Job Seekers Radio

Show Notes Do you want to help your network find jobs? Many of us do! Sometimes it's hard to know exactly how you might be able to help your network that is productive.Learn some strategies and tips on how to support job seekers from Andrew and Scott in this episode.Don't miss these Topics:What is coaching and how can I coach others.How to be available and supportive.What to do when people ask for your help to find work.When to ask questions and when to give advice.Side effects and benefits of supporting others.Building skills like understanding, empathy and helping others find their own way.Who and how to reach out proactively.Offering and doing mock interviews.Thoughts on reverse brainstorming or being the "devil's advocate".Facilitating networking connections.Don't ask for a resume unless you have a job or capacity to 100% endorse for a job.Do for one what you wish you could do for many.Create template for responding to outreaches you may not be able to give full attention.Resources (including affiliate links)Networking Checklist  iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:04 - 00:05:06To John, singers radio I'm Scott. I'm Andrew this production is meant to provide meaningful support for you listener to find a great career faster whether you're working or not. Today's episode is brought to you by the anatomy of the networking conversation. It's an e book and a free resource that we've created that you can download at seekers radio DOT com. Today's episode were talking about how you as the listener can support others around you as a coach or a support mechanism to help them maybe in a time of need. Yes. We're not talking about the kind of coaching that Andrew and I do where there's a process that we help people get through that. We're looking at outcomes and everything else coaching can actually be. Done in many different ways and and just just professional coaching. There's the difference between the kind of coach that instructs and the other kind of coach that works with self-discovery, and we're not going to go down that road. What we want to do is to set up the idea of making yourself available to help other people work through their stuff to be a resource. You think okay I'm not in a capacity I don't have the capability. I'm not trained up or have the experience that Scott in Andrew have what value could I possibly have to those around me that are in need of employment that's what we're talking about as just as uncomfortable as it is for them to be looking for employment, it might be as equally uncomfortable for you to talk to them about it right for a number of reasons for whatever. There's lots of reasons. especially if you are also looking for work, you don't you're not working at the time and somebody is asking you for advice. I worked to why. They right if I had all the answers. Well, that's the thing. Often. We find the answers through helping other people and it's something that I'm sure you've heard I'm sure we've even talked about it to some degree in prior podcasts the idea of making yourself available to to network with people to talk to other people you get as much if not more of the conversation than the one asking you we want to start by saying when someone asks you to coach them say yes. It doesn't matter if you are the best coach in the world, what matters is that you are there for them. And it may not be that they're asking you to be coached. They may just say, Hey, i. need help and that's an admission on their side that they appreciate you. They honor potentially your contributions in your your advice, your perspective, it's not them. Coming to you and demanding right something back. It's them coming to you with open hand saying I need help. It could come in another form where people are reaching out to you thinking you might have a job. This is an opportunity to reset conversation and actually help them through potentially a networking process to execute best practic...

Show Notes Your job search not going the way you want? Feeling like your skills aren't up to snuff? Scott and Andrew discuss ways to mitigate your self doubt.Don't miss these Topics:Remember this: You have value! and.. Everyone has doubt!Identify and manage your self doubt.How to think about job postings when you don't fit because you are either under-qualified or over-qualified.Build resilience by taking productive breaks in your search.The danger of absolutist with your mindset and approach.Redefine your perspectives to see what's positive about it.The Never Ending Job Search, how to think about will it ever end.Doing things for others can become a useful diversion.Nobody is hiring or Hiring Freeze doubts.Role of networking in reducing your doubt feelings.Resources (including affiliate links)Why You Can’t Get an Interview – Explained Using Job-Search Science DataAndrew's LinkedIn Profile - Free Coaching at 3:00 PM Pacific every Friday iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:01 - 00:05:02Welcome to job. Seekers Radio I'm Andrew. This production is meant to provide you. Meaningful support is a listener to find a great career faster whether you're working or not. Today's episode is brought to you by the anatomy of a networking conversation e book. It's a free resource. You can download at job. Seekers radio DOT COM in today's show. We're talking about overcoming self doubt in your job search what I've found in recent times, is it? There's a lot of doubt in the marketplace. You have value. That's what I'm going to start with. You have value. It's just finding the place where you can use your that can use your value. Yes, and who will appreciate your value absolutely, so we're going to talk today about some top doubts and some solutions some things that you can do to resolve some of those doubts or mitigate them or worthy. Get your right, and that's that's where I wanted to start. Love the idea you have value find the place that acknowledges that appreciates at the same time. Understand that everyone has self downed everyone. Again if you have no fear, no doubt then the you may be disordered. The idea of self doubt is so universal that overcoming. Self doubt really is the key. It is not eliminating you won't. Recognizing learning to manage, it is a far greater more important skill, then trying to eliminate it because it's not going to happen. It may be evidence of empathy and compassion. Actually that you're downing doing something because it might impact somebody else that's great could be. Necessarily if we're talking your language right now and your job seeker listening to this session, or perhaps your energy job in your just unsure your next move, you might be dealing with things like you know. Do I meet these requirements of this role. Will the interviewers like me right will ever find a good job as good or bad as the last one I've had in, and can there be anything better. Maybe it's I'm current with 'em. Current with the job market are my sills valued right? You're questioning things then you're in the right place I would agree. You're in the right place. So the first one that we really think about here's job requirements and many of the people that I coach will look online postings right. They'll look at. Do An inventory as great analytical do. Because I work with a lot of analytical engineers that sorta chicken they they liked to deconstruct the job description and say do I fit? Do I not fit? AM? I? Interested? Am I not. Doubt right this. Look at that and say well. You Know I. Don't mean one hundred percent of the requirements so I'm not gonNA apply for that I'll tell you from an HR perspective job. Descriptions are wish in most cases now it's true that some companies will create the job description based on the person doing the job, so it's just listing out the things that this person is currently doing, and there's a reason for that and I'm not knocking that when they are then looki...

Show Notes "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear." - Franklin D. RooseveltDon't miss these Topics:Can't eliminate fear, can only manage it.pros and cons review action and non-action alternativesgetting out of your own head by helping others get out of theirsthinking about the things you fear on paperturning fear into self-advocacyreaching to outside resources like a coach, therapist, or EAP.Understanding conflict and gaining new perspectivesRole reversal technique: would you help others if in the same situation?Turn to the people who care about youBaby StepsACRONYM: False Evidence Appearing Realbuild self confidence and safety through considering all the alternativesidentify fear and mitigate its impactwhat are your decisions based on and are they helping you?process of letting go and trying NEW thingsmaking proactive decisionsResources (including affiliate links)Move: What about Bob?What Color is Your Parachute iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:02 - 00:05:09Welcome to Job Seekers Radio I'm Andrew. I'm Scott this production is meant to provide you the listener meaningful support to fight great careers faster, and that's whether you're working or not. Today's episode is brought to you by the anatomy of a networking conversation e book. It's a free resources you can download at job. Seekers radio DOT COM in today's show. We're talking about making career decisions without fear. Now I don't know if you're ever goes away. No, it's an. It's a manageable thing maybe depending on. Yeah. and. Really we brought this to the four because of a lot of things that are going on, not only in our our lives, maybe or even in our coaching interactions, but also in just in the world in society. In general, we're dealing with a pandemic. We have the black lives matter movement. We have a lot of political unrest going on just within the United States, not to mention what's going on around the world. There's a lot going on that. Can create fear and so we're just going to talk about career in the job search and again. That's whether you're working or not. Fear is involved. Regardless of where you are it, it's one of those things where you might even feel like. Is it really fear or is there some other emotional feeling? It's great to explore that and that's basically where we're going to go and we acknowledge. Right Scott that outside influences can either fuel or Exacerbate your fear. So we're not gonNA cover that part of it, but we acknowledged that that exists we're talking about. Is it possible? Is it possible to make career decisions without fear? Yeah I. Remember I'm going to paraphrase probably badly, but I believe I know it was an army general that said it. I believe it was pat that made the comment that fear. Courage is not the absence of fear, but the ability to act well in spite of it and again that's probably a poor paraphrase, but you get the just, and I like to come back to that thought whenever I am looking at something that is triggering fear in me. Is that if I can make progress? However, small that progress is if I'm still moving in the right direction. It's still progress can I do that while managing my fear, and that's really what works for me, the idea of managing it not getting rid of it. You can't I can't i. in fact I read an article not too long ago. That suggested that those who actually do act without any. That's a disorder so. That helps me feel better about managing my fears well when I first heard that question I was like well. Maybe maybe you can manage these career decisions without herb. Maybe not it really just depends on your perspective absolutely, and now if you look at it from a position of being employed in you have assets in the bank, and all these different things, then you've built up really a fortress of protection where making decisions is a little bit easier because you're not fearful of what ...

Show Notes Authenticity is a characteristic that can often go out the window when looking for work. In the harried and eager interest to meet the employer's needs and expectations, the job seeker can lose themselves. Andrew and Scott share strategies and tactics on how to be genuine and stand up for the strengths that job seekers bring to a role.Don't miss these Topics:Being "you" in a job search focused on your strengths.Mindset of truth to yourself over pretending to be something you aren't.Balancing financial needs and job satisfaction.Holding desperation at arms length.Complete assessments to get more clarity and access a professional to help you identify your strengths.Increasing the satisfaction in your job.Nothing Lasts Forever.Stand up for your strengths in the interview.Reinvent yourself to something you want.Consider a vanity project that makes you feel good.Resources (including affiliate links)StrengthsFinder 2.0What Color is Your ParachuteToastmasters for Better Communication iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:02 - 00:05:01welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This production is meant to provide you the listener meaningful support to find great careers. Faster whether you're working or not. Today's episode is brought to you by the anatomy of a networking conversation. It's an e book and a free resource that you can download at Jobseeker's radio DOT COM in today's show. We're talking about the art of being you in job. Search one of my favorite phrases that A colleague of mine says to me all the time. Is You be you? I'm sure most of us have heard that phrase did that come with the snap. No he he means it really very sincerely you can snap yes. Of course. He's he really means it. He wants people to be as authentic as possible. Because it's in learning. Who People really are that. We can then leverage their strengths. And that's one of his themes in his career is to to work with your strengths. When you're looking for something better at in a job search of any kind often feel like you have to change who you are to meet somebody else's expectation you have to Discount your strength. Sometimes because you feel like they may not be valid. And that's often what happens in people that I work with have been laid off from somewhere. They felt like they've been rejected. They're going into a situation. Where Jeez the stuff that I did must not be valuable so I need to reinvent myself and that might be true. You may want to reinvent yourself but if that's your choice great it may be but it isn't necessarily the truth and there's that element of well if this didn't work anymore then now. I have to fake it and and we hear this all the time. Fake it till you make it well that works but is it really sending the messages. You want to send if the message doesn't matter and you're faking it because you are learning how to do it better. That's definitely add approach can take. I don't discount that at all to your point if I suddenly feel like I have to change who I am in order to now be acceptable. That kind of faking. It is probably going to either backfire on you or it's not going to work at all people that are looking at indeed dot com or the job postings at a company They look at that job posting. Oh I can do that. I can do that. I can do this too and look at all these things that they can do without. I saying Is that really what I want to do? I really want to do that. Because if we look at everything based on just a capability model where we're checking all the boxes. We may end up. Disatisfied I don't know that that's a natural approach you know not to mention there's opportunities where you know what? I can't do that and I should probably take that job because I don't have a choice. If you don't have the ability or capacity financially or otherwise to say no yeah that that may be something to consider and don't discount the validity of that situation for those who are i...

