Juan If you are looking for any job, then

Juan If you are looking for any job, then… I am going through an awesome video interview I had with David Perry, author of Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters, and in our discussion a job coach named Juan says: I tell my guys that if they are looking for any job, then they arent really looking. I totally agree. Can you help me find a job? What are you looking for? Anything, really. Anywhere. This means, NOTHING.  Im looking for NOTHING.  Im not even in a job search! When I first started JibberJobber, many people I talked to would say how can I help you?  They sincerely wanted to help, and would have.  My pathetic answer was I have no idea! And so no one helped me with what I needed, because I couldnt communicate what I needed. What do you want for dinner? Anything.  Except whatever you are going to suggest to me in the next few minutes. If you know what you are looking for, you can do a targeted job search. Your network contacts will know who to introduce you to, and how to help you. Dont look for any job figure out what you are looking for, and then go after it. Juan If you are looking for any job, then… I am going through an awesome video interview I had with David Perry, author of Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters, and in our discussion a job coach named Juan says: I tell my guys that if they are looking for any job, then they arent really looking. I totally agree. Can you help me find a job? What are you looking for? Anything, really. Anywhere. This means, NOTHING.  Im looking for NOTHING.  Im not even in a job search! When I first started JibberJobber, many people I talked to would say how can I help you?  They sincerely wanted to help, and would have.  My pathetic answer was I have no idea! And so no one helped me with what I needed, because I couldnt communicate what I needed. What do you want for dinner? Anything.  Except whatever you are going to suggest to me in the next few minutes. If you know what you are looking for, you can do a targeted job search. Your network contacts will know who to introduce you to, and how to help you. Dont look for any job figure out what you are looking for, and then go after it.

See The World With A Cultural Eye Destinations For The Heart And Mind

See The World With A Cultural Eye Destinations For The Heart And Mind Do you consider yourself to be someone who enjoys a bit of culture? You dont have to be going to the cinema every day or reading two books a week for that to be the case. You can be someone who knows their Targaryens from their Lannisters, or their dubstep from their alt-country. A lot of us would never consider ourselves culturally savvy, but yet pieces of culture dominate our lives. A lot of what we do at leisure is firmly bedded in culture. Some people will proclaim they dont read books, but watch Hollywood movies based on them. And when we are deciding where to go on holiday, a lot of the time were quietly informed by cultural aspects. Then again, some of us let our cultural side out without a problem. Some holiday destinations are made all the better by knowing a bit about culture. Scandinavia Do you like your TV drama brooding? Ideally dark, and with an element of my goodness, that backdrop is stunning? Many of the shows currently exciting viewers in the English-speaking world are from the Nordic countries. Often they are remade, set in the US or the UK, but the general feel stays the same. The Oresund Bridge setting for one of the most-talked about shows of recent years The Bridge, set on the crossing between Sweden and Denmark, is one example. The atmospheric beauty of the area makes the show more compelling and makes it a perfect destination. New York The City That Never Sleeps because theres always something to watch. If youre in any way culturally inclined, New York will get you one way or the other. Maybe one of your favorite TV shows was based here. Do you like music? Chances are a favorite artist or band is from NYC. Its also a safe bet that a film you enjoy was based on a Broadway musical. Want to see the next big thing? Pick up some tickets from OnBroadway.com or similar, and bathe in culture. Then look smug when the film comes out in five years. Edinburgh Comedy is one of the art forms that has really exploded over the last few decades. We all like to laugh; its good for us and the stage comedians of today are often the big screen stars of tomorrow. And if you want to observe live comedy at its best, its worth an August trip to Edinburgh. Edinburgh a feast for the eyes and the funny bone The Scottish capital is home to the Fringe Festival where comedians who want to make it big come from all over the world. It doesnt hurt that Edinburgh is beautiful. Laugh yourself silly then do a spot of sight-seeing. Paris There are few cities in the world as iconic as Paris, and this is due in no small part to its cinematic history. A great number of American films of the last century were reboots of Paris classics such as A Bout de Souffle. Gene Kelly a famed Francophile made An American in Paris but ironically didnt get to go there for the filming. Gene Kelly: An American not in Paris at the moment More recently, Amelie has captured hearts and launched the career of Audrey Tautou. Films, music, books or plays any one of these can be enjoyed on a daily basis if you make your trip to Paris. And in years to come, you may look back on when you saw an enduring classic in a tiny arthouse cinema in France. Image credits Main

