The Job Search Equivalent of Taking the Back Roads and Saving Time
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Vanessa discusses decision-making under uncertainty in job searches, comparing it to traffic jams and poker strategy.
Send us Fan Mail What do traffic jams, poker strategy, and applicant tracking systems have in common? More than you’d think. In this episode, Vanessa unpacks decision-making under uncertainty—why the “fastest” route isn’t always the best one, and how both life and job searches can punish us for not being able to predict the future. We talk GPS stress, Annie Duke’s poker-based decision framework, nervous system regulation (Maslow before Bloom, always), and a real-world job search story that pr...
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