ACTION IT ANYWAY!
No tertiary qualification. Bit jumpy, bit of a job hopper. But the jobseeker interviews well, is so articulate with a bubbly persona and seems technically clued-up. This is often the case when assessing if a candidate is right for a role. Rarely do we get someone who ticks all the boxes of requirements the client seeks. So, through experience, interviews and gut feel, Recruiters make calculated risks. We action it anyway and send the CV off in the hopes the client will similarly “see what we see”.
Recruiters sometimes pose doubts about a specific candidate and in team meetings discuss whether to send the CV to a client. A phrase is sometimes coined “when in doubt, send it out”. The Google translation explains it as “when you’re uncertain or have doubts about a situation, you should take action and proceed rather than delaying or avoiding it.”
Finding a job can be a tedious process. You often feel you could do the job, but the endless list of requirements makes you doubt yourself and you exit the ad. By not sending your CV, you reduce your chances of a new job opportunity. If you just action it anyway, it could be one step closer to at least getting onto a shortlist.
Job hunting is not always fun, we know. It requires time and perseverance but very crucially, hitting the send button rather than not. You scour job sites like the Datafin website and sometimes come across a role you may not meet many of the requirements for. But instinctively you may feel you could do this job. It might be a company you really want to work for as they share your passions, or the work culture suits your needs. Instead of taking a leap of faith, you doubt yourself and so your procrastination takes preference. Yet another job you opted not to apply for.
What’s there to lose when you action it anyway? Often the fear of what might happen clouds our ability to go for it. To get to the doing part which is the key ingredient to making a change. Even in our everyday functions, to tackle that project you want to initiate, that report that’s been relocating from one spot on your workstation to the next or, organizing your inbox – something you swore you’d do as part of your “New Year, New Me” transformation.
Here are 3 tips to stop overthinking, leave the hesitating and quit procrastinating –
Action produces momentum -
According to James Clear, Author of the New York Times bestseller Atomic Habits, “Motivation often comes after starting, not before. Action produces momentum.” They say by simply getting started, you can create a chain reaction to actually motivate you to get other things done as well.
Follow the 2-minute rule -
Another one of author James Clear’s tactics on how to get to action is to utilize your time smartly. Explained on the blog, knapsackcreative.com, Clear suggests that “if a task can be done in under two minutes, just do it right away. This can be a great way to tackle those little to-dos that pile up and contribute to procrastination.”
As you know there is no real “perfect time” to make a decision. Waiting could keep you from missing out on a sterling opportunity. Even if you’re uncertain, making a decision is almost always better than not at all.
One of the beautiful phenomena of life is that if you make a decision and it turns out not to be the right one, you can most probably change it again. But the flip side is that not making a decision at all could cost you by keeping you stuck in the same position and never moving a step forward.
On https://www.myrkothum.com/do/ the writer explains that “You and I will never have the perfect knowledge and insight into everything. To get ahead just decide!
“To decide is Latin and means “to cut off “. You cut off everything except the one route you’ll take after the decision. The critical skill is to make the decision, even if you are not 100% sure it’s the right one. If you are 75% sure and your heart tells you it’s the right thing, then stop analyzing and cut off the other 25%. Go with your decision.”
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