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On today’s episode we’re joined by Monique Porras. She’s a recruiting industry professional who recently began her own small business, The Kempington Group. She still considers herself east coast, but moved to Phoenix about five years ago without knowing anyone. She came for the weather. Knowing she’d have to build her network. She wanted to change the game of recruiting to humanize the process again. While they sit in Phoenix, half her business is now outside of Arizona.
Like many other organizations, they’ve been hit by the pandemic. Monique says it’s important to be positive and be mindful to focus on ourselves and what we’re able to change. The chaos that’s happening around has inspired her to be more aware of herself. She also encourages listeners to tell their story, she practices this herself by telling the story of her candidates to potential employers. Sharing candidates that way gave them a different response from organizations so she’s applied it to other areas.
Next, Shawn and Monique talk about resumes. She explains that while there were a lot of rules to resumes in the past, she thinks there is more room these days to be creative, stressing that the focus should be impacts. Monique also says the story is in the cover letter and that’s a place to really show your personality and drive. Organizations are reflecting on the caliber of people they have, so job seekers need to be doing self improvement as well. Through all your storytelling and job seeking, being authentic and humble gets you farther than others who may have more accomplishments or skills, but do not bring those intangibles to the table. One way Monique seeks to better herself is through paying it forward and envisioning her ideal self.
As the episode ends, Monique shares that she has been picked to collaborate with ESPN’s The V Foundation.
Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe!
Links:
Learn more about Courtney Bowden and check out her organization, Think Like A Thought Leader.
Connect with Courtney on Instagram and Facebook.
Learn more about Shawn’s company Fortis Mortgage.
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On today’s episode we’re joined by Monique Porras. She’s a recruiting industry professional who recently began her own small business, The Kempington Group. She still considers herself east coast, but moved to Phoenix about five years ago without knowing anyone. She came for the weather. Knowing she’d have to build her network. She wanted to change the game of recruiting to humanize the process again. While they sit in Phoenix, half her business is now outside of Arizona.
Like many other organizations, they’ve been hit by the pandemic. Monique says it’s important to be positive and be mindful to focus on ourselves and what we’re able to change. The chaos that’s happening around has inspired her to be more aware of herself. She also encourages listeners to tell their story, she practices this herself by telling the story of her candidates to potential employers. Sharing candidates that way gave them a different response from organizations so she’s applied it to other areas.
Next, Shawn and Monique talk about resumes. She explains that while there were a lot of rules to resumes in the past, she thinks there is more room these days to be creative, stressing that the focus should be impacts. Monique also says the story is in the cover letter and that’s a place to really show your personality and drive. Organizations are reflecting on the caliber of people they have, so job seekers need to be doing self improvement as well. Through all your storytelling and job seeking, being authentic and humble gets you farther than others who may have more accomplishments or skills, but do not bring those intangibles to the table. One way Monique seeks to better herself is through paying it forward and envisioning her ideal self.
As the episode ends, Monique shares that she has been picked to collaborate with ESPN’s The V Foundation.
Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe!
Links:
Learn more about Courtney Bowden and check out her organization, Think Like A Thought Leader.
Connect with Courtney on Instagram and Facebook.
Learn more about Shawn’s company Fortis Mortgage.