For the past six months to a year, if you are a skilled professional with at least five years of experience under your belt, you should have been getting calls from agencies and employers looking to replace from the devastation the pandemic cause to various businesses. Some businesses disappeared since the pandemic, while others thrived. The need for virtual business services became devastatingly obvious to employers initially reluctant to participate in virtual (also known as work from home) employees.
I have question…
How is your resume looking like these days?
Is it updated with the most recent jobs?
Will an employer want to read it if they saw it?
Do you have it written and structured for employers to find and want to contact you for an interview?
If the answer no to any of those questions, then you may not be getting the calls for job opportunities that others are getting. Do you understand that the market is ripe for professionals ready to work? Are you missing out on career opportunities because your resume is not doing its job…NOT GOOD!!!
If you know your resume needs some tweeks and changes but sure what those changes will need to be…then check out our resource here, so we can get your resume working for you to obtain your next job opportunity.
Linkedin Profile are absolutely essential for every professional, if you want to be found by companies in the current job market. If you are not familiar with LinkedIn, it a social media and job search board used by professionals and business owners to connect, network, look for career opportunities and company recruiters’ home away from home.
If you are looking for a job right now, you need have your profile on LinkedIn. Your profile there is more powerful than your resume posted on other online job boards because of the connections and reach it has. If you need to either optimize or create your LinkedIn profile that gets employers attention, check out my resource here.
We’ve all had that nervous feeling right before your next job interview. It’s nerve racking to say the least. If you’re new to the job search and career space, I completely understand your anxiety around interviews. Half the battle is the level of preparation that takes place before the interview takes place. The other half is keeping your “nerves” under control while you worry about how you will be perceived by the interviewer. In any case, you will still need to be mentally and physically be prepared. Each type of interview requires diverse preparation, which I talk about in this video. If you are looking for interview coaching before your next job interview, go here.
Here are some work at home positions you can take advantage of now! I will be sharing work from home jobs (WAH/WFH) jobs on a weekly basis. I want you guys to win the job market, so this is just one way to provide help. Here are the specific positions listed below:
The implications being highlighted will be problematic for the organization, to say the least. Based on the article, Ramsey Solutions’ lawsuit is based on another ex-employee being terminated because she got pregnant due to pre-martial sex, which is against one of Ramsey Solutions’ organization rule.
This rule of premarital sex seems to lean into employee’s personal life. There are several red flags from an employment law standpoint regarding that rule. As human resources professionals always state, an employer’s handbook, policies and/or rules can help or damage an employer in these situations. Only time will tell how it will work out for Ramsey Solutions.
Looking for human resources consultation help to avoid situations? Go here to see how we can help you stay out of liability waters.
This is second of the StoryTime Series on my podcast and YouTube channel sharing stories of all of our experiences in the world of careers, jobs, contract work, independent consulting and business interactions. In the second episode, I share one of my experiences while working in a toxic environment. The names, dates and other information were kept confidential to protect the innocent or guilty party.
The objective is the learn and grow from our professional and personal experiences to become a better version of ourselves, professionally. This particular story hits home and taught me so much about myself and the level of restraint I earned during that time. If it wasn’t for a great friend talking me off the proverbial ledge on a weekly basis, I probably would have been arrested for physical assaults and verbal altercations. The tension was thick and my stress level went through the roof! I am grateful to have survived it without loosing my composure.
What did I learn from this experience?
I learned that people and their preconceived notions are so strong, it allowed them to spread malicious lies about other people’s character. Keep in mind, they never took the time to get to know the individual but somehow felt entitled to assume things about people. Needless to say, the very sword those people intended to injury others, they ended up falling the same swords.
I learned corporations set up “certain people” for failure. For example, training some employees on the 25% – 30% of their duties while training other employees on 90% of their duties. They followed up by measuring each employee’s job performance without the same level of detailed training. So the employee with 30% of the training will never perform at the level of the employee that received 90% of the training. When questioned about why the training levels are different when the expectation of performance is the same, you receive responses like “training is a privilege“.
I learned that we all have a choice with the work environment we choose to spend our time. In my case, this employer terminated me for job performance, when I received less than 50% of the necessary training to be successful. It was the second termination from a job that I felt relief! The relief of not ever setting foot in that toxic environment.
If you find yourself having to self-talk your way into the doors of your job every morning…just so you don’t want the entire place to explode while you’re on a lunch break…It’s time to get a concrete career plan specifically tailored to you leaving that toxic environment for GOOD! Start by grabbing my eBook, “From Clueless Teenager to Consummate Professional”, 7 Steps to Cultivating the Career and Economic Life You Want here. It will help you cultivate your exit plan and career strategy. While you’re at it, grab my FREE DREAM Career Guide specifically formulated to help you document your Career Strategy step by step.
Looking for direct individual Career Coaching? Schedule your Career Strategy, Interview Coaching and Resume Consultations.
This is first of the StoryTime Series on my podcast sharing stories of all of our experiences in the world of careers, jobs, contract work, independent consulting and business interactions. In this first story time, I share one of my experiences while working for an employer. The names, dates and other information were kept confidential to protect the innocent or guilty party.
The objective is the learn and grow from our professional and personal experiences to become a better version of ourselves, professionally.
I am so excited to share with you the introductory portion of my new book “From Clueless Teenager to Consummate Professional” I want you guys to understand that this is a labour of love true love for my family. I want you guys as budding entrepreneurs or career professionals to have the mindset & strategic plan to make it materialize..then successful.
Does it resonate with you?
Want to help your teenager get their young lives together economically?
In the final part of the Career ReVamp Series, the integral parts of making the career transition and all the tools needed to make it easier. We know that changing careers, even if it needs to be done by force, is a process…not a sprint! Each parts of the process must be implemented strategically to increase your chances of a successful transition.
1. Career Tools Needed for the ReVamp
2. Need help with completing the new resume for you? Go here or if you just need the new resume to be reviewed professionally, then go here.
3. Want me to complete the new revamped career portfolio? Go here.
4. Are you getting interviews in your new career and want help getting prepared for it? Go here.
5. Need to schedule a career strategy session to have a clear path to revamp your career? Go here.
In Part 2 titled, Putting Your Plan Together, helps you assess and document your skills, knowledge base, qualification and your overall professional persona. You should also document how to showcase what you have to offer will benefit your new career venture.
In Part 3.1, titled Entrepreneurial Track, you can use your knowledge base to start a viable business. This episode of the series reviews some aspects of business start-up activities.
Part 3.2 titled The Career Track goes into more detail about how to approach your career change choices. It provides an overview of the what you need to do when you change your career.
In Part 4.1 titled The Business Owner Path provided detailed steps to functional entrepreneurship and the specific steps you will need establish your next successful business as your new career venture.
If you have general career questions, comment below or connect with me by going here to leave a voice or email message.
In this episode, I put the finishing touches on business ownership as part of your career revamp which can provide ultimate freedom in the marketplace. It should not be taken lightly due to the self development it will require of you.
It’s going to take some additional research and work to develop your entrepreneurial plan. To get help with putting this plan together, let’s work on it together when you go here.