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By Lori Jazvac. I’ve learned that: You never know where your career journey will take you – it’s about remaining true to your values, having faith that things will work out better than imagined, and managing your career growth and satisfaction! I encourage my clients to embrace the same belief about their own careers. Have any of your clients ever experienced a “preferred candidate” situation? In my earlier career, I recall encountering this scenario. However, by believing strongly in my value and communicating how I could meet the employer’s business…
By Christine Cristiano. This book, written by career coach, artist, and community-builder Emilie Wapnick, has a very compelling subtitle. The book’s full title is How to Be Everything: A Guide for Those Who (Still) Don’t Know What They Want to Be When They Grow Up. I was turned on to this book by one of my clients. This particular client is the epitome of “I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.” In her late fifties, she has been gainfully employed in a government agency for 15 years,…
By Avil Beckford, Guest Contributor. This article was first published in Forbes. 2020 isn’t that far away. As a professional, have you been paying attention to the changes happening in your workplace and how they are affecting you? How has your role evolved over the past five years? Do you consider yourself skilled for the jobs of the future? Do you even know what those jobs might be? The World Economic Forum reports that you need the ten skills listed below to thrive in 2020: Complex problem solving Critical thinking Creativity People management Coordinating…
By Lori Jazvac. Your client has recently landed a new customer service role after you created a stellar résumé portfolio and provided career coaching. She established a nice rapport with the employer at the interview and is now eager to start her new job. She’s full of enthusiasm, excitement, and optimism. A few days pass, and then weeks. Your client, slowly and reluctantly, begins to notice that the job and the company fail to align with claims the employer made during the interview – claims that this was an 8-to-4…
By Maureen McCann. Using social media to promote career services doesn’t have to be overwhelming. In fact, it can be as simple as leveraging what you already know and applying it to social media posts. Frank Parsons, considered the father of career development, suggested that career practitioners possess: an accurate understanding of our traits, a knowledge of the labour market, and an understanding of the relationship between the two. Career practitioners can take these three areas of knowledge and apply them to creating an effective social media plan. Knowing yourself and…
By Cathy Milton. You’re known as “The LinkedIn Super-Woman”. How did you come by your super-woman status? The LinkedIn Super-Woman title was given to me by others. I always use LinkedIn in a supportive and kind way as I’m a strong advocate for the “Art of Reciprocity” in online interactions. I believe in giving to give, not giving to get something back. I am the creator of the LinkedIn Power Shoe, and the LinkedIn Change-Maker and LinkedIn Latte Series. Through all of the people I have featured and helped via these…