Let’s face it, looking for a job is hard work and not often a whole lot of fun.  You have to talk about yourself, sell yourself, and basically be okay with some tactful bragging.  Of course this goes against most of what you have learned about being a likable human being.  Your instincts tell you that blowing your own horn means you are full of yourself, and that “people who talk about themselves are annoying!”  But the rules of the game change a bit when you are on the hunt for the next step in your career.

If you don’t talk about yourself and point out your accomplishments, no one else will.  I suppose you could bring your mother on an interview and she can brag for you: “Oh he is such a good boy, how could anyone not hire him?” but that may turn your would be employer off.

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