YOURE NOT POWERLESS IN THE FACE OF AN LAYOFF
YOU'RE NOT POWERLESS IN THE FACE OF AN LAYOFF SOURCE: Harvard Business Review Authors: D. Lancefield and D. Clark Picture Credit: Bill Varie Reproduced here in its entirety for information purposes only. We’ve made our coronavirus coverage free for all readers. To...
Emotional Intelligence Has 12 Elements. Which Do You Need to Work On?
Emotional Intelligence is hardly one-size-fits-all. Here is how to make sure yours, and your teams', stay well-rounded. SOURCE: Harvard Business Review AUTHORS: Daniel Goleman & Richard E. Boyatzis FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY THE ESSAY SHOW HERE IS ABRIDGED....
Have we forgotten…?
Have you forgotten the value of good planning? Don’t worry we are all in the reaction phase of the social emergency as it impacts lives and livelihoods. Planning will have to wait for its rewrite! Yet emergency or not, it is thus clear that no planning, or the lack of...
NOW IS AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY TO HIRE GREAT TALENT
‘We are the result of our decisions, not our environment’, or so said Margaret Mead, the American Anthropologist who specialized on culture and many other things. No modern crisis has better proven this edict than the current pandemic. Covid-19 occurred not as a...
Resume Alpha Interview Tips II
The following are guidelines and ideas that will help give you confidence and conviction that are valuable commodities for discussions with any employer. Behaviorally Based Interview Questions ✓ Example Have you ever failed to achieve a goal at work? Response...
JOB SEARCH BURNOUT MARCH 2020
Yesterday I shared with you note, about getting rejected in the job search process "What goes around comes around." And I received this beautiful note back from "Sherry" (not her actual name). I wanted to share it with you, in case you're feeling the same as her:...
The fundamentals of acing a job interview are always the same
Resume Alpha will help you to carry out an honest assessment of what you as a candidate bring to the table — i.e. your talents, skills, experience, etc... If you do some basic desk research and get clear on what the company interviewing you wants from their ideal...
Resume Alpha Interview Tips
You’ve secured the interview, now it’s time to ace it! Use the following checklist to ensure you’re completely prepared to wow potential new employers. Interview prep ☐ Critique your resume. If it’s not had an overhaul for a while, consider getting a professional to...
Diversity Insight
Is ‘OK, Boomer’ Age Discrimination? Supreme Court Might Tell Us By Jeffrey D. Slanker, Sniffen & Spellman, P.A. Feb 11, 2020 Diversity Insight Life may be a meme—or at least it may seem that way sometimes, especially after a meme embodying intergenerational...
LINKED IN PROFILE CREATION
Here are three tips for creating a SOLID LinkedIn profile: Tip #1: If your LinkedIn profile isn't working for you (read: getting you interviews), it's probably working against you. You cannot afford to just "put a profile up". You need to put the same kind of time...
HOW TO MEMORISE YOUR ‘PRESENTATION’.
There are three judges beamed at me. Buoyed by their support, I anticipated winning this college elocution competition. I nailed the first verse of my chosen poem, but might as well have been under general anesthesia when trying to remember a single word of the second...
The 15-Minute Weekly Habit That Eased My Work Anxiety and Made My Boss Trust Me More
The manager-employee relationship is much more of a two-way street than some realize The key is to manage up. I once had a boss who would send me a series of two-word emails throughout the day, each one bearing the same message: “Call me.” Each time I received one of...
SAME OLD INTERVIEW
Every now and then, a new Interview Success Formula member asks me: "Alan, it's been 17 years since I last had to do this! Has the interview process changed much since then? If so, how?" Here's what I tell them: Employers have been "interviewing" people for literally...
REGRESSION ANALYSIS HBR EXTRACTS
SMPC ANALYSIS
I have applied for >100 jobs but I got only one interview. Most of the application are being rejected during preliminary screening. I am getting some calls from recruiting agencies but they are not coming back. He goes on to say: In my resume, I only provide...
