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New Year, New Career, New You

January 6, 2023

How can any of us resist the urge to reinvent ourselves with the turning of the calendar? Jump on the bandwagonâthere’s plenty of room here among the hopeful, the determined, and the motivated.

Do Some Inner Exploration

First, consider this a fresh start for you. What are you seeking as you dream about your next career opportunity? Some enticing ideas that often appear in my initial conversations with clients include:

Autonomy: The freedom to embark on creative projects, to dictate your own time, to put your attention where you’re drawn.
Meaning: At the end of the day, knowing that where you’re spending your time matches your values at a basic level.
Connection: Working alongside people who get you, who respect you, who say “thanks” every now and then.
Engagement: Dialing into what you’re doing, using your brain, your intuition, and your other talents.

All of these possibilities are compelling, but before you press down on the gas pedal and drive out of where you are right now, ask yourself whether it’s your environment that’s creating the lack of these qualities, the boundaries (or lack thereof) that you put in place, or possibly the underlying ideas you have about yourself and your own worth and power.

Usually, it’s a combination of all of these factors, and if you can pull apart the company, your boss, your co-workers, and other dimensions of your environment which you’re unconsciously creating by playing out old scripts, then you’re ready to move to the next phase of the process.

Articulate The Most Important Qualities You Want

Make a list of what you want in your new career. Imagine that you’re single and you’re searching for a new romantic partner. Sit down and write a list of 10-15 qualities you’re seeking.

Next, get very specific about three more categories:

Where do you want to be working geographically?
What are some target companies you’d like to research?
What are the specific job titles that you’re seeking?

Reach Out And Build Your Sphere Of Connections

Strategically expand your circle to be in purposeful conversation with people who can offer intel on the companies and positions on your list.

For those of you who cringe at the idea of asking for help (particularly when it seems like you’re almost using people), if you’ve been networking the right way all along, it shouldn’t feel uncomfortable. Networking, maintaining, and building your professional connections is about providing value. When you connect with someone on LinkedIn, you shouldn’t ask for their help right away. Establish a relationship first. Once you do that, they’ll be more than willing to help you in your career because they know you’d do the same for them.

Whatever you want out of life and your career, you can accomplish. A year from now, you really can be in a completely different spot, one that resonates more deeply for you. So, what are you waiting for? Start making changes today!

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3 Ways To Replace A Member Of Your Team

January 5, 2023

The average turnover rate currently is ~47%. If the entire team isnât feeling engaged and appreciated, your team may be affected and part of this statistic. If so, there are things you can do to efficiently fill that vacancy with an individual who is a great fit for the team.

Where To Find Potential Job Candidates

Letâs start with where the potential individuals will come from. The typical pools are:

1. Internally â can you hire someone from within the organization? Internal promotions and transfers show existing employees that there are career advancement opportunities within the organization. Even when there isnât an opening, you can help explain the skills and training needed for potential internal candidates who are interested in joining your team.

2. Externally â via a job posting, the use of a recruiter (contingent or retained), etc.

3. Referral Program â which is the best of both worlds. A âreferringâ internal employee is already familiar with the organization and culture. As a result, this will improve the quality of the hire for a better cultural fit which will improve the employee retention rate. This will typically reduce the time to hire and, as a result, reduce the cost per hire. And to take your referral program from âgoodâ to great,â consider the following:

Offer the referring employee a referral reward, bonus, and/or recognition
Create a special âreferralâ process for applicants to apply (separate from the âregularâ application process) so that you can more easily identify and track those individuals

If you have an opening on your team, ask for a referral from the team. A team member will have a better idea of the type of individual who would be a better cultural fit for the team, especially for hard-to-find roles.

What You Should Consider When Replacing A Team Member

No matter what avenue(s) you use, below are four considerations:

1. Youâll need a good relevant job description (JD). If the position has multiple levels, make sure it correctly ladders (e.g., Analyst I, Analyst II, and Analyst III) so that there is a clear path to growth. Sometimes less is more. If a JD is too detailed, then itâs unlikely that youâll find an individual who matches 100%. Are all of the skills listed really requirements or can some be taught?

