tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82925048133713998292024-03-13T14:45:32.743-04:00Master Career CounselorCarla Hunter, President and Founder of Career Span, is a Master Career Counselor (MCC) and Board Certified Career Coach (BCC) by the NCDA and the National Board for Certified Counselors. This blog shares her ideas about rethinking career in today's workplace. As a nationally certified instructor of the Global Career Development Facilitator (GCDF) credential, she is passionate about helping people find rewarding work. Find her career resource firm at www.careerspanUSA.com.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06288639451504970548noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8292504813371399829.post-63498170018340532692016-11-07T16:26:00.001-05:002016-11-07T16:26:45.672-05:00Carla's blog now live on Career Span, Inc.'s company website<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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"Gig" is the word best describing the economy we work in now.<br />
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Gig has several definitions including:<br />
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1. something that whirls.<br />
2. to catch or spear.<br />
3. a single professional engagement.<br />
4. any job, especially one of short or uncertain duration.<br />
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For workers in the "gig" economy, one must learn to whirl in drastically changing business models.<br />
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To see our professional work as a single engagement with a day to day timeline is a healthy posture in the gig economy. Each one of us is susceptible to being let go at a moment's notice. If you resist seeing this reality of shifting work, your sense of identity and confidence will take a lot of unnecessary jabs.<br />
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To see work as a gig is especially important because we can't attach our confidence to one employer or think we will work in the same position indefinitely.<br />
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Being let go, even on the best of terms is still humiliating and daunting. In the gig economy we have to stay constantly aware of possibilities and future work even as we are highly productive in our current role. <br />
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What would it look like if we all began to view future work as a short term "gig"?<br />
In this new paradigm, there are no job hoppers.<br />
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Here are a few gig strategies for the future:<br />
1. Be continuously ready to whirl if you have a job because change is inevitable and tomorrow you may need to look for a new gig.<br />
2. Catch moments with your network of connections and actively search for work even if you think your current work is long term. It may not be.<br />
3. Recognize any job is susceptible to a short duration in our current job market. We have to be comfortable with the uncomfortable reality of moving from gig to gig without taking it personally.<br />
The gig economy calls for tougher skin and a wider lens of possibilities.<br />
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What words would you add to describe the gig economy?<br />
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My heart is grateful to the service men and women who've defended and ensured our country's safety. As a civilian career coach on the front line of helping people in transition, I recommend three strategies to consider as you design a job search campaign. </h3>
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The military impressively trains soldiers for battle. They also prepare you with critical skills necessary for successful civilian employment. Today's employer needs professionals who work well under pressure, follow complex instructions, exert self-discipline, take the initiative and lead by quiet example. These core competencies are at the heart of a soldier and vital to a successful business. </div>
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The key to a successful job search campaign is the ability to exert a strong force of motivation in your daily job search activities. If this energy equals your high mastery of skills, confidence to land the job will become stronger by the day. Searching takes time and is a full-time mission. To discover and convince the right employer for you of the many skills you offer requires resolve and determination. Stay focused on being the solution to the employer's problem. Reconnaissance of labor market information where you want to work can empower every conversation and interaction as you translate combat skills into the business lexicon. Start the process with a daily action plan including small steps to accomplish. Connect to people each day to give you a continual boost of momentum to carry you.<strong style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </strong></div>
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Change is the most consistent process of life. The loss of military's day to day structure and organization makes room for new ideas to be born. Listening to a retired officer describe his anxiety of having too much time on his hands was palpable. He wanted to work and contribute but was paralyzed by not having a routine and direction. It is easy to feel overwhelmed by too much time to think without a clear plan to act. In the vortex of change, discouragement sets in when thoughts and feelings block action steps to move forward. Remember every closed door eventually leads to an open one contingent upon motivation remaining high. Every civilian job-seeker receives (at minimum) ten to fifteen rejections before they hear "you're hired." The job search requires great mental stamina.</div>
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Look up each day with a resilience and determination to explore all possibilities until your mission is accomplished and check off every "no" you hear as one step closer to the "yes" you will be offered.</div>
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Enlist the assistance of family, friends and colleagues to support you through the job search process. Master career counselors (MCC) certified by the National Career Development Association can help craft a targeted resume, prepare for an interview and utilize job search strategies that yield results. Your job offer is likely to come from a secondary source of contact from the primary relationships you've built. This includes the friend of a family member or a brother of one of your high school classmates. Expanding your interpersonal connections will broaden the scope of available opportunities you would otherwise not know. </div>
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The process of finding civilian employment happens exponentially faster when you carry on each day with motivation and confidence, look up when discouraged and reach out to others for support. </div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Do you want to see the cornerstone words your resume is built on? Have you taken a moment to see the word cloud of your professional expertise? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wordle is an effective and fun career tool to discover the patterns of your experience using the text of your resume as the generator for creating a word cloud of your skills.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Here's how to do it:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1. Go to <a href="http://wordle.net/" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">wordle.net</a></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2. Click on the link "Create your own."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3. Copy and paste your resume text into the box.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">4. The word cloud is automatically generated. You can change the colors, font or scheme of your resume word cloud. It is a great exercise to determine patterns of the words used in your resume and skills you are building in a consistent progression.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What's in your resume word cloud? Mine captures what I enjoy most: helping others develop a meaningful career.</span></div>
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Broccoli, is a vegetable clinically proven to keep our bodies healthy.<br />
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Rich in cholesterol-lowering vitamins, broccoli also reduces the risk of breast, lung and colon cancer.<br />
The more you eat it, the more likely you are to enjoy a healthier life.<br />
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We can all agree, this leafy green vegetable provides amazing benefits. <br />
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But let's face it, broccoli STINKS when you cook it.<br />
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Just the other day, my kids declared the after-dinner odor as intolerable.<br />
To minimize the foul residue we lit candles as though the house lost electrical power.<br />
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How can something so good for you smell so bad?<br />
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Similarly, life's obstacles are proven to keep our life priorities in order yet like cooked broccoli, it stinks to experience loss, challenges and difficulties to overcome.<br />