Show Notes Job search can be a challenging and rewarding experience. When you learn new techniques and try them out, some may work others might not.What happens when you get to the point when you have tried everything. Nothing seems to be working! Don't miss this episode where Scott and Andrew discuss strategies to invigorate your search.Don't miss these Topics:Taking in and evaluating the advice you are receiving.What to do when everything you have tried doesn't work.Mindset and activities that can support or defeat your efforts.Resources (including affiliate links)StrengthsFinder 2.0StrengthsQuestWhat Color is Your Parachute iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:01 - 00:05:04welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This production is meant to provide you the listener meaningful support defined great careers faster. And that's whether you're working or not. Today's episode is brought to you by the anatomy of a networking conversation. It's an e book a Free Resource. We have for you at job. Seekers radio DOT COM in today's show. We're talking about what happens when the advice runs out in your job search and it just doesn't seem to be working you're still out there looking haven't found a job yet I think there was a recent situation that you had Scott. Yes other eager. Probably fill us in with one of your clients right. I was just having the conversation recently with somebody who is not complaining but expressing his frustration with the fact that he has been around the job seeking block for awhile now. He's relatively new to the area but not new to his field and that industry is represented here in the Portland area. He's talked to a lot of people. He is very well connected in the right places. He's received a lot of advice from both of us from others and nothing has worked yet. He's been working with Everything with from startups to established companies all sizes and shapes and nothing quite has worked out to give him a foothold. Right gainful employment right or at least the final set of interviews or a process. That looks exactly normal. He's gotten close in a couple of situations but it's it's not anything that really has delivered anything even even a temporary contract position and I've been there a lot of what he was describing was stuff that I lived through during my years of unemployment. And so I. I had a great deal of compassion for him under these circumstances because he's truly frustrated. He's tried everything he is. At least his last job was at a higher level so we talked about the fact that there. Aren't that many jobs in this metropolitan area on that level in the field and we talked about his efforts to branch out. He's looking at at companies of different sizes. He has applied for jobs of at Lower Levels. And when he he is then asked why he's applying for a lower position because he's now over qualified and you can't get a job when you're overqualified which doesn't really make any sense. Other than the fact that the a lot of companies are too afraid to hire someone that they're then they feel they then have to replace. Because they're gonNA move onto something else when I talked to. Hr PEOPLE WHO Express that fear. I also tell them well. What are the chances that they may be able to help your company move up within your company that would be a really great higher? Then there's there's fear in Balkh he's been at this for a number of months. He's in a situation where he has a family to support. And what do you do that? The one thing that I keep coming back to is keep going. And that's really the the answer to the question keep going. Yeah and it's nothing that we can't work with and the challenge that a lot of people have is they come into a situation and they put a date out there. I don't know if you've ever done this but I should have a new job by this date doing what I did where I came from. And now I'm putting all these undo Stresses on myself tha...

Show Notes Getting noticed by a hiring manager can take some effort. You have interest in a company or even a specific position, but are unsure about how to get on the radar.Scott and Andrew discuss some strategies for finding hiring managers and getting their attention.Don't miss these Topics:Getting around the applicant tracking system (ATS) and recruitment processes.Reverse engineering the roles and industry trends based on research to craft attention grabbing mindsets.Leveraging industry associations and relationships to get introductions.Position your expertise to align with current events and trends.Tracking and keeping tabs on hiring managers of interest through authentic engagement.Identifying problems you solve or can help them avoid proactively.Incubating and updating hiring managers with valued content.Be an extension of the hiring manager's work by becoming a subject-matter expert (SME) and bringing information back to the team.Share the truth about your capabilities and accomplishments.Volunteering alongside hiring managers with similar interests.Resources (including affiliate links)What Color is Your Parachute iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:02 - 00:05:01welcome to Job Seekers Radio Andrew and I'm Scott. This production is meant to provide you meaningful support to find great careers faster. And that's why they're you're working or not today. We're talking about getting on the hiring managers radar this can be challenging and it's going to be different in every situation but we want to talk about this in just general terms because often there are ways to get on the radar that either we forget about. We don't know about or that. We sure whether or not it's going to be effective and so we don't try and I think the first step is you gotta try what you know. Hopefully we can build on that today. Today's episode is actually brought to you by the anatomy of a networking conversation. It's an e book that Scott Ni- put together to free sort resource for you on job. Seekers RADIO DOT COM. You can download that at your leisure. The challenge with getting on the hiring managers radar is feedback. That I've gotten from a lot of job seekers that I coached those ones that are working in ones. That are not that are just trying to get. I don't WanNa say around recruitment or talent acquisition. But really they WANNA talk to a human being and often. They're not able to because of all the layers of process that stand between them and the company so many companies now are using automated systems to go through a recruiting process and so it is difficult to get in touch with a human being and we recognize that. Turn the tables just long enough to to think about why they would wanna do that. I can't really blame them. Having been on both sides of the coin both as a hiring manager as well as a job seeker. The hiring manager needs help anymore. I don't know. Many companies that have a lot of recruiters are a lot of people that have the bandwidth to be doing a lot of the sourcing. Most the recruiters I know have an enormous number of tickets open for positions that they need to hire people into and it can be daunting so the automated systems that they use help them to find people with the right qualifications at least with the right keywords. So all of the PODCAST THAT. We've we've already done where we're talking about how to get into that. All of that still applies. Hopefully we can maintain a sense of empathy for those who are going through all of that processing the ones that are reaching out using these automated systems. We want to help them to find us. So that's really elite sort of the the perspective we WanNa start with today. Part of this is really reverse engineering. The roles you're interested in in identifying. Then okay what are some of the challenges that are common in the industry? What are some things that the company has facing is Is there a trend? That's happening.

Show Notes Dealing with a boss, a manager, or a leader that is toxic can be an emotional powder keg. Coping with this very common situation can be challenging.Scott and Andrew share ideas around coping with impotent leaders in sometimes toxic work environments.Don't miss these Topics:Strategies for coping in a healthy way.Perception and reality - understanding the current state and the truth.Qualifying job opportunities to confirm toxicity.Concurrently performing and coping.Seeking 3rd Party Support through coaching, counseling, therapy, and mentoring.Be the leader you wish you had.Evaluation of options and making decisions about what to do.Resources (including affiliate links)The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PeopleCrucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are HighSimon Sinek on Millennials in the Workplace iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:01 - 00:05:01welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This production is meant to provide you the listener meaningful support to find great careers faster. Whether you're you're working or not in today's episode. We're talking about healthily coping with impotent leadership and internal politics and what do you do in. Your leader is really a red head. Hot Mess Yeah. It's a topic that comes up often you. There are many articles out there. A quick Google search will get you there. We did want to talk about it. Not because others have it but because I think we have a voice to speak we both have experience with toxic leaders. I think everyone WHO's been around this block more than once has and it's surprising to me that it continues to be such a common instance? I guess what what makes some specific boss or a certain environmental is going to depend a lot on how that person or organization has grown into the position. They're in so there's going to be a unique set of reasons. I don't think we need to really analyze the reasons why they're there. It's really just. How do we cope with this situation? And especially for those who have had a lot of experience in their work and then suddenly find themselves back in a situation that feels toxic or dealing with a leader. Who doesn't seem to lead? Well it can be really frustrating. So we I WANNA talk about this from a sort of a step back in how we can help ourselves to cope with these situations and find ways to improve awesome. Tell me if this sounds like you. Have you ever had a new boss or a new leader. Yeah I think we all have. Have you been promised things that didn't happen Many times okay. Tell me this sounds like you is the leader. Favoring somebody else over you never never happens right now or maybe you feel isolated you know working remotely as do. I sometimes feel isolated. I'm not getting face time or I'm not getting recognition or I'm not. There's certain things I'm not getting really it comes to our own perceptions are we actually perceiving this accurately and so. That's a really good caveat to start the conversation sometimes times. We don't see things as clearly as they appear. What we WANNA talk about isn't so much dealing with the times when we misunderstand ended when we want to encourage everyone to to look at that objectively tried to get as much input about it from co workers or other leaders or people who used to work work with with these people because you can always find that out on linked and do your due diligence to determine whether or not this is truly a toxic situation or your leader really isn't a good leader whether that's true impotence? In the sense that they don't have the power to make positive change or maybe they just do play play favorites. Let let's or they choose not to make a decision. They abdicate. Certain responsibilities that that's another thing that we see all the time but we're going to assume that you've done your due diligence and that you have confirmed in a relatively robust way that yes.

Show Notes Moving to a new city can be a shock in itself. Even more so when you are talking about a new country. Scott and Andrew discuss high-value methods to finding meaningful work in a new city.Top 4:Networking that includes a perfect excuse.Flock together with affinity groups.Leverage your spouses relationships.Join things.Resources (including affiliate links)ToastmastersEventbriteMeetupYelp iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:01 - 00:05:11welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott this production. This podcast is meant to provide you meaningful support to find great careers ears faster whether you're working or not. Today's episode is the top four things you can do to find meaningful work in a new city. This is a really common circumstance that people find themselves all the time. It could be that you've relocated to a new city because your spouse or significant other has. You're you're going along with them. It could be that you had an opportunity to try something different because you were out of work and you wanted to move moved to a city that you really wanted to try out. There are so many reasons but it is. None of them are uncommon. The one I run into most often Scott is. I'll have somebody come. I'm here on maybe an H1B Visa. And they bring a spouse along and the spouses some of them I've seen are like MD's PhD's I mean they're highly educated. They have decades of experience. And they're in a new country and they don't know what to do and it's a new environment and new experience and really we want to give those people an opportunity entity to really know that there's four things that you can do today to change that circumstance or that situation. One person that I've been talking to recently has has come to the Portland area from New York City actually I've spoken to a couple of people from upstate New York and they want to be here. They both came here with great expectations. One because he wanted he and his family wanted to try out Portland though. They weren't familiar with it. They'd heard a lot about the other. One actually got a job out here. In both cases they weren't familiar with the people here they didn't have a lot of friends. They had some acquaintances but thought they didn't really know where to start and they're probably in some shock. Yeah new surroundings getting used to new culinary norms shore. That idea of shock I I think is something that people are expecting when they go to a city especially when they th- chosen this city. Oh they heard so many good things about it it and how welcoming the city may be and how newcomers are really treated very well and they get there and they still find themselves sort of isolated. They don't the people they don't know how to take the next step or even what the next step out look like and so that shock is probably what everybody has in common. What most of the folks that I know are there in this situation? They do have financial capacity. They have a runway Brian on the they're not really being stretched a capacity but they really really want to get back to work sure because they were highly valued in the country or the place they came from and now they're in a place. Where wow this is the first? This is weird. I'm in a new country new city. I don't really know anybody. I have all these skills and I just don't know where to take him so the other thing is yes. They have financial resources but also they have a visa or What would you call it? A the the spouse might be hurting H. One B. But there's a separate permit to work. They have to obtain Brian. So we're not gonNA talk about the permits legalities right. It's constantly changing or certainly not subject matter experts. But it's important if you're coming to a new country that you figure all that stuff out I will mention there are. We're going to be some people who do come to a new city and we'll put you in quotes in that scenario.

Show Notes You know what assumptions do? Make an a$$ out of you and me. You've probably heard that one before.Scott and Andrew discuss the top career assumptions that can impact your career negatively.Top 10 Worst Assumptions:Leaders will see your performance and promote you for doing a good job.Your coworkers have the same values that you do.Everyone works just as hard as you do.Don't need to learn anything new to be successful.No one knows more than you do.Everyone communicates the same way you do.The norms of work-life will remain constant under new leadership.The reason that your career isn't where you want it to be has nothing to do with you.A company won't layoff or terminate your employment because you are "too valuable."That people trust you. iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:01 - 00:05:01locum job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott this production this podcast is meant to provide you the listener meaningful support support to find great careers faster. And that's whether you're working or not. Today's episode is brought to you by the anatomy of a networking conversation. This is an e book doc. A free resource that we've created and you can download it at job. Seekers radio DOT COM do it today. Don't miss out. Don't Miss Today's episode. We're talking talking about a very common situation. That comes up the ten worst assumptions you can make in your career and this is coming from combined. Work Experience no no say accounting. Yeah I have. We have a lot of experience and making these worst assumptions. We leave and and I wish I could say that I don't anymore Is Part of the human. I'm an experience. We do make assumptions and sometimes they don't lead us where we think they should. We want to go over a list of things that we think are the most those common and probably the worst assumptions that we can make when we get into conversations whether that's in an interview in a networking conversation in a work conversation. You're on the job and maybe you're having an important conversation with someone else. Then again. It may be what you think is an unimportant conversation that might lead somewhere. These are assumptions that we have made. Generally we would agree that these were trip. Everybody up and it's not like we're not still making some of these assumptions. We're we're just articulating these to actually speak to ourselves as well as we go through our careers to make sure that we're taking consideration of all of them and not assuming assuming that we aren't going to have an assumption we do we will always. How do we minimize the impact? That some of these assumptions have and and if we can avoid these that we're gonNA be talking about. I think it's going to help get us to where we WANNA be. The first assumption is assuming others will see your performance and you'll be offered a promotion because of it. We all hope for that. We are working in a culture where hard work pays off. That's that's the myth and for a lot of people that actually works. There's more to it than just hard work. We want to make sure that people have their eyes wide open to all of the things that happen. We talk about politics at work. Nobody really likes. I can't say nobody. Few people really enjoy the politics at work. Many people have figured out how to navigate it. I'm reminded of when I first came out of college. I got my first job out of college at a Columbia Sportswear and it was a company any. I really wanted to have a long career with and I made an assumption that if I worked hard kept my nose to the grindstone right. Did good work and that people would see. See it and put me into a slot and say hey you know. If you're going to consider somebody for that position you should look at Andrew and that never happened at least not for coming and then when it got to the point where that position came open and I wanted and I applied for it they said I wasn't qualified so the interesting thing...

