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Stop saying “I hope you land an interview”.

Medium·Melody Koh 🤔·about 1 month ago
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Please don’t tell anyone to focus on the job-hunt if you care about them. Send them this article instead. Press enter or click to view image in full size Credit: Nicholas Kusuma The world is full of goodwill, good intentions, and naive thoughts mixed in-between. It is a really tough time to be mentoring, with massive layoffs and tens of thousands of professionals losing their rice bowls every other fortnight. “How am I going to feed my family? How am I going to pay my mortgage?” “You’ll land something soon. Keep going!”, echoes the thoughts and well-wishes of those who didn’t get laid off. Defeated but trudging along, those laid-off set out to have 6-month plans to get employment. 6-months became a year, and before long, a year nearly becomes two. The biggest mistake most people make after getting laid off is hoping you’ll get a job again.…

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