tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9714543.post6044439892588277313..comments2024-02-23T03:51:32.548-05:00Comments on Not Quite Sure: A Work Insecurity Post (But Not the One You Think)Beccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002802440403969922noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9714543.post-140765215911448192009-05-14T16:18:00.000-04:002009-05-14T16:18:00.000-04:00Hmmmm. I don't think of myself as a particularly ...Hmmmm. I don't think of myself as a particularly networked person, but I got my foot in the door for both my current teaching jobs because I knew someone at the school. My husband's gotten most of his jobs through networking, but I feel much more like you about networking. The idea of relying on someone's relationship with you for a job/career/livelihood? Nerve-wracking. <br /><br />Also, Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658961567501794718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9714543.post-1335280413836915782009-05-14T15:45:00.000-04:002009-05-14T15:45:00.000-04:00Hi, Becca. Your post is really interesting because...Hi, Becca. Your post is really interesting because it's about framing. If you get three jobs from people you know, do you tell yourself you're great at networking or do you tell yourself you can only get a job from someone you know.<br /><br />There is great research from the Positive Psychology Center that says that how happy we are is dependent on how we frame what happens to us. If we believe Penelope Trunkhttp://blog.penelopetrunk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9714543.post-1390021874405271282009-05-14T12:34:00.000-04:002009-05-14T12:34:00.000-04:00The older I get, the more I am convinced that ever...The older I get, the more I am convinced that everyone only gets hired (at least for decent jobs) through networking. Therefore, I tend to interpret my failure to get hired for jobs where I'm just answering an ad as either, "they must have done an internal hire," or "there must have been a candidate with an in."<br /><br />Which may just be my own arrogance talking. After all, who wouldn't want landismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328094347362872558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9714543.post-84663099405361500082009-05-14T08:08:00.000-04:002009-05-14T08:08:00.000-04:00I've only landed one job by answering an ad and on...I've only landed one job by answering an ad and one by sending out postcards. Otherwise they've all been via my network. At the moment my network is all out of work or afraid of losing their job at the moment, so having a network isn't helping me find more work at all and the hundreds of ads I've answered...no response. Pondering waitressing for the first time in 20 years and I have no network inKellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889737746282355235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9714543.post-3827025767421332312009-05-14T08:05:00.000-04:002009-05-14T08:05:00.000-04:00I got my first and second jobs out of college by a...I got my first and second jobs out of college by answering ads, and knew no one at all at my current job. But academe's weird. <br /><br />I do think you're right about that difference, though--how we feel about networking can get right at the heart of our feelings of self-worth. Sigh.Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406720496767981522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9714543.post-8267007160646609472009-05-13T23:09:00.000-04:002009-05-13T23:09:00.000-04:00I got about half my freelance jobs from networking...I got about half my freelance jobs from networking and about half from ads. Current job? Answered an ad. Go figure.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04164833674841541784noreply@blogger.com