Staying Optimistic When the Job Search Knocks You About

Job searching has a special talent for making even fairly stable adults feel they’re one delayed email away from developing a brand new personality. It can be hopeful one minute, exhausting the next and strangely capable of turning 'just waiting to hear back' into a full-time emotional side quest.In this episode, I’m talking about how to stay optimistic after redundancy, during job search uncertainty and through those stretches where interviews are done, decisions are pending and your confidence is trying not to wander off unsupervised. I look at the difference between what you can control and what you can’t, why that matters so much when you’re job hunting and how to protect your energy when rejection, silence, or waiting for outcomes starts getting into your head.I’m also joined by Evie Squires, founder of Mother of All Jobs, to talk about flexible work, career confidence, working parenthood and how her own redundancy experience led her to build something genuinely useful for parents looking for better, more flexible job opportunities.So if you’re dealing with redundancy, job rejection, job search stress, confidence wobbles, or the general emotional weirdness of trying to stay hopeful while your inbox remains suspiciously quiet, this one’s for you.Find out more about Mother of All Jobs: motherofalljobs.co.ukFollow Mother of All Jobs on InstagramIf you enjoy the episode, follow, subscribe, leave a review, share it with someone who might need it, or send Haribo. I remain open to all support models.