Mon, 1 December 2014
What You'll Learn In The Audio - 4 ideas for getting learning opportunities on the job...all without having to change roles or companies. And without having to attend hundreds of training courses. - How to narrow down your career development steps into a zone you can succeed with. - There's a theory in the Learning & Development world called 70-20-10. It says that you learn 70% of what you know from on the job experiences. You get about 20% by learning from others. And you get about 10% from formal learning like training courses. So this question is exactly on track with real world learning. - What's missing from nearly every career development plan I've seen. - People don't remember what you said. They don't remember what you did. They remember how you made them feel...taking wisdom from Maya Angelou and applying it to the skills you build. - Why you should always be becoming something you're proud of. - There’s so much more to you than the skills you can write on paper. 90% of the career impression you convey has nothing to do with what you actually say with words (Source: John Maxwell). Get beyond your technical skills and impact how the world sees you. Tweetable of the Episode Resource of the Episode Book: The EQ Interview: Finding Employees with High Emotional Intelligence Subscribe to the Career Q&A Podcast Related Episodes to Go Deeper on The Topic - Many people think they need an MBA to have the business skills to skyrocket their careers. This episode debunks the MBA requirement. |
Mon, 3 November 2014
This Episode's Question
What You'll Learn - How your email address can sabotage your application. - Why you should know what a Google search of your name looks like (and social media search) - even if you lead a squeaky clean life. - How you can use LinkedIn to add depth to your resume and to give you keyword goodness for recruitment searches. - Why Objectives sections are a waste of paper. - How to make a Summary section useful for a recruiter rather than a blah, blah, blah sleep inducer. - Provocative thoughts on why saying you're driven and self-motivated can be a turnoff to a recruiter or hiring manager. - What do do with jargon, acronyms, and "leftover" skills that keep making it through your resume versions over the years.
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Related Episodes to Go Deeper on The Topic - Listen in on a discussion on networking, and how it will get you more jobs than a resume every day of the week |
Mon, 6 October 2014
This Episode's Question What You'll Learn - A simple concept about asking for things, and how it gives you super powers for keeping you top-of-mind when your manager considers who will get the next job. - Thoughts on "as-if" current performance: acting as if you're already in that role so you become the obvious next choice. - Why it's important to show or communicate your untapped talents so that you are viewed as having high potential (rather than making them worry that the Peter Principle is in effect and you might be topped out at the next role). - Questions to ask yourself about your current performance so that you know you're not distracting yourself from excelling in your current job. - Assessing your risk factors: what things will make you seem like a risky choice when they decide who to promote? What things will make them worry that promoting you could be a career-limiting decision for them. - How to use special projects to demonstrate skills and experiences they haven't been able to see in you yet. - Why emotional intelligence or social fluency will win out over your technical skill set every time. It is a better predictor of promotability, even though this is counter-intuitive to most people. Tweetable of the Episode Resource of the Episode Book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert Chialdini Subscribe to the Career Q&A Podcast To subscribe and review, here are your links for listening in iTunes and Stitcher radio. Subscribing is a great way to never miss an episode - let the app notify you each week when the latest question gets published. |
Mon, 1 September 2014
This Episode's Question What You'll Learn - How job descriptions get written behind the scenes - Where to find six figure job openings - Whether you should take all of the requirements seriously (education, skills, years of experience, competencies) - When all of those things in a job description go out the window, and how applying "blindly" to job descriptions will not be your best bet - How to get creative and get an interview, even if you don't meet the criterion on the job description Tweetable of the Episode Resource of the Episode My favorite is Indeed- it's an aggregator that pulls from many sites, and lets you filter by salary. |
Mon, 4 August 2014
This episode's question
What you'll learn - How to get noticed by talent management "bots" - the automated tools that are screening you as a candidate before a human ever sees your resume. - The big secret to getting hiring managers and recruiters to give your resume more than the 10 second skim. Hint: make it all about them.