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The lessons of hardship provide long lasting benefits we may not always recognize including:<br />
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<li>A deeper compassion for those who struggle in life and feel hopeless</li>
<li>A stronger resilience during tough times as we learn more effective ways to cope </li>
<li>A greater capacity to extend kindness during daily stresses such as traffic jams or waiting too long in a grocery line don't seem worth the negativity they can cause</li>
<li>A far reaching appreciation for life's simple pleasures grows in our hearts as we face difficult circumstances beyond our control</li>
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Our choice and resolve to face difficulties with a hopeful attitude can lead to wiser choices and a greater sense of what really matters.<br /><div>
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Life's troubles do smell like cooked broccoli, yet also bring out the best in us if we let them.</div>
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The challenges we face such as losing a job or experiencing great disappointment are rich opportunities to strengthen us. <br />
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When life presents the "cooked broccoli" moments that stink, remember the benefits it provides if you allow it. And don't forget to light a candle.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;">The highly important question I pose to the unemployed college graduates seeking my services as a private career counselor is a pivotal catalyst for rethinking work. A major reason for their initial visit can be linked to a parent who discovered Career Span when they typed “desperately seeking career help” in a search engine.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">For me, questions are the platform to engage young adults in meaningful dialogue as they prepare to enter the workforce. From each individual response, strategies can be developed and action plans implemented to equip them with sustainable skills for the future.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Questions by their very nature provoke conversation. If asked in a non-defensive, non-judgmental way with an open posture of acceptance and rapport, questions help students investigate, explore and better understand the importance of being intentional and thorough in their planning and preparation for professional success.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Before I pose the question I ask most often, let me first share recent labor statistics:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">A 2013 report released by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity found that the number of college grads will grow by 19 million between 2010 and 2020, while the number of jobs requiring that education is expected to grow by less than 7 million.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Suffice it to say, graduating seniors are entering a job maze of great challenges. They face significantly lower wages than they anticipate and the average worker's salary hasn't significantly increased at the same rate as our cost of living expenses. To strengthen this reality, a recent report by the Economic Policy Institute, indicated entry-level wages for graduates are expected to be no better than they were 15 years ago. What will make the difference for students to successfully land a job offer rather than remain unnoticed as a perpetual jobseeker?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">How can we educate students on how to negotiate and achieve a job offer representing the fair market value of their skill set? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Students pursuing co-op opportunities or internship experience during their collegiate years, position themselves above and ahead of their peers. In addition, when those students engage in meaningful dialogue, this highly important question can help brace them for a fast changing, agile and turbulent job market.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">My question has two parts:</span></div>
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<strong style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What does the word career mean to you?</strong></div>
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<strong style="background-color: #f3f3f3; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you know the word career is now transforming from a noun to an action verb?</strong></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">A career is defined as “an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person's life and with opportunities for progress.” Today “a significant period of time” now means an average of three years or less in a particular work role. The average worker changes jobs at least 10 to 12 times.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Most of us are doing work today that wasn’t written in the job description of our original offer. Such is the 21st century workplace of shifting paradigms related to emerging business strategies, new products and services for a consumer base whose demographics constantly change and trend. Add that to our surging global market with innovative technology creating a complex revolution of the workplace and those who work in it.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Using the word career as an action verb indicates we are willing, open and adaptable to the force of change and the impact it will have on our work life including the processes, systems and organizational structure we put into place. The noun career is derived from the French word that means “racetrack”. You know when a career becomes just a job. It happens when we believe the racetrack just goes round and round with no finish line in sight. When we see the word “career” as an action verb we run the race with endurance, strength, fortitude, cooperation and the wisdom of professionals who go before us.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Especially, when change happens. Change is the most consistent thing in work and life. How are we preparing our future workforce for the inevitable turbulence they will experience? Keep in mind; we cannot prepare our students for change we’re not prepared for ourselves. Therefore, we must also ask, how are we preparing for the same turbulence that may occur in our work?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Career as an action verb describes us as determined runners at full speed. We too face challenges to adapt and change our strategies and services to meet the needs of students and the employers who will hire them. A student who understands career as an action verb will do the following action steps:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">1. Be intentional about gaining experience and proving its value.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">2. Have a mentor to guide them through career exploration and the job search process.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">3. Connect to a vast array of employers and industry experts while learning best practices for their chosen profession.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">Today, career as a noun is no longer a one-time decision determined in college, but an intentional process of making wise choices when it comes to work opportunities.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">If we don’t ask them this highly important question of how they see career as an action verb or challenge their views if they only see it as a noun, students are likely to stray off the narrow course and continue to run in circles.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;">What is another highly important question you would ask?</span></div>
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To fully understand this blog post, it might be helpful to read the previous <a href="http://www.mastercareercounselor.com/2014/10/the-noun-form-of-word-career-is-dead.html" target="_blank">one</a> about how the noun form of "career" must become a verb to be successful in your work.<br />
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To <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">career</span></b> your career is another way of saying it.<br />
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<b>Intentionality is the catalyst for change</b><br />
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Today's job market demands an intentional posture of developing and growing your skill-set. When you are in the process of learning, you are treating the word "career" as a verb. When you think you know everything, you've reverted it back into a noun. To say you will have a career in ________ in today's 21st century world of work can never be based solely on your knowledge or expertise.<br />
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Career in our new work paradigm is not only what you do but how you direct, own and are responsible for your work success. Career is the active lens by which you view life and work in the midst of constant flux and radical change.<br />
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To career your work life means developing skills that aren't easy to quantify. Experts have called these abilities "soft" skills. They are anything but soft. They are the hallmarks of solid careering in a work world you can never treat as a lounge chair.<br />
