Did you know that job seekers who <a href="https://www.zippia.com/advice/how-many-applications-does-it-take-to-get-a-job/" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">apply for between 21 and 80 positions have the highest likelihood of getting a job offer</a>? In our current economic climate, it&rsquo;s even more. That&rsquo;s a lot of applications to create, personalize, and keep track of. When you&rsquo;ve been dealing with a layoff, the last thing you want to do is make your job search more stressful than it has to be.
We&rsquo;ve got 7 tips to help you organize your job search so you can focus on highlighting how great you are, rather than tracking down that file that you swear was on your desktop yesterday.
This post is part of&nbsp;The Layoff Series, a series of blog posts built to help jobseekers get back on their feet after a layoff. Be sure to check out the first article in the series, <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/blog/post/what-to-do-after-a-layoff" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">What To Do After a Layoff</a>, to learn how to handle a layoff from the moment it happens until you&rsquo;re ready to job hunt. 
<h2 dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">How To Organize Your Job Search </h2>
For many people, job searching becomes a full-time job. When it carries that much weight in your life, it deserves just as much care and attention as a full-time job would. Staying organized can help to reduce stress in the job search process and make applying for roles easier and faster, but it takes some habit-forming. 
<h3 dir="ltr">Tip #1: Create a Tracker</h3>
Let&rsquo;s face it: If you&rsquo;ve got 80 job applications floating out in the world, it&rsquo;s going to be pretty impossible to keep track of them without some level of tracker set up.
You have a couple of options when it comes to tracking your efforts ranging from as simple as a spreadsheet to as involved as a project management platform.
If you want to keep it simple, try using a spreadsheet. Create a column each for:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Company name
<ul>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">If you&rsquo;re working directly with a recruiter or referral, add in a column with their name and contact information.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Job title</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Date you applied</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">A link to the job posting</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">A link to the resume and cover letter you applied with</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Status
<ul>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">You can have statuses like, &ldquo;Waiting for Response&rdquo;, &ldquo;Interview Scheduled&rdquo;, &ldquo;Rejected&rdquo;, &ldquo;Declined&rdquo;, etc.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
Then every time you apply for a role, simply add it to your tracker so you can follow up as needed.&nbsp;
If you want something a little more in depth that can help you assign tasks and due dates, try a tool like <a href="https://www.notion.so/templates" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Notion</a> where you can download a premade template with a tracker already set up. You can also try a project management tool like <a href="https://monday.com/project-management" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Monday.com</a> or <a href="https://asana.com/uses/project-management" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Asana</a>.&nbsp; 
<h3>Tip #2: Make a Top 3 List and Connect on LinkedIn</h3>
We know it can feel really uncomfortable to network so remind yourself that this is exactly what LinkedIn is for and when&nbsp;<a href="https://www.zippia.com/advice/how-many-applications-does-it-take-to-get-a-job/" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">80% of job offers come from networking</a>, use that network! Remember to add this outreach to your tracker to keep track of who you talked to and what information you shared with them and what they shared with you. 
<h3 dir="ltr">Tip #3: Have an Easily Editable Resume</h3>
While we know that a <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/blog/post/the-360deg-view-of-you-how-transferable-skills-can-help-you-make-a-career-change" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">360&deg; view of a candidate</a> is unbelievably valuable, hiring teams often rely on resumes to organize their own hiring process. Since they&rsquo;re so important in the hiring process, resumes need to represent the best parts of your work experience. It&rsquo;s good practice to have a resume that is more of a template that allows you to edit and change any of the contents to align with the particular role you&rsquo;re applying for.
Remember: When sending in your resume, send it with a file name that has your first and last name in it like John_Smith_Resume. If the job posting requires particular formatting rules, follow those too.&nbsp;
If you need help getting your resume started, we&rsquo;ve got your back. Our <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/resume-builder" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Resume Builder</a> is a completely free tool that will guide you through building your resume so you can overcome that fear that comes from staring at a blank page! 
