High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 5 Ways You Are Sabotaging Your Job Search

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• 5 Ways You Are Sabotaging Your Job Search: "You may be planning your retirement, but never say it publicly. It sends a message that you won't be fully committed to the job."
• 3 Ways to Discover Your True Passion: "Perhaps we don’t really want a new job, but we’re seeking growth and meaning in our work that we’re not currently finding. Is a new job the only solution or are there other things we can try without leaving our current job?"
• 4 Ways to Create an Amazing Workplace: "People want to put their mark on something meaningful and exciting. Potential recruits want to have a voice in an organization. By attracting a few good talented hires it can start a chain reaction for other potential recruits."
• How to Keep it Real While Building Your Network: "Even when you’ve firmly established yourself and your reputation, you should still expect to be giving quite a bit more than you’ll be receiving. Give before you make an ask and you’ll eventually see the fruits of your labor."
• What You Can Learn From the Excuses You Tell Yourself: "If you feel stuck, it could be that an excuse you’re telling yourself is holding you back. In this case, purposefully engage in perspective changing."

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: Don't Let Age Hold You Back

Each week we present our Daily Leap Career Video of the Week. The video we share presents news or advice related to career development, searching for a job, the economy and employment, and other career-related topics.

Sometimes we make our age into an excuse for failure. In the video below Mark Divine encourages and challenges viewers to not let age hold them back from great accomplishments.

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 8 Habits of Curious People

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

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• 4 Ways to Create Your Next Career Opportunity: "Notice colleagues' complaints to see if they are things that could be fixed with a new job. Keep a log of your ideas, and review them to decide which one would be best to pursue."


• Getting Unstuck and Thinking Creatively: "The goal is to help you see the difference between facts and beliefs, to reframe the impossible as the possible, and to see problems as opportunities."


• 8 Habits of Curious People: "Curious people welcome surprise in their lives. They try new foods, talk to a stranger, or ask a question they've never asked before."


• 7 Excuses that Prevent Success: "So many people in life get hung up on excuses -- feeling they can't go out for the better job, start their own business, or take whatever risk because of... whatever it might be."


• What Positive People Know: "Positive people instinctively know that adversity is necessary in order for them to grow. We are here on Earth to experience, learn, grow and become the person we are meant to become."