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If you don't career, you will certainly careen. Even when you do excellent work.<br />
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Workers can be completely blindsided by an employer who let's him go without any notice because of reasons outside the worker's control. Here are words I've heard a lot:<br />
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"I worked 18 years with excellent reviews. I don't understand why they let me go. I am devastated."<br />
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"I've given my employer everything. I worked late nights without pay, given extra time in the office on weekends. I was employee of the month last year. I can't believe when my team was reduced they included me in the layoff. Now what do I do?" <br />
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In the next post, we'll look at ways to career so you won't be susceptible to the careen.<br />
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Careening occurs when you are forced to lie over on the side of the road of employment because you had no idea the gust of change would blow so hard your job buckled under the weight and you didn't even know what was happening.<br />
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The solution to this problem is straightening the path of your expectations of what a career is.<br />
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If only we could empower our students to understand what career readiness truly means today.<br />
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In the private practice of a career counselor, one becomes almost numb to the deep and brutal pain of job loss. I can vouch for the countless times of watching grown adults sob in a wrenching childlike manner that rips my heart in pieces.<br />
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The reason?<br />
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Their career and livelihood was suddenly, unexpectedly and even unfairly halted by the loss of a job title, identity and purpose. <br />
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For many, experiencing the trauma of being fired or terminated, is a day-to-day loss of a daily routine that once formed a mirage of job security. Many people expect and look forward to work on a daily basis until Friday arrives and the weekend for decompression begins. <br />
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For some, work pays the bills and puts food on the table. For most, work provides a sense of accomplishment and purpose. Even a strong sense of identity. <br />
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For workers hurled into this unanticipated crisis of job loss, the harsh reality of grief can plunge them quickly into despair.<br />
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In order to navigate the turbulence of our work lives, we have to acknowledge the shift of one important word. The word, "career".<br />
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Each of us must recognize the noun form of "<b>career" </b>is dead. <br />
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It is not a <b>person</b> you've become solely by career accomplishments or a <b>place </b>that you go to each day to prove your value.<br />
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It is not a <b>thing </b>to drive you up a ladder or recognize your accomplishments and dreams. <br />
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No one in the high school arena is preparing our students or tomorrow's workforce for this reality. <br />
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Career is now a <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>verb. </b></span><br />
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As a verb,<b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">career</span> </b>now forms:<br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">The a<b>ctions we take</b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The state of being we choose</b></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>The response we have when workplace occurrences happen</b></span> (with or without our consent)</li>
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We're the ones responsible for our stories of choices and consequences. It isn't the employer's responsibility to provide us with work.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>POINTS TO CONSIDER</b></span><br />
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How we discover meaning, purpose and contentment is not solely discovered in work.<br />
This audacious reality is completely apparent when we are stripped of a job title, a daily routine and sense of purpose in the midst of job loss.<br />
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If we choose to no longer <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>career</b></span> our next work opportunity, we'll certainly careen off a path that provides momentum for the next challenge or project needing the skills we offer.<br />
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Having a new mindset about how we do our work is the greatest challenge of the 21st century workplace.<br />
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The person who loses their job is one who learns the greatest wisdom of all. They are our sages to learn from and glean the insights we need to not be lulled into thinking our jobs will be here tomorrow.<br />
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So, what does it look like to shift the word career into a verb?<br />
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Your comments are welcome.<br />
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We'll begin this discussion in the next post. <br />
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My recent visit to Ebenezer Baptist Church, the home pulpit for Dr. Martin Luther King was very sobering. The church pews, podium and even microphone are frozen in time in the warmth of a fire inside a man who stood for social justice, equal rights and dignity. He looked upon all of us with such fierce love and determination.<br />
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It was a calling he could not ignore and was willing to die....and did die, all for the passion in his soul.<br />
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What are you willing to die for?</div>
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As a career counselor, I often blog about resume templates, job search strategies and the most effective interviewing techniques. Not today. </div>
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Rather, I am asking myself this question:</div>
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What is one thing I would risk my very life for to be so passionate, so surrendered, so devoted to that it would be worth sacrificing my very life? Am I willing to live for something worth dying for?</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Geese are a perfect example of our desperate need for community during challenging times. Their instinctive V formation pattern centers on the momentum and thrust of wind found in the wake of each other's strength. </b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>They first form the V shape through an orderly and noisy pecking rite. It seems to make flying almost effortless. They work in unison even while honking in a loud pitch. They muster energy from a community source that otherwise would make the long stretches of flight seem impossible.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>If you are a job-seeker without a V formation of friends and colleagues surrounding you, find the migratory patterns of community. Where can you make a difference even when not getting paid? Devote several hours of week serving your community.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Don't fly alone. You are more susceptible to discouragement, fear and defeat. Without the strength of others, it takes a whole lot longer to reach your destination.</b></span><br />
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The search for work often feels like navigating impossible terrain with hidden land mines. <br />
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The high points are amazing! The immediate relief when an employer calls to interview is indescribable. The low points of multiple rejections cause disappointment that can spread over your confidence like a bad case of poison ivy.<br />
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The journey to employment can fatigue the strongest among us. It is an exhausting process.<br />
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The palpable combustion of uncertainty and stress cause wear and tear on one's very soul. <br />
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The longer it takes to find work, the greater intensity of stress and a continuous cycle of unanswered questions. It can be gut-wrenching. The gnawing sense of loss causes the jobseeker to forget who they are as a talented professional with much to give and gain.<br />
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A sense of identity can easily be shattered with a pink slip. <br />