Show Notes With all the job gurus and career pundits telling us what is right and good and true - it's hard to know where to start and what to do. Scott and Andrew discover, with all the noise, what the #1 hidden secret to career success is for all of us.Don't miss these Topics:Measuring success.Taking stock of what works and what doesn'tMeasurements to consider for resume, networking, and job search trackingBuilding perpetual career communities Resources (including affiliate links)SalesForceSalesFlareHubSpotGoogle Docs For Job Search CRM iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:01 - 00:05:04welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This production is meant to provide meaningful support to fight great careers faster eastern whether you're working or not today's episode is brought to you by the anatomy of never came conversation. It's an e book a free resource to download at job seekers radio DOT COM in. It's our free gift to you. Today's episode we're talking about the number one hidden secret of career success. Yes there are a lot of ways to look at success I remember in my youth feeling that as an actor or the only measurement measurement of success would be that Academy award or a Tony Award. Whatever that might look like and I remember hearing someone say no it really is just winning? Whatever it is? You're going for whether that's a specific part whether that is getting a paid gig being just voice talent whatever that might be that all of these are measures of success and I remember totally dismissing that Of course I was also in my teens and probably lacked any life experience audience to be able to make a judgment on in the first place so as we talk about hidden secrets we really do. Come back to the idea that it could be something. That's really right in front of you. It's amazing how when we look at our careers and we think about success. We're always looking for the easy way. The the path of least resistance for getting to the path of least resistance. Maybe it takes a little effort. But I'M GONNA make it too easy street right. Something that does require effort On any of our parts and and really when we talk about the tools available accessible to us in career and we talk about success the first one. That always comes up with anybody buddy. I coach is the resume and we talk about success for resume. What does that look like? We have spoken on resumes a lot and we always come back to the idea that the best way to judge a resume is to use the one that works the one that gets you calls. And that was advice that I got from a Recruiter and head hunter that I had turned to to ask we what works for you and she turned that around on me. Well what works for you. What gets you the calls? That's the one you should use. Her point in the larger conversation was to try a lot of them. Use the works trial and error improve. Always always look for ways to attract an interview through that method Shurmur that document. We do want the resume in this case to be interesting to let people know what you have done. Most importantly the value you brought in whatever it is that you had done. So that's why they talk about accomplishment so if you're on the sales side what what kind of sales percentages were you dealing with you know. Put the numbers in there. You make it recognizable for the people that you're sending the resume too so they can see. There is value behind the accomplishments or the tasks that you were responsible for one of the reasons you may actually be on this podcast right now is is perhaps your resume is not working for you and that is a way to determine whether or not to move to another method sure in the method. We often advocate. And you can probably see that from virtually. All of the episodes we've put together is networking. And when we look and talk about success when it comes to networking what are we really talking about to use the resume analogy.

Show Notes Getting results from your networking starts with understanding what to expect from the activity. Managing your expectations can lead to better results, interviews, and many other positive next steps.Join Scott and Andrew as they discuss the ins and outs of expectations and how things might go wrong.Don't miss these Topics:Establishing expectations based on your situation and audience.What is the difference between delighted and disappointed.The role of mindset, trust and perception.What is reasonable to expectIdentifying appropriate outcomes by thinking aheadQuestions to ask in order to determine if you are being realisticAccepting feedback and making adjustmentsWhat to do when your expectations aren't mirroredResources (including affiliate links)What Color is Your Parachute iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:01 - 00:05:10welcome job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This production is meant to provide you meaningful support to find great careers faster. The weather you're working or not. Today's episode is brought to you by the Anatomy of networking conversation. e-book it's a free resource to you you can download unload data job seekers radio DOT COM so in today's show. We want to talk about expectations in job. Search the preface to this. It's part of a customer service training that I did many years ago and I still use this actually is the idea that the definition between delighting someone or disappointing them is simply defined as the gap between what is expected and what is delivered. We think a lot about those times in our job ob search when that we are disappointed in something whether it's disappointed in our cells for not performing in a certain way whether it's disappointed in the person who interviewed viewed us for not asking the kinds of questions that we were expecting not necessarily reacting to our responses. The way we were expecting the the problem is not in the behaviors whether our own or the other person's it really is about what it was our expectation going in and the second question that is were those expectations realistic. So that's what we want to talk about in today's conversation. It's really US wrestling with this. This idea of expectation frustration. Disappointment the different emotions that you're gonNA feel either in work or in your career career or in a job search. There's always hate to say it but there's always gonna be somebody who doesn't live up to your expectations. I found this when I first got into real estate and I had a list of all these people that I would call my good friends that said Oh well. I'm sorry. We can't transact real estate with you. My Funchal is a real tour or my cousin or my fifth wife from a previous marriage or something. You know whatever that lives in this thing but you know when it's like hang on a second here. I had this expectation because we have trust. You're gonNA help me or allow me to help you. And you think about that in the the employment situation how many of us have gotten into working at a job where we thought we were coming into one kind of environment and it turned out it was very different. It's it's important to recognize if someone has told me that we behave in a certain way here and in fact we don't that's not on me what I do with the new. The information is on me and I can set some expectations based on reality rather than what. I was hoping for being told that those are the things I should could be hoping for. There's there's responsibility on the other side of that. What I do with the information is ultimately completely within my control? So that's what we want to promote here is to create some reasonable expectations and not have them set so high that people are naturally going to come in underneath that. They're going to let let us down in some fashion. If someone tells me that we have a culture at this organization that is employee center.

Show Notes Culture is the environment, including common values, vision, and mission. Does every organization have one? Likely, yes.Does the organization live their values? No, not always.Scott and Andrew share thoughts about identifying your cultural values and how alignment with company culture is a critical exercise for your career.Don't miss these Topics:Researching corporate values.Filtering corporate values against your own values.Investigating first hand through networking and interviewing.How to manage the varying levels of belief in and living out the corporate culture.Developing and documenting values as part of the job search and career management process.Maintain openness to possibilities and opportunities for something better.Decisions to make a move within or outside.Would it be worth it to work towards changing the culture.Resources (including affiliate links)037 Networking When You Are Feeling Desperate068 Balancing Cultural Fit With Urgent Need For Employment iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:01 - 00:05:01welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Scott and I'm Andrew and this production is meant to be meaningful support for you to find great career careers faster whether you're working or not that's right. Today's episode is brought to you by the anatomy of a networking conversation. It's a free e book did you can download at Jobseeker's obscures radio DOT com. It's a wonderful resource. It's our philosophy really that we've developed a four step process so when you download that document you actually get the companion audio to help walk you through getting your feet wet with networking. If it's not something that you felt you were really you felt positive about felt felt that it was easy for you. We hope that this will bring it a little bit within your reach Scott. Tell me about today's show. Today's show we're going to be talking about the role of culture in your the job. Search a lot of companies talk about their culture and how they are employee centric in so many ways and I think this is great. The idea that that company executives and leaders are looking for ways to connect with their people and to make them feel better about working there. I think is important and I think it's critical for for employee engagement. which is something we talk a lot about in the corporate world these days especially in? HR circles as well as within leadership your ship because ultimately they have to keep people engaged right so they create these wonderful cultures. They're also usually pretty good about promoting what those values might might be. What brought this to mind though? And and as Andrew you and I were talking about this I've run into a few conversations recently to that talk about culture her especially from a perspective where when they get there they find out the culture is really just talk. They're not necessarily living the beliefs or values news that they say they have. They just put that up there to make you feel good about working there while that's a step in the right direction. They're seeing as the gap between what they say they value and what they seem to be doing in the workforce so what we want to talk about is how do you recognize that. How do you validate they live the values versus just the talk? And what do you do with the information that you find. Whenever I talked to folks about culture? Their eyes glaze over offer as a job seeker. They're like culture. What do you mean you've never really considered it until you've documented and what I found is that if you don't recognize what culture you you were in and what parts of it you liked and what you WanNa see replicated in your next job? It's hard for you to even know and that's the first step or the first challenge challenge that many of my coaching clients have the second step is to believe that they have a choice to pick that culture or not pick that coal right when the job offers on the table even before.

Show Notes You know you should network. You know many people find jobs and get promoted through networking. So what's the hold up?Sometimes knowing how to network is the hard part.  Scott and Andrew share the Top 9 Ways to get your networking Done.Don't miss these Topics:Top 9 Methods to Get your Networking DoneBest practices for networking to make it easier.Resources (including affiliate links)What Color is Your ParachuteNetworking: Insiders' Strategies for Tapping the Hidden  Market Where Most Jobs Are Found iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:01 - 00:05:07welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This is a podcast. Meant to provide you meaningful support to find great careers faster. And that's whether you're working or not. Today's episode is brought to you by the anatomy of a networking conversation e book. It's a free resource that you can download download at Jobseeker's radio DOT COM. There's a little link on the homepage where you can do so down at the bottom of the page you can put in your little email address and we'd be happy to send you that a free resource. You can put your big email address in there to today's episode is the top nine ways. Networking can be done. There are a lot of definitions editions out there. And we're going to go over the ones that we think are both the most common but also the must effective how we execute this whole networking can take many different forms often often when I talk to job seekers or even professionals that are working they believe networking to be something very specific. They kind of have put it in a box right. And and basically the approach that we generally take is used the things that work don't limit yourself to only the things that you know about. There's always an an opportunity to try something new. So what does that look like. We want to talk about some of that today and at the end will actually ty shift gears and talk about. What is it successful conversation? Sation what should you really have outside of just the methods. We're going to talk about and really we're going to start here with the nine ways. You can actually have a conversation with with somebody and the first way you can do. That is in a group setting many job seekers. I've talked to say they think networking is. I have to go somewhere where I don't know anybody. And there's there's a large group of people and that's what networking and networking event. Whether that is a group of people that are looking for work it might be an association and King Opportunities some something that has a theme or maybe they have a speaker. Maybe not but it's where everybody gathers and again the room full of people you don't know but you have something in common with so that works. We recommend that. If that's your thing do it do it as much as you can. Because if it is a numbers burst game for you you will pick up something if you go to enough of them you might find these on something like meet up or event right. It might be an association might might be a job seekers group. These group events are really good to meet New People. You don't know. And that's the whole point. Is that often some people think networking working in just talking to the people. I already know. And if we only talk to the people we know we're GONNA get diminishing return absolutely. This is a great way to go to a new environment. Meant to test your limits. Get outside your comfort zone. Meet somebody I hadn't yet known yet and really what did they say. Strangers are only friends. You haven't met yet. I personally a enjoy doing these kinds of networking events because that fits my style and I understand. They're different people. Different styles different things that were even for those four home. The networking events can be a little uncomfortable. It can still be valuable experienced. We do recommend that you try that. It's going to be the most visible you're going to have the most post ...

