Start Strong: Your Guide to Career Goal Setting in the New Year
As we stand at the threshold of a new year, the desire for a fulfilling career has never been more pressing. Over the past few years, the job market has seen unprecedented shifts, prompting a surge in interest in career coaching.
Transform Your Career in the New Year
The start of a new year is the perfect time to focus on your professional goals. Whether you're a recent college graduate or a seasoned corporate executive, making strategic career moves can bring more happiness to your work life. Here are practical steps to guide your journey…
Find The Right Company Culture
Have you ever taken a job that was different than you expected? Were you devastated because either your job duties changed, or you ended up working with a different manager whose style did not fit yours?
Get Noticed – Quantify Your Accomplishments
As a job seeker, do you find it challenging to toot your own horn? Many clients tell us that they can do it for their companies, but when it comes to talking about themselves, that’s a different story. Describing and quantifying your accomplishments is integral to every successful job search.
What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
With the average job-seeker experiencing multiple career changes in their lifetime, having a clear understanding of the skills and qualifications needed for a specific role is crucial. This post highlights the importance of professional help in achieving career clarity, including career exploration coaching and career assessments. By gaining a better understanding of one's values, interests, and skills, individuals can better articulate their unique values and stand out in a competitive job market.
The Ultimate Guide: What to Do After the Job Interview
You just left the interview and feel eager, excited, and nervous. You think it went great. Now what?
Now is not the time to let up. Everything you’ve done up to this point is moving you forward in your job search. Keep the momentum going.
When NOT to Include a Job on Your Resume
Imagine you changed jobs, and you’re just not a fit. You’re miserable and plan to say adios as soon as possible. Is excluding that role from your resume okay, or is that dishonest?
Elevator Pitch Secrets
Some industries require a different approach than the general elevator pitch. For example, if you’re in a service industry — therapist, coach, consultant, etc. — one of the easiest ways to answer the question “What do you do?” is to take the spotlight off you and put it onto your clients. This focuses the conversation on what you do for your clients and what they get from working with you.
Elevator Pitch - Get Noticed
Whether you’re interviewing or networking, someone inevitably says, “Tell me about yourself.” “So, what do you do?” asks the person you met at a networking get-together. In another likely scenario, you find yourself in an elevator with someone you’ve wanted to meet. What do you say?
Applicant Tracking Systems – Friend or Foe?
Understanding the application tracking system (ATS) world can raise more questions than answers. Here are the questions Life Working® Resume experts hear most often.
Job Interviews: Best & Worst Times
When is the best time to schedule your interview? The easy answer is whenever it works for the interviewer! After all, that’s the goal — to get the interview and the job offer.
But what if you are offered a choice of dates and times for the interview? Is it better to be the first person interviewed? Or to be one of the final candidates considered? Should you schedule your interview for the morning? Or the afternoon? And, if you’re offered the option of a virtual interview or meeting in person, which should you choose?
Here are the pros and cons of being towards the front of the pack, one of the last, or somewhere in the middle.
Your Resume: Refresh or Start Fresh?
If you have a resume, at some point, you’re faced with a dilemma: Should I update my existing resume, or is it time to start over?
When you have a great resume — especially one created by a professional resume writer — it can be difficult to imagine starting over again. But even the best formats become outdated as technology changes. And if you are dreaming about making a career pivot, what worked in one profession may not be appropriate in another. But how do you know when you should refresh — or start fresh?
Can You Explain Why You Left Your Last Job?
Hiring new employees is expensive. There’s the time and effort in attracting candidates, screening them, and conducting interviews. It takes time to set the person up in the human resources and benefits system, and it costs money to onboard and train the new hire. These expenses can add up to hundreds — or even thousands — of dollars. As a result, hiring managers want to ensure that the candidate will be a good fit. Questions asked during the interview will help determine if a prospective employee is a good match for the company and role.
One question you’re likely to be asked in an interview is why you left your last job (or why you want to leave your current position).
Resumes are Challenging - Get it Right
Okay, maybe you procrastinated writing your resume, but now you’re ready to start. How do you ensure that your accomplishments stand out from the crowd? Are you worried you’re not creative, smart, or gifted enough to write a resume that gets passed on rather than thrown out?
Put An Expert Career Coach in Your Pocket
Do you wish you could wave a magic wand, get unstuck from your current work situation, find your ideal career, and be recognized and appreciated for who you are and all you offer?
There are many reasons to hire a career coach. Most of them depend on your goals and objectives. Start by asking yourself what you are longing for and reflect on the challenges a career coach can help you solve.
Do you need help finding your ideal career? Are you stuck in idle and need to develop a roadmap to achieve your professional goals? Are you eager to develop the skills and confidence you need to succeed? A career coach can help you explore all these areas and more.