Avoid the Prying Eyes of Your Employer
If you want to look for a better job – a promotion, better pay, or to escape a toxic work environment without the prying eyes of your employer, you must build a professional network off the grid.
Having this network can help you identify the good positions which are not publicly posted or to make an introduction and recommendation to a hiring manager.
As companies begin shifting candidate sourcing to automated AI programs, and with the unbelievably bad odds for success when you rely on online submissions, your professional network will be critical for your success.
A new eBook, Using LinkedIn for Off-the-Grid Networking, will be released at 1 PM on Thursday.
It focuses on off-the-grid or passive networking – how to use this strategy to build your professional while avoiding prying eyes.
Don’t Make These Career Mistakes
Here are two career regrets that I hear on a regular basis.
They go something like this:
- I wish I had invested more time in career networking. I really hurt myself by not investing the time in connecting with others.
And over the past five years, here is one I am beginning to hear with regularity. - I wish I had invested the time in developing a career plan that goals, my goals, my professional network, and performance objectives. I just sat back and thought everything would work out.
Now here is the best news to begin your week: This is not rocket science stuff. You can do these things on your own. Schedule a free call with me. I will get you started in the right direction.
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Steps to Avoid a Recruiting Disaster
Thursday’s Lunch & Learn Live Stream focused on the very real threat that bad recruiting poses to your career.
If you missed that session, a recorded version is available today at JohnGSelf.Com and on my YouTube channel, John G. Self @ GuidingYourCareer. The website replay includes a downloadable document with questions you should be asking during the recruitment process.
Bad recruiting is a serious widespread problem as is the cost of miss-hires and employee turnover $630 billion annually.
Whether the recruiter failed to disclose vital information, or you did not exercise caution — either way, it is a big mess. For the employer, it is a costly disappointment, but they move on, like brushing dandruff flakes from their navy-blue jacket. For your career, the consequences are much greater.
Check out the downloadable question guide to help you navigate these potholes.