Show Notes Keeping and staying on track with your search whether you are working or not requires some momentum. Expand and grow your career with networking - continually.Don't miss these Topics:Keeping a perpetual mindset without judgement.Realistic expectations regarding loyalty to your organization and yourself.Level of physical and mental health that relates to working in the right role and culture.Being open to any opportunity with objectivity. Stay current with industry, experience, resume, LinkedIn profile, and your results measurable.Skill-up your experience with training, certifications, and development opportunities.Getting and being a mentor for brainstorming possibilities and maintaining accountability.Resources (including affiliate links)Mondays Are The Riskiest Days iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:01 - 00:05:09local job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This production is meant to provide meaningful support to find great careers. Faster whether you're working king or not. Hey Scott did you know that today's episode is actually brought to you by the Anatomy of networking conversation. Really tell me more. It's actually an e book it can be found on our website at job seekers radio DOT com. That's amazing in today's episode. We're talking about maintaining momentum in your career earlier. This is something that we talk about networking because a lot of times people get into jobs on this has been true of myself. We get into jobs and then we think okay you know live. I got the job I wanted. There's lots to learn here. I I have so much to do. I'm busy and we don't network anymore. And so all those connections actions just sort of die on the vine and what. I've had to find out. The hard way is often in our careers. The the only way to truly maintain momentum is to keep that networking going not all of the connections. That I make for my future are going to be made in in the company. I'm working for right now so if I want a career that's going to expand and grow and whether that's moving up the food chain or that I'm I'm broadening the scope of what I'm doing. It's a lot easier to keep that momentum going if I don't stop networking we advocate that you take perpetually looking mindset mindset perpetually having your eyes open looking around always looking for the next opportunity not did you have to take it not that you have to find the perfect perfect situation. Although seeking is the fun the way to keep that as fun is to stop judging what you're coming up in front of you know whatever is happening. The different opportunities thirties that present themselves. If we're thinking oh well that one doesn't look good enough for that one doesn't fit well enough. We're actually limiting ourselves to the possibilities. Instead of we stop judging and we really look at what could bring us some enjoyment. Were far more likely to find them. Enjoyment loyalty is something that many companies talk about in many job seekers or employees look for does it really exist. It does in my point of view. It does but you have to be realistic. Mystic about how that actually happens because the company will be loyal to you until they don't need you anymore can't afford you anymore and for are and I'm using air quotes business reasons they let you go or they reorganize and lay people off whatever that might look like in the specifics loyalty he is great as long as it makes sense and too often I talked to people who feel. They have shown their loyalty to their company. And it hasn't hasn't been returned and I would venture to say and I haven't yet talked to any business owner or executive. Who would disagree with me that you are are? You should be loyal to yourself. I the company may or may not be able to show loyalty the way they talk about it and rather than spending your energy judging that be loyal to yourself yourself first. You're the only person responsible to cover your needs.

Show Notes Urgent needs for income can cloud the judgement relating to company cultural fit.Scott and Andrew discuss strategies for working through the process of recovering from desperate needs for employment.Don't miss these Topics:How to stay true to your values in challenging situations.Taking inventory of your work styles and matching with chosen employers.Focusing your mindset on your strengths to perform well on interviews.Building the right branding presentation.Identifying gap jobs.Creatively managing finances. Expanding the gap between virtue and despair. The type of people to surround yourself with.Resources (including affiliate links)Resilience EpisodesThe Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment063 The Number One Secret to Job Satisfaction iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:02 - 00:05:05welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This production is meant to provide you the listener meaningful support to fight great careers careers faster. And that's whether you are working or not by the way. This episode today is brought to you by the anatomy of a networking conversation. It's an e-book and a free resource that you can download at job seekers radio DOT COM in today's show we talk about balance balancing cultural fit and the urgent need for for income not uncommon very common. Both of us have had situations where income was necessary very very interesting. I think that's true of most Savar. Listening to income is necessary I. It's just the urgency. That may or may not be really a driver for some people. I think one person that I know who decided to move to Portland for whatever reason he was between jobs and he and his family decided to move all the way across the country to settle here in Portland. Income was not really eighty. Something he needed urgently he had enough in savings that he knew he'd be safe for while still it doesn't last forever. He wasn't in the one percent that isn't able to spend and all the money's making on interest so you know a job is needed but then was also talking to someone recently who is badly under employed at the moment and she she is running out of money and so the the the need to get a full time job where she's really supporting herself is urgent and she's finding herself looking at potential jobs that are beneath her skill. Set that pay less than what she's looking for and there's a lot of other stuff going on that really digs into herself confidence. So that's part of what is driving this discussion today. Whether you're employed or unemployed the need for money Israel your many people if you have obligations and you're staring down at your bank account balance and you need a job then take the next job. Right comes along and there's really nothing wrong with that. I realized that nobody wants to take a job. They're not going to enjoy and I think that's healthy perspective. In fact I think that's healthier here than those who say. Oh well I can just work any job. And they don't really care they they may not care as an employer. I want them to care. How do you balance that? I really think that this this conversation begins with knowing what you want in the first place. What do you want an employer and even if you are feeling that urgency that you just have to get a job Bob? It's critical that you spend the time to decide. What is it that you actually want to many times? I hear people talk about. Oh well you know I. I have transferable skills I can work for anyone. It's not industry specific. And so why are they hiring me and when I asked him well what do you want to an employer that well any employer is fine as long as an. I'm thinking wait a minute. They haven't done any research they haven't made. They haven't documented any of their desires. How then can can you express your enthusiasm for job that you're implying for if you don't even know what you want? Take that time.

Show Notes Finding the way from a networking conversation to an actual job can be anything but a straight line. Knowing how to guide conversations depends on your expectations.Andrew and Scott share ideas that will up-level your networking success.Don't miss these Topics:The outcomes you should expect from a networking conversation.Mindset for network conversations.Resources (including affiliate links)StrengthsFinder 2.0StrengthsQuestWhat Color is Your Parachute iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:02 - 00:05:14job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This production is meant to provide meaningful support to fight great careers faster whether oh you are working or not. Today's episode is brought to you by the anatomy of the networking conversation is an e book a free resource. We've put together for you so downloaded at job. Seekers radio DOT COM in today's show. We're talking about. How do I know that networking will actually lead to a job? You don't think about it there. There are different ways of getting a job no matter who you are. What kind of job you're looking for? There's always a mix. The point we like to make is that networking is more likely to help you than not a majority of people at least in our observation get jobs through networking. If if we're thinking and I'm GonNa make up the numbers here if we're thinking maybe eighty percent get their jobs through networking and twenty percent. Don't well it's possible. Then you may be in the twenty percent. Who hasn't yet that doesn't mean? Networking is not a valuable experience for you. That can actually help. Support your job search in some fashion so we want to talk today about the different things that could help you in networking that will actually help your job seeking speaking. If you're coming to this podcast. It's likely because you realize that Scott Ni- consistently evangelized networking what we're not saying is that applications. I don't exist or don't work or don't matter what we recognize. That many people come to this podcast because they want to hear the networking side of the story to know okay it. How does this actually work? And how do I know it's working. That's really the foundation of our podcast is to talk about those things. Li probably still have to do applications nations. Even if you're doing the networking yes. They're still a process involved to be hired. And just because you're networking doesn't mean that that process goes away You're briefly it'd be lengthened. You don't control the Baraza exactly. We had a conversation with someone recently. WHO had said? But I've never gotten a job through networking before and and while I have no reason to think that's incorrect. That doesn't have to be completely true. To the extent that networking will help you. Who at every step of the process? Even when you got an interviews simply through a blind application the networking the discussions with other people about job seeking about what's going on in your industry. Whatever all of these things will help you in your job search regardless us of how you landed the interview Mike Question for that individual? How does he really know that the networking didn't help them get at Jane? How does he know that somebody he knows wasn't a mutual connection? Sure and somebody called that person and gave him an endorsement or especially in the now. We've got linked. I can pull somebody up on Lincoln and see who my mutual connections are assuming there are some and then I will have already talked to that person. Listen hate you know so. And so well right there that's part of networking so something is working there and to your point. I think there's value do in questioning not so much whether or not it's working for me but em I open do i. Are My eyes open to how networking is affecting me Because sometimes we think that our own processes are adequate. There's a statistic that we often in it's true across the board rega...

Show Notes What happens when you can't seem to get unstuck? Seek advice and information from trusted sources.Andrew and Scott answer your toughest questions.Don't miss these Topics:How to start a career with a worthless law degree.Overcoming 2500 applications and no interviews after 6 years of looking.Keeping an open mind when it doesn't feel natural or normal.Having an outlet for pressure and coping mechanisms during challenging times.Transitioning from owning a business to working for a company.Best practices in preparing for IT interviews.Value of networking to prepare for interviews.  Resources (including affiliate links)064 How Do I Know What Job To Apply For063 The Number One Secret To Job Satisfaction iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView TranscriptTo Follow Anatomy of a Networking Conversation Get your Free E-Book and Companion Audio Now Email DOWNLOAD NOW

Show Notes The jobs reports don't always tell the whole story. There are a  myriad of situations that individuals have endured that are not reflected in the data reporting.Scott and Andrew have your covered! Talking about situations when you have been looking for awhile and just unable to secure the right full-time job.Don't miss these Topics:The data tell a story.What to do about your individual situation.Getting out of the situation you are in.The value of self-care.Different types of work arrangements.Mindset required to succeed.Resources (including affiliate links)The number of people who have given up an active job search in September 2019 was 6.9 percent, some 11 million people.60% U.S. workers are in mediocre or bad jobs or multitude of temporary and part time jobs. iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:01 - 00:05:07local job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This podcast is meant to provide you meaningful support to find great careers faster. stor whether you are working or not by the way. Today's episode is brought to you by the Anatomy of networking conversation. Isn't he book book that we put together for you. It's free so you can download that on job seekers radio DOT COM in today's show we talk about a recent article that was published in The New York Times. We will actually put a link to the article in the show notes just as a cliff notes version of this article. It was talking about people. That still can't find jobs in today's marketplace so really. We're we're covering topic cold. What do I do when I just can't find fulltime work and I want to start out by saying that? I've been in those shoes back. During the great recession I spent three years ears looking for full time work and was not successful until three years later finally landing a job given that I have personal experience experience with it. I have a very different idea of what that looks like from those who have been working all their lives. Yes it makes me more empathetic it. It makes me more sympathetic for those who are currently in a similar situation. Also just this past week I had a chance to talk to a woman who is now in the same situation at three years still unable to find full time employment the fact that this article came out in the New York Times. This week really hits home. What's different is that? We're now in a period. where unemployment is remarkably low? Although I will say it's still just as warped warped a number as when the great recession was happening while during my three years of unemployment because there are so many people who don't get counted in the unemployment numbers. We'll talk or we'll hear talk a lot about how we're at. Historically low percentages that doesn't address the fact that there are people out there who still are dealing with long-term unemployment. Let's also recognize when I see a headline like that is designed to get clicks and sell advertising and Sell Newspapers K.. On both sides right. So here's the bad. Here's the lowest employment in forever or people. People still can't find work it. We're going to these two extremes in order to get people to read articles that's the first thing but there is some data that was included in this article that I thought was worthy the of being shared the rate of people who are unable and just gave up on their active job search in September twenty nineteen was six point nine percent that amounts was to about eleven million working individuals in the United States willing and able to work eleven. Million people is a big number. That isn't being counted in my point and that means that this is real the fact that people can't find work Israel but we're here to offer you actionable items actionable things things in this podcast to push through that barrier. Because you have to. I think about the this idea that people stop looking well yes to greater or lesser degrees. Raise some people stop looking the way they normally do or...