2. The team should be made up of diverse individuals. Hopefully, you have a diverse set of applicants. Diverse individuals have diverse perspectives. As a result, a diverse team will have more innovative and productive discussions and develop well-thought-out solutions. So be prepared to think outside the box when reviewing the resumes.

3. During the interview process, determine whether the applicant is a good cultural fit for the team dynamic. Ask team members to participate in the interviews and solicit their opinions about the applicants. Theyâll have a good idea of the type of individual who would be a good fit for the team, especially for hard-to-find roles. In addition, not only does the team get to meet the applicants, but each applicant gets to meet the team and get a feel for the teamâs dynamics.

4. When getting ready to make an offer, be empathetic and open to requests the applicant may have for a good work-life balance such as:

Workplace â to work remotely or hybrid (instead of onsite)
Different work schedules â they may want to have a non-traditional workday (such as a four-day workweek, 6-3 pm, 10-7 pm, etc.)
Be open to their personal development investment requests. For more information on personal development, check out my article “Personal Development For Lifelong Learning.”

When youâre intentional and take the time to build your team together, the entire team is more likely to feel and be engaged. Youâll be one step closer to having a high-performing team. For more information on building a high-performing team, check out my article “3 Ways To Retain Members Of Your High-Performing Teams.”

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How A Recession Could Impact Your Career

January 5, 2023

Whispers about a possible recession have been in the air for a few years, but those whispers grew a lot louder recently with many economists highlighting various economic indicators pointing toward a possible recession in the immediate future.

Recessions can impact everyone differently, but history indicates that there will be mass layoffs, fewer jobs, more competition for jobs, and less job security.

Here’s what you need to know about a potential recession’s impact on your career:

Common Situations People Find Themselves In During A Recession

As stated above, a recession impacts everyone differently. Any issue with the economy will impact consumers’ wallets in one way or another but things can become particularly painful when it impacts your livelihood.

From a professional standpoint, the most common situations people find themselves in during a recession include:

Feeling trapped in a job they hate – Perhaps you were looking to leave your current job and make a career change, but the recession put the brakes on that. A person trapped in a job they hate can be less productive and many times the unhappiness from their professional life bleeds into their personal life.

Getting laid off from a job – This is the most painful consequence of a recession. It has a significant impact on a person emotionally. It also forces them to pick themselves up and enter into a competitive job market. And the awkward and uncomfortable fact is that if you are laid off, you’re better off being involved in a company’s first round of layoffs. Those let go in a second round of layoffs must enter into an even more competitive job market where their former co-workers already have a head start on them.

Being forced to accept a job they don’t want – People have bills to pay and it’s not uncommon for some to become so frustrated with the job search process that they eventually settle for any job offer they get. This is especially painful for anyone that may have been laid off from a career they loved. Going from a career you love to one you don’t could make you a less productive worker and could also have major emotional impacts.

Struggling to land a job at all – This is the worst-case scenario. Not only is the job market ultra competitive, but those who have lost a job are interviewing for new ones with an urgency that sometimes comes across as desperation. The more times a person gets rejected from a job, the more desperate they become and the more it impacts them during job interviews. The unfortunate truth is that those who are laid off during a recession are at a disadvantage because recruiters are more likely to hire people that are already employed.

How To Know If A Recession May Impact Your Career

There will be some common sense signs such as the state of your industry and the overall health of the company you work for, but beyond that, there are typically six strong indicators that your job is at risk during a recession.

The biggest indicator starts with doing an honest self-assessment about yourself because if you don’t have a long-term career goal in place, you are vulnerable to losing your job during a recession.

If you’re currently just getting by at your job but can’t define what you do particularly well or the value you provide the company, that’s a major red flag.

A solid long-term career goal involves a 2-5 year plan that highlights the skills and expertise that you provide to a company and what the company’s return on investment would be if they hire you. This is all about creating and maintaining your personal brand. Your career goal should also include a plan for how you want to continue to grow professionally.

