Hello Everyone

I have read the book and I implement each principle religiously in my life. Yet I am struggling to find a job. I try to visualise each job(I'm also not sure what exactly to visualise in this case) as best I could but I get turned down time and time again. The disappointment is so hard to face everytime after visualising and believing completely with all my heart that I have now stopped believing. How do I handle this after submitting a couple of hundred applications unsuccessfully?

Jolly, If you don't mind me asking? What field are you looking for a job in? According to SOGR it shouldn't matter but this answer would put a frame of reference for me.

IT / Telecommunication

Jolly,

I’m wondering if you’ve tried going through a few temp agencies? If you have any IT skills, this is a good way to market yourself. There are at least a few good temp (and/or temp to permanent placement or temp-to-perm) agencies around, specifically for people with IT skills.

Some people don’t like temp agencies because they say you will get less than if you market yourself and get a job on your own. My experience tells me that this is not always the case. In fact, it’s not even most of the cases. Sometimes a temp agency will get you MORE money than you could get by yourself, for several reasons. Sometimes they know of a hidden job opportunity that isn’t even advertised. Sometimes they get more because of the way they have negotiated with companies. Sometimes they get more because they work with more ‘head room’. (Since they usually don’t have to pay medical or other benefits, they can sometimes place you with a higher base salary.)

Another good thing about many temp agencies is, they often will help you revamp a weak resume. They know what their clients are looking for, the wording they respond to, etc. This is what they DO, so they will often know of ways of marketing you that you haven’t considered.

And most of the SELLING is done by a temp agency. You are usually PPRE-SOLD first, by the agency, before you even go on an interview.

Also, many good temp agencies will ‘prep’ you for interviews, so that you know from the outset how to approach a client or company. They’ll help prepare your answers AND what questions you should be asking.

A few times when I’ve been out of work, I’ve signed up with two or three agencies, and very soon one of them will place me.

Another good thing about temp agencies (even if you go in temp-to-perm) is, you can always check out a job from the inside out. You can determine if you really like a particular place before committing.

Also, it improves your chances of finding an even better job. Ask anyone, and the consensus is, if you are already working you automatically become a more desirable job candidate. If you’re working temp, you can still be submitting applications, but you can also add, “I’m currently working at X Company.”

Also, working even a temp IT job will give you greater confidence. You’ll soon realize that in some aspects, you know MORE than enough, while you will also see exactly where you could benefit from gaining more skill or knowledge.

In the mean time, I would also work on my people skills, if I were you. Work on being a self assured kind of person, even tempered and congenial, someone who seems easy to get along with; someone who a company would LIKE to have as an employee.

Phil

Hello Jolly,

"Yet I am struggling to find a job."

This sentence alone tells me you have a lot of resistance to finding a job. So, the job can't come!

What I would do if I were you, I'd ask myself how I would feel if I already have the ideal job that I wanted, see & really FEEL myself already working in the job in my mind's eye.(If this is not easy, then try writing it down first in a piece of papar) This is impressing the formless substance, this you do for about 2 to 3 times a day. After that, the KEY is to just let it go. Go about your business, do not struggle about it anymore! Have faith that the formless will deliver. This way you are cooperating with the formless, the request is out there, and it will come.

Dissapointment is also resistance, so the job can't come!

Hello Jolly,

I started a software company 10 years ago and built it into a global supplier. I sold the company last year and am taking some time off right now.

During my time running this company I employed many people and received hundred of requests from people for IT jobs. Most applicants got no more than a 30 second scan of their resumes before they were consigned to the "thanks but no thanks" pile however some resumes and people caught my attention.

It was the people who understood what I needed as an employer that made the connection.

Basically everyone has problems to solve and businessmen and employers have more than most. If someone can demonstrate, in a few sentences, that they understood MY problems and could offer an easy, hassle free solution - I was interested.

For example in your resume state, "I enjoy the challenge of working with your customers, finding out what they want, then delivering a solution that really gives them satisfaction. It's these kinds of challenges that get me out of bed in the morning". This may sound corny but its how your prospective employer is thinking.

