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When delivering a job talk in industry, you need to remember why you are there and focus on the expectations of the audience.

Are you following the path of least resistance?

Even though there aren't a lot of advertised positions in your city right now, there are still jobs that are being filled. Writers call this the "hidden job market" and you'll need to be in the networking pipeline to reach these.

"All it will take are a few responses that sound phony or overprepared, and
wham! You are off the A list."

The HR department "has to determine whether or not there is a personal chemistry fit between you and the company."

Sometimes you can change your circumstances, and sometimes there is nothing you can do beyond recognizing the potential effects these may have on your job search.

Failure is a part of succeeding, and if you are regularly shooting down your ideas because you are worried that they may fail, you are only costing yourself wins.

Optimism came easily and naturally to some of those successful job seekers, but others chose to cultivate it because being negative, they realized, was an indulgence they simply could not afford.