While having this plan in place doesn’t make you recession-proof, it will put you in a better position if the worst-case scenario does occur!

How To Prepare Your Career For A Recession

Nothing in this world is foolproof but there are certain steps that you can take now at your current job that will make you less vulnerable during a recession.

It all starts with being an engaged employee who strives to always exceed expectations at work.

You should be the type of employee who has career goals in place. You know what value you provide the company and how you’re going to provide it.

You should also be the type of employee who reaches out to management from time to time to see what you can do to increase your value to the company. An engaged employee is a valuable employee!

It’s not a matter of if a recession is coming; it’s when. Make sure you’re prepared!

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How Do You Become a Real Estate Broker?

January 5, 2023

Being a licensed legitimate estate broker is definitely an outstanding way to advance your own personal real estate career. Whilst the California broker’ h license requirements are various than, say, the needs within New Jersey or Tx, there are some general similarities within the path people follow to become broker. Â The following are items to know if […]

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5 Career Questions To Ask Yourself This New Year

January 4, 2023

The new year is here! For many of us, January is the perfect time to reflect on our lives and set new goals, hoping to become better versions of ourselves. Most people make personal resolutions, like getting in shape, quitting smoking/drinking, or learning a new language. But, what about career resolutions?

A career resolution is exactly what it sounds like: a resolution for your career intended to help you grow into a better professional. At Work It Daily, we believe that you need to work on your career every day (yes, you do, in fact, need to “work it daily”). So, everyone should make a career resolution or two along with those other ambitious resolutions. They can be little things like learning a new skill or growing your professional network, or bigger goals like landing a promotion or getting a new job.

But how do you know what kind of career resolutions to make?

You can begin by asking yourself, “Am I where I want to be in my career?” If your answer is “no,” you need to take a closer look at your career goals.

Here are five more career questions you should be asking yourself this new year to figure out how to grow your career and become the professional you know you can be:

1. Am I Proud Of My Job Title?

You could be a janitor or a neurosurgeon, it doesn’t matter. If you aren’t proud of what you do for a living, there’s something missing: passion.

Career burnout is real, but sometimes it’s deeper than that. Our passion at 25 won’t necessarily be our passion at 40. And that’s okay.

When we are passionate about what we do, we are proud, because we are doing what we think is important, what we love doing. We are adding value to and making a difference in this crazy worldâin a small, but significant way.

Every job is important. No matter what your job title is, if you aren’t proud of it, you should absolutely change that. Identify that one problem you want to find a solution to, and go after it. What are you waiting for?

Remember: The only bad job is the one you aren’t passionate about.

2. Do I Feel Secure In My Career?

This is a bit different from job security. Actually, job security doesn’t exist. Every job is temporary. Think you can stay in the same job for decades and then retire? Think again.

So, what does it mean to feel secure in our careers?

Well, when we believe as professionals we can add value wherever we are.

You are a business-of-one. A company won’t want to invest in you if they don’t know the kinds of services you provide, the kind of value you could add to the organization, and the problem you could solve for them. Here are some examples of questions that will help you determine if you’re secure in your career:

Are you adding value at your current job?
Are you honing your skills, expanding your network, and building your personal brand?
Do you feel confident that if you lost your job, you’d be able to find a comparable one in the same field?
Do you feel confident you’d be able to demonstrate to potential employers how you add value?

Since every job is temporary, it’s extremely important to constantly work on our careers and ask ourselves these questions frequently so we always feel secure in our businesses-of-one.

3. Will I Be Able To Achieve Wealth?

When most people think of “wealth,” they think of dollar signs and anything that you can attach a monetary value to. Our jobs help us build wealth. We’re not going to tell you that money isn’t important. Of course it is! It allows you to live the life you want to live. In many ways, money equals freedom.

But the truth is, there are other forms of wealth that are more important that you can’t attach any monetary value to.

Real wealth comes in the form of family, friends, hobbies, experiences, knowledge, and community. If you don’t have these things, money will never fill that void.