Show Notes With millions of jobs posted online and available at all times, it's hard to know what jobs to apply for (or not). Not to mention the when and the why!Scott and Andrew discuss the strategies around applying for the right jobs.Don't miss these Topics:Value of assessments.Effective ways to find jobs.How to keep track of what resume you sent to which company and role.Power of instant gratification.Using creativity to understand different perspectives.Resources (including affiliate links)StrengthsFinder 2.0StrengthsQuestStandOut 2.0 iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:05 - 00:05:02welcome to Job Seekers Radio I've Andrew and I'm Scott this production. His Mentor provide meaningful support to you the listener to find great careers faster. And that's whether you're working or not. Today's episode is brought to you by the Anatomy of the networking conversation book. It's a free resource. We have available for you to download at job. SEEKERS RADIO DOT COM go there today. Download is free. It's free and it's an e book that we put together a little while ago that we've found to be very helpful to people who who really want to look at networking and expanding their network. The big question we're talking about today is how do I know what job to apply for when I look at the multitude of positions that are out there. It's really hard hard to figure to pick and choose which ones to apply for because there are so many in fact when at the time were recording. This they're seven million postings on just on linked it alone. I've loved this question and I get asked this from time to time simply because people don't know how to do the job search. It's not that they don't know what job they want they do. They just haven't figured out how to get there but I always come back with the question. What kind of job do you WANNA do? What Work Inspires you? What motivates you? What makes you feel like? Wow I get to go to do this job today. Certainly there is a finite number of jobs that does that that for you so start there and then you can start doing searches either on Lincoln or elsewhere to find out what jobs do that kind of work and start exploring. It's often that I hear this question. Scott when someone is focused just on title and the title doesn't always translate relate to the type of work they WANNA DO Company to company. It's called something different exactly so that may that does make it more difficult. However if you're looking at the skills kills you want to use in different jobs it opens up more doors that way within your search first step that we both recommend we talked about this? A lot is is identifying your strengths. Right so finding the strengths I will allow you to find titles. And that's how I look I. I would encourage everybody on the podcast broadcasting listening determine what is it that you love to do more than anything professionally speaking. Of course. I like to play golf right. Take a walk. There are ways to even make that. What professional work? How would you do for example? Okay so you WanNa play you love playing golf and you like being around golfers you like the environment on on the golf course. You're probably not going to get into the ranks of professional golfers that are making a living especially those making millions just playing playing golf right but there are so many jobs at the at the golf courses or if you like retail those who sell golf equipment and supplies apparel and all these things there are so many auxiliary jobs or ancillary jobs that actually ty to your passion and I'd say that's a really good place to start if it's not retail that you WanNa do you know that's not your realm okay. What's the manufacturing side looking like How can you get involved with people who are making the products tour or designing the services that go around there walking the dog? I actually you have a friend. He had corporate job.

Show Notes Understanding your satisfaction is within your control can be liberating. Scott and Andrew discuss the Top Secret, that #1 thing you can do, to ensure your job satisfaction.Don't miss these Topics:Being an advocate for your own satisfaction.The difference between fitting in and being in.How language and identity can work together.Consistency in your brand presentation.The value of a cover letter.Defending your own needs without being defensive.Identifying Key Factors of Satisfaction.Where to find support for your satisfaction.How to communicate your areas of satisfaction. Resources (including affiliate links)Branding Episodes on Job Seekers Radio iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:06 - 00:05:13welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This production is meant to provide you meaningful support defined great careers faster whether you're working or not today's episode. We're talking about the secret to advocating for your own own satisfaction and this episode is brought to you by the anatomy of a networking conversation. It's an e book that Scott I have put together. That walks you through through step by step along with companion audio which is wonderful by the way we've been so and that's a free resource for you to download at job seekers radio DOT COM Tom. It's a free gift for you. We want to talk about advocating for satisfaction because so often we send out lots of applications. We we have some interviews and we're always trying to fit into what the company wants or what. The interviewer wants its natural right or want to to put our best foot forward. We WanNA make sure we're we're demonstrating to them or being considerate. There is a difference between changing how I appear and using their language. And so that's what we want to talk about today is how does how do we avoid changing who we are appearing to change who we are just to to succeed in an interview requires a lot of preparation. Sure does okay but if we look at how you're preparing now that requires a lot of preparation preparation of course because as they say it always takes a lot more energy to remember a lie because you have to wait the lie. It's much easier to remember truth because truth is the truth. Well it's on its own and you think about it if you're sending out a lot of applications in your tailoring every single bit of the language language to that are you going to remember when they actually get back to you two weeks later which set up oh my goodness which which version of this language am. I supposed to us now. We want to help you avoid that problem and instead to really advocate for your own satisfaction on the job satisfaction within the interview. You know what you want you know what you like. Hopefully and if not that's where your preparation is going to start. You know the kind of environment you want to be working in what your values are and again if not not find that out you should be looking for someone who meets your needs not just the other way around and you should know what feels like you and what doesn't so if you're using the right keywords to get through an automated system by all means go for it. Don't change who you are. Don't change your language to the extent that you're changing changing everything about your presentation just to meet somebody else's expectations authentic. Who Do you become when each time? You change that message to align with the job It's almost like you're a chameleon I've seen this have very negative repercussions sure. Psychologically we have identity confusion will not not only that but then you start to question when you see someone who is we say. They interviewed well. They were able to adapt to the interview. But then once they're on the job for a while their true colors show and that's true for all of us and so when they see that the person who shows up for work six months later isn't the person who had interviewed.

Show Notes Networking can get a bad wrap. Often reaching out to people you don't know can feel weird, awkward and uncomfortable. Selling frequently feels synonymous with sleaze. Scott and Andrew discuss ways to eliminate the sleaze from your networking efforts.Don't miss these Topics:Sincerity definition and approach.Mindset and thought process when approaching networking efforts.Managing your identity and confidence.Changing your current feeling about networking.Upgrading your networking finesse and maturity.Preparing for the networking meeting or group event.Finding a genuine purpose for networking in the first place.Answering the "what do you do question".The power of branding and asking questions.Resources (including affiliate links)Brene Brown Ted Talk: The Power of Vulnerability iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:15 - 00:07:17to provide you meaningful support to find great careers faster whether you're unemployed brought to you by the anatomy of a networking conversation it's an ebook a free pretty often the people that come to a Scott they have this approach avoidance people right so you have that in common when we talk about sincerity I found it helpful to look at the roots of the Word Sin Means Without Sarah is the Latin word ending material right for the highest end type of buildings they were doing whether it was a temple us in a little holes and imperfections the unscrupulous marble hi it you would then at at prime price you would then use it and product as being without wax it was real it was sincere right mindset matters how you begin the thought process of as you prepare event you have to be or even networking one on one You have to be perfect before I can actually do some short because my assumption is that when I go to I been unemployed for any length of time that part of my confidence made the you it allows you to manage both well and it for anybody who knows who Rene Brown is comes to being in the workplace whether you're leader and employees whatever or you are the more sincere the other person will be now obviously there are limits to that respond to you your chances of recognizing it for what it is increases for lack of a better term whatever triggers us is often going to make us questions only if that's the case and you're looking for something within that you may have some Oh being sincere about that being mindful of the mindset doing networking for the first time you're gonNA be uncomfortable that doesn't mean you're not confident or sincere but we go and we do it anyway and if networking to you feels forced us right then we we want to encourage you to take a different approach than that we've wouldn't suggest that they had to be if you're not into small talk go ahead and start gently them on your page right away and that takes a certain amount of finesse it does it it's going to feel even more uncomfortable but it's going to be a safe environment and you may feel at feeling awkward and still performing you will definitely be better at it when you're in people about is how do you prepare what how have you prepared your thoughts before aww networking conversation would apply.00:07:17 - 00:18:00I think where we're at in this is probably have to have a certain set of beliefs about networking I I think before and you're out of your comfort zone here's an opportunity for you to get out of your comfort zone and learned something and the points within that so that you're prepared to talk around what you want to talk about the talk about whoever they may be now you're listening and people will remember makes it a lot easier for me just to look down and maybe re review them and working but I know it's important and so I'm going to do it anyway I don't know how you feel about this well you're coming into when I say this is new to me or I'm not comfortable portent end so here I am all of a sudden I'm rooting for them because we always root for the Enron your head down an...

Show Notes What we think can have a big impact on our ability to find success in our careers. Whether we listen to those voices or not is entirely up to us.Scott and Andrew share some tips and techniques to manage those voices positively on this episode of Job Seekers Radio.Don't miss these Topics:Capture and challenge your beliefs.How do I determine if my story is true.What kinds of questions can support productive and positive progress.Redirecting your focus to get results, going from negative to positive.Overcoming feelings of inadequacy.Getting over the platitudes heard from friends and family.The value of self-coaching.Re-framing situations and circumstances with networking to find answers.Resources (including affiliate links)016 The Ice Breaker - Anatomy of a Networking Conversation iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView TranscriptCareers faster whether you're working or not today's episode we're talking about managing the voice in your head in fact this episode is brought to you by the Anatomy Logan to job seekers radio I'm Andrew and I'm Scott this production is meant to provide meaningful support find great what do you think would be a better question to ask what is it that I bring to the marketplace that other people could use that or series of questions that you might think about to open your mind to another possibility to direct your efforts to we'd like to help possibly to re frame the questions as they pop up questions are really powerful tool today is to sort of give some alternatives to these questions their common questions we hear them all the time and the work that we do and thing everyone has we all talk to each other to what degree may differ between people but we are always telling ourselves as story involved in a networking conversation and we have that as a free gift for you in today's show we WanNa talk about managing the voice in your head that's right everything emotionally speaking that makes you an exceptional employee and a great person right yeah and suddenly you don't have answers a positive end for you which could be a promotion or whatever it is you're seeking right coming back to the common question why am I not getting a job Andrew Day and we're asking ourselves a lot of questions already if you've been in a job or are between jobs you've probably asked some of these questions of yourself a lot of times we build the story based on assumptions we make because we don't know the answers to the questions we ask ourselves so we actually want to address that getting the job be clear on why you should get it whatever that job is now we get into we won't go into detail on this podcast it's an endless loop kind of question well especially because the answer could be different for every person you ask a exactly even if they were to tell you the truth that means there's no answer you know what why am I not getting promoted right why did that person get the role and not me a why did I not get a callback why have I not been if you're asked about your branding statement or how to market yourself and your abilities but that's the direction this takes when you have a clear answer to that question working why have I not been included in conversations that affect my team and this can affect your your mindset everything yeah and your confidence one I if you've been unemployed for any length of time it's likely you've asked yourself whether or not you're employable that is another very common question so what we wanted are there is beneficial or that I feel I'm I'm here to do right that that's a great way to turn it around instead of looking at why you're aw when the question comes up why not getting hired let's start by reframing it about what do I bring to the table and be very cautious of verse redirect your mind into something way more productive exactly and we use them in coaching all the time in our objective here today really is to give you a list and that can be frustrating that c...

Show Notes Finding the right employment opportunities can take some effort. Knowing whether or not a company you want to work for is hiring is a two part problem. The first being: knowing which companies are out there.Scott and Andrew share some creative ways to locate the companies in your neck of the woods.Don't miss these Topics:Practical Ways to Find CompaniesWho can give you information about opportunitiesOnline resources for narrowing your optionsOrganizations that can support you in your job search and have connections to local companies.Resources (including affiliate links)Reference USA [Local Library]Business Journals [USA] iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView TranscriptTo Follow Anatomy of a Networking Conversation Get your Free E-Book and Companion Audio Now Email DOWNLOAD NOW

Show Notes You are preparing for an interview and expecting the questions you will be asked.  What about the questions you GET to ask? Andrew and Scott talk through some ideas about crafting good questions to ask hiring teams during your interviews to demonstrate your interest. Don't miss these Questions and some Answers:What are the best questions to ask?How do you know they are telling the truth?What do you REALLY want from the job/organization?How would you rate your company on saying what they are going to do and then doing it? What does work life balance look like to me?Is the question I'm asking about me? Hopefully not!How do you allocate weekend work?Is weekend work required here?What accommodations do you have for flexible scheduling as relates to equity/inclusion?Tell me about a time when somebody needed accommodation around their work schedule, how did you handle that?Talk to me about what diversity and inclusion looks like?Tell me about a time when you had a challenge around the value of speaking with candor, how did you work through that?How do respond to this negative feedback from Glassdoor.com?What are your corporate values that are used on a daily basis in your teams?How can I use networking to get answers to some of my questions?Why is this position open? Why did that person leave? What are you expecting the person you hire to do differently?What does the ideal candidate look like?How do people get promoted and developed inside the company?Tell me more about your career path in the company?Do your leaders go through 360 reviews and how is feedback implemented or not within the organization?How much time each week do you make available for employee development and training?How do you decide what investments to make in employee development? Resources (including affiliate links)ATD BEST Award Winners (press release) iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript059 The Best Questions To Ask At An Interview00:00:10 - 00:10:28Production is meant to provide you the listener meaningful support to find great careers faster that's whether you're working or not today on job seekers welcome to job seekers radio I'm Scott I'm Andrew is to provide so that you can start asking informed questions about how do they fit that bill for you because if the company can prepare for these it's important to know what kind of information they're looking for generally speaking that is unknown idea and we recommend that you do I first of all know what you want what are the things that you value as an employee if you're interviewing or their supervisors have a list of things that are valuable to you that is dependent upon the the workplace about your experience what you bring to the table this point often their behavioral questions tell me about a time when and those are good asking those questions is GonNa differentiate you in in that hiring process as well as how you ask those questions precisely that's what we're going to focus on today they are going to ask you this conversation is about the questions that you should be preparing for them take some time do your homework because Wanna ask questions that get to the real the real life workday working in that company and so there are some things that that because often we have here people say general things like I appreciate work life balance or I want good leadership but we don't know what questions to ask Oh right so now you have a question to ask your interviewer so for some how would you rate your company on whether or not there airing their own grievances it just doesn't make any sense so no that they're going to be you know talking very in glowing terms of the company that they're working for you US and really I appreciate Scott whenever you do the five wise which is a very good exercise for this so I do this a lot with into interview for a position of leadership know what you've value in terms of company culture and how the employees relate to the any isn'...