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I see grown, burly, strong men cry like babies when faced with the rupture of job loss. I'm convinced losing your job calls for a funeral of closure, grief and consolation. But we can't stay forever at that visitation.<br />
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Questions surface and race through the swirling mind of a job-seeker:<br />
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What's my purpose?<br />
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Am I good enough to work again?<br />
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Who will hire me?<br />
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What's wrong with me?<br />
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What could I have done to prevent this?<br />
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When will this nightmare end?<br />
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<b>Ways to protect your esteem and confidence</b><br />
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In the end, the greatest correlation of seeking and finding work is inextricably linked to your levels of motivation, confidence and determination. When those levels are high, you're likely to gain momentum that naturally works in your favor. Conversely, when they are low, your search drags on endlessly.<br />
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What strategies can you intentionally use to keep your self esteem intact?<br />
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Listen to beautiful music.<br />
Take a walk everyday.<br />
Listen to motivational people.<br />
Remember the good, let go of the bad.<br />
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<b style="background-color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Everyday, imagine yourself employed.</span></b><br />
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After landing a job and exiting from the career counseling process, I hear three primary themes of the job loss experience:<br />
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1. Losing the job was the best thing that could have happened to me. It ends up that job loss led to a better opportunity. Imagine that?<br />
2. I had to view my job search as full-time work and I could not call in sick. My best work was to maintain confidence. Having supportive friends, family and colleagues is crucial.<br />
3. I had to remember who I was and that nothing, not even job loss could steal my sense of self without my permission.<br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Remembering my value as a person diffused the explosion of job loss and rendered it powerless.</span><br />
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Finally, if you are the friend of a jobseeker, please encourage them today with a kind word or note. Express how much you appreciate their friendship and remind them of how important they are to you. <br />
Validate their talent, skills and all the strengths they bring to the table.<br />
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The power of being connected and remembering our importance to each other is an important life skill that we all need to practice even when employed.<br />
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What additional strategies would you would share with someone who feels frustrated and at a loss with their job search?<br />
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Today, art lovers grieve the travesty of priceless works of beloved artists being burned to cover the crime of stealing them. To set fire to irreplaceable beauty and masterpieces is unfathomable.<br />
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Read the story <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/stolen-matisse-picasso-and-monet-paintings-burned-in-oven-1.1467572?page=2" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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The act of someone burning them in an oven provoked deep emotion as I realized fire turned something invaluable into nothing but rubble and ashes.<br />
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It reminds me of how we so easily forget and neglect our God-given potential, talent and skills in much the same way by wasting our opportunity to make a difference in the world.<br />
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When we forget who we are and the potential residing in our hearts, it is akin to burning away a masterpiece that cannot be replaced. Our skills smolder as we waste away each day in angst, indecision or unhappiness.<br />
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God, the master artist, created a one-of-a-kind masterpiece in each of us to bring meaning and beauty to others by action, words and relationship.<br />
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Each of us is given a calling, a vocation to accomplish through a myriad of career choices. There are reasons for our existence and the journey to discover our multi-purposed life is nothing short of pure beauty.<br />
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To think you are not good enough, prepared enough, strong enough, or ready enough is as though you are turning an oven on to a broiling temperature and burning your potential to rubble.<br />
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Life is art lived out on the canvas of daily rituals, events, routines and habits. Your capacity to be spontaneous, accomplish goals, to learn new things and to overcome fear creates a masterpiece of richness and depth for others to preserve your legacy for generations to come.<br />
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What else possibly matters more than loving and serving others? <br />
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The paint of your life is your willingness to be fully alive and present in this moment.<br />
As Monet's masterpiece cannot be replaced, neither can you.<br />
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Don't let fear steal your priceless time and burn away the moments for why you are alive.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a previous post, I discussed the variables you can control in a job interview. Read it<a href="http://www.mastercareercounselor.com/2013/02/the-science-of-job-interviews-variables.html" target="_blank"> here.</a> A job interview places tremendous stress on a job seeker to get it right with little room for error. This makes the preparation all the more important and vital to a successful interviewing outcome. You must remember the interview is about your resume in high definition. It is the reason you got the interview.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The employer wants to know how you are the solution to their problem. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The non negotiable activities for success include these two important steps:</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Research and complete a background check on the company.</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before you enter the premises of an interview (starting the moment you park your car), you must inspect, examine, study and accumulate a vast knowledge of the company. This empowers you to know if the company is a place where you want to work. </span><br />
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Call your local better business bureau for any consumer complaints</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check your local chamber of commerce to see if the company is an active member</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Talk to anyone you know who may work there to find out the major reason they are hiring (sometimes that isn't always good)</span></li>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Be an interviewing sleuth and track your potential employer's progress.</span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You are in the driver's seat ready to determine if you want to spend the majority of every working day with this potential employer. As you prepare for an interview, find the answers to the following questions to make an informed choice and to prepare you for questions you may be asked. </span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><i>THE INTERVIEW PREPARATION RESEARCH GUIDE</i></u></span></b></h2>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who is this company and how was it founded?</span></span></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who does it do business with?</span></span></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What does this company do for the benefit of
customers?</span></span></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who are its major competitors?</span></span></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">What is the potential for growth of the company
in my area?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">When did it begin?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is its mission statement?</span></span></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What is the main website address and social media emphasis?</span></span></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What geographical location does this company
reach?</span></span></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How many people work there?</span></span></b></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Is it
