Sometimes we WIN and sometimes we LEARN! Let that sit with you for a while! It’s so easy for us to see things in absolutes – win or lose. Chiefs won and Eagles lost, for example! But, from a career or job search perspective, what if you change LOSE to LEARN? Right now, layoffs are rampant, amounting to huge losses. While I am not about to minimize its impact, and realize people have to go through the grieving process, could…
๐๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ญ? It’s February, but still not too late to talk about my Word of the Year. Back in 2016, when I launched the Let’s GROW Project, I decided I would focus on one Word for the Year instead of the laborious task of making New Yearโs resolutions. I chose BELIEVE! Since then, I have chosen TRUST, FAITH, COURAGE, OPPORTUNITY, and one year, I changed it up a bit and used a phrase – hashtag#WhyNotMe. Focusing…
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฟ. ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐๐ฟ. Career tips come in various forms, and today I am combining hashtag#careertips2go with a dose of the hashtag#MondayRx in recognition of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Below are several of his quotes: โ๏ธFaith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. โ๏ธOur lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter. โ๏ธWe must learn to live together as brothers [and sisters] or perish together as…
๐๐๐๐๐๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐๐จ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ 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: “๐ฟ๐๐๐ง ๐ฟ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ, ๐๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ชโ๐ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐จ๐๐ง๐ซ๐๐๐๐จ. ๐ผ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ, ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ช๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช๐ง ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐ค…
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ…๐๐๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฒ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ! 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 โquiet and disengagedโ 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 wasnโt news to me. Many people believe that if you are quiet, then…
๐๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ? Todayโs hashtag#MondayRx looks at virtual friendships and what they mean to some people. An article in Psychology Today says, “๐๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ, ๐ด๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ญ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐บ.โ It went on further to say, โโฆ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ท๐ฐ๐ญ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ๐ดโ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏโ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต…
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. ๐ฐHello! It pays to negotiate! ๐ฐEmployers expect you to negotiate! ๐ฐYou are not being ungrateful when you negotiate! One client said this to…
๐๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ The Monday Rx, a weekly career and job search prescription is back after the summer break, and this edition is about SUCCESS! ๐๐ฝHow many times have you been rejected, spurned or sidelined, and thought you had failed? Donโt 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…
๐๐๐ญ’๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ค ๐๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ฑ๐๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ฌ 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): โThe 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: “๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ฌ?” โWell, I am a perfectionist!โ or, โI am a workaholic!โ 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 โ “What are your weaknesses?” It can be terrifying. What do they really want to know?…
