Reasonable Expectations: The Expectations Game – Setting Realistic Standards for Your Job Search

Agile Unemployment: Normalizing the Way We Talk About Being Out of Work

🎙️ Reasonable Expectations: The Expectations Game – Setting Realistic Standards for Your Job Search

Hosted by Sabina Sulat
Agile Unemployment Podcast

🙋‍♀️ Feeling like you're behind in your job search? Wondering why that application from three weeks ago hasn’t gone anywhere? You’re not alone—and you’re definitely not failing.

In this episode, Sabina Sulat takes a hard look at one of the biggest silent stressors in unemployment: misaligned expectations.

We don’t talk enough about how long things actually take in a modern job search. Most job seekers are working off timelines that don’t match reality—and it’s taking a serious toll on their mental health, motivation, and self-worth.

💬 Whether you're feeling ghosted, stuck, or just exhausted, this episode will help you reset, reframe, and start seeing progress differently.

💡 In this episode, Sabina unpacks:

🎯 Why most traditional job search advice sets you up to feel like you're failing—even when you're not

🧠 How expectation mismatches create mental burnout, anxiety, and self-doubt

📆 What realistic hiring timelines actually look like from the employer’s side (3–6 weeks is NORMAL!)

🧩 Her Adaptive Expectations Framework for staying steady, focused, and mentally resilient throughout your job search

🗣️ How to communicate realistic timelines and financial expectations with the people in your life (especially spouses, partners, or family members)

🔍 Key Insight:

"You’re not behind—you’re just using the wrong yardstick."

This episode is about putting down the pressure and picking up a process that’s actually aligned with today’s job market. Because sustainable progress beats rushed panic every time.

🔗 Resources Mentioned:

✅ Realistic Job Search Timeline Calculator – A tool to help you set data-informed expectations based on your industry and level

✅ Monthly Job Market Reality Report (subscribe via newsletter) – Stay current on what’s happening in hiring, layoffs, and recruiter behavior

🎧 Tune in now and take back control of your job search timeline—with your sanity intact.

Because at Agile Unemployment, we believe your strategy should support your mental health—not sabotage it.

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