Show Notes Scott and Andrew take time to answer your questions. Select the Contact button in the menu on the JSR website to ASK your question - and we will answer it on a future episode. Don't miss these Topics:Is it bad to apply to multiple roles within the same company? Applying for the same company?How to get my foot in the door at a hospital?Lately I have been sending my CV and obtaining no feedback at all. What would you do?How important is a cover letter?Resources (including affiliate links)What Color is Your ParachuteGetting Interviews Meeting 40-50% of the Qualifications iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:05 - 05:32welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Scott. I'm Andrew this. This is a production that is meant to provide you the listener meaningful support to find great careers faster whether you're working or not today. We're we're going to be answering some questions. This is one of our QNA podcasts where we are asked questions and we sprint respond to them and really we. We want you to hear your own voice in this one. We want to make sure that we are answering questions that are relevant valid and that you are asking us so at the end of this. We're going to ask you to get in touch with US and ask us more questions but here's some questions that we've come across in the last several weeks and we we really feel compelled to answer them and we encourage you reach out to us on the web site or send an email whatever that looks like leave a comment if you have our phone number gives call give us a call. We're in the book well. Did they move to. I'm surprised I even published a medical except for the advertising anyway we have some questions that we want to answer and we want to invite you to more so here. We go the first question and for this. QNA is is it bad to apply to multiple roles within the same company. The quick answer is no. It's not bad. The question goes on though Oh to say a to ask about applying for the same company. this person specifically has a degree in pharmacy and about to achieve has licensure but doesn't know if it's really appropriate to continue to go back to the same company with applications. I personally you say I think it's a great idea to go back over and over again to accompany. You're really interested in working with there is one. I Dunno caveat. What is the right word but there's one caveat and that is you've got to know why you want to work there. If it's just because you here they pay well. That is not going to be a compelling reason for the person interviewing you. I just needed jobs in our yeah and they want somebody who really believes in the company he walking in the door so if you have done all your homework you've you've researched what this company not only says they're about but actually what a day in the life. Ed looks like and you can speak their language. That's going to get you further so the idea is make sure that you have your ducks lined up. You've done your networking thing you know your your stuff about that company and then tell them why you want to work for them. If you can lead with that you're probably going to get a little further down the road. The beginning of this says hey is it bad to apply multiple roles within the same company. Yeah that leads me to believe that that's that's the only activity that they're judging their success or failure on and I would not leave it there. I would say do the networking get inside the company us all the avenues available to you. If that's absolutely the only place you'd like to work sure we were talking about rich prior to this our friend enrich who who works for an athletic company who who worked so hard on getting in that was the only company you wanted to work for and he applied for for many roles within the organization and he spoke to almost one hundred people hundred before he got his first interview. If I remember correctly they had a hiring hiring freeze yeah. I'm so quotes.

Show Notes Getting your new job is quite an accomplishment. Many of the sacrifices you made and the efforts you took included networking. Now that you are working - what's next? Scott and Andrew share some ideas around keeping your network alive.Don't miss these Topics:Overcoming regret of not having networked - The #1 Thing Many Job Seekers FeelEngage with industry associationsConsider the value of 30-60-90 plansAdjust your mindset for networkingMake small investments of time to get resultsDedicate some time to planning your effortsPaying it forward now that you are workingSetting and following up with key relationshipsResources (including affiliate links)7 Habits of Highly Effective People9 Things you should never do on LinkedInBoomerang Gmail PluginHubspotOnenoteEvernote iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00 - 05:06welcome to job seekers radio. I'm andrew this production. Action is meant to provide meaningful support to find great careers faster whether you're working or not today on job seekers radio were talking about how to keep your network alive live and incubate relationships over time. I love the word incubation because as we're thinking about this it is a long term process. You're we're not going to build the same kind of relationship in one conversation the same kind as you would build over several conversations over a period of time trust. I is built by being earned. If you approach a networking relationship as something that is going to be incubated when is that going to take and hopefully you have an idea of what that takes both scott ni- have been in several transitions in our career and the biggest learning that we've had and those that we've coached have had is gosh you know what i wish i would have kept on network alive or kept networking or done this networking things sooner and really. It's a big question after you get your new job. How are you gonna do that. How are you going to keep that network alive now that you're working so one of the things thinks that i i have told people in the past is to get involved in industry associations and often the company that you're working for will pay for your dues us to participate because in essence. You're going to be representing them. The difficulty comes in when the company says no. They're not going to sponsor you and that just happened and to me fairly recently where i was working in a job that I've been doing for a while. I have the expertise. I can represent well but because it had somebody somebody else representing. They're not going to pay for my participation so i had to choose whether or not to do it or not for those who can't afford to go ahead and join the local chapter. I still recommend do it. Get get yourself out there. Because of your company isn't going to invest in you. Maybe it's because they we don't yet see the value if they see you out there and doing this and representing well especially if you're moving into positions of leadership within these associations now they have a reason and you can come back and say if they say we want you to keep doing this great. Are you going to pay my dues because that's how you're going to get me to represent you and obviously you have to nuance that response but your value should be something they're willing to pay for by all means keep networking. Keep doing it and don't lose sight of the fact that the people in the associations are going to continue seeing your investment in there in their efforts and that could also lead to your next position. Let me set the stage. I just got a new job. I've been networking like crazy. I've been interviewing. I've run a course. I've run through the the grinder so to speak just and i just crossed the finish line and i'm starting my new job on Monday. It's just such a relief to have that job. That's a mindset. The mindset is i now have a job. I'm busy working now. I don't know when i'm going to have time to carve out for network...

Show Notes Ghosting is a recent phenomenon where candidates are left in the cold during the hiring process. Although it doesn't feel good, Scott and Andrew discuss some strategies on how to deal with ghosting to move your search forward.Don't miss these Topics:What is ghosting and when does it occur in job searchStrategies to deal with ghostingThe role of networking in overcoming the silenceThe reasons for ghosting Mindset for success when you are ghostedResources (including affiliate links)What Color is Your Parachute iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00 - 05:03We are talking about ghosting and i don't mean ghostbusters yeah or anything of that nature now. We're not talking about the paranormal so not normal but that's something else so by ghosting. We mean that radio silence you hear after hiring team has demonstrated interest in you and the role had promised we're going to move forward and it could be the company. It could be a networking contact. It could be anybody the idea that someone has expressed interest in you in in some fashion to some degree and then as you send your follow up or you're you're trying to get feedback. You don't hear anything back whenever i am asked about this. I always start with the idea that it probably has nothing to do with you. This is one of those and i know we've said this. Empire podcast is one of those things where it's hard not to wonder. What did i do wrong when most of the time name it has nothing to do with you. That's great advice scott but i did the networking. I did the application. I've been through interviews. They said they were gonna send me. An offer and heaven only knows. I have been in a position where i was. The hiring manager and something happened happened where we had to delay higher out. I had the presence of mind to let the applicant. No you know we're we're having to put this on. Hold will understand if you find another job before this one is we can move forward on it. That's the thing a lot of people get busy and they don't think about the things they don't think about in getting back to an applicant is probably one of those things they don't think about. Try not to take it personally. If there is something to learn from it. The lesson will show it is is what it is right and you don't control the internal workings of an organization that means you should go to the next one. Yes it also means. You need to take notes. What does that say about the organization. Is that something that's happening. Consistently with them is this indicator of what the future looks like for you. That's a really you want an organization where you feel like you're being valued. I been in the situation and i've talked to people when when you're unemployed. It's really hard to pick and choose if you are in a position where you need a job. It's hard not to just take whatever comes salaam to your point. If you're taking notes on how they treat the applicant the chances are pretty good. They're going to be treating their their employees the same way so if the treatment you're getting an applicant isn't what you would want to deal with on the job bear that in mind as you continue to tried to to work your way in there may be some unpleasantness involved if you actually landed the job and this cuts both ways that means if you have control control over the ghosting. You probably not do it. Thank you and if you're the company or you're the applicant doesn't matter don't goes people. I think the the easy explanation for a lack of follow up is that it's out of sight outta mind. Oh i forgot and okay. It's also just as easy when you put the appointment on your calendar to actually meet with this person at that time. Put a reminder for a week later to follow up and it's a very simple process or even schedule another meeting. I think that's valuable advice. If you're in a position where you had an interview and you are not clear on on the next step schedule some...

Show Notes When in the networking and hiring process do I introduce my resume? That is a question often asked. How and when you introduce your resume is the topic of this episode.Don't miss these Topics:To introduce, or not, the resume?When in the process of networking to present the resumeWhat to say to increase your chances of getting interviews Resources (including affiliate links)What Color is Your Parachute iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00 - 05:02Welcome to job seekers radio. I'm andrew and i'm scott. This production action is meant to provide you meaningful support to find great careers faster whether you're working or not today on job seekers radio were talking about the very best first time to introduce your resume in a hiring process. I always start this conversation because it comes up frequently for us. Can i have your resume. That's the question we always get and. I think that's an appropriate time to provide it. If you haven't if it's the right setting and that's really the crux of what we wanted to talk about if it's requested provided now there are appropriate settings for that if you are are in a situation where someone says you've had this conversation with him. It's been really rich you you feel like you've made that great connection and the opportunity -tunities truly opening up in the ask the resume absolutely say yes don't have it in your briefcase or book bag and ready to give it right then and i know no andrew you've said this to people as well because that makes you appear just a little too eager and desperate yeah so now so if i had asked you for your resume i would question was that the point of our conversation in the first place and now questioning your your motives instead ad i can have a copy on in an e mail a blank email that i sent to myself and i can then forward to this person just by asking for for either his phone number to text him or her or the email and then on using my phone i can send it on its way so they're still getting it great idea i would actually i'm gonna add that to my toolkit. Thanks for mentioning that getting that cell phone number is so critically important and that's one low friction way to get oh. Do you wanna copy resume sound great. Why don't i text it to you. What's your number right and on right here and then they can be reviewing it while while they're still thinking about you but the idea is you're. You're providing your contact information along with your resume. You're getting this person's contact information and a way to follow up huge getting that cell phone number added to your address book. You'll then know how to get a hold of that person whether they're at the office at the gym. They're still with that company to route with. That company doesn't matter. They're likely still have the same cell number that they had since they were well well well but then again they may give you their email address and that's okay too. If you get this l. number number ask for that. I mean texas about an email. Okay fine start with the text. I think the interesting discussion that we were having before we started today was where the resume is is today and what does that mean and with the advent of the internet. There's so much more of a rich experience online that what really role does the resume play today. We've we've talked about this in the past. I agree with you that the resume isn't really that useful anymore. Unfortunately it still required so having a good idea idea of how you present yourself. We talk in other podcasts. We've talked about personal branding. I know that that is a popular popular topic with coaches in how to brand yourself in a job market. I think it's critical that we we use that approach because how you land is as important as the skills and knowledge that you have if you don't know how you land that self awareness or lack of self awareness is is going to eventually become obvious and that's not going ...

