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Nick Kossovan
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Consider this account a professional courtesy. #Columnist | #Writer | #Coffee ☕ aficionado | Unapologetic | Proud mangia-cake | #Toronto | #Keto diet because it works! 👉 Substack: https://artoffindingwork.substack.com/
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 23h
We all want to think, “I'll be different.”
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 2d
Most people don’t change. 

They live the same 6 months of their lives 100 times in a row.
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 3d
2 months left.

🟠 Do it tired.

🟠 Do it scared.

🟠 Do it sad.

🟠 Do it alone.

🟠 Do it angry.

🟠 Do it obsessed.

Zone in!
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 4d
Getting hired depends less on what you can do and more on the value you can contribute to an employer's profitability.

#gethired #jobs #employment #jobsearching
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 4d
"Four Words That Will Help You Get Hired: Features Tell, Benefits Sell"

Job seekers refuse to acknowledge that job searching is a sales activity, explaining their prolonged search.

#GetHired #employment #jobsearch #jobseekers #jobsearchtips #jobs

artoffindingwork.substack.com/p/four-words...
Four Words That Will Help You Get Hired: Features Tell, Benefits Sell
The majority of job seekers refuse to acknowledge that job searching is a sales activity, explaining their prolonged search.
artoffindingwork.substack.com
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 6d
The world is full of walking, talking proof that success, however you define it, is real and available to anyone who wants it bad enough to earn it.
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 6d
Recent Layoff Announcements:

UPS: 48,000 employees
Amazon: Up to 30,000 employees
Intel: 24,000 employees
Nestlé: 16,000 employees
Accenture: 11,000 employees
Novo Nordisk: 9,000 employees
Microsoft: 7,000 employees
Salesforce: 4,000 employees
Target: 1,800 employees
Meta: 600 employees
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 8d
What you focus on is where your energy goes… choose your focus wisely.
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 9d
That person you call lucky failed more times than you tried.
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 10d
When you’re alone, who are you?
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 11d
"Job Seekers’ Behaviour Contributes to Shaping Today’s Job Market"

Job seekers own their side of the hiring desk and, therefore, play a significant role in shaping the job market.

#jobsearch #jobs #gethired

open.substack.com/pub/artoffin...
Job Seekers’ Behaviour Contributes to Shaping Today’s Job Market
Job seekers own their side of the hiring desk and, therefore, play a significant role in shaping the job market.
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 12d
"Follow your dreams if they're hiring." - Chris Rock
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 13d
Six months from now, you will either have six months of excuses or six months of progress.
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 19d
We are more motivated to pursue what we want than to change who we are.
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 19d
"A Successful Job Search Starts with Your Language (and the language of those you choose to listen to)"

#gethired #employment #jobsearch #jobs #jobseekers #jobsearchtips #jobsearching

open.substack.com/pub/artoffin...
A Successful Job Search Starts with Your Language (and the language of those you choose to listen to)
The rage job seekers are publicly expressing, which makes them look unprofessional, thereby hindering their job search, is caused by not having a relaxed mind.
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 21d
There is comfort in excuses and fear in challenging them.
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 23d
"As a Job Seeker, Are You Really Hungry?"

There's a correlation between a job seeker's level of hunger and their job search success.

#gethired #employment #jobs

open.substack.com/pub/artoffin...
As a Job Seeker, Are You Really Hungry?
There's a correlation between a job seeker's level of hunger and their job search success.
open.substack.com
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · 29d
"When Interviewing, Leave Something Behind"

When job searching, your primary goal is to do everything possible to make yourself memorable.

#gethired #jobs #employment #jobsearching

open.substack.com/pub/artoffin...
When Interviewing, Leave Something Behind
You only have one job when job hunting: make yourself memorable.
open.substack.com
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · Oct 1
"Job Seekers: Look to Those Who Are Getting Hired"

From what I'm seeing, the job seekers who are getting hired focus on three things.

#gethired #jobs #employment #jobsearching

open.substack.com/pub/artoffin...
Job Seekers: Look to Those Who Are Getting Hired
From what I'm seeing, the job seekers who are getting hired focus on three things.
open.substack.com
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · Oct 1
Taking my '82 Corvette out for its weekly run.

#smashing #cars #corvette #classiccar
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · Sep 24
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · Sep 22
"Job Seekers: Who Knows You Are Looking?"

Don't keep your job search a secret! Spread the word! Sharing with everyone that you're job searching can shorten your job search.

#gethired #jobs #employment #jobsearching

open.substack.com/pub/artoffin...
Job Seekers: Who Knows You Are Looking?
Don't keep you job search a secret! Spread the word! Sharing with everyone that you're job searching can shorten your job search.
open.substack.com
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · Sep 17
"You Do Not Own Your Social Media"

canadanewsmedia.ca/you-do-not-o...

#socialmedia
You Do Not Own Your Social Media
Social media platforms offer a compelling deal: they provide, for free, the infrastructure, the audience, and the tools that promise exposure (read: ego-boosting recognition). In return, they quietly ...
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · Sep 8
How did this happen?

#timhortons #coffee #abandonedplaces #timhortonscoffee
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Nick Kossovan @nickkossovan.bsky.social · Sep 7
#smashing #beachlife #sanddunes #ocean
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