Job Search Lessons from a Blind Dog

Dawn Bugni is one of my favorite bloggers and her most recent post, about the lessons she's learned from her newly adopted blind dog Bart, is one of her very best.

Watching Bart stumble around the house the past six months has made me think of how his new life parallels a job search. He’s in uncharted territory; someplace he’s never been before. I’m sure he bumped around in the area surrounding our house until he found his way up our driveway. Almost like a job seeker looking for the next opportunity. We don’t train to be unemployed. It’s not something studied, but suddenly, there you are stumbling around in a place you’ve never been, frightened at what’s around the next corner and not sure exactly where you’ll end up. The security and comfort of life as you knew it, gone. Did Bart get frustrated in his search? I can’t answer that, but can assume he probably did, plowing through dense woods and rough terrain, tripping and falling. But he didn’t stop until he found the right driveway. Ours. Not bad for an old, coughing, blind dog lost in the middle of nowhere. He stuck with it and forged on. I’m sure his happy outlook got him through many briars

Seriously, go read the whole thing. It's great!

Comments

[Dawn Bugni]

Louise - Thank you for the wonderful compliment and sharing Bart's story here. He's laying at my feet as I type this. :o)

[Louise Fletcher]

Awww. I love it.

[Brad Pouls]

I agree with you on the topic that we do not think about training to be unemployed and what the proper strategy is to get back into the job market.

Good comments and visual.

Brad Pouls, CPP
http://bpmjst.blogspot.com/

[Bill Morgan]

Good metaphor. Using a blind dog.... lol. In both cases the reality is to be fed, no matter how crappy they feel, and to do that they have to get up and get to work.
For the job seeker this means 'finding the job is the job'.
I have a post entitled that a couple months back.
Trained or not trained, you have to find a way.
Good thing this blog is here to provide that direction unlike your poor dog.

Bill Morgan
the job swami career site
http://thejobswami.blogspot.com

[Sandy]

WOW I needed this. Great timing ... Bart is my new Hero. Thanks for the reminders and inspirations

[Melissa]

What a fitting analogy! I think this holds especially true for job seekers who are less familiar with social media and the importance it plays in today's job search.

[Sital]

Louise, Dawn
great post,
thank you!

[Louise Fletcher]

Melissa, what a great point! I hadn't thought of that but so many of my clients really are partly blind because things have changed so much since they last looked for work.

[job search]

A very moving article! And very sad, too! But as you've said, comparing it to the job search, this example may be very positive and inspiring as well.

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