Impact Makers

If you're thinking of looking for a new job or switching careers, and you're planning to use the same resume you created 10 years ago, well, that probably won't be too useful. Times have changed, and so has resume writing.

There are actually things you need to be intentional with when it comes to showcasing your strengths and making sure you're getting your message across. Today, I'm turning the tables as I've invited Chris Villanueva, the CEO & Co-Founder of Let's Eat, Grandma, an online resume service that was ranked by The Balance as the best resume service of 2022.

Chris shares some of his best advice for job seekers and career-changers related to creating resumes, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles to get them noticed – and to help them connect with their dream job. We also talk about how to overcome some of the challenges that we all face with building new professional relationships in an increasingly hybrid or remote work environment.

Show Highlights:

• The ideal resume length to get your message across
• Writing a summary of qualifications at the top of your resume instead of an objective statement
• Focusing on the most relevant job experiences
• Functional resume vs. chronological resume
• When to include a cover letter for your resume
• The current trends in resume-writing
• How your LinkedIn Profile should differ from your resume
• The power of using keywords on your resume and LinkedIn profile to assist you in being found for the job you want
• Chris' thoughts on hidden keywords on resumes
• How to address gaps in employment on a resume and resume tips for formerly incarcerated individuals
• The biggest frustrations job seekers have with recruiters and hiring managers
• How to build relationships in a world where many people are working virtually
• Why you should invest in a resume writing service to accelerate positive results in your job search

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Supporting Resources:

Workplace from Meta https://www.workplace.com/future

Chris Villanueva LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-villanueva-cprw/

Let's Eat, Grandma https://www.letseatgrandma.com/

Let's Eat, Grandma Career Warrior Podcast https://www.letseatgrandma.com/cwp/

Impact Makers Podcast Episode #66 - My Best Career Advice to Position Yourself for the Job You Want with Jennifer McClure and Chris Villanueva https://jennifermcclure.net/2022/10/13/my-best-career-advice-to-position-yourself-for-the-job-you-want/

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Especially with the pandemic, the great resignation, quiet quitting, and all the dramatic shifts the whole world is currently experiencing, a lot of companies are struggling internally. Left unattended and this could lead to a toxic culture.

Obviously, hard conversations have to be made because you can't just ignore those issues happening collectively. And one of the ways to address this among many other issues is to ensure a happy, safe, and fun culture – and make work suck less.

In today's conversation, Jeff Harry talks about how he takes positive psychology and plays to tackle some of the most challenging issues that a lot of companies are currently struggling with so they can make work suck less.

With a mechanical engineering degree, Jeff ended up doing team building and special events for the top tech companies in the world. He realized how people were struggling with having difficult conversations, especially dealing with that one person at work that ruins work for everybody else.

He created Rediscover Your Play as an experiment to explore how we can address issues like toxicity in the workplace, toxic masculinity, and having difficult conversations – through the lens of positive psychology and play.

Show Highlights:

• The two questions to ask your leaders to understand your company culture
• The difference between forced fun and introducing play in the workplace
• Why allowing yourself to get bored is the key to unlocking creativity and innovation
• How to address quiet quitting through play
• Why psychological safety is required before introducing fun or play into the workplace
• The reason why meetings suck, and what you can do to fix it
• How what drove you back when you were a kid can really answer questions like "How do you want to show up in the world?"
• How to cultivate the next great idea
• How to add more play to your grown-up life

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Supporting Resources:

Workplace from Meta

https://www.workplace.com/future

Rediscover Your Play

https://www.rediscoveryourplay.com/

Jeff Harry on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffharryplays

Play-Well TEKnologies - Teaching Engineering to Kids

https://www.play-well.org/

Gary Ware - Breakthrough Play

https://www.linkedin.com/in/garyware

Impact Makers Podcast Episode 67: Building a Culture of Mindfulness and Supporting Employee Mental Health with Headspace CPO Désirée Pascual

https://jennifermcclure.net/2022/10/06/building-a-culture-of-mindfulness-and-supporting-employee-mental-health-with-headspace-cpo-desiree-pascual/

Braver Angels

https://braverangels.org/

Harkness

harkness.ai

Lauren Yee - Cultivator of Curiosity

https://www.cultivatorofcuriosity.com/

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A career change is a huge thing that a lot of people are dealing with right now, whether they feel stuck in their current job or they just want to do something different that they enjoy. But how do you position yourself for the job that you want?