public or private?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></span></li>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, think about answers to the following personal questions as the fuel of your interviewing engine:</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><b>W</b></span><b><span style="font-size: 11pt;">hat are five reasons I want to work here?</span></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What are the top five skills I offer this company?</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Does my resume translate into the solution this company needs?</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Could I envision myself working here and enjoying it?</span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you're a jobseeker, utilize this post as a tool to empower you. The result may include <b>NOT </b>wanting to interview with the company, saving you time and energy. Hopefully, it solidifies the reason you want to be hired.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Researching the company before the interview is the foundational principle of successful interviewing.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Are there additional questions you would include in this guide? </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next post will include the important sites to do your research.</span></span></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Today's job market has placed heavy demand on career counselors from all service deliveries including workforce development, college career centers and private practice specialists. </span></span></b><br />
<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">We must remember the importance of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #073763;">mindfulness</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">to our client's need and wellbeing even more than developing an awesome resume template or sharing an effective job search strategy. </span></span></b><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being fully present in the moment is the strongest link to the future of career development success. It is much like growing a healthy houseplant. It takes time, energy and attention.</span></b><br />
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There are a plethora of articles on job interviewing fundamentals. Here are some really good ones:<br />
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1. <a href="http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewattire/a/interviewdress.htm" target="_blank">Dress nice!</a><br />
<a href="http://career-advice.monster.com/job-interview/interview-preparation/make-a-great-first-impression/article.aspx" target="_blank"><br /></a>2. <a href="http://career-advice.monster.com/job-interview/interview-preparation/make-a-great-first-impression/article.aspx" target="_blank">The first impression matters!</a><br />
<a href="http://www.quintcareers.com/sample_thank-you_letters.html" target="_blank"><br /></a>3. <a href="http://www.quintcareers.com/sample_thank-you_letters.html" target="_blank">Send a thank you note!</a><br />
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My blog post will frame job interviews as a science and how certain variables affect the outcome. <br />
Awareness of these two sets of variables can empower you to persist and be patient with the process.<br />
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<b>WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW</b><br />
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<b>Chemistry</b> is the major driver of interviewing success. There are certain elements of an employer's personal bias, first impression beliefs and personality preferences that influence hiring decisions.<br />
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Simply put: Just like a science experiment, there are variables that can and cannot be controlled.<br />
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So, let's use the scientific method to empower you to success!!!!!!!<br />
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<b>MY HYPOTHESIS:</b><br />
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If you follow this method and frame your interview in the following way, you'll have positive results.<br />
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Step One: Ask yourself this question:<br />
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The key point to any successful job interview is to have a resume that lands you the interview. The platform for this must begin by targeting your skills to an employer resulting in seeing you as a potential solution to their gap. Knowing your skills and having the ability to express, display and quantify your results is a variable within your control. The compound chemicals that you mix in an interview results in a positive dynamic interaction or an unfocused dud of awkward discussion.</div>
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In the next post, I will explore the second stage of a successful interviewing methodology. <br />
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Today's career and job search vocabularies are saturated with a word that usually contains a negative connotation: <b>networking.</b><br />
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Networking, a word birthed in pyramid schemes contains the sense of using or being used for the benefit of another. Its also known as small talk, benign or useless conversation and the most dreaded of all job search activity. <br />
Many people see networking as a necessary evil in the job search resulting in anxious awkwardness.<br />
Networking when I need it is all about me. Networking when you need it is all about you.<br />
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What about a style of connecting that is all about "<b>us"</b>? <br />
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The interdependent need to grow, develop and expand our professional sphere with positive influence needs to be rebranded as career pollination. <br />
It is intentional, purposeful and vital to the overall wellbeing of our livelihood. Let's reframe this very important and essential activity in a positive and sustaining light.<br />
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<b>CAREER POLLINATION</b><br />
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Just like bees and hummingbirds pollinate the world, we do the same for one another. Our relationships must be a give and take demonstration of trust and positive action. This can harness great power to diminish discouragement and alter the course of our careers.<br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Career pollination</span> </b>is defined as the<b> intentional transfer of information </b>in the world of work from one professional to another. It is the key prerequisite for successful job searches and future opportunity. It is the fusion of two or more persons' knowledge synchronized to each other's professional needs. It is a symbiotic and mutually beneficial relationship to the person, company, industry and world.<br />
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<b>BE A CAREER POLLINATOR</b><br />
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Pollinators are those incredibly important people who naturally make us feel comfortable, validated, and needed. They bring mutually beneficial people together for the common good of everyone.<br />
I can think of several pollinators in my life who are linked to my professional development and success.<br />
They've knocked on doors and introduced me to people I would never have otherwise known. Pollinators connect people for positive outcomes that benefit all. How am I pollinating other colleagues' success?<br />
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This is the key:<b> </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><b>building</b> <b>intentional relationships for the common good as we exchange information makes the world a better place.</b></span><br />
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What could be more rewarding?<br />
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Just like one bee cannot possibly pollinate the entire floral landscape, we cannot navigate the world of work alone. The more we pollinate, the less discouraged and isolated we tend to be.<br />
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<b>BENEFITS OF POLLINATION</b><br />
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Connecting to people and transferring information to another can have profoundly positive effects.<br />
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1. We reproduce successful relationships with colleagues and industry partners.<br />
2. We tap into the nectar (positive energy) of relationships with one another that inspires us to greater success.<br />
3. We provide an important service to humanity by connecting to each other. What is truly more important? <br />
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Pollinating is becoming a lost art because we no longer make the time and space for it.<br />
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<b>CREATE AN INTENTIONAL BEEHIVE OF ACTIVITY</b><br />
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Creating a beehive of active relationships and takes time and energy. It doesn't happen overnight yet every moment spent produces great reward. <br />
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Here are some healthy beehive activities:<br />
