{"id":293,"date":"2010-07-13T05:26:36","date_gmt":"2010-07-13T09:26:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/?p=293"},"modified":"2010-07-11T11:34:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-11T15:34:00","slug":"what-you-say-can-limit-your-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/what-you-say-can-limit-your-search\/","title":{"rendered":"What you SAY can limit your search"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/what-you-say-can-limit-your-search\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"button_count\"  size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>&#8220;The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.&#8221; &#8211; Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher<\/p>\n<p>Just as the limits of your language will limit your world, what you say to others and yourself limits your success in your job search.\u00a0 The job search can be the toughest jobs you will ever have, don\u2019t believe me?\u00a0 Ask around.<\/p>\n<p>Each week I listen to the limiting language of those looking for a job.\u00a0 \u201cNo postings in my field\u201d\u2026 \u201cNo one is hiring\u201d \u2026 \u201cI am overqualified\u201d \u2026 \u201cI am too old\u201d\u2026 \u201cToo young\u201d \u2026 \u201ctoo experienced\u201d\u2026 and the list goes on.\u00a0\u00a0 Go ahead, admit it , you are saying some of these things aloud or at least thinking them.<\/p>\n<p>Pause and think about if you are using this language.\u00a0 If so, you will begin to believe it, or those around you will begin to believe it.\u00a0 Your thinking and your language dictate how you think and shares with others how you think.\u00a0 Do you want others to think you are &#8220;too old&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>What message are you sending with your language?<\/p>\n<p>Does your language encourage others to think of you in terms of positive results, your desired income, the job you want?<\/p>\n<p>If not, review your language.\u00a0 Your language is a choice.<\/p>\n<p>Does your choice and what you say help you move forward, or is it helping to maintain the status quo?<\/p>\n<p>What language are you using that limits your search or your brand?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each week I listen to the limiting language of those looking for a job.  \u201cNo postings in my field\u201d\u2026 \u201cNo one is hiring\u201d \u2026 \u201cI am overqualified\u201d \u2026 \u201cI am too old\u201d\u2026 \u201cToo young\u201d \u2026 \u201ctoo experienced\u201d\u2026 and the list goes on. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-search-focus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/293\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/accelerateyoursearchnow.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}