In 1500 words or less, each post will give you something you can use TODAY to build yourself, your people and your organization whether your organization is a "for-profit" or a "not-for-profit."
There will be a variety of posts, encompassing everything from hiring checklists to training ideas and documents based on more than 25 years of experience and learning from the best people in the business.
More than a hundred years ago a book was written that continues to reverberate with many people, myself included even today. In a world full of negative commentary and conflict, it serves as a source of positive influence and hope.
Take a few minutes … its lessons might change your life.
Does the best candidate always get the job?
Does everyone who can do the job get equal consideration?
Or do our unconscious biases, misconceptions, and traditional image of the “ideal candidate” create hiring blind spots preventing us from seeing different and perhaps better hiring solutions?
How does someone become motivated?
In life, at home, and in particular when they are searching for a job. Motivation becomes more complex when people experience stress and frustration. Whether neurodiverse or neurotypical, we all all affected.
I find it helps to think of motivation as a learned skill, a journey, and a process of a series of small steps that will get you where you want to be. Today’s post, lays out a path you or someone you know might consider.
When you can’t go forward, you can’t go back, and you can’t stay where you are; this is a horrible situation to find yourself in. Being stuck is something that happens to many of us in our careers. Today’s post is a short guide, based at least in part by my own experience, on how to become unstuck.
Did you know more than half a million Canadians live with bi-polar disorder? About 3 out of 100 people in your lives experience this medical condition but few of us really know much about what they experience. Most of what we know likely falls into myths, misconceptions, and stigma unfortunately.
This blog is a very short introduction into what we should all know, whether we are employers, co-workers, friends, family, or community members. By learning more we can help them open more doors to employment and understanding. We can help them overcome the barriers society and our lack of knowledge has created.
We owe them that.
Learning to fail seems counterintuitive to everything our success culture seems to value. I believe people who say they never fail likely aren’t trying enough new ideas or ways of doing things. Failure isn’t the end, I believe it is simply an additional step on becoming successful. What is important, is learning how to fail so that failure doesn’t discourage you and lead to giving up.
I believe our current system of interviewing people is flawed. People who are able to answer questions confidently and quickly have an advantage, even though they may not be the best applicant for the position. As an employer or as a job seeker, there are things we can all do differently … this is a short guide to just what we can change.
Culture isn’t built in meetings. It is built in moments – every minute of every day and in every action – culture can be nurtured, strengthened, and lived. The way we treat people when no one’s watching determines the strength of every business. Start small, stay kind, and keep building. It isn’t easy, it can be hard work, frustrating, fraught with setbacks; however, it is worth the time, and it is worth the investment … every time.
Consider this post to be an introduction, a starting point for building your team through one of the areas that is entirely within your ability to influence.
This is a brief guide, the first of a series of guides; this one is intended to help employers learn about and realize how much people who are autistic or otherwise neurodivergent can contribute to their organizations and businesses. It is not a comprehensive research paper; rather, it is a simple guide based on the personal experiences of job seekers, employers who embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion, and other anecdotal information I have gleaned.
Your help, understanding, and willingness is needed.
Job searching is harder than it used to be … it seems. How long should a job search take? It depends … mostly it depends on you. It depends on the decisions you make, the effort you put into it, and how determined you are in the face of disappointment and frustration. Here are 22 steps you can take, the more you do, the more likely you are to succeed. See what you think.