Focus Friday Webinars 10 Minute JibberJobber Trainings

Focus Friday Webinars 10 Minute JibberJobber Trainings I have been piloting a program for a few months that Im now ready to bring to the masses. Each Friday morning (with a few exceptions travel, holidays, etc.) I do a Focus Friday webinar where I spent 10 minutes on one particular topic or feature in JibberJobber. For example, last Friday we spent 10 minutes on the Interview Prep area of JibberJobber. In that 10 minutes you understood the HOW and the WHY. I love these 10 minute webinars because you can get better at JibberJobber, and your own career management, with very little commitment. 10 minutes, thats all.  Come when you can, dont come when you cant. Sign up at the link below, once, and youll get an email with a reminder and link each week.  If you cant come, just delete the email.  Unsubscribe at any time. https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/851697802 Feel free to share this link in your LinkedIn Groups and job clubs Focus Friday Webinars 10 Minute JibberJobber Trainings I have been piloting a program for a few months that Im now ready to bring to the masses. Each Friday morning (with a few exceptions travel, holidays, etc.) I do a Focus Friday webinar where I spent 10 minutes on one particular topic or feature in JibberJobber. For example, last Friday we spent 10 minutes on the Interview Prep area of JibberJobber. In that 10 minutes you understood the HOW and the WHY. I love these 10 minute webinars because you can get better at JibberJobber, and your own career management, with very little commitment. 10 minutes, thats all.  Come when you can, dont come when you cant. Sign up at the link below, once, and youll get an email with a reminder and link each week.  If you cant come, just delete the email.  Unsubscribe at any time. https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/851697802 Feel free to share this link in your LinkedIn Groups and job clubs

My favorite job is Mama - Classy Career Girl

My favorite job is Mama Great to be back on social media! What a FUN week re-launching our Instagram page @classycareergirl! Thanks for all your support! I love that I get to share what inspires me everyday with you -Anna  #thisismydreamjob

Career or Love

Career or Love Embed from Getty Imageswindow.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'m99hvk2dTRFt-9RhfhNRnw',sig:'kClrza9lok4QN4_RbIiddRt0HcDSzr2IQGZTaNmES8A=',w:'273px',h:'353px',items:'563962291',caption: false ,tld:'com',is360: false })}); Because I cant resist Slate published this delicious quiz from an early 1950s magazine called Girlfriend. The quiz was titled    What Are You Best Fitted For: Love or a Career? The test asks readers to answer a string of questions about situations and preferences. A preponderance of No answers marked the reader as destined for marriage. The questions paint career women in a pretty unfriendly light; apparently we dislike men and have no interest in romance. Thank goodness for Helen Gurley Brown, who some 20 years later let us know we could have both. I love that this screen shot has some womans answers penciled in   she was destined for marriage and true love. Enjoy.