Show Notes When you are in a situation where things just aren't right, and you feel out of place, that's when you may have lost that loving feeling for your work.Learn strategies from Andrew and Scott to cope with that feeling for positive change.Don't miss these Topics:Satisfaction versus DissatisfactionHow to Change Your current situationsAdvocating for your own happiness at workThe Role of Networking in finding satisfactionSimple strategies for keeping track of what you love doingResources (including affiliate links)FREE Course: Building Your Bankable Branding Statement iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00 - 05:05Welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This production is meant to provide meaningful support to fight great careers faster and that's whether you're working or not today on job seekers radio were opening the door on reality yeah. There's situations where you're working at a company and you just lost that loving that loving delia unfortunately unfortunately it happens to most people if not everyone at some point in their careers. You're in a job. Maybe it started out as your dream job. Things were looking great and then something changed because nothing lasts forever right so maybe it was your our best boss ever hired you into the job and helped you learn the things you need to do and that person moved on and the new boss doesn't care whatever the situation is you get into that position where you're maybe you're burned out here for whatever reason you're not enjoying working there anymore. It's normal satisfaction dissatisfaction. Yeah some of this has to do with external forces but your ownership of satisfaction dissatisfaction will depend on on your ability to say yes or not thing and often when I found is in fact. I'm in a situation now where yes I'm doing a lot of the work that I love but I'm not getting enough of it or I'm not being paid what I feel. I'm more all these things so really this this. The idea of resentment comes in we talked about that a little bit prior to coming on air there there are some things and the thing is I want to give the qualifier. This can happen regardless of your position. I have known people who are the top person at their company who also get dissatisfied for some reason. We have to understand that this is a human thing then we're not going to be supremely happy all day every day for the balance of our careers. It's it's not possible for that to really happen unless controlled rolled substance. Let's Lo we're going to set that aside. Okay but there are things that we can do to actually help us sort of keep our minds on the positive going down. The negative road is easy. People describe it as a slippery slope. It's normal. There's a problem with that. If for no other reason that you then start to bring other people with you and you can lose those professional relationships if you're always complaining about something if you're looking looking at different speeds satisfaction disatisfaction whatever your thinking about whatever you are looking for. You're gonNA find it so I think it's really important to start looking for the things that bring you happiness that bring you satisfaction Atas faction focus on the things that you like about the work that you do and as you continue to keep that in your focus you will attract more of that into your existence even documented we get to the valley so to speak and and we're resentful fool. We don't know why we're doing this. Nothing's going our way and we have you know we know there were days where things were much better but we didn't take the time to actually document what they were in what we were doing in why shorted liked to those things and if you're not a journal nature because some people keep journals all the time they that's how they process. They're thinking I personally. I've started many journals and brearley finish them. I don't keep up with it because that's not how I p...

Show Notes Scott and Andrew discuss the pitfalls the come with having and maintaining a presence on LinkedIn. To provide a better experience to you, remember the..The 9 Things You Should Never Do On LinkedInHave a Blank Profile Photo, or Hide Your Photo.Have a Cheesy Head Shot, Selfie, or Cropped Wedding Photo.A Headline That Says "Seeking Opportunities"Empty Sections and No Content Under Experiences.Reaching Out To People for Connection Without Telling them Why or What for.Make your connections non-searchable.Post things way outside the purpose of your brand and presence on the platform.Ghost your connections - it's rude.Think you know LinkedIn better than someone else.Resources (including affiliate links)Anatomy of a Networking Conversation [E-Book]Connection Settings for Privacy  iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript0:00 - 05:03Welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew Scott this production this podcast. This radio show is meant to provide you meaningful support to find great careers faster and that's whether you're working or not today on job seekers radio we talk about the nine things you should never do on Linkedin we have touched on this subject before but we wanted to go through a few do things just to be really clear. There are probably as many experts on how to use LinkedIn as there are users of LinkedIn we have found that there are some patterns that work and some that don't and so we want to just help people to understand some of the things that may not land the way you think they do. If you WANNA use them especially. If you want to get the most out of the platform grass possible we all know in some cases is what to do but we don't know sometimes what not to do and the first thing not to do is don't not have a profile photograph. It is vital to have a photograph and I say that because part of getting you onto the search engine optimization for lack of a better term I can't think of the terminology algorithms but yet to be to get onto people researches. You have to have a complete profile so all of the different sections are filled out that includes your photograph. Don't make the mistake of thinking you're going to be. You know maybe maintaining your anonymity if you want to be you're not discriminate my age or my ethnicity or my get. What do I do get a good photograph and put that on because that's part of the networking program that they offer they want this to be as complete a picture of you as possible and so your photograph is important it also relates to consistency sometimes they say integrity and people think I'm challenging their their ethics but integrity means that you're the person on LinkedIn that shows up to the interview that there's no surprises there so it's not some glamour shot from nineteen eighty to well and that actually brings us to our second point and that is don't use poor four photograph a cheesy pick like the selfie nineteen eighty well? If if you've got really long arms were that nineteen eighty two glamour shot is probably not the one you want to use. You want to look like the photograph okay so if it's a really old photo I generally tell people don't use anything that's more than five years old and preferably no more than two that also means that some people find it more challenging to have a professional headshot taken. I totally only get that because not everybody can afford that. That's where the self as come in the picky about the photo that goes on don't please don't use wedding photos or photos from the beach or yeah where your your gut your arm around your body and your personal please don't do that. It doesn't matter how flattering that photograph is. It's really distracting to see who did he cut out have a headshot taken. It does not have to be a studio portrait. If you can afford that that's great. It certainly isn't your your facebook photo either. Although it can be if you keep it professional if you have a parental also right is also not ...

Show Notes 12 THINGS TO NEVER PUT ON YOUR RESUMEToo Much Information.Sensitive Personal Information.Long Sentences Full of Buzz Words and Commas.An Objective Section.The Word "Summary" or Variation Thereof As A Section Header.The Dates For Education.More Experience Than The Company Is Asking For.Pictures, Graphics, Emojis, Fancy Fonts, Watermarks.An Embedded Cover Letter.Redundant Usage Of Language and Information.Abundance Of Acronyms.Sidebars, tables, columns, bubbles.Resources (including affiliate links)Why You Can’t Get an Interview, By Dr. John Sullivan iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript0:00 - 05:14Welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This production has meant to provide meaningful support to you to find great careers faster whether you're working or not today on job seekers radio. We're talking about the twelve things not to put on your resume. Resumes are great. They're necessary. We we know we need to use them but I need to keep up with the times. we don't use resumes quite the same way we did ten twenty thirty years ago so it's important that we make sure that we are aware of what is currently not just acceptable but preferred so we wanna talk about a few things that maybe in the past some people have enjoyed using or doing to probably shouldn't at this point and resumes. If you look at the history I think they've only been around since the nineteen sixties. It's relatively new phenomenon in the world of work in the world of human existence right well of course mistake what I know there's lots of change change in that time and there's this new thing called the Internet and applicant tracking software and all these new players are on the scene that are insulating us from the ability to find work often. The things that we create to make things is easier also make things more complicated so we want to give some ideas on some things that maybe we've done in the past that we don't want to do moving forward because we want to make sure that your resumes are the ones that get to the top of the list. We want you in the short pile not the round file exactly and the first thing the number one thing in my estimation and I came up with this list so Scott will just take some credit for I added a little a little bit. Okay is too much information. I can't tell you how many resumes I've seen that are eight nine ten pages long and if you're doing something outside of the sciences that's probably overkill it is over even in the sciences depends on that whole thing right who's even going to understand it. Well and I'm one that my coworkers will tell me all day long how wordy I am. I know that to help with that. I usually have someone else. Look look at my resume to help me edit it down because if I'm repeating things that I don't really realize because I'm trying to get the story just right. Having a second set of is especially when you have a friend or colleague who look at that from your the opposite point of view somebody who only thinks or speaks bullet points is probably going to help you and it had down to the the the information you actually need. You may not be the type this really wordy in that case. He's stretching the information to fit a pager to might be a challenge but this is for those people that are extra wordy or feel like me. They're trying to overwhelm the audience. I've got to make sure I get every little detail exactly because it's important that everybody knows everything that I can do. No it isn't yeah the resume you look. It's a French word and you know French did idea okay resume means summary. It's a summary of your experience is not a catalog of everything when you've ever done right and that actually ties into another point we'll be making later about how much time we put on it. The corollary to this that I've seen a lot is people say oh I'm going to fit this on one page in and they try to shoehorn to page resume onto one page and they do that by havin...

Show Notes Your questions are answered in today's episode. You can submit your questions in the contact tab above or in the comments below.Don't miss these Topics:Just met a group of people through my current employer who do what I want to do [aka my dream job], how do I let the group know I want to join?My mom says I'm not networked enough to work out here. Could that be what it is?A coworker made the comment they didn't think they'd apply for a job that would be a lateral move but does sound kind of interesting as they didn't want to appear scattered and unfocused about their career. This had totally not ever occurred to me, what's your thoughts? Why do some recruiters flat out ignore profiles & offer jobs that are completely too high level, with me being under-qualified by a number of criteria, and still reach out?What defines the pay level in the contrast to the skills required?Is reaching out to a recruiter from a company too much, after submitting for a job on their site?After applying for the job, would it be too much to also reach out to a recruiter that works for said company on LinkedIn?Resources (including affiliate links)010 Interviewing With Confidence040 9 Mistakes to Avoid When Interviewing The Truth About Online Applications - Why You Are NOT Getting InterviewsiTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView TranscriptToday on job seekers radio were doing a question the answer these are career questions that have come to us from all over and we have a few that we want to readout and respond to will do these occasionally where we grab these questions and answer because we find these consistent themes that come up over and over again and we wanna make sure that you have some tangible answers from scott myself right so will will mentioned this at the end as well but if you have questions whether in response to things we say in this podcast or any others a we want you to give us that feedback ask the questions either on the website or andy a rate and review and we will answer your questions is well it's super easy just go the job seekers radio dot com there's a contact us little section on their super you write it do let us know if you have questions we're gonna talk about a few questions here the first question is i just met a group of people through my current employer who do the type of work that i would like to do how do i lead the group no i want to join that particular group so where were our understanding this to mean that he is in he or she will just say he this time he's in a position he works for somebody who has a client and it's the client who is doing the work that this guy wants to do ultimately like an that could be pretty tricky but i think that if you're in especially if you're in sales position where you are being introduced to this group or company whatever it is an end you discovered that they do the kind of work you wanna do if you're in sales you should be doing a follow up conversation with him any way and so when you think about the fact that everyone likes to talk about what they do about their own strengths about the things that make them feel good a specially professionally then to go to that companies say hey i want to circle back i want to have a follow up conversation which you you sketch of that and you let the the the company no i want to know more about what you do how did you get into that kind of work how do you find clients how do you get involved in that and you're asking questions about that person's career that makes them feel good in so as you continue to show your curiosity about that and you could talk about your own skills that would make you a good candidate for doing that work you don't have to ask the company can i join you they will ask you to join them yes it'll just happened organic right because you took initiative you became an agent of your career an i would ask myself in this situation how is it that you're in a role but you don't feel is fulfilling ...