As an employee, you've got to figure out how to get noticed to move your career ahead and make sure you're getting the interactions and relationships that you need. That being said, this is a two-way street. Leaders also need to figure out how to provide a safe space and environment for their people to connect, even remotely.

In today's episode, I'm sharing a recording of a conversation I had with Chris Villanueva when he invited me to podcast and chat about networking, relationship building, and how the changing world of work impacts both job seekers and people leaders.

Chris is the CEO & Co-Founder of Let's Eat, Grandma, an online resume service that helps professionals rebrand themselves to land interviews for their dream jobs. Recently ranked by The Balance as the best resume service of 2022, Let's Eat Grandma helps people during one of the most stressful areas of life – the job hunt. They've assisted over 7,000+ paying clients with their resumes, and hundreds of thousands more through their blog and the Career Warrior Podcast.

Show Highlights:

• The future of work, and what both job seekers and HR leaders should be paying attention to
• The skills that will be most in demand in the workplace of the future
• Will working virtually affect your career negatively, versus being present in an office?
• Should job seekers try to negotiate remote work, if it's not part of the job offer?
• How to properly build relationships and networks when many people are working remotely and networking less
• How to position yourself for new opportunities when you're interested in making a career change
• The worst things job seekers do with their resumes that annoy HR and hiring managers

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Supporting Resources:

People & Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

Workplace from Meta

https://www.workplace.com/future

Let's Eat Grandma Career Warrior Podcast

https://www.letseatgrandma.com/cwp/

Career Warrior Podcast #274 - The Future of Work for Job Seekers with Jennifer McClure

https://www.letseatgrandma.com/blog/career-warrior-podcast-274/

Let's Eat Grandma | Best Resume Writing Service

https://www.letseatgrandma.com/

Chris Villanueva LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-villanueva-cprw/

"The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich" by Tim Ferriss

https://amzn.to/3MtaCEA

"Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World" by Gary Vaynerchuk

https://amzn.to/3T9l8Tt

Julie Turney / HR@Heart Consulting Inc.

https://hratheart.co/%23about

Personal Brand Workbook

https://jennifermcclure.net/personal-brand-workbook/

Steve Browne

https://www.linkedin.com/in/steveb5/

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Mental health well-being is now at the forefront of what employees want and what employers are looking at. And more and more, we're now seeing that employees expect employers to be involved in their life outside of work.

As leaders, we need to be able to create a culture that provides psychological safety within the workplace if we don't want to be a part of the statistics of people exiting the workplace at the speed of light.

In this episode, we're joined by Désirée Pascual, the Chief People Officer at Headspace Health, a digital mental health company. As a trained psychologist, Désirée specialized in organizational and group dynamics focusing on communication and conflict resolution. Following years of clinical practice, she moved on to HR leadership roles at Kaiser Permanente, Carrot Inc, ginger – and now, Headspace Health.

Informed by human-centered design principles and data-driven inquiry, Désirée is committed to curating joyful and resilient workplace cultures where employees are empowered to do their best work. Today, she shares great insights and practical action steps we can take as leaders to support our own mental health, and that of our employees.

Show Highlights:

• How life and work intersected during the pandemic
• Creating psychological safety in the workplace
• Designing mental health strategies for organizations
• How to spot burnout in your team and prevent it
• The definition of mindfulness and steps to creating a mindful culture
• Addressing the needs of your diverse employee population
• Investing in culturally competent mental health support for your employees
• How leaders can ​​help destigmatize mental health benefits in the workplace

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Supporting Resources: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desireepascual/ https://www.headspacehealth.com/

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Are you retaining talent by developing and moving them into other opportunities that benefit both their career and the organization? Data shows that the more we invest in developing and seeing those opportunities for other people to move around the organization, the greater the loyalty to the company, and the greater the retention.

There is also data showing the tightening of the talent pipeline, and even if there is, they do not necessarily match how the workforce is progressing. How do we then bridge this gap between talent shortage and the need for skills development? One of the keys is to find ways to plug your talent into the needs of the organization – across the organization.