STAYING CONFIDENT DURING YOUR JOB SEARCH HBR EXTRACTS
Not long ago, I had the chance to speak to a networking group for job seekers over the age of 40. Many of the people in attendance had worked for over 10 years at companies and were then let go. A number of them had been out of work for six months or more and were...
THE BIGGEST HURDLES RECENT GRADUATES FACE UPON ENTERING THE WORKFORCE
“Exhausted.” “Lost.” “Anxious.” “Everything’s a struggle.” These are just some of the ways that 54 recent college grads we recently interviewed described their experience transitioning from college to the professional world. Despite being advised to hit the ground...
WHAT PETER DRUCKER KNEW ABOUT 2020 HBR EXTRACTS
What Peter Drucker Knew About 2020 When Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) released its annual survey of corporate chief executives for 2014, it was immediately obvious that change is on leaders’ brains: “As CEOs plan their strategies to take advantage of transformational...
WHEN YOU DONT GET THE INTERNAL JOB YOU WANTED HBR EXTRACT
Have you ever felt exhilarated at the prospect of being advanced to a big internal job — only to be crushed when you’re not the chosen one? When I led succession planning for Microsoft, and in coaching executives since, I’ve noticed predictable emotional aftermath of...
WHY COMPETING FOR NEW TALENT IS A MISTAKE HBR EXTRACTS
As demand grows for new and emergent skills, including UX design, cybersecurity, and data science, workers around the world — and labor markets — are struggling to keep up. According to a recent survey conducted by the World Economic Forum, nearly eight in 10 global...
WHY DID YOU QUIT YOUR LAST JOB
Answering “Why did you quit your last job” in an interview These and many such questions arise in the course of an interview and one needs to be prepared to answer them. Your response should be truthful, and you should give the correct reasons for your decision to...
WORK LIFE BALANCE AND SCHEDULING HBR EXTRACT
Air Traffic Controllers: the Canary in the Coal Mine? Air traffic controllers sleeping in their towers are emblematic of a much larger problem: how employers hurt American competitiveness through scheduling practices that create a bleed of back-end costs. “They fall...
YOU DON’T NEED TO SHOW OFF IN AN INTERVIEW HBR EXTRACTS
In a perfect world, job interviewers would be able to gauge your talents with great accuracy, so that you wouldn’t need to engage in any form of boasting or self-promotion. But talents can be notoriously hard to judge, particularly in short-term interactions with...
YOU DONT NEED TO HAVE EVERY QUALIFICATION TO APPLY FOR A JOB HBR EXTRACTS
If you are a recent college graduate chances are you have taken several classes that you believe will help prepare you for your first job. Unfortunately, most of what you need to succeed in your work involve skills you never took a class to acquire. And that can...
YOUR NEW JOB BUT IN A COMPANY WITH A DIFFERENT CULTURE HBR EXTRACTS
Just as we become habituated to a country’s culture — we know the “right answer” when someone asks us how we’re doing, or which topics are off-limits with casual acquaintances — the same thing happens in corporate life. We develop an unwritten understanding of how...
PREPARING FOR AN INTERVIEW
Preparing for a job interview the right way is critical. It's the difference between a nice conversation and a new job offer. If you are prepping for an interview, please keep in mind the 5 factors listed below: Understand the format Each different interview type will...
PREPARE FOR THE NEW PERMANENT TEMP HBR EXTRACTS
The fastest-growing segments of America’s job market — by far — are temporary and part-time employment. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of US part-time employees hit a record high of 28 million. Temporary employment has jumped 50% since the...
JOB OBJECTIVES SAMPLES
In case you missed it, this week we’ve been talking about an online training session I held that shows you how to be a knockout candidate. Before I held the training, I asked readers to share what they hoped to gain from their next job. One said: “Just a steady...
