Our 20 best tips ever…and here are 16-20

Tip # 16: Update your successes. In Tip #8 (earlier blog) I suggested about documenting your successes and having a handful of those ready to go. Once you get that started, every time you have a little win, I want for you to jot it down somewhere. Keep a record. This will give you easy access to content that can help you sell yourself more successfully in performance reviews, as you might be updating your resume, and also great content for job interviews. Just get in the habit of noting what happens, how you made it happen, and what were the results, those metrics around how did you help...

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Our 20 best tips ever…and here are 10-15

Tip #10: Optimize your LinkedIn profile. Typically, only about 20% of positions will get advertised or posted somewhere, yet 90% of job seekers are pretty much only applying to those job ads.  The other 80% are getting filled through networks, and LinkedIn is by far the biggest one. If you think about you needing to buy a new pair of shoes, you can now log onto Amazon.com, type in your size, heel height, color, style, etc. It’ll pull up options, you can then read reviews, and you can decide, “Do I want to take a chance on trying these on?” That’s very much the same...

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Our 20 best tips ever…and here are 6-9!

Tip #6: Prepare for interviews before you will even get a call for one, because interviews can pop up at any time, especially when you get your focus defined. Then you’re going to start having more awareness for what opportunities exist in the market, for people that you want to be connected to, etc. You’re just going to be attracting more of a possibility around really connecting into that focus. And because of that, interviews can pop up when you might not even expect them, sitting on the plane with someone, in a class or a professional association gathering. So prep for...

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Our 20 best tips ever…and here are the 1st 5!

It’s our 20th anniversary in business! And over the last 20 years working with over 5,000 amazing clients, I’ve boiled down our best career progress tips to this list. This is super cool stuff, so get ready to take some notes and take some ACTION, because I predict that you will have some moments where you say, “Oh, that’s a good idea,” or, “That’s a great resource.” So, without further ado, we’ll dive in. Tip #1:   Our first tip is around getting clear on what your values are. This is a great place to start, because for whatever’s going on...

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I 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...

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