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1. Have lunch twice a month with professional colleagues.<br />
2. Have coffee with an industry expert every three months.<br />
3. Read one book a month on your career trends, future growth and best practices. Have conversations with co-workers and give the book as gifts.<br />
4. Join at least one new professional organization each year.<br />
5. Take a class at least once every two years to enhance your professional development.<br />
6. Volunteer in your community.<br />
7. Take a moment and meet all the neighbors on your street.<br />
8. Write an email of appreciation or affirmation to your colleagues or better yet, a phone call!!<br />
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The honey of career pollination is found in the connectedness of other professionals who challenge, encourage and develop us to be our best and find meaning in our work.<br />
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How healthy is your hive? My wellbeing depends on it.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In a previous post, the lion of discouragement seeking to devour the hope of all jobseekers was put on notice. <a href="http://www.mastercareercounselor.com/2012/05/lion-of-discouragement.html" target="_blank">Read it here.</a></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Job seeker discouragement is the most pervasive predator of successful attainment of employment. Simply put: the jaws of being down-hearted will slow your success to finding a job.</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Most Effective Job Search Strategy (Pink slip the lion) </span></b><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Employers aren't responsible for your livelihood, you are.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. If your previous job is now obsolete, it won't return in its current form. Have a funeral and mourn the loss. But do not bury your hope and determination to work.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. It is and shall indefinitely be the employer's market. This means you have to be intentional and active in finding the employer who needs your skills. Discovering your employer is an art in itself. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Reframe your job hunt starting now. Instead of seeing the process as overwhelming and daunting, embrace the opportunity to show core competencies every employer needs. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the end, the most powerful job search strategy isn't a methodology. <b>It is a relationship.</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A relationship between you and the world of work and how you engage it daily. This directly correlates with your success. Step back, assess your strengths and let go of having to remediate a weakness. Focus today on learning, building, and moving forward. This attitude will catapult your search to a new level of intentional pursuit. Focus on what is good. Focus on the small accomplishments of each day. The best way to slay the lion of discouragement is to learn the science of pollination. </span><br />
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Successful resume writing is an art and science.<br />
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First, the science.<br />
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<b>Chemistry 101</b><br />
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The employer has an opening and looks for the right and best fit. Company culture, leadership and a gap in the current staff drives the need to grow the team. How does your resume and cover letter make the point that you deserve an interview? You likely will hear about this protected opening from a colleague and the world of work's interpersonal routing system delivers you an opportunity. <br />
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Does your resume provide the necessary oxygen to sustain interest in meeting you?<br />
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I could go on and on about the chemistry factor, but am focused today on an emerging resume art.<br />
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<b>The Infographic Masterpiece</b><br />
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Infographic resumes have increased over the past two years. What is very useful about them is how they take "data" and mine it into information that is quick to scan and an enjoyable diversion from the typical chronological resume. <br />
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How I created mine:<br />
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I went to <a href="http://www.resumup.com/">www.resumup.com</a><br />
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It then connected to my Linked In profile and created my resume infographic:<br />
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An infographic resume is a creative way to summarize your fit to the company's need.<br />
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US unemployment rate stood at 7.9 percent. Admittedly this is one of the lowest
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job seekers are increasingly looking for ways to stand out from the crowd. The
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have at least one social networking profile, while one in six respondents
credited social media with their current job. With so many job seekers jumping
on the social networking bandwagon, could it be time to find a new way to stand
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Response) Code. But wait, aren’t they something to do with couponing? Not any
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placements to movie posters. Users scan the code with their smartphone or
tablet to be directed to (hopefully useful and </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://marketingland.com/8-great-ways-to-use-qr-codes-for-marketing-5650"><span style="color: #2361a1; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">mobile
friendly</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">) content. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Savvy job seekers are looking at how they can use a QR code on their
resume or business card as part of their job hunting strategy, and some, like </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/21228618"><span style="color: #2361a1; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Victor
Petit</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">, are doing it in a very creative manner. There’s no denying the appeal
of the QR code to help an applicant differentiate themselves from other
applicants, but does that mean that every job seeker should have one? That
largely depends on the sort of company a job seeker is hoping to work for. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.mastercareercounselor.com/2011/11/part-three-resume-law-of-flaming.html"><span style="color: #2361a1; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Progressive
employers</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> such as advertising agencies, marketing firms, and software technology
companies are likely to find the use of QR codes attractive. To see that a
candidate has enough understanding of the technology to be able to implement it
in their job search will be an attractive quality to many employers. It’s a
given that a resume and covering letter should be tailored as far as possible
to each job application, so one way a job seeker can gauge whether or not to
include their QR code in a particular application is to see if the company they
are applying to uses the technology themselves. If they do, it’s fairly likely
that the job seekers personal QR code will be well received.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br />
<br />
</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Sold on the idea of a personal QR code? The one question that remains is
how job seekers can get their hands on one. Corey Eridon shows </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/29449/How-to-Create-a-QR-Code-in-4-Quick-Steps.aspx"><span style="color: #2361a1; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">how to
create a QR code</span></a></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"> over at HubSpot. </span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br />
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</span><b><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Author Bio</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br />
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</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Linda Forshaw is a Business Information Systems
graduate from Lancaster University in the UK. She is the main contributor to </span><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: "MS 明朝"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://www.degreejungle.com/"><span style="background: white; color: #2361a1; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Degreejungle.com</span></a></span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Droid Sans","serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">, as well as a full
time writer and blogger specializing in education, social media, and