IMPOSTER SYNDROME AND YOUR NEXT INTERVIEW HBR EXTRACTS
Job interviews can make even the most confident person feel vulnerable. No matter how well you’ve prepared, there’s no way to know for sure what questions the hiring team will ask, and if you’ll know the best way to answer them. If you’re unemployed during this...
ILLEGAL INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Of course, job interviews are moments to take questions, and as an applicant, it’s never the most comfortable moments irrespective of how much you have prepared. Not because you think you are not qualified, but thoughts of “what if I fail the simplest question?” and...
HOW TO SHOW YOU’RE PASSIONATE IN A JOB INTERVIEW HBR EXTRACTS
HOW TO RESPOND TO TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF HBR EXTRACT
The toughest job interview question may seem like a softball from the interviewer’s perspective: “So…tell me about yourself.” It seems easy because it feels like a free pass: no hypothetical scenario, no request for real-life examples, no technical challenge, not...
HOW TO PLAY TO YOUR STRENGTHS HBR EXTRACTS
Most feedback accentuates the negative. During formal employee evaluations, discussions invariably focus on “opportunities for improvement,” even if the overall evaluation is laudatory. Informally, the sting of criticism lasts longer than the balm of praise. Multiple...
How to Tactfully Disagree in a Job Interview
How to Tactfully Disagree in a Job Interview GlobalP/Getty Images When you’re interviewing for a job, you typically have one primary goal: impress the interviewer enough to get an offer. Often, we think that we need to be agreeable to succeed, which can lead to a lot...
GREATEST WEAKNESS RESPONSES
WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST WEAKNESS AND HOW TO RESPOND You know how they ask ‘what is your greatest weakness?’ during an interview? Now, this is a cliché, tricky question and one is expected to respond to the question honestly. But let me be honest – I wouldn’t be...
FIVE INTERVIEW ERRORS
Have you ever said something in an interview that got you into trouble? Maybe you didn't even realize you said something wrong. Yet, suddenly, your interviewer seems a lot less interested in you, maybe even unhappy.And, it looks like whatever you said, your chances at...
BEHAVIOURALLY BASED QUESTIONS
A behavioral interview is a major part of the candidate assessment process. Employers and hiring managers rely on behavioral job interview questions in order to find out if the candidate has the skills and competencies needed for the job. In a typical behavioral job...
6 HABITS THAT HURT YOUR CAREER HBR EXTRACTS
There’s a lot to be said for playing to your strengths, but when you suffer a career setback, it’s rarely because of something you’re doing well. Psychologists Eric Nelson and Robert Hogan have noted that it’s the dysfunctional habits that “interfere with the leader’s...
ARE YOU THE RIGHT CANDIDATE ?
Remember that old expression: “You never get a second chance to make a first impression”?Well, it definitely applies to interviews.Most candidates know that, of course. But here are two points that most candidates don’t usually appreciate (especially the younger...
3 QUESTIONS HIRING MANAGERS WANT YOU TO ANSWER
Interviews have an outsize influence on whether you land the job you want. Even though your application materials reflect your lifetime of experience, a few hours of interaction with a recruiting team often ends up being the determining factor in whether you actually...
APPLY FOR 100 JOBS=NO INTERVIEWS!
Some time ago, I received a message from "D": I have applied for >100 jobs but I got only one interview. Most of the application are being rejected during preliminary screening. I am getting some calls from recruiting agencies but they are not coming back. He goes...
A FAIRER WAY TO HIRE AND PROMOTE HBR EXTRACTS
HBR Digital Article 8.95 View Details Nearly eight out of 10 executives say diversity is increasingly important in helping them achieve business goals — and they’re demonstrating strong support for it. There are external social and legislative pressures driving this...
5 WAYS TO RESPOND TO AGEISM IN A JOB INTERVIEW
As the global population ages, we will see increasing numbers of older employees in the workforce. Yet age discrimination is prevalent today. According to a recent AARP study, nearly two out of three workers age 45 and older say they have experienced age...