So, is your career allowing you to build this type of wealth? The intangible kind? Or are your relationships suffering because of your job? Is your work-life balance nonexistent? Do you have any time to pursue hobbies, learn, or volunteer?

Your career should never inhibit you from achieving real wealth. The best job isn’t the one that pays the most. It’s the one that pays the bills and gives you enough time to live, too.

4. Do I Have Any Regrets?

Just asking ourselves this question can be difficult, because maybe we don’t want to know the answer. Acknowledging that you regret something in your life is the first step to making a change. Guess what? There’s still time to chase your dreams!

If you do have regrets, that doesn’t mean you haven’t been a successful professional. That also doesn’t mean you haven’t had a good career. You could be the most successful person, but if you never got up the courage to start that business, make that career change, or go back to school, you’ll most likely think, “What if?” for the rest of your life.

You’ll never know if you don’t try. Don’t be afraid of failure. Life is just one big experiment, and experiments never fail.

And even if you do “fail,” that’s an incredibly more valuable experience than waiting out the clock on a mediocre career. So, don’t give up on your dreams just yet.

5. Can I Reach My Full Potential In This Role? In This Career?

When we feel like we have more to contribute to society, that’s a sign we haven’t yet reached our full potential. Do you feel like you’re wasting your potential at your current job? Do you think you’d reach your full potential in another career?

Really think about what you want your professional legacy to be. It’s a lot harder to get up in the morning when you don’t find fulfillment in your work. When it comes time for you to retire, are you going to look back on your career and feel like you could have accomplished much, much more with those 50 years?

Everyone has unique gifts, skills, and expertise. When we focus on developing ourselves as individuals, as businesses-of-one, it’s a lot easier to share those things with the world. Give yourself a chance to reach your full potential. You may be surprised by what you can accomplish.

Before you get back into the same routine at work this year, we hope you take a few minutes to ask yourself these career questions. Listen carefully to how you answer them. You may need to make a career resolution or two.

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How To Quit A Job You Just Started: 7 Simple Steps

January 4, 2023

Quitting a job you just started can be quite a stressful process, and many professionals do whatever they can to avoid it. But what if it must be done? This guide will go over how to quit a job you just started, plus some valid reasons for doing so. Table of contents Acceptable Reasons to […]

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How to Develop Your Leadership Skills

January 2, 2023

Developing sturdy leadership skills is the excellent way to increase in your career and even help you be while successful as you can easily. Even though you donât feel such as a natural-born leader, right now there are several ways regarding enhancing your skills. Putting these kinds of into action can assist you grow like a particular person. Get Some Professional Knowledge Getting […]

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Reading Peopleâs Emotions: A Beginnerâs Guide

January 2, 2023

âJust the facts maâamâ â Wrong!

At school and university, we are constantly taught that only facts and rational, logical arguments matter. Then we enter the workforce. Peopleâs responses seem to be driven more by feelings than by facts.

Wouldnât it be great if we âunemotionalâ types could figure out how people were feeling? Maybe we wouldnât âput our foot in itâ so often. Maybe we might find it easier to handle customers/bosses or colleagues.

There is! Itâs a technique life coaches use. Itâs called âlistening for emotion.â

What To Listen Out For

There are five areas to home in onâ¦

1. Words spoken

Listen carefully when someone uses âemotion wordsâ such as âthis made me really angry,” âI was scared to death,â etc.

This might sound like an exaggeration, but it tells you how the speaker feels about the situation. To find out more, you might want to ask: âWhat was it that made you so angry/scared?” etc.

When your speaker answers, stay silent and listen carefully to what they say. You might learn something that will help you see things from their point of view.

2. Words not spoken

Sometimes the message is in what is not said. This often happens when you are on a customerâs site, and two colleagues are talking. One says something like: âWell, George will be Georgeâ¦â and the other just exchanges a glance with the first.

We can infer that both colleagues find George difficult to deal with. If George happens to be a key influencer for you in the company, that can be useful to know.

3. Pitch

As you listen to a personâs voice, you get an idea of what tone is ânormalâ for them.

At some point, you may notice that the personâs tone gets lower.