entrepreneurship. Contact her on Twitter @seelindaplay</span><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">This guest post was provided by Erin Palmer. Erin writes about allied health careers like </span><a href="http://www.usnewsuniversitydirectory.com/healthcare/medical-assisting.aspx"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">medical assisting</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> and </span><a href="http://www.usnewsuniversitydirectory.com/healthcare/healthcare-administration.aspx"><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">healthcare administration</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for US News University Directory. For more information please visit http://www.usnewsuniversitydirectory.com</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><!--EndFragment--><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Like a devastating storm, certain variables easily converge forming a turbulent self-defeating mindset earnestly believing no employer is hiring. The pattern is the same: </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. See a posted opening.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Apply online.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Wait for employer response.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Soon, there is a decrease in motivation, focus, engagement and follow-through. The anxiety of being chased by failure is palpable. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How exactly do you break free? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The number #1 reason for discouragement is no reciprocal contact from a potential employer. Let me illustrate the point in this all too common scenario.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Jane was down-sized and has been looking earnestly for employment over six months. </b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>She searches the yellow pages and finds a career counselor. In a moment of intense exasperation, defeat and self-doubt, she expresses her raw emotions.</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>"I've never had to look for a job in my life! I put together a resume, applied for openings and have tried to get hired for over 100 openings. Not one single call from an employer! What is wrong with me?" It is depressing and humiliating to get laid off. Finding work is even worse."</b></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jane represents a lot of today's unemployed workers. Many feel the bite of betrayal, deep anger and discouragement. They rhetorically ask, "How can you invest your life in a company for so long, do great work and still be let go?"</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is no simple answer to this question. It is a consequece of an emerging economy that demands productivity and doesn't validate perpetual longevity. It demands knowledge and a short term relationship of high productivity.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Job-seekers like Jane can send 1,000 resumes to employers and never hear a word. It isn't that they aren't hiring. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The obvious gaps:</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Jane's mode of job search is obsolete.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Jane needs to know the effective method and embrace it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Jane needs to know somebody does have a need for her core competencies of a strong work ethic and organizational expertise.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yet, before Jane experiences job search success, she must first slay the lion of pessimism and discouragement with her bare hands of optimism and endurance.</span><br />
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</a></div><b>The most successful job search strategy begins when you're not seeking employment. It is the simple, yet critical skill of developing interdependent relationships that are mutually beneficial. This type of relationship gives and takes in an equal exchange of ideas and common bonds. No small talk. No synthetic animation. No fake conversations. Just real relationship building.</b><br />
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<b>The degree (strong or weak) of this relational connectivity is directly correlated to your job search success. Think about it. The smaller the circle of relationships, the fewer opportunities to job leads. The greater and broader the circle of connection, the more likely you are to land the interview that gets the job. </b><br />
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<b>For some people, a long and depressing job search is a consequence of not being intentional and available for relationship building. Isolation and loneliness are the greatest barriers to overcome when seeking employment. It is never too late to connect and express care. Just being available to respond and develop a relationship with others could change your life and get you to work.</b><br />
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<b>We get so busy and think relationships can wait. Next month. Next year. And of course before we know it, an unexpected job loss has us reeling in a sea of pure despair. It is then we recognize the island we've become. To make matters worse, the awkwardness of not knowing where to begin is downright overwhelming.</b><br />
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<b>Start from scratch. Make that call. Build the relationships you were meant for. Here are a few simple ways to connect:</b><br />
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><b>Cook dinner for a neighbor and take it to them including a note of appreciation </b></li>
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<li><b>Attend a neighborhood association gathering and meet who lives around you</b></li>
<li><b>Attend an alumni event of your high school or college</b></li>
<li><b>Visit the career center of your college and ask for help</b></li>
<li><b>Join the board of a local charity you are passion about</b></li>
<li><b>Volunteer at your local school to tutor</b></li>
<li><b>Have people who are acquaintances over for dinner at least monthly</b></li>
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<b>I can't tell you how many times I experience the following conversation with a client:</b><br />
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<b>Job-seeker: "It is terrible out there in my search for employment. I can't seem to land a single interview. How awful it is that who you know gets you the job. It just isn't fair."</b><br />
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<b>Me: "Tell me about your personal relationships with friends, community and former colleagues..."</b><br />
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<b>Job-seeker:"What do you mean? Like, how many people do I know?"</b><br />
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<b>Me: "Yes, tell me about how you're connected to other people through friendships, organizations, and the neighborhood you live in."</b><br />
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<b>Job-seeker: "When I worked, I was too busy to make friends a priority. I've never volunteered and I went home after work too tired to socialize. Now, I'm too busy applying online to see people. To tell you the truth, I don't know where to begin."</b><br />
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<b>This conversation expands from an imperative dialogue challenging the assumption that connections get you the job (they don't) to an intense regret of not making the time for what is truly important. </b><br />
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<b>Your connections will likely get you the interview. You get you the job.</b><br />
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<b>Without these connections, how will you know what jobs are available?</b><br />
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<b>The greatest success finding a job is within the context of interdependent relationships. The person too busy to build them sees just how important they are when a pink slip is in their hand.</b><br />
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</div><b>The next step for you is to terminate your belief that relationships take too much time. </b><br />
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<b>In the next blog, I'll discuss in detail the most successful strategy employers use to find new hires. Now, go call somebody and have lunch together.</b></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://widgets.paper.li/javascripts/init.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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There is a power strip of job search success you can plug into.<br />
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The surge of energy and connection meet to empower you when you attend a job club.<br />
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A job club is a supportive group and environment that helps overcome the challenges of fierce competition by providing feedback as you prepare to search, interview and land a job.<br />
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<b>The Job Club Power Surge</b><br />
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Read this recent article about <a href="http://www.kentucky.com/2012/01/22/2038571/e-ky-job-club-looking-for-members.html#storylink" target="_blank">Eastern Kentucky Job Clubs</a>. It is a proven fact that jobseekers find employment faster with a supportive group. Here is a <a href="http://www.wbir.com/video/1239146711001/0/Middlesboro-Job-Club-" target="_blank">job club video</a> piece from Kentucky (you have to tolerate a short commercial).<br />