Most people look at job hunting as trying to solve their own "I don't have a job" problem and so their thinking is along the same lines - and in turn the universe delivers the result of "no job".

I you can change your thinking to "I am the solution to his/her problem" AND REALLY BELIEVE THIS it will probably come through in your resume and in how you interview. You will have the job you want inside a week.

Good thinking.

COAT

Thank you for all those who responded so far. I'm gaining valuable practical insights.

Jolly

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Originally posted by SmartMoney:
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What I would do if I were you, I'd ask myself how I would feel if I already have the ideal job that I wanted, see & really FEEL myself already working in the job in my mind's eye...
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Have faith that the formless will deliver....

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I think the formless already make it...
you only need to look at it.

If i have a problem i need to think in the solution, not in the problem, isn't it?

Well... If you don't look at it, in order to see what you want, i think there is another way.

You must trust in the formless it allways have the best solution to our problems.
We must be grateful.

Best for all!
Oliveiros

I like what COAT has to say. Makes good sense to me.

But I want to post some thoughts regarding the experience of DISAPPOINTMENT.

Nothing outside of us disappointments us.

Disappointment is an internally generated experience. It is the result of viewing some experience negatively. The same experience could be evaluated positively or constructively, or at least benigningly. Then, it wouldn’t be EXPEREIENCED as a disappointment.

Consider Thomas Edison. As the story goes, it was after a few hundred experiments failed to result in a working light bulb that he was asked if he felt he had failed. He adamantly replied, “No.” He replied that he now knew hundreds of ways that didn’t work. He responded positively and constructively.

Walt Disney was turned down by over 200 banks before he got the money to build the original Disneyland. Maybe that was a good thing. Maybe it forced him to be clearer about what his plans and needs were. Maybe it caused him to be even more determined.

Rejection may or may not cause disappointment. It depends on how you view it. If you are rejected in one way, it could mean that you are being led to something EVEN BETTER. Of course, you may never really know, but why ASSUME the WORSE? This is what disappointment is; assuming the worst.

I once read the true story of how actor Dustin Hoffman was unable to complete what, at the time, and in his mind, was a dream-come-true acting opportunity. But as it turned out, this led to him being free for the acting part in ‘The Graduate’ which was the beginning of a very fine career.

You can never know if the current opportunity you have (whether you are rejected or accepted) is really in your best interests.

Since that’s the case, why not learn to take it all in stride?

Phil

Hi,

New to the group. I've recently left a job as an insurance agent and have been looking for a full time job myself, but one of the things I found for myself is that temping really comes in handy. To really get on their good side, its important to be on time for all your appointments.

What I've alo realized is why I'm having a hard time finding a job is that I really don't want a job. I just want the income so that I can do other things with it. In the meantime, I've found a way to genearate a small income by starting a home based business. Learn to think outside of the box and let your mind stretch. It took me a few months to really understand why I wasn't doing well in interviews because I did not really want to lock in my time schedule. And I've found temping a good way to go.

Benson

Besides pondering a very valuable answer form Coat I will add what first come to my mind.
How do You really know it was the job which was rigt for You
Do you know You wishes behind the wishes nad those following. It is not just getting a job!
It is about getting on the right place in Your life.
Is Your vision big enough that You can see Yourself within a mirrored context od why things would or would not happen?
I hope You will see

Mr Wattles tells us not to be disappointed when things don't work out how we think they should, because something better is always around the corner. Concentrate again on your vision, and increase your faith and gratitude. Stop telling yourself you are struggling, and start telling yourself that you are doing just the right things to create the exact world you want to be in. Spend a day or two in contemplation of a clear mental vision - and be sure it is clear. Spend all your leisure time in contemplation of your vision. This is what Mr Wattles tells us to do. Believe in the formless substance.

You say you've submitted a couple of hundred applications?? Are you really sure this is still the right action for you to be taking? I suggest going back to the book, and reading it anew. Ask for a message from it that will guide you in the right direction. In my experience, it always obliges.

Jenny