<h3 dir="ltr">Tip #4: Timeblock Your Calendar</h3>
Remember how we mentioned that job searching often becomes a full-time job? Treat it like one!
That means, having working hours and breaks on your calendar, tasks to complete each day, and blocked out time to prepare for interviews and follow up. Job searching is stressful enough - don&rsquo;t add more to your plate by working at all hours.
If you want to learn more about how you can timeblock, check out this <a href="https://todoist.com/productivity-methods/time-blocking" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">how-to guide from Todoist</a>. 
<h3 dir="ltr">Tip #5: Set up Job Alerts</h3>
What if you could job hunt without actually job hunting? Job alerts are available on most major job boards (including <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/jobs" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">CareerCircle</a>) to help you get jobs that fit your needs delivered directly to your inbox.
To set up a job alert with CareerCircle, simply login to your account, select &ldquo;Your Jobs&rdquo; from your dashboard homepage, and click &ldquo;Create Job Alert.&rdquo; You can even set up alerts based on your certification!
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Setting up job alerts means that you won&rsquo;t have to scroll through endless pages of new positions and instead make sure that you&rsquo;re focusing your search on the roles that most closely align with your career goals. 
<h3 dir="ltr">Tip #6: Clean Up Your Inbox</h3>
Build out some folders in your inbox that make it easy for you to track your applications and job opportunities.&nbsp;
You can organize by the action you need to take and have a set of folders like &ldquo;Application Submitted&rdquo;, &ldquo;Interview Scheduled&rdquo;, &ldquo;Second Interview Scheduled&rdquo;, etc. Or you can organize by the role and create a folder for each position you&rsquo;ve applied for.
You can also set automations within your inbox, like with Gmail&rsquo;s Snooze function, to remind you to follow up with any roles you haven&rsquo;t heard back from.&nbsp;
Remember: Your email address should be easy-to-read and understandable. Consider making it your first and last name or your first initial and last name.&nbsp;
If you don&rsquo;t already have a professional email address, create a new one before beginning your job search. Some people even create a new email address for their search simply to keep it separated from their personal emails. Whatever works for you is the best route to go! 
<h3 dir="ltr">Tip #7: Draft Your Answers to Common Interview Questions</h3>
There are some questions in the interview process that will come up again and again. By taking the time to think through these questions and what your answers are, you can feel more equipped to handle any interview that comes your way.
Some common questions include:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Tell me about yourself.</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Why do you want to work here?</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Tell me about a time when you faced a difficult situation at work and how you handled it.</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What do you think you can bring to this position?</li>
<li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How do you handle multiple projects going on at the same time? What keeps you organized?</li>
</ul>
Remember: Use the STAR method when you are answering questions that are behavioral-based like, &ldquo;Tell me about a time when you faced a difficult situation at work.&rdquo; The <a href="https://www.themuse.com/advice/star-interview-method" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">STAR method</a> helps you discuss the situation, task, action, and result of whatever you&rsquo;re describing.
For example, &ldquo;As a project manager, I was tasked with implementing a new project management tool across all of our departments. My goal was to train all of the department leads as well as hitting a 60% usage rate across all team members. I coordinated training times with our implementation manager to get all department leads trained and then scheduled and led training sessions on a one-on-one basis with each of the departments. I created a user guide for how our team members would be expected to use the tool and scheduled standing check-ins on a biweekly basis to go over any issues team members were expecting. By the end of the three-month implementation period, all department leads felt confident leading the usage of the tool and we hit a 80% usage rate across all members - a 20% increase over our goal.&rdquo;
Jot down your answers in a note-taking app and, while you can always refer to notes during an interview, it&rsquo;s particularly impressive to have a couple of talking points memorized.&nbsp;
If you want to take your interview preparation to the next level, check out our <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/quizzes/interview-prep" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Interview Prep tool</a>! 
Job searching is incredibly stressful, especially after a layoff, but being organized could make all of the difference for you. &nbsp;
Do you have a favorite tip to organize your job search? Let us know about it over on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/careercircle/" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>!