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Typical job clubs are held weekly and bring together jobseekers to share leads, network and provide feedback to one another. <br />
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Job clubs are the job attainment power strip with relational sockets that attach you to employers, community resources and vital encouragement. The power of job clubs is when multiple jobseekers receive energy from a single source of support: themselves. It is an incredible help to know that you are not alone in your search.<br />
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If you're looking for employment, first find a job club near you to hasten the process and make a daunting challenge much more manageable. In my home state of Kentucky, <a href="http://www.ekcep.org/" target="_blank">The Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program </a>does it right.<br />
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If you want your job search to surge with success, then find a job club now. It is the convergence of energy and connection.<br />
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<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Maybe it is the season of my life. Maybe it is the recent reckoning I've had with life's fragility. Life altering events of beloved friends placing them at death's door have provoked me to ponder how I spend energy and what really matters.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>People are the most sacred gift we will ever receive. Ones who come and go. Ones who stay. Ones you wish would stay longer but don't. Ones you wish would move right along.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span> </div><div><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In short, the depth and contrast of each event depends on the relationships we have or don't have.</span></span></b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><br />
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<div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">One of the most powerful relationships long overlooked is between a teacher and student. For better or worse, teachers are the branding iron of a child's perception of their future. If a teacher takes the iron and burns words into a child's psyche such as "dumb", "trouble" "stupid", "no good"... such words are seared forever in a negative </span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">cesspool of cynicism and self-doubt.</span></b></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">Teachers have the privilege and honor of influencing the developing compass of a student's natural ability to navigate a complex world.</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">Teachers are undervalued in our society. I've no idea how many teachers teach because they want summers off or think it is an easy gig. IT IS NOT. Those who do it for the wrong reasons give those who do it right a very bad rap. Many new teachers leave the profession in their first five year cycle. This is an alarming trend. Is it because they thought it was easy and not so stressful?</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">I hate to say it, but many teachers inhibit effective learning because they don't know how to make real world connections to concepts taught in class. In essence, a teacher is the midwife helping to give life or death to a child's dream of who they can be. </span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">What incredible influence.</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">If you are a teacher, burned out and unhappy reading this post, PLEASE consider making a change for yourself and for the sake of your students. It is not a career for the fainthearted. </span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">If you're a top earner in a successful business making so much money it becomes the golden handcuff preventing you from entering the classroom....it is never too late. Professionals transitioning to a classroom naturally mentor success and students need you now more than ever.</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></b></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;">I'm thankful for teachers who have passion for what they do and see it as a calling, not a job. These teachers leave their mark forever. Sure, there is incredible politics and bureaucracy that mires and bogs down the learning process.</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"> No school is perfect. But at the end of the day, students always know which teachers truly care.</span></b></span></div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; line-height: 16px;"><br />
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I recently had lunch with the most influential teacher of my life. Mrs. Oatley, a music teacher, entered the profession 40 years ago when I was in fourth grade. She went on to become an elementary school principal and has made a huge contribution in the educational field. Now a consultant, she thrives in a life of great faith and love.</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;"><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>For me, she has always been a steady influence as I entered high school, then college and then into the complicated life of adulthood. I taught alongside her for five years as a colleague in my early teaching career.</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>She hasn't been in my life on a daily basis, but the lessons I learned from her are with me everyday.</b></span></div><ul style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; list-style-type: square; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 25px;"><li><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Music is a sacred gift that reaches the soul when nothing else can</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Faith is the central tenet of living because anything is possible</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Love what you do and do it to the best of your ability</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;"><b>If you make a difference in one person's life then you lived well</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><b>Today, she is just as beautiful and her smile resonates as it did so many years ago. One of my business colleagues stopped by our table and took this picture:</b></span><br />
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When used correctly, fear is my best friend in an unanticipated moment like walking in a dark and eery parking lot alone. It quickens my senses to be on guard. However, when fear is the default setting in my mind to anything or anyone pushing me outside the boundaries of comfort, fear becomes a downright bully.<br />
Life is a classroom and the most demanding teacher is time. Professor chronology waits on no one and if the bully of fear sits at the desk with my name on it; the classroom goes silent and every teaching opportunity is paused. That is, everything but the clock on the wall. It ticks right on.<br />
Our own mortality is the principal of the school called "life". We all have a meeting someday in that office. In complete honesty, I'm more afraid of the principal than the bully.<br />
I know someday and in one moment, my summons to exit the premises will occur. Class time will be over and my teacher will retire. I don't know the exact moment the intercom will blare my name but it is inevitable.<br />
I will exit never to return.<br />
Lately, I've been more aware of other people exiting life's classroom much too early. I also have a favorite classmate, my 93 year old grandmother who is restless at her desk not wanting to leave but not wanting to stay either. <br />
So here are the questions on the powerpoint slide of my classroom:<br />
1. Will I meet my principal with a diploma in my hand? It isn't based on grades, achievements or advanced placement courses. It is the syllabus containing all the course objectives of my life that I embraced or ignored.<br />
2. Will I graduate with honors? The honors are relationships I've been entrusted to nurture, develop and enrich. The irony is what I'm entrusted to nurture is the very thing that causes me to grow.<br />
3. Will I meet my principal as a petrified drop-out, illiterate in perseverance and hope? <br />
4. Did I excuse myself from fields trips because I couldn't muster signing the permission slip?<br />
5. Did I take advantage of periodic recesses or have lunch at the table of community? <br />
6. Did I participate in the endless opportunities for extra curricular activities that expanded my skills or connected me to people I wouldn't have met?<br />
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How about you? Do you wonder what your career or life would be like if you had the raw courage to punch the face of fear? Living life can be summed up in three major points.<br />
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</tbody></table>I dedicate this blog post to Chris Edmonds, an amazing voice for effective leadership. As I sit next to him in the Twitter classroom #LeadFromWithin he has become a great blessing in my life.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script src="http://widgets.paper.li/javascripts/init.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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