6 Leadership Qualities You Can Learn from Superheroes

6 Leadership Qualities You Can Learn from Superheroes Whether it’s a child or an adult, super heroes have always enticed us with their resonating stories of power intrigue, and justice. There is much to learn from just watching (or for that matter, reading about) superheroes, especially when we focus on their psychological attributes. These icons of greatness can mentor our thoughts and actions in the workspace and make us true leaders. Like trophies on a pedestal, organizations are also looking for heroes on their org charts; leaders who will spearhead the company into super-ness. So, if you break it down, organizations, simply wants HEROES on their team: H HARDWORKING E â€" ENERGETIC R â€" RESPONSIBLE O â€" ORGANIZED E â€" ERUDITE S â€" SELF-STARTER H â€" Hardworking: When it comes to the trait of being hardworking Wonder Woman tops the chart. She was blessed by the Gods to become as beautiful as Aphrodite, wise as Athena, as strong as Hercules and as swift as Hermes. However, she chose to surrender her powers to stay on earth and save mankind. As Diana Prince, she worked hard to master the martial arts and the use of her many weapons. Her calling was to be the protector of mankind and she chose to use her fighting skills to overcome evil, thereby spiraling her to ‘Super hero’ status. It is this super willed hardworking Wonder Woman who teaches us that fruits can be borne only if the land is tilled. What can we learn from this? Hard work pays. With dedication and a pure sense of conscientiousness, Wonder Woman did what she was chosen to do. A good leader leads by example and a lackadaisical leader will have similar followers. A leader who works hard to meet deadlines motivates team members to deliver on time.   E â€" Energetic: Need we say more about Jay Garrick’s energy, of having been knocked out for weeks, flies by like a hurricane to meet the girl he has been pining for years? Jay Garrick’s passion for Chemistry led him to inhale fumes which gave him the ability to run at an insane pace and thus Flash a.k.a the Crimson Comet was born. When Jay Garrick learned of the powers he had gained, he put them to good use by fighting crime. He channelized his energy to what he was most passionate about. What can we learn from this? What we can learn from Flash is that he pursued his passion with great zest and put to good use his newly acquired skill. His energy is unsurmountable when it comes to his super heroic feats. It is this zest which will help an individual accomplish his tasks to a heightened degree. Enthusiasm speaks volumes. Having a passion for the task is half-the-job done. If tasks are approached with the energy of Flash, then carrying it through fruition is the easiest. In a recent poll,  the ability to energize people was  one of the most effective traits of a good leader. R â€" Responsible: If you are looking to rise up the ladder of success, then latching onto the rung of responsibility is inevitable. Spiderman in his first taste of power blithely ignores the chance to stop a fleeing thief and his indifference catches up with him when the same criminal later robs and kills his Uncle Ben. Spiderman tracks and subdues the killer, only to learn that he could have undone what was done on that fateful day. Peter Parker understands that, ‘With great power there must also come great responsibility’ and in order to be Spiderman he has to take on the responsibility that comes with being a superhero and not just bask in the greatness of the new power gained. In time Spiderman makes important choices where he understands where his responsibility lies and acts in accordance with the role he has taken on. It is this acknowledgement of his responsibility that makes him a superhero. What can we learn from this? Great leaders don’t let their gifts go to waste but, rather, see them as a calling to do something heroic. An individual who takes responsibility for his/her actions ups the desirability quotient. Acknowledging the responsibilities that one has to undertake is indicative of a person who is in-charge and in control. What it suggests is that the person has the ability to take important decisions, learn from previous mistakes and take charge of the situation, in other words it is the core of leadership. What’s more, according to a recent survey  more than 80% of managers consider a sense of responsibility, the no. 1 productivity motivator for them. O â€" Organized: Professor X’ systematic approach to promote the peaceful affirmation of mutant rights, to mediate the co-existence of mutants and humans, shows how adept he was in his organization skills. To achieve these aims, he founded Xavier’s Institute to teach mutants to explore and control their powers. His great prowess into the management of this institution for the greater good of mutants and humans is remarkable. It is for these traits that he is highly regarded and respected. What can we learn from this? Developing a systematic approach to work is the foundation of every great Leader. Being process-oriented and methodized goes a long way in building institutions of trust and credibility. Clutter deters creativity, while organization promotes ingenuity and is a true mark of a leader. E â€" Erudite: Knowledge is profound and Tony Stark is the living example of this. His ardent knowledge of technology can be only matched with his super wit. Ironman always steered ahead of opponents, all the time, by putting to good use his colossal wisdom in the technical sphere and creating the best gadgets for his arsenal. What can we learn from this? Knowledge is limitless and will always be your ally to supersede. An erudite leader is well-informed to take important decisions worthy to make or break a company. How then is a leader to stay ahead from him competitors if he is not enriched with the complete knowledge of his product, market and how to overcome any adversity? Keeping yourself up-to-date on the latest trends in technology will ensure your superiority in the market and is key to your survival. After all what is in vogue today is passé, tomorrow. To enumerate this point, more than 2400 students in American colleges were surveyed on the characteristics they perceived are important to being a great leader and it was found that 48% believed that a leader should have a graduate degree. S â€" Self-starter: Batman trained himself both physically and intellectually to fight crime. He is our classic self-starter, who swore revenge on criminals because of the injustice done to his parents and schooled himself to combat the slickest criminals and bring them to justice. Unlike most superheroes, he does not possess any super powers, instead he makes use of his intellect to fight crime. His indomitable will physical prowess makes him the super hero he is, which is characteristic of any self-starter. What can we learn from this? Proactive leaders literally make hay while the sun shines. They are the pioneers for innovative thinking. Thinking and acting fast with conviction and confidence will only result in big wins. A successful entrepreneur learns the job on the go and doesn’t believe in handholding. According to a recent survey, over 70% of the respondents wanted to launch their own organization, thereby indicating the boom of the self-starter leaders in the emerging market. After all as the Dark Knight said, ‘A hero can be anyone’ an organization wants a hardworking, energetic, responsible, organized, erudite self-starter on their team. Author: As Head of Marketing at Aditi Staffing, Rakesh Singh is responsible for organizational brand outlook. With over 10 years of experience in various sales and marketing roles including an entrepreneurship attempt in the Digital Display Advertising world, he brings a comprehensive approach to Aditi Staffing’s brand management in the global recruitment market.

