#BestofFSCBlog : #JobSearch -Confessions Of A Former Corporate #Recruiter . A #MustRead for All!
If you’re a #JobSeeker Reading This and Finding Yourself Appalled and Offended, You Should Be. It’s Not You, it’s the Hiring Process. It’s Broken.
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#BestofFSCBlog – Over 30K REads! Complete #SalaryNegotiations Toolkit – How to Negotiate Your Salary. Best One Stop Read!
Everything You Need to Get the Salary You Deserve Negotiating a better salary is something that everyone should be focused on. No matter when the last time you negotiated for a better salary was, the time will come again when the value of work you do is not reflected in the compensation you receive for that work. When […]
#CareerAdvice : #AgeDiscrimination – Overqualified Job Seekers Are Discriminated Against: Here’s How To Combat The Built-In Bias
On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal unveiled the tough challenges confronted by overqualified job seekers. The article builds upon a study conducted by university professors at Carnegie Mellon, Stanford and Johns Hopkins. Their research concludes, “The managers perceive highly capable candidates to have lower commitment to the organization than less capable, but adequate candidates and, as a result, penalize high-capability candidates […]
#CareerAdvice : Why Being Nice isn’t Always Good for #YourCareer . Interesting REad!
Being considered nice is, well, nice, but it can come with a cost at work. Prioritizing niceness often means not being honest or critical, and sometimes that can hurt the company or your career in the long run. If you’re concerned with being nice, however, you’re not alone. In a study of 1,000 full-time employees across the […]
#CareerAdvice : This is What to Say (and What Not to Say) during Any #SalaryNegotiation . A Two(2) Min #MustRead !
No one ever taught me about negotiating, and for the first several years of my career, I was so happy to get any job offer. When the hiring manager stated the salary, I simply said, “Okay, thank you.” The idea that I could ask for a higher number, and that my skills and talent were […]
#CareerAdvice : 21 #MotivationalQuotes For Your #JobSearch Or #CareerChange . A #MustRead !
Feeling depressed, defeated and down about your job search or career change is not uncommon. We’ve all likely experienced some form of unhappiness at work. Shawn Anchor delivers one of the most popular TED talks on the subject of happiness. As a positive psychology expert, he’s found that success at work is partly due to a positive […]
#CareerAdvice : #JobSearch -How to Respond to a Recruiter’s InMail on #LinkedIn . #MustRead !
With a healthy labor market, record low unemployment and steady wage growth, U.S. job seekers are in the driver’s seat of their careers. Employers are eager to show you more than the basic job description. They are beefing up their employer branding, benefits, perks and insights into their company culture to attract you to their open jobs. And one […]
#Leadership : Did We Just Get Proof Of Nick Saban’s #Leadership Style ? Great REad!
There are four fundamental leadership styles: Pragmatist, Idealist, Steward and Diplomat. And as you can probably tell from the names, some are competitive, others collaborative and others structured. But the toughest, and most intense, of these four leadership styles is the Pragmatist. Pragmatists have high standards, and they expect themselves, and their employees, to meet those standards. […]
#CareerAdvice : #YourCareer – 3 Ways to Help Your Career as a Stay-at-Home Parent.
Some parents choose to stay home for many years to raise kids. Others do so because the cost of childcare would pretty much wipe out any income they’d earn from their jobs. If you’re a stay-at-home parent, chances are that you’d like to get back into the workforce someday, whether it’s in a couple of months or several years. […]
#Leadership : #WorkPlace – 3 Ways #Managers can Better Support #WorkingParents .
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how the workforce at large can better champion working parents. If you don’t have kids, it can be understandably difficult to empathize with the challenges that working parents may face. As a mom to two kids under 10, I know these challenges firsthand. I remember what it’s like […]