Social Disruption Social media has caused widespread disruption of the hiring process. The hiring process is very broken. Anyone who has searched for a job or has had to hire someone knows this is true. The primary culprit of this disruption is social media and technology. Let me give you some history. Twenty Years Ago […]
Has Your Job Been SMACed? If not Yet, It Will!
SMAC – Social Mobile Analytics Cloud SMAC is here…and is disrupting our careers. If you think you are immune from SMAC, I want to take the rest of this post to convince you differently. S is for Social or Social Media If you are a PR or Marketing professional, you know your world has changed. […]
The Demise of the Paycheck – Good Riddance
Demise of the Paycheck Paycheck…where is that dang paycheck? Oh, I did not get one in 2014. That’s right. I have not had a paycheck since 2011. Because it is January, I started to gather my papers together to do my income taxes. I paid my property taxes today. I made sure to file my […]
Interviewing with an Uneducated Interviewer
The Uneducated Interviewer You have likely encountered the uneducated interviewer! It is my claim that most hiring managers have never been trained to interview candidates. I just finished reading Who by Geoff Smart and Randy Street. This book is the bible on how to interview for A players. They chronicle ten different interview styles of […]
Moment of Clarity – Fending Off a Layoff
Moment of Clarity A client of mine recently had a very distinct moment of clarity. A moment of clarity is when some major shift happens in life, maybe someone dies or becomes ill, you lose a job or you get a divorce. Alternatively, the event could be something positive like the first day of your […]
Does Your Personality Mesh with Your Career
Personality Mesh with Your Career? Your personality is a key factor in finding happiness in your career. Unfortunately, when we make our initial career choices, we may ignore certain key traits or just focus on where we can make the most money. Kinetic Programmer I learned to program computers in high school in the early […]
Entrepreneur to Employee – Case Study
Entrepreneur to Employee Last month, I wrote about the difficulties in making the entrepreneur to an employee transition. I want to tell you the story of Tom, who is making the entrepreneur to employee transition. Tom was raised by a set of traditional parents. Like most would-be entrepreneurs, Tom was different—in a good way. Tom […]
Surviving a Resource Action – A Different Perspective
Surviving a Resource Action I have two clients who are surviving a resource action from a major employer. One had her position eliminated, and one was moved to a new position within the organization. Lots of similar emotions for both of them! They are both relieved that the long-awaited resource action has happened. Weeks ago, […]
Case Study – Targeted Job Search Strategy
Case Study – A Real Life Example of a Targeted Job Search This post is a case study of how one of my clients used the targeted job search strategy to land her next job. I met my client, who I will call Susan, 18 months ago—and this was the start of her targeted job […]
