The Workplace

You may not realize it, but you might be sabotaging your job interview. I mean, first things first – CONGRATULATIONS that you’ve scheduled an interview, right?! This is an achievement!🏆 It means you successfully tailored your resume and matched to the opportunity well enough to be invited to a jobinterview . That’s HUGE, considering stats from LinkedIn and other career sites that say upwards of 70% never make it through the initial screening. So bravo and well done on the documentation piece of your journey, right?! ✋ If you think of the jobseeker’s journey in three parts (apply, interview, offer) – you’re a third of the way there. How you might be sabotaging your job interview You should be brimming with confidence! But something’s off. You’re not …

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How do you find business leaders, potential clients or partners, mentors, collaborators and others important to your network without spending all of your time or money doing it?

There are two things you MUST do immediately when you don’t get the job: Thank Connect I made this video to help anyone facing job rejection keep the door OPEN!   ———————–👋I’m Gretchen 👉I am a career and personal development strategist on a mission to teach you to find what you love without losing yourself in the process.​🎯I create sane strategies that produce serious results. 📰 If you thought this post was interesting, you definitely need to sign up for my newsletter – where I give my subscribers exclusive insights, actionable advice and tips to take advantage of select opportunities.   ======================= Here are the ways to work with me at Career Insights: ======================= 🔥Sign up for 1:1 Private Career Consulting (6 Week): careercompass.careerinsightsconsulting.com/sixweeks🔥Check out …

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You flourish!No really – you flourish! What is a PIP, anyway? PIP – shorthand for Performance Improvement Plan A performance improvement plan is a multitude of opportunities rolled into one. It’s an opportunity to build a partnership with your manager/supervisor: ▸Every PIP should come with actionable steps. A path to success paved with SMART goals the leadership team has created just for you. ▸The plan should also include a timeline for completion with benchmark/milestone check-ins scheduled to keep everyone on track toward success. It’s an opportunity to re-invest in yourself and your role in the company: ▸To identify and grow new skills. ▸To strengthen current abilities. ▸To gain clarity on personal goals and alignment with the current role. It’s an opportunity to see another side …

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You’ve been searching and searching and finally found an advertised job opening that you think is perfect … except nothing about it answers the question: What does it pay? Some published opportunities will have nothing related to salary, while others may say something like Salary: Commensurate with experience Salary: Negotiable Salary: Unavailable Salary: To be discussed at interview phase WTAF – right?! It’s frustrating for sure, but there are a few reasons employers don’t post salary information. These can include: Competition Companies don’t want their external competitors to have too much information about their benefits and compensation packages because that, obviously, could weaken their negotiation positions. Companies also don’t want salary information widely known because it can create internal competition and other issues. Fit Employers want …

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Recruiters are a lot like Elon Musk, politics or sushi – no middle ground. People either love ’em or hate ’em. Hopefully, we can all agree that they can be an enormous help to businesses and job seekers alike – provided you hire the right one. But how do you know if you’ve got a good recruiter? Interview your recruiter! Recruiting isn’t a one-size-fits-all job A recruiter’s role is largely dependent on their ability to evaluate candidates for each opportunity. And that’s great – but it doesn’t cover everything. Because while recruiters make up the front-line of the interview process, they’re not always given a larger role in the overall hiring process. A recruiter with a more limited role will have an equally limited understanding …

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If you’ve ever dealt with someone who baits, berates or belittles you, you know what it’s like to deal with a conversation bully. Here are some ways to regain control of the situation. Stay focused and calm This is always (always always) the right response to any situation – including dealing with a conversation bully. When a discussion turns sour, the first thing to do is, actually, nothing. Well, maybe not nothing, but nothing physical or outward. Listen Focus on what the person is saying and remain calm – especially in situations where someone is trying to goad you into a response you’ll likely regret. Focusing on the word choices and listening to the tone of voice will tell you right away if a meaningful discussion can be had – …

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Job Hopper? 🤮NOPE! YOU are an Opportunity Entrepreneur! It’s time to purge ‘job hopper’ from the Pejorative Term Database. Please. Aside from the fact that it’s judgmental, possibly discriminatory and wholly unprofessional, there’s also this: —RECENT REPORT RUNDOWN —▷ A recent LendingClub survey showed that roughly 62% of the U.S. population is living paycheck to paycheck.▷ A Pew Research study (among a slew of others) showed most people who quit last year cited low pay as their top reason for leaving.▷ Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank’s wage growth tracker, which uses data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, shows that pay increases for job hopp, er, 😎 Opportunity Entrepreneurs 😎 have outpaced those who’ve stayed at one employer — a number that’s held true since 2011. …

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It’s good to aspire to things, and it’s great to achieve them. Unfortunately, most people never do. Because most of us aren’t being honest with ourselves in our approach. That’s where these seriously realistic tips can help! Research shows 50% of us make resolutions each year, but statistics show 80% of us won’t make it past the second week of February with them intact. That translates to 50 out of every 100 people making resolutions, and 40 of those 50 hopeful humans chuckin’ the deuce to those not-so-determined declarations after only a month and a half. 4 seriously realistic tips for goal success It’s going to be ok! All we have to do to stay on track is be realistic in our approach! Easy peasy, right? Actually, …

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If you’re thinking you need to change careers, the short answer is: You actually may not need to. The longer answer is, well, longer – and it’s why the short answer exists in the first place. 😉 Do you need a career change – or a change of perspective? Before deciding you need a career change, first figure out what’s making you consider one in the first place. But that’s not always easy because it’s rarely one thing. So, I advise people to ask themselves four questions as a starting point. I also caution that skipping this step or not being wholly sincere about the answers can have disastrous results. Considering your current work: What made you gravitate toward it in the first place? What do you like most about it? …

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