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How to maintain confidence during extended rejection periods

I've been networking and applying for jobs for eight months with no offers and I'm starting to wonder if there's something fundamentally wrong with me.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The way prolonged external validation absence can erode your sense of inherent worth and capability.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Long-term thinking vs. short-term thinking?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.