Last month, I was facilitating a training session for college students on Interviewing with Success. One of the words that I asked the students to think about was “resilience” and what that particular word meant to them. Some of their responses included:
Bounce back.
Keep going.
Not giving up; don’t quit.
You’re not a baby.
Get over yourself.
Go again; Try again.
You don't stop when things don't go your way.
According to the dictionary,
re·sil·ience
is a noun defined as:
1. the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
2. ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like; buoyancy.
While the second definition above does not mention the ability to recover from losing your job, getting rejected for the 19th time, and/or no one returning your phone calls, emails, DM’s – ever – resilience is a word to be reckoned with in your quest for work in 2011.
If someone asked you to share your definition of ‘resilience’ what would you say?
Homework Exercise:
In the space below, record three ways (strategies) which prove to yourself that you demonstrate resilience in your job search. If you can’t think of all three right now, think of one…one is better than none.
1.
2.
3.
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