Why You May Be Losing Staff Due to Lack of Training Opportunities

Why You May Be Losing Staff Due to Lack of Training Opportunities The word “value” is something which is unfortunately  not often associated with recruitment.   “Need”, yes, “Cost” definitely, but not “Value”.   My team and I want to address this, and I guess if you’re wanting to grow or sustain your recruitment business, then you do too! Being that the UK Recruitment industry is worth over £30Billion  (a pretty valuable number!) â€" value to the economy  is demonstrable! I’m delighted to be part of the Alex Moyle’s  Recruitment Gym  A-Z of Recruitment campaign.   He’s a passionate recruitment advocate and he asked me which letter I’d like to record a 60-second video for â€" I grabbed “V” for Value!   You can see the video at the bottom of this blog… but think about: My clients, Recruitment leaders, are fixated on the value of their businesses, and so they should be. Their  marketeers are often fixated on the value that they add to the sales process. Recruitment consultants and resources are fixated on the value of their desks, and what kind of fees are they bringing in. But maybe we should be focusing on the value of the more tangible items in our business, our most important assets, our staff. But damn, what a cliche! “The most important asset is your people” â€" fluffy HR rubbish?   Or is there a nasty trend brewing?   One which will have a massive negative impact on the recruitment industry â€" is it that…? 2/3 of Job Leavers in 2017 Left Due to Not Enough Training Numerous sources quote this stat, including the Independent article titled:  Workers are quitting their jobs due to lack of training. The article makes me want to ask recruitment leaders: What training do you actually give your teams?   Be it sales/systems/marketing etc…? Are you aware of how this training (or the lack of) impacts on your teams? What value does it deliver? The training that you buy for your teams â€" how do you make your staff accountable for learning and delivering? Every recruitment leader I work with either wants more from their teams or needs to recruit more staff.   What is your plan this year for using training to fix staff retention and staff output?   Every meeting I have with recruitment leaders has this as a topic. Recruitment Training Does Not Work When… Have you fallen into the trap of buying training at the beginning of a change process, not making someone accountable for monitoring the effectiveness of the recruitment training your bought, and then saying “well, that didn’t work” 6 months later when things haven’t really changed and: systems are not being used recruiters are not placing fees are getting lower data is still dirty job board budgets are still crazy staff are not energized hours of time on  LinkedIn is not offering the phone calls you want to hear and see and recruiters still not really engaged with your “way” and not delivering your processes? Nine in 10 Employees Want Their Company to Offer More Learning Opportunities People Management talk about this 9/10 stat in their article about a  lack of training prompts two-thirds of workers to quit. But what training does a recruiter actually need?   And how should it impact upon their desk/day/pipeline and your business?    And is what they are being trained to do, offering value to your next most important asset, your data? Are you Staff Really Your Most Important Asset? It’s a touchy subject to talk about â€" the fact that data and trained people may be equal… But let’s admit that they at least rely on each other, and when you add process and systems, boom! You have a sustainable pipeline!   When you mess about with that trio â€" people/process/data â€" everyone suffers. So: Are your recruiters being trained to nurture your critical data asset? Do their  job adverts and time on LinkedIn generate great inbound sales, clean data on your  Bullhorn  and  Adapt  systems? Is the training that you spend your profit on driving your 3Cs â€" candidate, client, and colleagues â€" onto your recruitment CRMs? Or do you have a data dump, not a database? Ask yourself: Is my recruitment CRM “first” in the pecking order for everything that you want to do, be it sourcing and placing, not just invoicing? Recruiters are “Blowing” £100,000 Per Year by Not Training Recruitment Leaders â€" have a think about all of these questions.   We estimate that the average 50 person recruiter is wasting at least £100,000 per year NOT training their staff â€" by losing them, rehiring, paying them, retraining them, and waiting for the “time to bill”. and that’s not accounting for lost fees due to the disruption…   Only you know that figure. Watch this short 1-minute video I created for Alex.   Some food for thought about the value of recruitment

How Traditional Marketing Affects Your Personal Brand - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

