What Job Hunters Can Learn From Card Players

Managing frustration and other negative emotions that throw you off your game

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“Won’t somebody just give me a chance? Anybody? Please!”

Have you ever had such a thought when going through a job search?

With dozens of people applying for each position, you can find yourself getting rejected over and over again. That is, if the hiring manager even shows you the courtesy of contacting you and letting you know you weren’t selected. Many don’t.

After a while, it’s so easy for all kinds of negative emotions to creep in. Feeling like you’re not good enough. Perhaps feeling angry, feeling like you would have got the job had that one interviewer just not asked such piercing questions. Worrying about what you’ll do if the money runs out.

All that negativity can weigh on you and take you out of your A-game when applying and interviewing. You go into the interview assuming the worst, and so you don’t perform your best. That leads to rejection, which in turn leads to you getting even more down on yourself, and you take that negativity into the next interview… it’s a vicious cycle.

Let’s learn how to break that cycle. Did you know that job hunters can learn a lot from card players?