Job searching is incredibly stressful, especially after a layoff, but being organized could make all of the difference for you.

The Layoff Series: 7 Tips to Organize Your Job Search

The Layoff Series: 7 Tips To Organize Your Job Search

It seems like you can&rsquo;t go a day without being inundated with headlines and stories about layoffs, cutbacks, or hiring freezes. According to <a href="https://layoffs.fyi/" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Layoffs.fyi</a>, over 110,000 people have been laid off from work in the tech industry in 2023 so far. If you&rsquo;re one of those 110,000, this blog series is for you.
Over the course of the next few weeks, we&rsquo;ll be giving you a step-by-step guide about how you can handle a layoff including what to do, how to stand out in a tight job market, <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/quizzes/interview-prep" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">ace your next interview</a>, and more.
We're starting off with the most common question people have: "What should I do if I get laid off?"

<h2 dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">What To Do After a Layoff</h2>
Each company handles layoffs differently, but regardless of how they go about it, there are a few things that you need to do to make sure you have all of the information you need to move forward.

<h3 dir="ltr">When You&rsquo;re in the Moment</h3>
Even when facing the emotional turmoil that a layoff causes, there are some practical things that need to be covered.
Get the information about the layoff in writing. Some companies choose to deliver the news via personal calls and while that is the better way to handle it emotionally, you will want a paper trail of the situation.
Your company should be responsible for communicating with you about any severance pay, health benefits like COBRA, and 401k management. But if they don&rsquo;t proactively communicate, don't be afraid to ask.
Take some time to note down any accomplishments you&rsquo;re particularly proud of so you can add them to your resume. For example, &ldquo;Expanded platform member base by 35% in 60 days&rdquo; or &ldquo;Increased profitability by 7% by reducing operations overspending.&rdquo; Those numbers help to back up the story on your resume and help companies to see the value they can expect from you. You could also ask any existing managers for reference letters or simply connect with them (and your coworkers) on LinkedIn so you can reach out when the need arises.

<h3 dir="ltr">Take a Breath</h3>
<a href="https://hbr.org/2023/01/managing-your-emotions-after-being-laid-off#:~:text=Getting%20laid%20off%20can%20feel,out%20your%20next%20career%20move." rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Going through a layoff often feels like a personal insult</a>. For many, it&rsquo;s not just the anxiety of being out of work that hits hard, it&rsquo;s the abrupt change to your routine, stability, and even your identity.&nbsp;
After you&rsquo;ve taken care of your initial needs (all those steps above), give yourself a little bit of time to process and take care of yourself mentally.&nbsp;
This is harder than it seems.&nbsp;
Most people want to jump into action and begin polishing their resume and getting back on the job search, but giving yourself time to process will help you handle the rest of the journey better.&nbsp;
And remember, it will take you more than 24 hours to fully process it, but taking at least some time for yourself to acknowledge and name your feelings can help you approach the rest of this journey with the compassion that you deserve.

<h3 dir="ltr">Think About Your Next Move</h3>
That&rsquo;s right, we said &ldquo;think.&rdquo; Don&rsquo;t jump immediately into job searching, networking, and promoting yourself until you know exactly what you want to do. Dealing with a layoff is one of those times in life when you&rsquo;re essentially forced to consider what your next move should be.
Here are some prompts to help you plan your next step:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
What did you like or dislike about the responsibilities of your last role?
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
What accomplishments are you most proud of throughout your career?
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
Are there any roles or career paths you&rsquo;ve always wanted to go for, but never gave yourself permission to?
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
Are there any dream companies you wish you could work for?
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
Have you ever considered working for yourself? If so, what would you do if you were your own boss?
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
Is there anything you&rsquo;ve had on your to-do list that you&rsquo;ve wanted <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/courses" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">to learn</a>, but just haven&rsquo;t found the time for?
</li>
<li dir="ltr" aria-level="1">
What sort of pay, flexibility, and work environment do you need to feel most content with your life?
</li>
</ul>
One of the things you may discover is that it&rsquo;s not just time for a new job, it&rsquo;s time for a break or a career change. We recently sat down with our Head of Product, Cecily Guggisberg, to highlight <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/blog/post/careercircle-career-journey-cecily-guggisberg" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">her story of taking a career break after facing burnout</a> and if you&rsquo;ve been feeling overwhelmed, her story will resonate and give you the inspiration you need.
Once you are more confident about the path you want to take, you can share your goals with others.