How Traditional Marketing Affects Your Personal Brand - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career The advancements of technology today are changing the face of innovation as marketing materials are making their transition from paper to a digital presence. With this transformation, is it time to rethink the power or  lack thereof   of traditional marketing techniques when strengthening your personal brand? Don’t fret, you don’t have to throw out your business cards, at least not right now. But, there is no doubt that we will soon live and breathe the true meaning of the “digital age.” If you are hesitant to succumb to encompassing an integrated online presence, for whatever the reason, remember one thing â€" truly innovative technology aims to simplify tasks and open new doors of opportunity. One of the founding principles in Marketing 101: knowing your audience and how to reach them properly. Representing you and your personal brand with traditional marketing materials alone simply does not abide by this rule. Consumers and potential customers are online â€" so your brand needs to be there, as well. When it comes to traditional marketing techniques, think of modern, digital marketing as enhancements to the materials you already have. Begin incorporating an online presence to reap the following benefits: Virtual means flexible. Say your personal biography, resume, and work portfolio are moved from paper to your own website. By having your credentials easily accessible online, your materials are now easily editable, as well. Changing, updating, saving, and printing is a time-consuming process, which is why we often carry outdated resumes and brochures. With a personal website, your brand will always be up to date. Branding online allows you to connect. Networking has never been as easy as it is now because of our good friend social media. Now you can “follow” relevant experts in your industry on Twitter, “like” companies in your field on Facebook, and find professionals on LinkedIn. Furthermore, by transitioning your direct mail pieces from the mail box to an email inbox, you now have a better chance of connecting with your audience by including links directing them back to your personal website, product website, and social media accounts. Save money.  We all want to save money, especially in this tough economy. Many people think that technological advancements require more money, but with modern eMarketing, this is not the case. There are many web design platforms, like Wix for example, allowing you to create your own personal website free of charge. The majority of the most popular social media platforms are costless also. Of course, you may find yourself looking into SEO, which is sometimes costly, but there is no better way to create further brand awareness than having a strong online presence, for free. Times are changing and our personal branding strategies have to be able to evolve to meet the demands of consumers. Despite your marketing preferences, remember the most important rule of all: to stay consistent with a unified personal branding platform. Are you feeling the pressure to move your personal brand to the web? How can you make the transition smooth?   Author: Heather R. Huhman  is a career expert, experienced hiring manager, and founder president of  Come Recommended, a content marketing and digital PR consultancy for organizations with products that target job seekers and/or employers. She is also the author of  Lies, Damned Lies Internships  (2011),  #ENTRYLEVELtweet: Taking Your Career from Classroom to Cubicle  (2010), and writes career and recruiting advice for  numerous outlets.

Denise King with Marc Miller at the Escape the Corporate World Now Summit [Podcast] - Career Pivot

