Your Possibility Session™

https://calendly.com/elissa-shuck-career-coach/possibility-session-with-elissa-shuck

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Are you viewing some of your past as an obstacle for doing what you want to do? If you're feeling confused about how to leverage your career history and accomplishments towards something new, I want to encourage you today.

There are so many ways for you to express your skills, strengths, and abilities in jobs. These are the common threads that you will see throughout your career when you start looking for them, and today I'm giving you some tools to help you start looking:

1) decide that nothing is wasted - no part of your career history is a waste

2) look for the common threads - you will start to see possibilities and the potential for yourself going forward

Rob Bell's audio book: https://robbell.com/audio/handling-your-fire-passion-burnout-routines-and-resilience/

Resources:

Don't stay in a job that feels bad. I'll help you see your value, release your doubts and feel confident. It's time to make your move.

When you're ready, I can help you ::

Personalized 1:1 Coaching

• Customized coaching and strategizing to land a rewarding new job
• Leverage your career history and transferable skills in your career pivot
• Mindset and strategy to manage and escape a toxic workplace

Schedule Your Possibility Session™

https://calendly.com/elissa-shuck-career-coach/possibility-session-with-elissa-shuck

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Interview prep is vital for planning what you're going to say, how you're going to say it, and today's topic: the questions you're going to ask. You can be strategic and give yourself even more opportunity to share your value when you ask great questions.

Why ask questions? To get information, to get more context, to showcase your skills, and also to show the person who's interviewing you that you're curious, that you care, and that you're seeing a bigger picture. Today I'm going to teach you some great questions you can ask in interviews.

Market Yourself Interview Questions

Good Leader + Good Team Questions

Resources:

Don't stay in a job that feels bad. I'll help you see your value, release your doubts and feel confident. It's time to make your move.

When you're ready, I can help you ::

Personalized 1:1 Coaching

• Customized coaching and strategizing to land a rewarding new job
• Leverage your career history and transferable skills in your career pivot
• Mindset and strategy to manage and escape a toxic workplace

Schedule Your Possibility Session™

https://calendly.com/elissa-shuck-career-coach/possibility-session-with-elissa-shuck

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