𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐍𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞! Yes, you have seen this screenshot all over social media, including here on LinkedIn, but I first saw it in a post on Tara Jaye Frank‘s timeline a couple of days ago. What grabbed my attention was the name of the recruiter, because I have a niece with the same name. Although she is not a recruiter, I sent the screenshot to my family with this message: “Thank goodness this is not my niece,…

𝙎𝙈𝘼𝙍𝙏 𝙂𝙤𝙖𝙡-𝙎𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 It’s that time of year again when we think resolutions, visions, goals, big, bold plans, turning over a new leaf / page and a host of other “things to do”. And, it’s usually exciting! One common and practical tool to help use is the 🆂🅼🅰🆁🆃 goal acronym –Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Timely. It usually forms the centre of any discussion on goal setting. However, for this post, I have put a new spin on the term: 🆂 – 𝙎𝙚𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙…

𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 | 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫 | 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞 | 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐫 What do they each have in common? Commitment and Collaboration! I was inspired to make this post when I read a similar experience by my colleague Gayle Draper, and one of her clients. No one person can ‘do it’. It takes Commitment and Collaboration to achieve success. I had the privilege to mentor one young lady through the hashtag #ImDoingIt mentoring program launched by Dami Eluyera,. My mentee was an employee at one…

🆁🅴🅹🅴🅲🆃🅸🅾🅽 ➡️ 🆁🅴-🅳🅸🆁🅴🅲🆃🅸🅾🅽 A rejection sometimes means you are being redirected elsewhere! This client had been on numerous interviews, at least over the past two years, if not more. She received so many rejections, yet she never lost hope, even when it was easy to do so. Every now and again I would check-in with her, and she always ended the conversation with, “Another opportunity will come”. She did everything that a job seeker is asked to do. She even…