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Negotiating: The Single Biggest Mistake People Make
I am excited to share this information with you about how to negotiate with confidence. Let me start by saying that this is a huge topic, so we’ll cover it over this blog and the next 3 following, where I’ll share some golden nuggets that have been helpful to our clients over the years. What are your biggest challenges when it comes to negotiating? Keep that challenge as a goal to improve upon, making the following information more personal and helpful. What specifically do you want to be better at negotiating? Negotiating can cover everything from talking your kids into helping clean up the...
read moreI have a profile. Now What?
By now your profile should be well on its way to standing out in the crowd. So now what do you do? Complete the skills, recommendations and experience sections of your profile. Upload a professional headshot, change your background photo to reflect you and add supporting documents to your profile in the various sections with this feature. Once done, start to connect. Reach out to friends, family, co-worker, former colleagues and members of groups you are in. Build up your connections then begin targeting prospective employers at companies you are interested in working for or in the industry...
read moreHow to write a compelling Summary
Attention! This is the key to an attraction getting Summary section on your profile. The goal is to catch the eye of your prospective employer and intrigue their interest to make them want to learn more. When you look at a profile, LinkedIn shares the first few sentences of your summary and then requires the reader to click the “show more” button to view the rest of the 2000 characters within this section. Much like reading a newspaper, headlines and big news stories are featured “before the fold.” Same thing with your profile. You have just a glance to entice the reader to click further....
read moreWhy does LinkedIn matter? Part one of a four part series!
By now, you’ve probably heard of LinkedIn. If you have a profile, you are one of 467 million current users with a LinkedIn account. But just having an account isn’t enough. LinkedIn by definition is a social network, emphasis on the word “social”. With quarterly revenues topping $947 million, LinkedIn derives an estimated 65% of its revenue from talent solutions. And according to SHRM (the Society of Human Resource Management), an estimated 90% of recruiters rely heavily on LinkedIn for sourcing top talent. Can you think of any other career source with the potential of putting your talents...
read moreEncore Careers. Part 4 – Examples
Now let’s move on to specific examples of people who have transitioned into encore careers—and be sure to check out my 3 previous posts for more details on how to create a successful Encore career. Outside Sales Rep to Bus Driver: One gentleman worked as an outside sales rep for years, and now he drives of students between the local university, and their housing complex. He loves it because it’s just a few hours in the afternoon. He earns a little bit of money. He gets a chance to socialize, and he gets his summer and breaks off. That’s one example. Teacher to Museum...
read moreEncore Careers. Part 3 – Superpowers
In the last few blogs I’ve been talking about Encore careers—a shift into work that you can do later in your career, that may involve greater meaning, part time schedules, and possibly earning some income. I shared a few tips in the last blog post, and now I’ll share a few more, starting with… Build off of your Superpower for a satisfying Encore career! Seven out of ten people on average will not have an idea of what they want to do for their next step, in an Encore career, or just career wise generally. 70% of people typically are fuzzy about that. And without that clarity, it can make the...
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