In this episode, Matthew Daniel shares great insights into how leaders can create career pathways to unlock opportunities for the workforce. Matthew is the Principal Consultant of Talent Strategy and Mobility at Guild Education, a company that partners with forward-thinking organizations to transform education into strategic talent advantage, especially for their frontline.

With his previous career background working with Capital One and as a consultant for some of the country's biggest employers, the entirety of Matthew's career has been about investing in others, seeing them grow, and trying to match them up with opportunities so they can go big, and do bigger and better things.

Show Highlights:

• How Guild Education is connecting universities and employers
• The shortage of talent and the need for skills development
• The three things employees really want
• Focusing on the pathways where you need talent the most
• Why companies should make an intentional investment in their employees
• The impact of increased internal mobility

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Supporting Resources:

https://matthewjdaniel.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewjdaniel/

Guild Education

https://www.guildeducation.com/

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Recently, there has been a significant drop in leadership engagement levels, and leaders have now begun to feel the effects of everyone's struggles during the pandemic.

There's also a new phenomenon called "quiet quitting," and a recent poll suggests that leaders are much more likely to engage in quiet quitting than their actual workers. They are showing signs of fatigue without any kind of recognition or remuneration for what they've done to lead others. Now, how does this impact the future of work? And what can the leaders of leaders do to help mitigate quiet quitting?

In this episode, Dr. Alexander Alonso, the Chief Knowledge Officer for the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), shares some valuable insights into reinventing the future of work by focusing on the acronym GESHWI. Find out what has changed in terms of how workers are viewing the workplace over the last couple of years and how you, as a leader, can align yourself with what the world of work and workers are looking for.

In his role, Alex leads the operations for SHRM's research functions, the SHRM Knowledge Advisor Service, and SHRM's Certified Professional and Senior Certified Professional certifications. Alex is also the author of the books, "The Price of Pettiness: Bad Behavior in the Workplace and How to Stomp It Out" and "Talking Taboo: Making the Most of Polarizing Discussions at Work."

Show Highlights:

• The struggles leaders face today
• How employers identify top talent
• How to shift the mindset of leaders to match what the workforce wants
• How to assess leadership potential in HR
• How to discuss taboo subjects in the workplace
• Defining GESHWI and how it impacts your EBITDA

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Supporting Resources:

The Price of Pettiness: Bad Behavior in the Workplace and How to Stomp It Out

https://www.amazon.com/Price-Pettiness-Behavior-Workplace-Stomp/dp/1586446193

Talking Taboo: Making the Most of Polarizing Discussions at Work

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZPSN6NC

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In this time of The Great Resignation, companies are finding ways to increase productivity and improve retention through improving employee engagement.

Culture plays a crucial part. However, that is not just the job of HR, the CEO, or the executive team. Every single employee has a responsibility because they will shape the culture of that organization in some way, shape, or form. But how do you create that environment and that organizational muscle where employees have a voice?

In today's episode, Dan Kessler, President & COO of Energage, shares the biggest drivers of employee engagement. How do "pay and benefits" and "purpose and meaning" impact employee engagement? Listen in and be inspired to take action to increase employee engagement in your workplace!

Show Highlights:

• What companies should be doing differently than what they've done in the past in terms of recruitment strategy
• How do companies represent authentically what it's like to work in their organization?
• The role "pay and benefits" play in driving employee engagement
• The biggest drivers of employee engagement
• How "purpose and meaning" impact employee engagement
• What Top Workplaces are doing to drive employee engagement
• Practical steps that you can take as a leader to positively impact employee engagement in your organization

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Supporting Resources:

Meta from Workplace: https://www.workplace.com/future

Dan Kessler: https://www.energage.com/leadership/dan-kessler/

Energage: https://www.energage.com/

Top Workplaces: https://topworkplaces.com/

Top Workplaces Research Lab: Employee Well-Being and Burnout: https://energagecommunity.force.com/FAQ/s/article/Top-Workplaces-Research-Lab-Employee-Well-Being-and-Burnout

Leaders Can Drive Employee Engagement, the Pandemic Showed Us How: https://jennifermcclure.net/2022/08/29/leaders-can-drive-employee-engagement-the-pandemic-showed-us-how/

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If you're susceptible to the great resignation, which a lot of companies are, unlocking empathy in your own organization is the key. And if you haven't done it yet, then you're missing out. Empathy is the difference-maker when it comes to employees and it's a currency you can spend freely in a time where a lot of organizations are struggling.

