February 3, 2025 - The Wright Career Solution

𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐃𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐃𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐓𝐨𝐩 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 It’s time for the hashtag#MondayRx Prescription in the form of a little pep talk for leaders and those who manage people. Last Friday I cancelled one of my services that I have had for many years. On Sunday, I received this email: “𝘿𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝘿𝙖𝙞𝙨𝙮, 𝙒𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙙 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨. 𝘼𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖 𝙫𝙖𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙬𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤…

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬…𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬!

February 3, 2025

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬…𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬! Last Monday, a client asked me to help him reframe one of his weaknesses. He said he is an introvert and people always say how “quiet and disengaged” he was. I asked him what he thought, and he said deep down, he believes it’s a strength, but he finds it hard to convince anyone that it is. That wasn’t news to me. Many people believe that if you are quiet, then…

𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬?

February 3, 2025

𝐃𝐨 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐕𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬? Today’s hashtag#MondayRx looks at virtual friendships and what they mean to some people. An article in Psychology Today says, “𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺.” It went on further to say, ”…𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘴—𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵…

🅱🆁🅴🅰🅺🅸🅽🅶 🅽🅴🆆🆂!

February 3, 2025

Breaking News? Well not really! Only 3 in 10 Canadian women negotiated for a higher salary following their employee’s initial offer. That means, 70% of women do not negotiate. But, for those who negotiated, 63% of them received a hike in pay. This is according to an article in HR Mag referencing a Robert Half 2021 Report. 💰Hello! It pays to negotiate! 💰Employers expect you to negotiate! 💰You are not being ungrateful when you negotiate! One client said this to…

𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝

February 3, 2025

𝐒𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 The Monday Rx, a weekly career and job search prescription is back after the summer break, and this edition is about SUCCESS! 👉🏽How many times have you been rejected, spurned or sidelined, and thought you had failed? Don’t worry. I have been there more times than I care to remember, but am still standing! Why? Because failures don’t define me. I grow from every one of them. If not, I would be missing the…

𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬

February 3, 2025

𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬 According to hashtag#LinkedInCreators, March 20th was hashtag#worldstorytellingday, but when you are in the job search, every day is an opportunity to tell your story. I once coached an Ortho Surgeon who had 11 interviews in one day for the same position. He stated his problem(s): “The area that I would like the most help with is learning to answer all questions concisely and with confidence. Specific questions that I think I would need some…

How do you answer the question

February 3, 2025

How do you answer the question: “𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬?” “Well, I am a perfectionist!” or, “I am a workaholic!” None of those canned responses will work, whether you are an entry level or an executive job candidate. While most people do not struggle with talking about strengths, they do find it difficult to speak about the other half of the question – “What are your weaknesses?” It can be terrifying. What do they really want to know?…

𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬!

February 3, 2025

𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬! Yes, that dreaded topic where you are sitting in the hot seat, your palms are sweaty, you become tongue-tied, and unable to articulate your accomplishments. Yikes! On Monday, I had two clients who had interviews. One was for a Director’s role at a hospital; the other for an Executive Director’s role at a nonprofit. As one can imagine, lots of practise and preparation went into the process, both from their side and mine. The potential Executive Director…

𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐈𝐆?

February 3, 2025