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Putting My Career Back On Track.
Submitted by: Uncle Sam
London, UKGot the job of my dreams.
In May I decided I wanted to change my job. I had been promoted a few months earlier, but I found my pay raise disappointing and my work uninspiring. I could not see any way to grow in my job and this started frustrating me a lot. At first I thought I could switch jobs with minimal effort, just willing for things to change. Unfortunately, that’s not how things worked. I spend months waiting for the perfect opportunity to show up, but nothing happen. I kept falling deeper into despair and frustration.
In late August I decided I really had to take the situation in my own hands and at least make an effort by an inspired action. So I got myself a job seeker account on LinkedIn and started reaching out to employees of a company I was interested in working for. At the same time I started to visualize changing my LinkedIn profile to reflect my new job, being at my new office and also moving home to be closer to the new workplace. I also wrote a resignation letter and I kept changing the date on it.
After some weeks of contacting people, I got a hit. It was a somewhat different role to my current job, but I felt I could fit in well. A couple of weeks flew by and I had a lot of interviews. One of these didn’t go so well but I was confident I would show my value in the next one. This is exactly what happened! After concluding the interviews, I got a call from the company telling me that they were keen to hire me. There were two more HR interviews where we agreed upon the compensation. I got exactly the salary I had been thinking of. I remember when the recruiter told me the number; it almost took my breath away when I realized I had actually managed to attract what I wanted.
I was really happy but the complications of changing my job were always on the back of my mind. I was a foreigner in the UK, which meant that I had to change my work visa. I decided to turn my thoughts towards a harmonious resolution of this situation. Now I am happy to say that I will be joining my new job in February.
My experience has taught me a couple of lessons. One is that I should not have been bitter or frustrated towards my old company. The fact is, they invested in me and also paid me a good salary. Indeed, when I moved my thoughts away from negativity towards appreciation, things began to move. Another thing is the power of visualization and self-belief. If you want something really badly, really deeply, the world simply has to make it happen. Remember, thoughts become things!
Thank you!