<h3 dir="ltr">Update Your Network and Get To Work</h3>
When you&rsquo;ve worked through the emotional impact (and that may take a bit) and considered what you&rsquo;d like your next move to be, it&rsquo;s time to update your professional networks so that everything public is up to date.
We've shared some suggestions about how to announce your layoff on LinkedIn <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/posts/careercircle_how-to-write-a-layoff-post-for-linkedin-activity-7041448228424138752-KBis/" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>. But first things first, remember to update your experience, open to work status, and make a post about what sort of role you&rsquo;re looking for and what your experience is.
Make sure you update <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/candidates" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">your CareerCircle profile</a>, too! Remember to include any extra experience, training, or certification you went through at your last role.&nbsp;
From there, <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/resume-builder" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">rebuild your resume</a>. Add in any concrete data and results that you have from the projects you worked on at your role.
We&rsquo;ll be diving into how to search for a new job and stand out in the crowd in our next installment of this series, but as you start your job hunt, try to schedule it like you&rsquo;d schedule your work hours. It can be easy to get completely absorbed in job searching when you need a new role, but if you go too hard, you&rsquo;re just going to burnout.
Schedule your hours of working (because job searching is work), and try to limit your efforts to those times. Remember to take time off, too! You deserve vacation days just like any other worker does.

We know that being laid off is never on anyone&rsquo;s career plan. It can be emotionally, mentally, and physically exhausting, but please remember that you are not alone. We hope that this series will be a resource to help guide you through this tough time and always remember that the <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/candidates" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">CareerCircle team</a> is here to support you. In the next installment, we&rsquo;ll be looking at how you can <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/blog/post/the-layoff-series-7-tips-to-organize-your-job-search" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">organize your job search</a>. Stay tuned!

Each company handles layoffs differently, but regardless of how they go about it, there are some things that you need to do to move forward.

The Layoff Series: What To Do After a Layoff

We're starting off our new layoff series with the most common question people have: "What should I do if I get laid off?"

