Career Elevation

Hey, it's episode 20 and welcome back!!

What do you do when your family or friends tell you that you don't need to be going this fast in life? That you're already working enough, you're already far enough in your career for your age.  That you already make enough, why not just take it easy?

Did you read that twice? 

I want to take you on Mrs. Frizzle's Magic Schoolbus for a minute. Think back to high school and your favorite subject, it was probably your favorite because you were good at it, right? You got compliments on the work you did, how fast or how efficient you did you work, that's what helped make it your favorite subject, right? Thinking back to that Math, Science, English or Home Economics class. When I think back I remember in my home ec class, we were making quilts and I was super proficient and finished mine first. I got lots of compliments and questions as to how I did it so fast and so good. Well, I didn't just stop there, as I'm sure you didn't either when you were a rockstar in your classes. You would continue to do just as good of a job in these subjects after hearing these compliments. Well wanting to level up in your career is basically the same as high school, but we're getting paid.

Why do you think we get these negative comments now? It goes back to that quote from earlier  " Someone who has achieved more than you will never judge you for wanting more." It's time to confront the person or people who are trying so hard to hold you back or just let them slowly fade away. I can tell you that as a business owner I've gravitated towards friends who have a business or who are creating them. I look for the good comradery and always positivity.

When you click the link below, it will lead you to your all-inclusive digital course-Career Upgrades. This online course will allow you to invest in your present and future career. It will help you by enhancing your resume and cover letter as well as heighten and expand your interview skills. Career Upgrades is here for you from the start all the way through to the follow-up and acceptance to your dream job.

Still not convinced? Well, you can always continue to get free tips from this podcast until you’re ready. From there you can watch your dreams soar and exhilarate your confidence.

Welcome Back! Once upon a time, there was a petite young lady with the best ambitions and intentions of creating a business, so she asked a fairy godmother how to do so. She told the fairy godmother that she has so many good ideas, but she doesn’t know how to start. The fairy godmother told the young lady to follow her heart. Okay, we’re not here for that kind of storytime. But this is how my story starts, I did want to start a business but I didn't know how to start, at the time I was working in a dental office and I thought that I wanted to be a dental consultant. I went to a website that listed a whole bunch of dental consultants, I scrolled through the photos looking for the youngest person to reach out to. At the time I was 22, so I wanted someone who I could relate to and who was doing this is pretty much real-time, not someone who has been doing this for 30 years and so many things have changed. I reached out to my fairy godmother- Grace Rizza, I told her how I found her, she was flattered. Grace owns a marketing business and I’ll tell you that she sure is fabulous at what she does! She went on to ask me lots and lots of questions as a fairy godmother should get all the facts before giving advice.  I remember her asking me when was the last time I failed and literally my response was, IDK I really try hard at what I do, I cannot remember when I failed. I thought I aced that answer, sadly I failed that answer…. The correct answer is today, yesterday, last week, sometime recently. Why fail you may ask, well it shows that you’re trying so hard that you fail, you do it again and you fail again and again and again until you become resilient and you come out on top, every time. Failing shows that your willing to risk it all, to not be correct 100% of the time, but you’re willing to learn from your mistakes, find out how to fix it for the next time and then come out on top and win. Grace also said one of my favorite quotes to me that I don’t think I’ll ever forget “You’re smart if you learn from your own mistakes but you’re a genius if you learn from others mistakes”. I am always asking people for advice, I take bits of how they won and lost, I think about how this will affect me and what I’m doing and what I’m working on and I help my self to those mistakes that they made. I do enjoy having Grace as a mentor of mine, she inspires me and is so truthful with what she does. Who here has a mentor? You don’t have to be young like me to be a protege. Also, you can be young like me to be a mentor. With all this time on the earth, you are more experienced than someone at something. Who really cares about being a mentor or even having one for that matter, Fair godmother’s aren’t real anyway! In life having a mentor and being a mentor can be a big piece of the puzzle to success. Having a mentor is like getting help from someone who has been through the field, walked around in their muck boots and then rinsed them off and put a bow on them before wearing them to town. They have failed and prevailed and they can share that information with you to help you be the genius that you really are. Now, who is ready to go find a fairy godmother? See ya on the flip side!

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Welcome back, as I was getting ready to put today's podcast together I noticed that the last podcast was titled "Feeling Sick and Headed To An Interview", it was quite comical because I was sick last week! But I'm back baby and I'm ready to help a sista' (or brotha' ) out!

