Category: Career
Interview help
January 17, 2018
Ready to go on that interview? Here’s some interview help to get you comfortable. Sitting through a job interview is never easy. Often times you’re nervous, trying your best to impress, and thinking on your toes when it comes to those ever-daunting situational questions. One important thing to keep in mind about interviewing is that […]
Tips to Rock a Job Interview
August 21, 2017
Does going on an interview terrify you? You have sweaty palms, your shirt is sticking to you so there is no way you could take your jacket off, and you just keep thinking “am I good enough, will they like me?” How would it feel to be able to calmly shake the interviewer’s hand without […]
All or Nothing
August 17, 2017
All or Nothing I saw that on a tee shirt recently and started thinking about those three words… All or nothing. It’s a statement, a commitment, or maybe it’s an ideal. To me it means “give your all, all the time”. Be passionate, enthusiastic, really jump into the fray. It’s not a half measure, it’s […]
Tailoring Your Resume
August 14, 2017
Why you must tailor your resume. We’ve all heard the 6 seconds bit… that’s how long it takes someone to say yay or nay to your resume. Read it or trash it. That’s if they even get to your resume. What if they don’t get past your cover letter? If you’re looking for a job […]
Community Service
March 21, 2017
Community service. What does that mean to you? To some it means “uh oh, they got caught, received probation, and now have hours of service”. To others, it’s a prerequisite of graduating from school. To me and many people I associate with, it’s a giving back to our community. I want to talk about the voluntary […]
Intentions
December 10, 2016
Three birds are sitting in a tree and one decides to fly off. Now how many birds are in the tree? Three. The bird that thought about leaving changed her mind. I never said the bird flew off, I said decided to fly off. That’s the thing about intentions, it’s not a done deal… You […]
Your First Job
October 11, 2016
You’re in college, majoring in whatever… You start to panic about graduation and thinking about what happens after school is over. You realize that graduation means you have to begin looking for that first all important job. YIKES You start mumbling to yourself “What do I want to do? What do I like? Why the […]
What’s your elevator speech?
September 29, 2016
Do you have an elevator pitch? I see the deer in the headlights look on your face and the “HUH?” coming out of your mouth. Let me explain what it is and why you need one. An elevator speech is a very short 30 second version of who you are and what you are all […]
How’s your Job Satisfaction?
April 6, 2016
Job satisfaction doesn’t just come from employing your skills well, you need to be applying your most enjoyable skills most of the time. Here’s how to identify them: List the jobs or roles you liked the most over your entire work career; Now list what you liked about each role; Now list why you liked […]
Compromised Values
January 25, 2016
Have you ever worked in an organization where you were asked to do something you just felt was wrong? Or you were a little uncomfortable with a task because it came dangerously close to crossing a line towards being illegal or immoral. Or realized there were some hokey things going on that weren’t quite above […]