Layoffs? Don’t Get Caught Off Guard
When the economy slows, as it certainly must.
As companies begin to lay off workers as they surely will, as they always have.
Some of you will be surprised – caught off guard.
Do not be one of those “it can’t happen to me” people.
Being prepared is not a sign of weakness. It is a sign of confidence and strength.
Research shows that people who have planned for such an unforeseen career detour rebound into new jobs, or better jobs, more quickly than those who do not. Those who do not plan will find themselves in a sea of fellow unprepared job seekers trying to differentiate themselves.
Why do you want to be like everyone else?
In a job search during a recession, that is the worst possible position.
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4 Pesky Questions From Curious Recruiters
As a job applicant in management or executive-level search, your biggest challenge is being interviewed by a recruiter who is intensely curious.
What you include on your resume is not going to give the interviewer insight into your emotional intelligence.
- Tell me something about yourself that I did not know.
- Tell me something about yourself that will help me understand your values and leadership style
- What role do your feelings and emotions play in your day-to-day interactions with your employees?
- Harvard Professor of Psychiatry George Vaillant who ran the so-called W.T. Grant leadership study for more than 30 years, concluded, “If you can’t love, you can’t lead”. How does that conclusion factor into your leadership style?
Be prepared. These are not answers you make up on the fly.
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Better Late than Never, But It’s Still the Weekend
“Networking 3.0 is now the single most impactful component of your career management strategy. It will be your key to successfully navigating the automated sourcing and ATS resumescreening BOTs, formidable barriers between you and the hiring authority.”
John Self
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How to Make Your Networking Pay Off
Question: Why Are you focusing so much time on networking?
Answer: To help you keep your career out of the ditch!
With the avalanche of technology and automation in the employment sourcing and screening processes, getting your resume past the indifferent resume scanning BOTS and the biases of the HR department is one steep climb.
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You Are that Unwritten Book
You are preparing for an interview.
What do you want the interviewer to know about you that will be interesting and build engagement and trust, two essential hiring qualities.
The brilliant novelist Toni Morrison once told students at Princeton that she wrote her first book because she wanted to read it.
When you are preparing for job interviews, you must share information and insights not included on your resume or LinkedIn profile. This is important as hiring managers increasingly focus on elements of your sustainability within the organization’s culture.
Almost every applicant I have interviewed was reluctant to deliver a compelling narrative about their knowledge and experience.
That is too bad because most had great stories to tell and ideas to share.
Share the information you would want to hear if you were conducting the interview. You are that unwritten book.