1- Who are you

2-What do you do

3- How are you unique

4-Who does it affect

Obviously, if you're in a job interview, you don't have to say who you are. What do you do, this could be a simple as your job title. How are you unique, here is where you can add an additional sentence or two to show them how you are unique. Lastly, who does it affect, who does your work affect? Only your work, only your coworkers or your patients/clients, your whole company or a company that you want to work with?

Tell me about yourself is one of the most asked questions in interviews. In this podcast today you’ll learn how to curate your answer to get you the best results.

Here are three questions to ask yourself to create your curated answer or elevator pitch. This question is really asking yourself three questions.

1-Where are you within your career

2- How did you get there and where will you end up.

3- Why are you passionate about this position.

 Here is an example answer: [Listen in to hear the example]

Don’t go on about your personal life too much, but be personable. <<

Think about this as your 30-second pitch.

We talked about this last podcast- but it’s worth repeating several times so you don’t miss it. Do your research before going to an interview. Refresh yourself by looking at the job posting again. Look at the website, Facebook, Linkedin of the business and use keywords that are applicable to what your job would require from you. If there is information on what the company needs help with, try to tie this into your elevator pitch.

Once you come up with your perfect elevator pitch, feel free to email it to me at [email protected] or PM me on FB, I’d love to chat with you about it!

If you’re still in need of more help with your career transition, make sure to jump over to my website at careerelevation.mykajabi.com and investigate the digital course. This course is chucked full of great information that will help you upgrade your resume, cover letter, and references, assist you with great interview questions and answers in addition to giving you the option to what you should be wearing and even the clothing links to go with the items in the photos! You won’t find a more thorough course than this. What are you waiting for? I’m done talking, head on over to the website! See you next Monday and don’t forget to submit your questions so I can help you get the answers you need to land your next job! Marissa, I cannot wait to hear that you’ve landed the job!

Do you feel like you’ve searched every single platform and applied for every job but you haven’t heard anything back. Or you haven’t heard back from the job that you do want? Why yes, I’d be very happy to help you with this situation you’ve got on your hands.

Remember that you’ve got about 5 or 6 seconds to wow the person who is looking at your resume, would you hire you?

Never settle for a job, you’re always going to regret it. Please never think in your head, I’ll take anything, I just need something. Don’t let life get to that point. Be prepared and be ready to use your transferable skills.

Today we talked about upgrading your resume and sending it out to those jobs that you’ve already sent it out to. We talked about adding keywords to your resume and where to find them from. We went over giving a hard yes answer when asking would you be a good fit for this position. And if all else fails, then pretend like you are your favorite actor and ooze confidence.

If you’re still needing more help, then hop on over to my website, careerelevation.mykajabi.com and click on the 1:1 coaching button on the bottom, or click here!! https://careerelevation.mykajabi.com/products/personal-coaching

Thanks for joining me and please consider purchasing my online digital course where all of the information for finding a job, interviewing, what to wear in an interview is all there at your fingertips!

Have yourself a beautiful day and until next time, keep dreaming up your biggest dreams!

I just went through a round of hiring, listen in on some of the experiences that I've had, and how you can avoid making some of the same mistakes. Let's get you one step closer to getting hired, this week!

Over the last 10 days I received about 200 hundred applications, I called 51 people, 17 of those answered. I scheduled 15 interviews, I had 7 (No Call No Shows) NCNS,2 people said that it was too far and one person called me to tell me that she got a job. So if you get called and show up to an interview, based on these statistics, you’ve got a pretty good chance of getting a job. From 200 resumes down to 8 interviews, those odds are pretty great!

What I was looking for in a resume to select those people was constancy with a job. However I didn’t factor in large gaps in employment, I assume that the person was either very ill, taking care of someone ill or on maternity leave. So those who are stay at home mom or dads were defiantly not excluded. I actually saw two people’s resumes that said they’re mothers looking to get back into the workforce. One person actually listed it as a job and described what she did, I thought that was very cute! Her list should have been much longer than it was though.