Since my goal is to equip and encourage you to be the most impactful leader that you can be, I thought it would be helpful to bring on an expert in the topic of empathy and leadership to share more with us today.

Marcy Klipfel is the Chief Engagement Officer at Businessolver. For the last seven years, Businessolver has released the State of The Workplace Empathy Report that examines the behaviors and benefits that make workplaces empathetic. As an experienced HR leader Marcy oversees all aspects of HR, driving a high-performance culture at Businessolver.

In this episode, we discuss what empathy actually means, why some leaders struggle with empathy, and what they can do to strengthen their empathy muscle. We'll also chat about the 2022 State of the Workplace Empathy Report, and why empathy ratings in the workplace are at an all-time low. We also discuss some practical steps organizational leaders can take to help develop a culture that includes empathy as well and more empathetic leaders in their workplaces going forward.

Show Highlights:

• What is empathy?
• Why some leaders still struggle with empathy
• Can empathy be learned?
• Concrete ways to get better at empathy
• The diversity & inclusion pledge
• Practical ways you can make an impact as a leader

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Supporting Resources:

Businessolver

https://www.businessolver.com/

State of The Workplace Empathy Report

https://www.businessolver.com/resources/state-of-workplace-empathy

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This is an interesting time in terms of recruiting and retention for organizations because they're going to have to deal with all the generations and everyone's different wants and needs.

Clearly, we don't want to separate people by generation as if they're alien races from another planet, also, because we all have traits and characteristics molded by "nature and nurture." But these generations all have shared life experiences as members of a particular cohort due to their respective stages of life. Therefore, having an understanding of each generation is useful in every company's hiring process.

Today, we particularly talk about the Gen Z population, their characteristics, and what they're bringing to the table. Joining us is Steve McIntosh, founder & CEO of CareerPoint.com, a career advancement coaching platform.

The Gen Z cohort consists of people born between the end of 1994 and 2009. Essentially, these are people who will have entry-level roles that are yet to progress to leadership. And so, this is an incredibly important cohort, especially for companies who have ambitious growth plans, so they should have them figured out.

Show Highlights:

• The characteristics of the Gen Z population
• Setting the expectations in today's workplace
• Seeking out mentors and leadership opportunities
• Mistakes companies and leaders make when bringing this new generation on board
• Solving the conflict between introducing technology and making things less personal
• How to bring the five generations together in the workplace
• Tips for retaining the Gen Z talent

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www.CareerPoint.com

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Quick question: when was the last time you asked each of your team members how they're doing – like how are they REALLY doing? You never really know how that ONE question can create a massive impact on your company.

As a leader, you want to be able to prepare yourself and your team for this dynamic future of work. And one of the key metrics that you need to invest in is employee engagement.

A Bonusly study found that while employee engagement increased in May 2020, it was followed by a significant drop the next month. The survey showed that 63% of workers feel unappreciated by their employer on a daily basis and 59% of people felt that they have NEVER had a boss who "truly appreciates" their work.

The good news is that the world is ever-changing, and so is the future of work. In this episode, I'm sharing two Action Steps that you can implement immediately to make a positive impact, and likely affect the engagement levels of your team.

Show Highlights:

• Reviewing your response to when the global pandemic was declared
• The Gallup reports on the "rise and fall" in employee engagement between May 2020 and June 2020
• Ensuring visibility and accessibility in your team
• Appreciating your team members consistently
• Creative ways to be more intentional about recognizing your team members

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Supporting Resources:

"Employee Engagement Continues Historic Rise Amid Coronavirus" https://www.gallup.com/workplace/311561/employee-engagement-continues-historic-rise-amid-coronavirus.aspx

"Historic Drop in Employee Engagement Follows Record Rise"

https://www.gallup.com/workplace/313313/historic-drop-employee-engagement-follows-record-rise.aspx

Survey Says: Appreciation Matters More Than You Think

https://blog.bonus.ly/employee-appreciation-survey

Meta from Workplace

Gallup

Energage

Bonusly

Lazlo Bock

Humu

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If you like this podcast and are thinking of creating your own, consider talking to my producer, Emerald City Productions. They helped me grow and produce the podcast you are listening to right now. Find out more at https://emeraldcitypro.com. Let them know I sent you.