This may signal a change of mood. Ask yourself: âWhat triggered that apparent change in mood? What were we talking about at that point?â

By matching a change in the tone of voice with a change of subject, or in response to something you or someone else said, you can tell if you hit a nerve that you might otherwise have missed.

Depending on the situation, this might be an area to avoid or probe further.

4. Pace

As you talk to the other person, you will get an idea of how fast they normally talk. Once again, watch out for any sudden change of speed.

If a person suddenly starts talking faster, they may feel uncomfortable and want to get past this topic as quickly as possible.

If a person hesitates, they may be unsure of what is the best thing to say to achieve the desired result.

Either way, they appear not to feel as comfortable as they did a few moments ago.

Once more, ask yourself: âWhat triggered the apparent change in mood? What were we talking about at that point?â

This may reveal what the âelephant in the roomâ really is.

5. Power (Volume)

How loud is the person talking? Think about how the person is speaking at the start of the conversation and how they change their volume.

Many people will focus on a person who gets louder during the conversation, but in fact, itâs often when they get quieter that is more revealing. This happens when the conversation has taken a turn that they do not find comfortable.

Our favorite questions, âWhat triggered the apparent change in mood?â and âWhat were we talking about at that point?â will serve you well.

Changing The Temperature

Once you get used to the idea, you will realize that these changes rarely happen in isolation. A reduction in volume usually comes with a reduction in pace.

If you are talking to the person face to face, this may also come with the person turning away from you.

Practice Makes Perfect

You have many opportunities to practice and perfect this skill.

Watch films where the acting is considered good, and conversation is a major part of the film. The opening scene of the Godfather, where various characters come to Don Corleone asking for favors at his daughterâs wedding, is a classic example.

Watch interviews. A couple of classics would be David Frostâs famous interview with former President Nixon after he had been impeached or Emily Maitlissâ interview with Prince Andrew. The Michael Parkinson celebrity interviews often revealed unexpected emotional depths.

If you are talking in a group, try observing the other peopleâs behavior more carefully. You may need to talk less yourself to give yourself time to observe. What you see may be quite revealing.

Michael Crighton, in his novel Rising Sun, observed that Japanese managers will often deliberately take a âback seatâ at the start of a negotiation, partly to give junior colleagues the chance to gain experience, but also to observe the other party without having to think about what they are saying first, and so gauge the other personâs vulnerabilities before stepping in to close the deal.

The final stage is to start evaluating the other personâs emotional state as you are talking to them yourself. You will find this exercise gives conversations a whole new depth.

Further reading…

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“What Is Your Superpower?” Answers, Tips & Examples

January 2, 2023

âWhat is your superpower?â is an interview question that feels quite different than the others youâll get asked. But underneath this seemingly silly question is an opportunity to make a great impression. Read this guide to learn why interviewers ask it, and how you should approach your answer. We even provide some examples to get […]

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Summary Sunday: Issue #502

January 1, 2023

Hiring doesn’ big t stop at the conclusion from the year. Neither ought to you. The week among Christmas and New Year’ s is notoriously sluggish. But that doesn’ testosterone levels mean there aren’ p great articles being discussed. This week’ s overview takes a check out: In case you liked any involving these articles, please adhere to the author/publication. And make sure you share with those […]

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10 Reasons to Pursue a Career as a Hairstylist

December 28, 2022

10 Reasons The reason why You Should Become your Hairstylist To become some stylist, youâll have to invest at least a yr in a beauty college. Yet before you pack your current bags, you need to think regarding why you want for you to pursue a career because a hairstylist. 1. Creativeness and Self-expression As a fabulous hairstylist, you have the chance […]

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10 Top Job Search Articles from 2022

December 28, 2022

Here’s a list of top job search articles I’ve written in 2022. Popular headlines in 2022 talked about “The Great Resignation”, “Quiet Quitting” and “Career Cushioning”. While these catchy phrases caught attention, they really were nothing new. People quit jobs all the time. Especially when they feel taken advantage of or dislike their work. So […]

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