Nii Ato’s holistic approach to job seeking is prevalent in his LinkedIn posts. His content focuses on providing advice for the more tenuous parts of job searching such as creating resumes. However, he also focuses on job seekers’ mindsets—sharing real, authentic advice on how to navigate the search with your mental health and values intact.

Nii Ato on what he’d advise job searchers to prioritize in 2021:

“I’d really encourage job seekers to prioritize their values in their job search and also check in with themselves about what stories they’re telling about themselves to themselves—especially if they had a really hard 2020.

They say the definition of insanity is “doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.”

You might feel as if you’re going a bit mad while trudging through the job searching process. You’re not alone. As a creepy Cheshire Cat once said, “We’re all mad here.”

The job searching process fuels a weird sense of redundancy and can feel like you’re reliving the same day over and over again:

Update your LinkedIn profile

More than 87 percent of recruiters regularly use LinkedIn to search for qualified candidates. Regardless of whether you’re actively looking for a job or not, it pays to have an eye-catching profile. “Customizing your LinkedIn headline is an often-missed opportunity to make a great first impression on employers,” says Nii Ato Bentsi-Enchill, founder of Avenir Careers. “Without customization, your headline, which appears underneath your name on your profile, will default to Your Name at Company X, which means that you’re missing out on being able to use the 220-character limit to tell employers something interesting and/or compelling about you that would make you more attractive.”