Common Fears of Every Job Seeker (and How to Deal with Them)

www.lifehack.org: Changing jobs can be stressful. Society likes to put a certain pressure on us to find our destiny, which ends up giving us anxiety. What if we’re not doing what we’re supposed to with our life? Have we missed our destiny then? And how do we leave our wrong “destiny” behind, so we can go find the perfect job?

Every job seeker faces a string of common fears when they try to find a new job.

The Revelations of Celebface, the Private Instagram Account

jezebel.com: In 2006 Dove was on a mission to show the world “real beauty.” As part of an ongoing campaign to make women feel comfortable in their own skin, the company released an ad showing the labor-intensive process of transforming a woman into a model. In sped-up time, her fresh face gets covered in makeup, her hair is curled into perfect ringlets, and photographs are taken. The real fun begins as she is photoshopped into digital perfection: her neck becomes elongated, her face gets thinner, her eyes widen. “No wonder our perception of beauty is distorted,” the ad concludes, like a somber anti-smoking PSA.

How to create an elevator pitch that doesn’t sound cheesy

www.fastcompany.com: At its best, an elevator pitch is a pithy, memorable answer to the dreaded, “Tell me about yourself.” At its worst, it’s cheesy, jargon-filled nonsense. (e.g., I’m not a writer. I’m a “word crafter on a mission to eradicate sentence-ending prepositions from the planet.”)

Include these things in your resume to get the recruiter’s attention

www.fastcompany.com: Did you know that–on average–recruiters and hiring managers spend only seven seconds reading your resume before signing you up for an interview–or tossing that precious piece of paper in the trash? That’s not a lot of time to impress a potential employer. But the slush pile doesn’t have to be your job-search fate.