Advice for the Holidays !

 Here's some fantastic advice from Marc Cenedella, Founder & CEO, TheLadders.com

 

Don't let this happen to you.

 Employment Candidates, i.e., your job search competition, get very distracted during the holidays with all the family and friends and festivities to enjoy.

Turn this to your advantage.

Rather than allowing your holiday schedule to get in the way of your search, double down and make an extra effort to be proactive this December.

You see, for every candidate who misses a phone call, an interview, a job opportunity, there's a frustrated recruiter on the other side. And if you can be that golden ticket — the responsive candidate who makes life easier for the recruiter or HR department — you'll be that much more likely to land a gig before the end of the year.

Companies' needs for professionals don't slow down during the holidays.

JOB HUNTING AND THANKSGIVING

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

 

Here's some good advice from Joe Turner (JOBDIG.com)

This is just a snippet...the full story is linked at the bottom.

 

 

Gratitude and the Law of Attraction

 

 

Because Gratitude is critical to the success of our job search. According to Rhonda Byrne, author of The Secret, we attract what we think about and concentrate on through the universal Law of Attraction. When we focus on our cup being half full, we attract more abundance and prosperity. This includes job opportunities.

Conversely, when we think that job hunting is hard, and focus on the jobs we didn’t get offered, we attract more rejection and disappointment. It’s been said that, “Attitude is everything.” That’s especially true in job search. Although we may not control anything outside of ourselves, we are in control of what we think, feel and do.
This Thanksgiving, why not try these 4 simple gratitude steps to improve your job search from By Joe Turner?

1)   Start a Gratitude Journal

2)   Focus on Prosperity

3)   Visualize Without Limits

4)   Be Grateful When a Job Falls Through

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HOW TO PREPARE FOR A JOB CLUB MEETING

JOB CLUBs are like any other group, organization, club or body of people who gather for a purpose.  You get out of it what you put into it! 

Article by: AZ JOB COACH 

That may not be actually true.  With JOB CLUBs, I like to think and have witnessed that you can actually get MORE out of it than what you put into it.

First, examine what your purpose is.  Why are you attending JOB CLUB meetings?  If your answer is to find help, support, advice, ideas, tools, networking options, social options, etc. etc. you are in the same group as all the rest.   JOB CLUBs can provide all of that an more but if your purpose is two-fold, to gain as well as to GIVE, then you will be in the other group...the group that get's much more.

Now let's assume that you've come to several JOB CLUB meetings and have listened, asked questions and provided some feedback occasionally.  But for the most part you've come to find out what's it's all about then left the meeting only to return the following week to repeat the process. 

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Career Tips & Tricks

Understanding the Roles of Others in the Workplace: "Trading Places"

One key to all successful relationships is to understand all sides. In the workplace, this also holds true. Everyone has different responsibilities and priorities and understanding where each person falls on the workplace spectrum will help you start to improve your relationships significantly!

Why are roles so important? What happens if they aren’t clearly defined? Each role at work reflects a different angle and piece of the puzzle. A clear understanding of roles can help with your personal career development, team building, relationships with colleagues and just an overall better understanding of everything around you.

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Top 10 Questions NOT to Ask Yourself in a Job Search

Here are the Top 10 questions
to have someone ELSE ask you.
Give this list to someone you trust and have him or her read it to you,
one question at a time:

1. What do you love about your current position (or last position)?
2. What don’t you like about your current position (or last position)?
3. What would be your ideal work schedule?

4. Do you work best with people or alone? With a lot of supervision or little supervision?

5. What size organization and corporate culture are the best matches for you?

6. How much money do you want/need to make?
7. Is there a job at your current company that you would want to do? And/or is there a way your current job could become your dream job?
8. What’s your dream job?
9. Who in your life can you talk to about what it’s like to do X job?
10. What will you do to find out more about the day to day realities of X job?

READ THE FULL STORY  Top 10 Questions NOT to Ask Yourself in a Job Search