CareerCircle&rsquo;s Head of Product, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/csguggisbergsphr/" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Cecily Guggisberg</a>, is sharing her story of taking a career break, investing in transferable skills, managing anxiety, and ultimately, finding a career path that she loves.&nbsp;
On a day-to-day basis Cecily is working alongside developers to define the work that needs to be done in their next sprint, reviewing marketing materials, brainstorming with our member experience team to design new features, and more&hellip;and that&rsquo;s just before lunch. 
<h2 dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">Starting a Career Journey Fresh Out of College</h2>
When Cecily had to figure out what she wanted to study in college, she realized that helping people and solving problems was really what drove her.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always tried to be the friend that people come to for advice, so when I went to college I decided to explore psychology and communications. Ultimately, I did my undergrad in psychology and didn&rsquo;t realize that what I was interested in translated to human resources and organizational development,&rdquo; Cecily shared when asked how her education has shaped her career.
In college, she was on a scholarship program that kept her busy working. She also carved out the time for an internship at the Boston Museum of Science. It was during her internship that she first gained experience in recruiting and sourcing.
&ldquo;Looking back, I can see that my internship gave me the chance to explore my skills in a professional setting. Whenever you can, I always recommend finding an internship, temporary job, or pro bono work if it&rsquo;s a chance to explore an area of interest. You never know what you&rsquo;ll end up learning about what you&rsquo;re good at and how it aligns with your goals. It&rsquo;s great for resume building, too!&rdquo;
As she neared the end of her college era, she set a goal to have a job lined up before graduation. At a college career fair, she was introduced to a life-changing recruiter from&nbsp;<a href="https://www.aerotek.com/" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Aerotek</a>. With the guidance of that recruiter, and after impressing in the interview process, she started a job as a recruiter. 
<h2 dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">The Power of a Career Break</h2>
Cecily spent the next ten years at Aerotek working in recruiting, sales, and national program management roles. She excelled at building out systems for the unknown and solving problems at scale.
&ldquo;I was the person who got called in with the idea that, &lsquo;Well, we&rsquo;ve never done this before, but I wonder if someone could help figure it out.&rsquo; I was the one who figured it out.&rdquo;
That experience at Aerotek would end up building the foundation for the rest of her career. But with all that learning, and a decade of effort, she realized something else: she was burned out. 
&ldquo;If there was a checklist of, &lsquo;Here&rsquo;s what burnout looks like,&rsquo; I had every box checked. As much as I loved what I was doing, I struggled with perfectionism and found myself struggling to delegate or set boundaries.&rdquo;
That&rsquo;s what led her to what she now calls the best decision of her career: <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/blog/post/your-return-to-work-three-ways-to-address-a-gap-in-employment" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">she took a break</a>.
Instead of pushing through burnout, she took a full career break. During which, she got married, started a passion project designing apparel, and explored what it is that she really wanted to do. 
A tip for you: A career break, if it&rsquo;s available to you, could be a great way to develop your career journey. It can give you time to <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/blog/post/building-the-360deg-view-of-you-how-to-develop-a-job-skills-inventory" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">discover your skills</a> and space to <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/blog/post/navigating-your-career-journey-5-ways-to-reach-your-career-development-goals" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">align your career goals to an action plan</a>. If a career break isn&rsquo;t feasible, you consider finding a lower stress temporary position or something that allows you the time you deserve to invest in yourself. 
Cecily realized she wanted to continue working in recruiting, but wanted to gain experience working internally at an organization versus at a third party. She decided to hit the books to make sure she stood out in the hiring process and started working to get her Sr. Professional in HR (SPHR) certification.
&ldquo;Taking on that certification process was worth every moment, but it was really hard. That&rsquo;s why I have such respect for everyone who joins the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.careercircle.com/candidates" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">CareerCircle community</a> because they&rsquo;re coming in knowing that they want to change their life and it will be hard, but they do the work because it paves the way for a new chapter.&rdquo;
Many hours of studying, quizzes, and a grueling certification test later, she passed and accepted a job that aligned with her goals as the Manager of Convention Staffing for Visit Orlando.
After two years in that position, she gave birth to her first child, Sadie, and took maternity leave with a plan to head back to work after a few months. That return to work date came and she realized she wanted to spend more time at home with her daughter. &ldquo;I was so lucky to be able to take that time to learn how to be a new mom. I ended up taking 6 months off of work and it will always be one of the most special times in my life.&rdquo;
It was this second career break that led Cecily to question what she was looking for in the next part of her journey. It was important to her to work somewhere where she didn&rsquo;t just love the day-to-day work she was doing, but that she was able to bring all of the skills she learned through her internships, her time at Aerotek and Visit Orlando, as well as her new skills as a mom. She wanted to bring her whole self to work, on her terms. 
A tip for you: When exploring the next stage in your career, try building out a list with the things you loved and those you don&rsquo;t love for each of the roles you&rsquo;ve had. Then bring that list as you start your job search to find a role that encompasses more of the things you love and less of the things you don&rsquo;t. 
