Career Talk: Learn - Grow - Thrive

Today we are talking about 3 days to get a raise. 

This is really important because I talk to a lot people that need to make more money, they need to better support their families or career growth from a compensation perspective. 

Before I get into the 3 ways to get a raise, I want to de-myth, if that’s the right phrase, the idea that needing or wanting more money is a bad thing. 

Because here’s the deal, when we can make a better income we can better support our families, we have more opportunity to serve people in other ways, maybe we can make donations, maybe we can create a better life for the people we care about whether that is a spouse, your parents or kids. 

I don’t think there is anything wrong with wanting to better your financial situation. However, I would be very cautious that doesn’t become consuming for you but out of the gate, I just want to have that conversation. A lot of people seem to think if someone wants to make more money they are just selfish and money hungry crazy people and that’s just not true. I mean for some people, sure it’s true. But of the majority of us we want a bigger income for something more, maybe we need to save or some of the things we talked about earlier. 

Have you ever been curious if there are different rules or different tips we should be considering when we have a phone interview? 

Yes! 

It’s important to dig in deeper to specifically phone interview tips. 

As a recruiter I am doing a phone interview before I send candidates to hiring managers and I want to help people get better at winning their phone interview. 

Do you have a mentor?

Do you want a mentor?

Maybe you want another mentor?

 If you are able to find a really solid, amazing mentor, it can literally change your life. 

Have you ever wondered how to write a resume? 

Today we are going to be talking about how to write a resume in 6 easy steps. 

This episode is making the assumption you are starting from scratch so if you already have a resume written, use this as a guide to ensure you have everything you need.  

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Have you ever wanted or needed to make a career change but you didn’t want to have to start all over? 

This can be tricky out of the gate.

What do I mean by start over? 

Does this mean not having to go back to school and get another degree?

Does this mean not having to lose my seniority?

Does it mean not having to take an entry level salary if I have a tenure salary right now?

There are a lot of different things this could mean.

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Has anyone else ever noticed how interviewing is kind of like dating? 

When we really think about it, interviewing is very similar to dating. 

Pre Meeting Communication 

Maybe someone has reached out to set up an interview. 

Could be phone call, email, text, etc. but the interview 'starts' with that communication. 

Just because the interview hasn’t officially started yet, doesn’t mean as a recruiter, I’m not already evaluating you as a candidate. 

How you communicate before you meet can help or hurt you. 

First Meeting

Show up prepared and on time.

You also need to be dressed well. 

Unless noted otherwise, business professional. 

First Impressions 

Eye contact, smile, firm handshake - regardless of if you are a man or woman! 

Conversations 

During your interview, make sure you are listening to what the person is saying during your interview. 

Don’t be asking questions about what the person has already shared with you! 

Ask questions and truly have a conversation during your interview, this shows interest. 

Make sure it’s a two way conversation. 

Next Steps 

Ask about the next steps to show interest 

Follow Up

Have appropriate level of follow up! 

Now don’t be a psycho stalker, no need to end this relationship with a restraining order y’all! 

Thank you so much for listening.

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Ever been curious just how many types of resumes there are out there?

And which one should you use?

What is best to highlight your experience? 

One of the questions you want to ask yourself when you are trying to figure out which type of resume you want to use, is what do I want to highlight and what do I want to stand out the most?

What I mean by that is when someone takes that first glance at your resume, they look at it, what do you want their eyes to go to?

Do you want your skills to be displayed first? Do you want your experience to pop out?

This isn’t necessarily what’s the first line at the tope of the page. 

There are 4 main types of resumes out there.

1) The chronological resume

2) The functional resume 

3) The combination resume 

4) Job specific of targeted resume 

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Have you ever wondered when it’s too soon to leave your job?

Or what is really considered job hopping? 

Is this really job hopping?

The answer is complicated.

And here’s why.

It depends.

It depends on what your goals are, what your dreams are, what career you’re in, what’s your happiness level, what’s your current job history look like now.

This can be tricky.

There are two big sides to this.

The first side being your happiness. 

The second side to this is your job history.

If your last 2 positions you have had, if you were in your job for a year or less, I would try a few other options before you quit. 

1) See if you can move internal

2) You can explore contracting 

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Are you feeling unhappy in your job or career and not sure what to do about it? 

Today we are talking about 3 things you can do if you are not happy with your job or your career. 

I’m sure we’ve all had that job or career that we are just not happy with. 

Maybe you’re in that job or on that career path right now.

I can tell you from my background, it can be super discouraging. 

Our jobs and our careers can make such a positive impact on our lives, so this is really important. 

If you’re in that same place and you’re not happy in your current job or on your current career path, there are 3 things you can do.

1) Get a new job 

2) Have a conversation or talk it out 

3) Look within the company for other jobs 

Have you ever been confused about what behavioral based interview questions are? 

Stay tuned! 

Today we are talking about prepping for an interview and specifically behavioral based interview questions. 

When we are looking at preparing for an interview there is really no way to know the exact questions we are going to be asked.

But we can make sure we understand what a lot of the common behavioral based interview questions are so we can prepare. 

Most of these types of questions start off the same for example, ‘talk to me about a time when...’. 

When you answer these kinds of questions use the STAR method. 

S - Situation 

T - Task

A - Action 

R - Result 

Common behavioral based interview questions: 

Teamwork

Talk to me about a time when you had to complete a team project 

Tell me about a failed team project and why it failed 

Tell me about a time you disagreed with a colleague and how you handled it 

Communication 

Talk to me about a time you had to communicate a new project, process or initiative 

Talk to me about a time you had to gain buy in on a new idea, innovation, concept or something that wasn’t popular

Tell me about a communication break down and how you overcame that 

Organization / Time Management 

Talk to me about how you structure your day and your week

Tell me about a time where you missed a deadline 

Tell me about how you go about prioritizing your tasks 

Failures 

Tell me about a time you failed to complete a task or project 

Tell me about a time you worked on something and you realized you would not be able to complete it 

Tell me about a time when you made a mistake and what happened 

Goals 

Tell me about a goal you achieved and how you accomplished it 

Talk to me about how you set goals and how you plan to achieve them 

Talk to me about how you attach deadlines or timelines to you goals 

I hope that gives you an idea as to what behavioral based interview questions look like.

If you need more practice use these questions as a template to create your own questions based on the information you have on your resume. 

Thank you so much for listening.

I would love to connect and learn how I can help you! Connect with me below!!!

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