Update Your C-Suite Executive Resume This Month - Executive Career Brandâ„¢

Update Your C-Suite Executive Resume This Month Are you like many c-suite executives contemplating a career move? Youve been toying with the idea for months. Youve seen the writing on the wall at your company â€" heads are rolling â€" or youve been dissatisfied with your career progression, or lack of it. Then summer came and you easily put off the idea of diving headlong into job search. Now its September . . . a time of year when people traditionally start, or get back into, job search in earnest. To give you that extra push, its the 13th annual International Update Your Resume Month. Career Directors International, a professional association Ive belonged to for years, began this event to remind job seekers that they need to have an updated, targeted resume at-the-ready. You never know when a layoff may hit you, or when a golden opportunity may suddenly fall in your lap. Having your resume ready to send can give you the competitive advantage over those scrambling at the last minute to write their resume. Its time to get serious about moving forward and: Identifying employers to target for jobs, Defining your personal brand and unique value to those target employers, and Getting your resume updated to position yourself as a good-fit for their current challenges and needs. Once you get these essentials under your belt, youll be prepared to differentiate and clearly communicate your value, as you network and interview . . . and land your next great gig. You may be one of those savvy c-suite executives who knows how to pull all the pieces together to write and design a resume that will position you to your best advantage and sell you as the best hiring choice for your target employers. But, if youre like most executive job seekers, you dont know how to write a value-driven, brand-reinforcing resume for the digital age. I can help. Take a few moments to read about the personal branding and executive job search services I offer and, if youre interested in working with me, contact me. Related posts: 4 Reasons You Can’t Write Your Own Executive Resume The World’s Best Executive Resume Is Not Enough 7 Things Successful Executive Job Seekers Know 00 0

10 Steps to Networking Right

10 Steps to Networking Right You need to nurture existing relationship first and foremost.   This will be the foundation you will use to build a larger and more substantive network. How do you nurture these so-called existing relationships? List the people you know.   I mean everyone. Rate your level of relationship with them.   1=not enough, 2=kinda friends, 3=best of friends  Put a keyword next to their name.   This key word will be something you know about them personally and/or professionally.  Begin reaching out to those you ranked 3.  Ask them questions involving that keyword you wrote next to their name.  When asked about what you are up to, ask for specific  advice  and recommendations of people to speak with for more advice.  Follow-up immediately with the leads they give you (dont wait)  Add these new leads to your list of people you know, rate the level of your relationship (1-3) and add a keyword.  Provide feedback to the people who have given you names of contacts after you have connected with their leads.  Now move on to the people you ranked 2 and repeat steps 5-9. Ive met some great networkers along the way.   Ive also met some who make my skin crawl.   The great ones always have a way of putting others first, known as other-centric.   The not-so-great ones have hidden agendas or it is all about them. This should be a continuous loop.   Touch base regularly with all of those people who are in your network. This is the process, my hunch is, you are looking for wording and phrasing to enter into some of these conversations. Need additional reading: Conversations about nothing How to listen interpersonally Will your contact be there when you need them?

Tips For Resume Writing - Some Basic Tips

Tips For Resume Writing - Some Basic TipsYou may have a job or maybe you're considering a change, but do you really know the basic tips for resume writing? I'm sure that if you're planning on applying for a job this year, you've read about it already and if you haven't, well, there's plenty of information available on the Internet and in print and of course, word of mouth.Even if you haven't heard much about the general resume guidelines, it is still important to at least know what is expected. Remember, not everyone is going to be applying for the same position, so there is bound to be some variations. While there are general guidelines to follow, there is no doubt that different people apply for different jobs.There is also no doubt that some people get hired and some do not and, even though it is important to have the proper skills for the job, your resume does not have to be about that. It should highlight your knowledge and skills that make you a good fit for the position.It is also a good idea to get out of the house and get yourself a new resume. It may seem a little silly but, there are a lot of little tricks that help you pull together a more impressive and professional looking resume. Make sure you get some assistance from an expert who can tell you all about resume templates.Since you want to put together a professional resume, this helps to make sure that your skills and accomplishments are highlighted. In order to make sure that your resume will look professional, you need to consider your best salesmanship.Think about the skills that you have, the areas that you excel in and then write about them. Do not rely on the high school diploma you had when you applied. It's always a good idea to add a little something to your resume that people can use as an example.The basic tips for resume writing include being honest, being organized and using examples to help you build your resume. Remember, your goals are to provide a good impression for employers, a nd you want to include some valuable information.If you really want to make a difference with your resume, you should make sure that it reflects your experience, your knowledge and your skill. Remember, when you can communicate clearly, you are much more likely to be hired.