Denise King with Marc Miller at the “Escape the Corporate World Now Summit” [Podcast] - Career Pivot Episode #85 â€" Denise King interviews Marc Miller for the audience of the Escape the Corporate World Summit. Description: Marc shares with the audience how he got to where he is today as a coach, author, and podcast host. He gives case studies from some of his clients and suggestions for action. Key Takeaways: [:57] Marc welcomes you to Episode 85 of the Re-purpose Your Career podcast and invites you to share this podcast with others. Please subscribe, share it on social media, write an honest iTunes review, or tell your neighbors and colleagues. [1:34] Last week’s episode was part two of a four-part series called “Can Juan Repurpose His Career?” Marc will return to that series in a couple of weeks. [1:45] Next week’s episode will cover Marc’s and his wife’s driving to Mexico the last week of June. It will be the next of a series about becoming an expat in Mexico and taking Career Pivot with him. [1:57] This episode comes from when Denise King interviewed Marc during the “Escape the Corporate World Now” Summit. Now on to the podcast… Download Link |iTunes|Stitcher Radio|Google Podcast|Podbean|TuneIn|Overcast [2:07] Denise, the host, welcomes the audience to “Escape the Corporate World Now Summit” and introduces her guest, Marc Miller. Marc gives his bio â€" he is a Baby Boomer, raised to be an employee of a company that would take care of him for 30-40 years. They ‘moved his cheese,’ and it didn’t happen. [3:20] Marc graduated in the mid-to-late 70’s with an engineering degree and went to work for IBM. After 22 years of ‘wandering’ from area to area at IBM, they cut his pension plan. He left to work for a successful tech startup that was quickly acquired by Lucent. [4:34] On July 11, 2002, Marc had a bicycling accident going downhill on a blind turn. He crashed head-first into a vehicle going uphill at about his speed. He broke or dislocated several bones but had no internal or brain injuries. In three days, he was on crutches. In 10 weeks, he was on a bike. In four months, he was flying to China, into the bird flu. [5:43] Marc wondered why he was doing that. His first tech startup left him debt-free and mortgage-free, even after he had put his son through college. He was grateful that his accident gave him more time with his son. After four years at school, his son came back and listened to Marc. [7:06] The year after his accident, Marc laid himself off and got his Math teaching certificate. Then he went to teach high school math. He devotes a chapter of his book to this experience. He wasn’t the best fit for the job and it wasn’t a good fit for him. Years of teaching adults had not prepared him for teaching high school. [7:56] Next, Marc moved to fund-raising for the Jewish Community Center in Austin. That was an interesting experience, but not for him. He relapsed into working for a tech startup. Logitech bought them and it “got really, really ugly, really, really fast.” He timed his resignation to get the optimal financial reward. [9:15] That’s when Marc started Career Pivot, primarily because he had changed careers seven times, using a process for change. That process is a pivot, changing from position to position in incremental steps. [9:57] You can either change a business skill or switch industries using the same skill. It doesn’t work well to try a new skill in a different industry. Marc gives a case study of a successful pivot done over years. [11:58] When Marc came out of teaching and went back to a startup he was feeling lost. He watched his friends still at IBM and other companies who were being spat out in their early 50’s, and they were totally lost. Marc joined the board of LaunchPad Job Club and wondered who was helping his generation. [12:42] When Marc started at the startup LifeSize, the great recession of 2008 hit. He searched for career books or a career website for Baby Boomers. Marc found nothing. Marc hired a student intern to do some Boomer research. Boomers were expected to retire. State pensions are in debt. Most Boomers will not retire. [14:21] Marc wants to work on his terms at something he loves. He launched the Career Pivot Brand in 2012 because nobody else was addressing this problem. Even still, a Google search today shows Career Pivot to be the only site focused on Boomer careers. [15:58] For hundreds of years new technologies have replaced old technologies in a form of creative destruction. It used to talk 50 years, now it happens quickly. Think what the iPhone has done to cellular and what Amazon has done to retail. [17:10] Marc has a creative destruction workshop he gives. He explains how to stay ahead of the creative destruction. Your growth will be funded by you. No one’s going to take care of you, anymore. You have to stay on top of things. [19:59] In the corporate world we play roles. If we do it long enough, we believe the role. Marc explained how he behaves as an extrovert, because it pays, even though it exhausts him. [21:13] Marc uses the Birkman Assessment for clients one-on-one, to poke them while assessing them. The assessment shows not only how you behave in an area, but how you want to be treated in that area. [21:49] Marc describes case studies of structured anarchists. They love order, so long as it is their order. They are good at fixing stuff. Then they want to move on to something else. [23:49] Marc continues explaining how the Birkman Assessment analyzes your worst and best times in your career. Then it covers your needs. The idea is to get you very self-aware about what you want. [24:41] Our environment and who we work with are more important than what the job is. If it’s the right environment, it probably will be a job you want to do. [26:26] Marc suggested to one client to go find a problem to solve. The problems he solves will lead him in the direction he wants to go. What drives you? What gets you up in the morning? [27:37] Most Boomers need to find something they want to go do, with a financial element to it. There’s a balance between what you want to do, and what society will pay you for. Marc does not think anyone would pay him to be in a band. [28:55] Quiet, by Susan Cain talks about restored niches. Some people need to exercise, some pick up a book to read, or write or draw something. [31:08] Marc opens how much the Birkman Assessment revealed about him. Marc is very, very low-change. Don’t interrupt him, and don’t get in the way of his schedule. Marc had to make some changes. [31:59] Birkman’s category of “organizational focus” helped Marc to understand his personality compared to other people. Marc has a client he describes as a square peg because his scores are so different from others. [32:58] Denise relates to not fitting in. Her mother was an artist, and her father was an investment banker. Denise sees that there was no combining those two roles in one job. [33:54] Technology has created a lot of activities. For instance, recording a podcast. That was not widely available a decade ago. PCs, the internet, and telecommunication are easily affordable. Be open to new roles that were never available. [35:12] Marc’s parting words: You need to keep an open mind. You need to know who you are. For those born in the 50’s and 60’s, there is a ton of data (based on life experiences). When have you been happy at work, and why? What didn’t you like to do, and why? Don’t repeat familiar experiences of the past. Run to a role, not away from it. [36:06] Marc presents some free offers of content from CareerPivot.com. [36:51] Marc says you can either walk off a cliff, let someone push you off the cliff, or best yet, plan the trip and wear a parachute. Plan your career. [39:39] Check back next week, when Marc will air the episode recorded during their trip to Ajijic, Mexico. Mentioned in This Episode: Careerpivot.com Careerpivot.com/Juan IBM Jewish Community Center of Austin LaunchPad Job Club LifeSize iPhone Amazon The Birkman Assessment Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, by Susan Cain Please pick up a copy of Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for the 2nd Half of Life, by Marc Miller and Susan Lahey. The paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats are available now. When you have completed reading the book, Marc would very much appreciate your leaving an honest review on Amazon.com. The audio version of the book is available on the iTunes app, Audible, and Amazon. Marc has the paid membership community running on the CareerPivot.com website. The website is in production. Marc is contacting people on the waitlist. Get more information and sign up for the waitlist at CareerPivot.com/Community. Marc has four initial cohorts of 10 members in the second half of life. They are guiding him on what to build. He is recruiting members for the fifth cohort who are motivated to take action and give Marc input on what he should produce next. He’s currently working on LinkedIn, blogging, and book publishing training. Marc is bringing someone in to guide members on how to write a book. The next topic will be business formation and there will be lots of other things. Ask to be put on the waiting list to join a cohort. This is a unique paid membership community where Marc will offer group coaching, special content, mastermind groups, and a community where you can seek help. CareerPivot.com/Episode-85 Show Notes for this episode. Please subscribe at CareerPivot.com to get updates on all the other happenings at Career Pivot. Marc publishes a blog with Show Notes every Tuesday morning. If you subscribe to the Career Pivots blog, every Sunday you will receive the Career Pivot Insights email, which includes a link to this podcast. Please take a moment â€" go to iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, or Spotify through the Spotify app. Give this podcast an honest review and subscribe! If you’re not sure how to leave a review, please go to CareerPivot.com/review, and read the detailed instructions there. Email Marc at Podcast@CareerPivot.com. Contact Marc, and ask questions at Careerpivot.com/contact-me You can find Show Notes at Careerpivot.com/repurpose-career-podcast. To subscribe from an iPhone: CareerPivot.com/iTunes To subscribe from an Android: CareerPivot.com/Android Careerpivot.com Like what you just read? Share it with your friends using the buttons above. Like What You Read? Get Career Pivot Insights Check out the Repurpose Your Career Podcast Do You Need Help With ...

