Is The "Dream Job" Concept A Lie? What To Look For Instead + Tips For Transitioning with HR Expert Shelby McGuire Canlas

Self-Helpless

Crossover Media Group

Comedy, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Education

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Certified Coach and HR Expert, Shelby McGuire Canlas, chats with Delanie about the importance of prioritizing your mental health and wellbeing during a job search, why taking a job "for the meantime" might be exactly the kind of breather you need (for your happiness and long-term success), and how to let go of the "dream job" pressure + tips for your next career move.

Full episode with Shelby McGuire Canlas: https://www.selfhelplesspodcast.com/episodes/episode/21ce2f57/how-to-crush-the-job-search-even-if-you-feel-like-sht-with-hr-expert-shelby-mcguire-canlas

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0:00.0	What's up? I'm Delaney Fisher and welcome to your self-helpless snack. This mini episode is just a little
0:04.8	taste of the self-helpless podcast. So if you want to dive deeper into the topic, you can find the
0:09.4	full conversation linked in this episode's description. Cover letters, you won't always need to write one.
0:15.5	I give you permission if it doesn't. Some of the systems don't even allow for one, in which case, you're kind of off the hook, but follow-up is super-duper important.
0:24.7	But where cover letters are really useful is if you are pivoting at all, you use the cover letter to help connect the dots between what you did and what you're going to do.
0:33.1	So definitely write a cover letter.
0:35.3	So when you can, or if they say cover letters encourage, always
0:40.0	write a cover letter in those situations. If they're opening themselves up to one, you can write
0:43.4	one, and I know that's making a lot of people groan right now because nobody likes it. But for the
0:48.6	most part, cover letters can be fairly straightforward. Like it's an opening that says where you, you know,
0:53.9	what position you applied to, basic qualification. Then it's an opening that says where you, you know, what position you apply to,
0:55.8	basic qualification. Then it's a few bullets that speak directly to the bullets on their posting,
1:01.1	you know, again, connect the dots. The way I approach it is we want to take as much thinking
1:06.1	out of it for them as possible. We want to make it as easy as possible for them to move you forward.
1:10.5	And so then it's the opening paragraph, the bullets, and then it's closed. And that's, that's, for them as possible. We want to make it as easy as possible for them to move you forward.
1:15.6	And so then it's the opening paragraph, the bullets, and then it's closed. And that's it for most things. But I will say, one of my clients, she was applying to a local marketing communications
1:24.6	company. So she wrote her cover letter in the form of a press release.
1:29.2	And it was so fun.
1:31.2	She liked her.
1:32.3	Oh my God.
1:32.8	So appropriate.
1:34.2	Because it not only shows her personality, but it showed a real skill that she would need
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