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."
The original “Twenty” was shared with me many years ago as a guide for excellence. Designed, initially for sales excellence, I have kept it close from job to job, sector to sector, and with some periodic updates, it continues to be my guide to achieving success. I am grateful to the friend who shared them with me and I hope you may find them to be as useful for you.
Doing well in an interview is so much more than just showing up. From creating a resume that evolves for each opportunity to tailoring an equally directed cover letter to solve an employers staffing problem. To knowing how to follow-up professionally and preparing for each interview; your successful job search relies on you connecting all of these dots.
Have you ever tried to get into a building but couldn’t open the door? Have you ever needed immediate assistance only to be told you will have to go on a waiting list for six months or more? Have you ever wanted a job but didn’t get it knowing that you were not considered, not because you couldn’t do the job, but because of someone’s bias you weren’t given a chance?
In Canada everyone has the right to employment, but it is far from a “level playing field;” people who live with barriers, including disabilities have to work harder to achieve their wins, they often lose, occasionally tie, and have to find ways to make progress and achieve a measure of victory.
In this, part 1 or 2, I hope to illuminate some of the barriers, the challenges, and to help dispel the myths and biases to help people who live with barriers and disabilities to achieve their employment goals.
We need your awareness and your commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusiveness.
In the past and even today, work has stressed and made me feel overwhelmed … and I know that I am not alone. There are ways to mitigate these feelings and even to “get ahead of them;” consider this post to be a guide with “Tools Everyone Can Use” to help you stop being affected as much.
I think my best posts are those that I write with a specific person in mind. I believe this is especially true when helping someone with a resume. A resume is a one or two page representation of a three dimensional person with skills, experiences, and attitudes that has to capture all of those things along with the nuances that makes that person unique and this is hard to do. This post is a start on that process, and what I wrote for one person might help you or someone you know as well. Please use it, share it, and add to it, I hope it is tool my friend will use as well as you.
I have been unemployed … I have been worried I won’t find another job … I have laid awake wondering and worrying. I believe in illuminating fear, of turning towards it instead of away from it. I believe fear can be overcome, but it needs to be acknowledged, recognized, and there is a process to move past it. This is a brief post on getting started on that path.
It is easy for your emails to become overwhelming and challenging to reign in the avalanche of communication that seems to accumulate in a short periods of time. You are not alone in having this happen and you are not the only one who can quickly feel stressed and overwhelmed as a result.
Consider this post to be a simple guide to a series of tools you can use to “dig out” from the avalanche and lessen your daily stress. Thank you to RF for suggesting this post.
I have heard anywhere from 70 to 80% of jobs are never publicly posted. When asked, many small and medium-sized organizations say most of their job vacancies are filled through “word of mouth.” Why then, […]
How to do you multiply the impact of a career advisor? You need a tool. A tool that can help a job seeker help themselves, a tool that builds the confidence of a job seeker, and a tool that helps the job seeker identify they things they don’t know how to do well. That is what the “Job Seeker’s Playbook” is about.
This latest iteration is the result of more than a dozen job seeker’s comments, suggestions, and requests; and it will continue to evolve. I would like to thank every one of them. If you are looking for a new job or you know someone who is looking for a new job, please use and share this tool. We all would welcome your feedback as well.
Should you use a cover letter when applying for a job?
Do you want to stand out for all the right reasons? Do you want a prospective employer to see that you have the skills, experiences, and attitudes they want? Do you want to do something most people don’t do?
How should I do a cover letter … I thought you would never ask?