Happy at work slides - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

Happy at work slides - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog Click here to download the slides from my presentation at the MCT HR conference in Istanbul on february 23 2006 (8 Mb .ppt-file). A big thank you to everyone who participated! If you have any comments or questions, please write a comment here and I will try to answer. Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related

Chronically cranky at work Four steps to help you - Hallie Crawford

Chronically cranky at work Four steps to help you According to a recent Gallup Poll 70% of the country’s full time workers hate their jobs, GallupSurvey and need some positive ways to make a change. If you’re one of the 70%, here’s what you can do to take action on your situation… 1. First don’t be too dramatic. We’ve all seen YouTube videos of people quitting their jobs by jumping out of a plane, or dancing on the desks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcv82ntxJO8. The very first thing you need to do before you take dramatic action (especially in case it’s not needed!) is to take some time to assess how bad it is. Is this a phase or is it a long term sense of dis-satisfaction? Get a sense of which scenario it is before you do something drastic. We’re not discounting drastic action, sometimes quitting your job can be the best thing you can do! But other times a course correction is needed as opposed to a complete career make-over. So figure out which one’s needed for you. 2. Be rational. We get emotionally worked up when we’re unhappy at work â€" understandably. I was there, I was crying in the bathroom every day and tried shopping to help me feel better (it didn’t work.) The second thing to do is to break it down. What is wrong with your job? Make a list. Then make a list of what’s right â€" there actually may be a couple of things, not many perhaps but some. See if you can come up with a list of both. Do you just have a bad boss but everything else is great? Or do you like your industry but the culture at your organization is the wrong fit? You may be in the right career, but at the wrong company. Write down what makes you unhappy so you can see it in black and white and analyze it â€" how many things are on the list? Review it rationally Is it 10 things or just two things? 3. Have coffee with a friend and make a plan. Depending on your answers to the above, make a plan. Is a big change needed or a small one? Do you need to define your career direction or do you know what you want to do instead? Create the plan then think about what you can do right now to feel better at your job, even if it’s small changes. The sooner you focus on your future and are able to be happier where you are now, the more energy you’ll have towards moving forward. 4. Be practical and passionate. Identify your career values, and what would be rewarding for you in a career. This is the passionate or heart piece of the equation. But also look at the practical side, the talents/skills you want to use, the work experience you currently have so you’re qualified for the next position you’re considering. People tend to err on the side of one or the other too much. They take a job just for the money. Or they follow heart and end up burned. Take it step by step and balance the two. Job Coach P.S.  Are you in the ideal career for you?  Find out if you’re in the right career with our  Ideal Career Quiz.