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Mon, 7 July 2014
This episode’s question I’m an artist, and I’ve been in art just about all of my life. My question has to do with getting happier doing what I do. I’m in a company that offers a good 401(k) and a decent salary and standard hours, yet I don’t have any cool projects to work on.
I have friends in markets like L.A. and New York who are working on cool projects in TV, movies, and video games. I have a friend who is an art teacher and she absolutely loves it. I just don’t find myself having the level of happiness that my friends do. I don’t want to move, so I feel kind of stuck.
How do I find happiness at my current work or somewhere else?
What you’ll learn
- How doing what you love doesn’t promise you money–there’s a little more to it.
- That most people are passionate about more than one thing, and how thinking like Forrest Gump can help your career approach.
- Getting your EKG report in the right direction (and what the heck a Career EKG is).
Resource of the episode
Podcast: How an Artist Built Slow and Steady to A Million – The Eventual Millionaire with Jaime Tardy
Podcast: How Artist Dorsey McHugh Painted Her Way to A New Life – Relaunch with Pei and Joel Boggess
Tweetable of the episode Make sure your career EKG isn’t flattening–have Excitement, Knack, and the G’s. via @careerpodcast |
Mon, 2 June 2014
This episode's question My boss makes rules and doesn't enforce them. My teammates ignore them and roll in with a lazy wave in the morning. It is unfair and is getting distracting - what should I do?
What you'll learn
Resource of the episode Book: QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life by John G. Miller
Tweetable of the episode It's easy to look good if your teammates are Eeyores. Immerse in what you want to become. via @careerpodcast. |
Mon, 5 May 2014
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Mon, 7 April 2014
This episode's question is from Lindsay. She asks, "How important is an MBA if I want to join the 100k club?"
What you'll learn - Why you should think really hard about it before enrolling...especially if you're doing it just to get the letters on your resume - How to earn 100k with no degree at all - 3 tips that will pay off more than getting an MBA with a 4.0 GPA - How to maximize your experience if you do decide to go
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Mon, 3 March 2014
If you’re tired of schlepping your tired, uninspired-self to the office, you need to take action. In this “what’s in it for you” episode of the Lead Through Strengths podcast, you’ll find out what to expect from us.
This episode is all about sharing with you the vibe of the show, what to expect, and how I got to you as your host.
First, let’s talk about you
If that’s you, you’re in the right place. You have big ol’ giant dreams …and you have big kid bills and heavy obligations that seem to play against your big goals.
So if you’re still trackin’….big dreams for financial success and happiness at the same time…yet you’re just not there yet, keep on listening because you’re not alone. This is your hub to learn how to discover and apply your unique strengths at work.
The structure of the show
You’ll always get a quick action tip in the answer, along with some longer-term stuff to work on.
And why me?
Credibility-wise, I’ve spent 20 years moving through roles in training (or learning and developmentor talent management roles as we call it in corporate), organizational development roles, performance consulting, recruiting and HR. Point is, That part of my experience gives me the ability to share with you the company viewpoint–both what they’re trying to do for you, what they’re looking for, and why.
Then I have marketing experience layered in. That helps me give you a unique viewpoint about how to position yourself, and how to have influential conversations or communications…ones that help them pick you. And ones that work from the employer’s point of view because it’s actually all about them (not you) when you’re trying to land a new gig or get promoted. So that gives you a personal branding angle.
I have also been on the hiring manager side a lot. So I can help you see what’s going on in our minds (or what we’re thinking while making hiring or promotional decisions). So often, executives or hiring managers seem mysterious. I can demystify that. It’s simpler than you think.
I’m also a Gallup-certified strengths performance coach. I spend a huge amount of my life training, coaching, and speaking on the topic of strengths. It’s all about using your strengths to make you a stronger performer at work. So that’s it–by bringing you both the academic and practical view on things, I can get you tracking.
Closing
Instead, why not create yourself a life that makes you want to pinch yourself. Why not create one that makes you say, “dang, this is amazing. I can’t believe this is my life.”
Why can’t you be one of these people with a wicked, crazy, cool life? Thousands (heck maybe millions of people have done it). So I leave you with one question: Why not you? |