Here are the take always, look good, be flexible with your interview availability, change your stupid VM’s, bring your resume, reference and cover letter if you’ve got one, show up 15 minutes early and research interview questions ahead of time. If this summation looks hard, you’re in luck because I’ve got a course for you! I’ll link it in the comments below at the end of the video. In this digital course, it will help you with upgrading your resume, references and glorify your cover or review letter. It will assist in your clothing options with links to clothing options. This course comes with tons of interview questions and good answers that you can use yourself. But wait there’s more, it also can help with when and how you should follow up with your interview afterwords. And if you buy within the next two minutes, just kidding, nothing happens, other than you get access to the full course. You don’t have to wait for any part of it. It’s self-paced and you can go through any section that you’d like to go through. If you’ve got questions about this podcast or the digital course it’s self, please feel free to email me and I’ll be happy to help with whatever I can help with! https://careerelevation.mykajabi.com/products/career-upgrade

It’s been a wonderful morning, day, night (whatever time it is to you), cheers to you!

Welcome back, 

I wanted to give you a little more in-depth information on how this digital course came about, how it can help you, and what information you'll get from it. You'll also hear a quite rambunctious cat in the background! Mr. Simpson is my brother-in-law's cat that I'm watching while he's on vacation. I promise I don't get too distracted while the cat runs around the house! haha

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Welcome Back to the podcast!

Today’s podcast is about shopping on Amazon! This episode will help you out in two ways, one with purchasing clothing for your interview and the second, helping you with purchasing holiday gifts! I buy most of my clothes on Amazon, probably 80%+. I hear people all the time tell me that every time they purchase clothing from Amazon they have to return them, so I’m confident that with these tips, it will be able to help you out!

I’ve got three things that I always look at when ordering. Plus two bonus tips for purchasing gifts/ items (other than clothing). You've gotta listen in to hear these! Or you can wander on over to the blog (link below) to read more about the tips!

The biggest take away here is that Amazon isn’t always selling you an item, it could be from a plethora of resellers. Although if you shop Amazon Wardrobe, I do believe that this is only Amazon. They do buy items straight from China, but they also have contracts with large name brands that are real and authentic as well.

As much as I love talking about shopping and savings, I’d like to tell you about my digital course and the savings here. The Career Upgrades course is full of juicy information that will help you upgrade your resume and cover letter. It will help increase your interview skills and it even gives you clothing options with Amazon links to the clothing. This course is for those of you who are switching careers or transitioning into a new job, whatever that may mean for you.

I am offering 10% off to you if you refer a friend, either email or DM me their name and I’ll make sure that you receive 10% off or get a gift card back to you. You can infinitely stack these 10% or gift cards! This is one of the best deals you can find!

If you’re interested in getting your career change question answered, please email or PM me on Facebook. I’d love to sponsor your question here! I can keep your name 100% confidential or I can address you on here! Have a bomb.com day and I’ll meet you back here next Monday!

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Are you worried about making that career transition because you don’t know if you’ll fit in? You’re probably thinking back to when you had to change schools, or go from middle school to high school or high school to college and maybe you didn’t have the best experience.

Well, the good news is, we’re now grown, adults!! We can understand our emotions better, we can talk it out, and we can be more empathic. I totally get it, when transitioning into a new job, it can be rather terrifying, but take a few of these steps and implement them into your next transition, it will make the situation better.

One day, I will be known for the quote “I Love pushing people off the comfort cliff”. Seriously there is no better feeling (in my opinion) than thinking that you cannot do something, but you do it anyways and you succeed!

I was asked just the other day if I wanted to speak for our local Toastmasters Club in the speech contest. I could have done this year but I put it off because it’s something that scares me, so this year, I’m doing it!

?When was the last time that you didn’t want to do something, but you knew that you’re capable of doing it? If you cannot think of a time, then I challenge you to do so. Next time someone asks if you would partake in something and your very first response in your head is, I’m too scared, then pretty please, take that as a challenge and DO IT!

https://careerelevation.mykajabi.com/how-to-have-a-smooth-career-transition 

Hey wait, before you go I wanted to keep you informed that the Career Elevation Course doors will only be open through to the end of January, so make sure to get your hands on this soon! This course is for If you’re planning on switching jobs or careers, this course is full of juicy information that will help you upgrade your resume and cover letter. It will help increase your interview skills and it even gives you clothing options with Amazon links to the clothing.

If you’re interested in getting your career change question answered, please email or PM me on Facebook. I’d love to sponsor your question here! I can keep your name 100% confidential or I can address you on here! Have a bomb.com day and I’ll meet you back here next Monday!

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