How to Overcome Your Job Search Fears, with Soma Ghosh

Find Your Dream Job: Insider Tips for Finding Work, Advancing your Career, and Loving Your Job

Mac's List

Careers, Business

4.8 • 624 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Finding a new job isn’t easy, and when we experience fear, it can discourage us from even trying. How can you overcome the common fears of job hunting? You can start by clarifying why you’re seeking a change. Find Your Dream Job guest Soma Ghosh also says you need to know what your ultimate career goals are. Soma suggests taking small steps toward your goals and not allowing the fear to paralyze you. Having a supportive network of friends and colleagues can also help you overcome any fears that hold you back. About Our Guest: Soma Ghosh (https://www.linkedin.com/in/soma-ghosh-26086638/) is a career adviser, a business owner, and the host of The Career Happiness Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-career-happiness-podcast/id1450116167). Resources in This Episode: Do you know the 4 pillars of creating your dream career? Find out by visiting Soma’s website at (ww.somaghosh.com/.) From our Sponsor: Find Your Dream Job is brought to you by TopResume.(http://macslist.org/topresume) Top Resume has helped more than 400,000 professionals land more interviews and get hired faster. Get a free review of your resume today from one of Top Resume’s expert writers. (http://macslist.org/topresume) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:58.9	That's PLAUD. This is Find Your Dream Job, the podcast that helps you get hired, have the career you want,
1:17.9	and make a difference in life. I'm your host, Mack Pritchard. I'm also the founder of Max List.
1:24.1	It's a job board of the Pacific Northwest that helps you find a fulfilling career.
1:29.1	Every Wednesday, I talk to a different expert about the tools you need to get the work you want.
1:35.3	Looking for work is hard, and it makes you vulnerable too.
1:39.7	Scammers take advantage of this vulnerability by posing as recruiters to extract money or sensitive
1:45.7	personal information.
1:47.9	How do these bad actors find you?
1:50.1	Data brokers across the world scour the web and public records for names and addresses
1:55.0	and sell it for a profit.
1:57.8	Scammers can use this data to send you fake job offers and other messages that play on your vulnerability as a job seeker.
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