<h2 dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">What To Do When Opportunity Comes Knocking</h2>
When CareerCircle called, she was ready.
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-sneeder-a49a723/" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">Kim Sneeder</a>, CareerCircle&rsquo;s Managing Director and past colleague of Cecily from her Allegis days, was building a team for this new platform and needed people who were willing to dive headfirst into a totally new company. After building her reputation at Aerotek as someone always willing to take on a new challenge, Kim thought of Cecily first.
&ldquo;Cecily was the first name that came to my mind. Her deep sense of integrity and compassion is fundamental to who she is. She&rsquo;s also brilliant and what she didn't know, I knew she would learn. She is a lifelong learner and I knew she would find mentors and industry experts to get us where we needed to go. She is a problem solver and always brings others with her. I also knew she would give me feedback and challenge me which is so important to me as a leader. Being equal parts heart and results, I knew Cecily would be my partner and, with her, we would never fail,&rdquo; Kim shared when asked why she chose Cecily. 
A tip for you: Never underestimate the importance of maintaining your connections throughout your career journey. Even if a role doesn&rsquo;t work out long-term, those connections could pave the way for a new future working together. 
While she was ready to return to work, she also wanted flexibility. She joined CareerCircle as a part-time contractor allowing her to ease back into the work world postpartum. Before long, she had moved through the ranks to become the Business Operations Manager.
Since the team was small at the time, she took the chance to better understand different departments that she was interested in including sales, product, marketing, and more.&nbsp;
&ldquo;The best career advice I ever got was, &lsquo;Do the job before you get the job.&rsquo; You need to find someone who has the job you want or find the area of business where you see a deficit, raise your hand for stretch assignments to gain experience.Then when an opportunity comes up in that area, you can advocate for yourself. If you see a gap that is affecting the business and a new position is needed, don&rsquo;t be afraid to share your thoughts - that has created a lot of my opportunities in the past,&rdquo; Cecily shared. She took that advice when the chance came up to cover for the product owner.
When she became pregnant with her second child, she sat down with her boss, Kim, to define what she wanted when she came back from maternity leave.&nbsp;
After chatting, she realized just how much she loved working in product. It let her use her logical problem-solving skills to build processes, but also scratched the desire for a creative role by supporting UX design and marketing.
Taking on the product role meant a lot of on-the-job learning. &ldquo;While I had a passion for product development and I was able to bring in my existing skills, like communication from my recruiting and sales days, project management from being a mom, and my natural desire to build processes out of the unknown, I still needed support and a community as I learned.&rdquo; Cecily reached out and found internal and external mentors and became intentional about mastering the skills while doing the work. 
A tip for you: If you&rsquo;re not sure what you want to do, <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/blog/post/acing-the-modern-workplace-how-upskilling-promotes-personal-career-development" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">joining community groups</a> on LinkedIn, Facebook, etc. can help you to explore new professions in a low-pressure way.&nbsp; 
<h2 dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">A Career Journey Built on Community</h2>
When Cecily first started feeling burnout earlier in her career, she felt a lot of shame because she thought she was alone. It felt like no one else felt like that, or at least talked about it openly. When she started working with a therapist and sharing what she was feeling with her friends and family, she learned that everyone had experienced what she had in some way. When Cecily started having those conversations, it even ended up inspiring others around her to re-evaluate their own careers. &ldquo;I realized I had this whole community of people around me that I could lean on for support when days were hard or to celebrate with on the good days.&rdquo;
That feeling of community is what drives Cecily in her career today to make sure that CareerCircle isn&rsquo;t just a tool to <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/resume-builder" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">build a resume</a> or <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/quizzes/interview-prep" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">prepare for an interview</a>, but rather a place where people feel empowered to <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/candidates/signup" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">build a community for their own unique career journey</a>.
Beyond building that community, Cecily also suggests keeping a kudos folder in your inbox or on your desktop filled with all of the times that someone has complimented the work you do or some incredible results from a particular project. It&rsquo;s a great resource to pull from when you&rsquo;re asked for some of your achievements on a job application or just when you need to battle <a href="https://www.themuse.com/advice/5-different-types-of-imposter-syndrome-and-5-ways-to-battle-each-one" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">imposter syndrome</a>.
One of the most important things to remember when it comes to your own career journey is that every part of yourself deserves to be represented in your goals. It&rsquo;s never too late to evaluate what brings you joy in your work and take the risk of making a career switch. Your skills, experience, personality, and dreams are what make you you and those things deserve to be celebrated.

<h3 dir="ltr" style="text-align: center;">When you&rsquo;re ready to get started on your own career journey, you can sign up for CareerCircle <a href="https://www.careercircle.com/candidates/signup" rel="follow noopener" target="_blank">here</a>.</h3>

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