Show Notes Protracted job searches can wear down your resilience. Dealing with repetitive rejection can lead to dejection. Scott and Andrew discuss strategies to approach your rejection using empowering strength.Don't miss these Topics:Knowing it's normal and healthy to feel dejected.Rejection is never about you.How to be an active agent of your career future.Changing perspective on failure.Preparing yourself to take a "no."Finding things you can control.Resources (including affiliate links)Ray Schalk - Baseball Hall Of Famer iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript0:00 - 05:05Today on job seekers radio were talking about dealing with repetitious rejection and doing that with empowering strength have rejection something, everybody dislikes. There's a human being on earth that enjoys rejection. Well, maybe I shouldn't say that there may be somebody who's thank you, another. Yes. Generally speaking, nobody likes rejection. And when you get it over and over again, that can really mess with your head personal experience was during the great recession, I was unemployed for three years. And I really had a tough time. I was doing a little bit of consulting during the time. That's worked that I enjoyed then but it wasn't enough. And as time passed, I got more and more desperate. When you're in that situation, the feelings of doubt are inescapable. So the idea of having empowering strength can seem to be out of your rage. Well, whether it's you being overlooked for promotion, or you know, you're doing everything you can to get an interview, but nothing's happening or maybe had some great interviews. And no go. Yeah. Yeah. And I actually had a coal with the gentleman this week, who had been looking for a year four hundred applications or some such thing he'd had a handful of interviews. No offers. He had an ino-. Here's the thing, Scott. He'd also paid for coaching. He paid for a resume writer, he made all the investments, he he was doing all the right thing. And he was still feeling  dejected. Yeah. From all the rejection as I say it's inescapable to feel that way. I guess there are a few things that I say to people when they bring this to me, is, first of all, you have a right to feel that way, it is normal, and healthy to feel that way. You shouldn't get down on yourself because you feel that way because this is a normal reaction. Yes, we wanna do something different, so that you can change the way you feel. And that's really where we where we go with this conversation. The first step. App. In understanding, what's happening is rejection is never about you. It is always about the other person that opens the door there. Many possible reasons why that person isn't making the connection that you want them to make. But it is not about you. It is not about your employability, or your ability to move up, or your worthiness or really any of the, the things that we tell ourselves that. Oh on not good enough. Because fill in the blank, right? It's usually because someone else is reacting or they have something else in mind, or they don't know what they want that often happens and as tough as it is to do a job. Search getting those impersonal emails and no engagement from the other side. It stinks it in so I can see how that would wear down on somebody in. And it's normal for that to happen. That's why we always encourage people to do the networking piece is gonna put you at an advantage. But the idea here is there not rejecting you. They might have accepted somebody else. And if that's the case, then again, it's not about you. It's about them accepting somebody else, but that doesn't mean they're saying no to you. You're saying yes to somebody. Yes. And the, the other side of that is if they say that your qualifications weren't as good matches they want I encourage people to ask why you may not get the answer. And that's also not about you. I've had experience in doing interviews where the other person actually...

Show Notes When life changes and you are in or expecting to move to a new city, finding work can be a challenging process. Steps can be taken to improve your chances and plan for the expectations you have in relocating to a new geography.Scott and Andrew discuss the components to consider when considering a location change..Don't miss these Topics:Preparing to discuss the WHY behind your relocation.Mapping the timelines and communicating that to various audiences.Preparing financially for the relocation and hiring process.Dealing with the timeline optimal versus the actual timeline.Discussing your plans with a current employerBuilding a team of advocates - the people that will support.Appearing as local as local can be.Planning the frequency for visitsValue of LinkedIn and best practices.Logistics for interviews.What to do when there's no relocation assistance.Identifying local associations and publications in your domainResources (including affiliate links)Business Journal (find your target city) iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript0:00 - 05:23Today on job seekers radio were talking about how to find a job in a different city. Right. That remote job search if you will, we're not talking about remote work at home. But how do I find a job say my wife and I talk a lot about Italy. How would I find a job in Italy? Yeah, I can't speak to international moves, but I can't speak to interstate moves within the US. And so I imagine it's going to be similar, obviously with international moves. You've got a whole lot of layers to get through, and I have no. Yeah. And we're permit exactly all that so into every country is different. I back many years ago, I was looking at the possibility of moving to France and looking at their requirements. I happened to find a website about how to be an illegal alien in France. And I didn't think that was a good idea. So all different countries have different rules. And there's a lot of research that goes into that, that I only done some and I'm not really up on that. But I can talk about the interstate moves or even interested. If you're for example, your your living in southern California, and you wanna move to northern California. There are things that you can do to set that up. Well while in fact, you actually relocated to Portland from somewhere else. Right and vice versa. Yes, he ended up finding workout estate and that just exactly worked out for you. But the idea, here is that you deliberately have a purpose for relocating somewhere. Exactly. So when I when I was in California, I wanted to come back home to Portland, because this is where I grew up. I have felt for some time that this is a really good fit for me here. And so I wanted to get back into that to primarily detested is, in fact, where I belong, and of course, things have gone. Well, since I came back, there are a few things that I tell people when they when they asked me, how do I get a job in another city? There are some things that you want to be prepared for. And the first one is be able to talk about. Why, why are you reload relocating to a new place or in my case to an old place? A place where you used to be that haven't been for awhile, and it's not because you want to make up a story. It's that you want to sound confident in telling your story. So I tell people practice practice your story, so you can be concise, so you can. Make it sound as compelling for the other person. And as you feel it is for yourself and that way, they don't think that you're just making it up just to get a job because that sense of desperation doesn't make anybody look good. And you're confident in your communication makes them confident in you. Yes and also allows them to see okay if I do pay for the relocation or not, I might have to go get the funds for that. And if this guy's good enough or gal I might consider paying for that, that relocation sheri-, and now getting that attention in the first place being able t...

Show Notes Getting passed over or not hearing anything back from an interview can be frustrating. Identifying the "why" behind a rejection  can often be summed up in the measurement of trust between a hiring team and a candidate.Andrew and Scott talk about the ins and outs of building trust with hiring teams.Don't miss these Topics:Which would you rather have: love or trustWhy trust is the foundation for positive relationshipsExpanding your circle of trustThe role of trust in getting interviews and offersAttributes to emulate: consistency, truthful, integrity, authentic, trustworthyThe time needed and the efforts to deliver predictable behaviorThe value of 3rd party referrals and endorsementsExpanding your reach within affinity groupsRapport building skillsHelping the interviewer experienceBuilding others confidence in you to get to the next stepHow to be curious and ask questionsMeasurements of trustResources (including affiliate links)Adam Grant Podcast - How To Trust People You Don't LikeMudbay - Pet Store iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript0:00 - 05:01Today, seekers radio were actually accessing, one of the most critical things you can take advantage of, in your search where you're working or not. And that is building trust with hiring teams whether it's getting interviews or getting offers. Yeah. Trust is the basis of a relationship of a positive relationship. I think I've said this before, but I remember years ago when I was in college, the instructor asking us, the professor asked us, which would you rather have love or trust? And of course, most people raise their hands when he asked about love and his point was, I would rather have someone trust me because I can love you and still not trust you that a relationship is limited if I trust you and love you that relationship. Is unlimited. Trust is really the basis now if you really distrust, someone the chances are pretty good that, that relationship will never be as fruitful. It will probably end at some point is kinda like meet the faulkners, right? Yeah, there's, there's a circle of trust, and it's likely each one of us has a circle of trust that is kind of a joke. But the idea is probably more people that you trust fewer people that you trust than those that you love. Yes. And if you think about the van diagram, and that the different circles that you have, whether that you're working Byron meant plus your home environment. Plus your, your outside social environment. Those are three different areas and you're looking to stay in that sweet spot, that's going to be true even of different teams at, at work, or if you're not in a job right now, the different people that you're your networking with all of that is going to play a part it's building the scope, expanding your area of trust to include more people and that takes what is trust? Think about that for a second and just kind of wrap your head around that Scott, as we start talking here. What I mean by what is trust is not in a definition kind of way. But what is trust when it? Relates to hiring somebody and what is trust when it comes to getting interviews or going from an interview to offer phase? What are the components that we can talk about that relate to trust in one of the things that I always think about his consistency and consistency in terms of your, your resume, your linked in profile the way, you're presenting yourself, personally to another human being on hiring team being consistent throughout and I'm a firm believer that the only way to be consistent in that way, is to be truthful. I, I know you, we hear all the time about people. Oh, well, she interviewed well, and what's interesting is to see how the person who didn't necessarily present himself or herself, authentically, and honestly, in the interview, and they did really well and they got the job. What their trajectory then looks like once their reality becomes visible, and I've seen more people.

Show Notes Having confusion and doubt about what jobs are available for your skills is normal. Discovering how to find the "right" position that leverages all your strengths requires deliberate planning and self awareness.Andrew and Scott discuss ideas around finding what jobs you would be qualified for and how to find them.Don't miss these Topics:How to determine if you are a fit, or notFinding roles and job postings that align with your strengthsFeeling qualified versus being qualifiedRelative accuracy of job postings online Resources (including affiliate links)046 When Your Dream Job Does Not Pay WellWhy You Can’t Get an Interview iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript0:00 - 05:07Jobseeker's radio. I'm Andrew and I'm Scott. This production is meant to provide you the listener meaningful support to land, great careers faster. And that's why they're you're working or not today on job seekers radio. We're talking about what job. Am. I really qualified for this is coming from the perspective. Scott of situations where I've had candidates, they come to me. They have a list of stuff, right? Skills, strengths experiences education all that. And they don't know where they fit in the marketplace. And so this podcast episode is revolving around, how do I understand based on my current situation? What I'm qualified for in the marketplace. Maybe I'd been in a role or a company for a long time. Right. Whatever that long time means so they're two prongs to this. First of all, there are those who they know the. Kind of job, they want, but they don't think they're fully qualified for it, but there's also what do I do, when I just don't know where to go, and we've, we've already talked and prior podcasts about how do you make choices about career and how do I pick a direction, and we can refer back to those prior podcasts for some of that thinking, but really, how do I determine what I'm qualified for? I will always direct clients back to what you want to do with what really drives you? And if there are several different things that drive you several kinds of work, then pick one, try decide, what that looks like what the end result might be. And then we can talk about how do you qualify currently. And how do you build skills to increase that qualification? But all of that is workable. We had talked, I think before the podcast came. On I might've even shared this in a prior episode. But there was some research done that said the odds of getting an interview are the same. If you meet fifty percent of the requirements versus about ninety percent there was no recognizable increase in your ability to gain from blind application. Of course, is we're not talking networking at this time. But I think that's validation for me that anything is possible. I would agree. And I encourage you, if we focus on what Scott said, we just talk about the drivers things we wanna do often our audience, the hiring team whoever it is were talking to about our drivers are going to say, I think you're a fit for this, okay? Now, I just had somebody validate first person what my drivers are translating to in their organization. And I think it's really important before you. You go into any kind of employment conversation is to know what those drivers. Are you have to be able to speak clearly concisely about what matters to you with right? If you don't know what you're looking for. That's gonna show through. I mean, in our breakfast club meeting, we've had people come in, and, and we ask at the beginning, okay, what's your story, and we have them start talking about what they've done in the past with they're looking for in the future. And neither of us get and ideas of what they actually want to do. And I'm I'm hard pressed to help someone who is just standing there. Wait at saying, tell me what to do. I can't. If someone doesn't have the ability to talk at least about, what is it that they're working on in the moment or these are the thin...

Show Notes Chasing the dream job will occasionally fall short in the compensation category. Scott and Andrew talk about ideas and strategies for turning your dream job into a well paying vocation.Don't miss these Topics:How to handle the interview conversationsWill the dream job really payTurning your idea into reality even if you are workingReal life coaching storiesResources (including affiliate links)iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript0:00 - 05:01Today on job seekers radio. We're talking about when the dream job just doesn't pay so. Well, right. I think most of us who have been down the career path for any length of time, have run into this at least once. I am of the opinion that we should follow what we truly enjoy. Because the more you enjoy the less feels like work, and the word passion is often used in that sense. Follow your passion! Recently, I've been hearing, other coaches talk about how that may not be great advice, and I'm not going to go there, because I really think it depends on the person and what really drives you. If the idea of driving towards your passions keeps you motivated towards your goals. Go for it right? So I'm not going to get hung up on the words. I am of the opinion that we should be doing things that really make us happy, that brings us pleasure. Hopefully brings us joy, there's a difference there. There is also point where sometimes following that following our bliss doesn't pay the bills. It's so funny you mentioned that because I had a conversation with the client actually just this morning about that same thing. And, you know, she was looking at all of the job titles, and job descriptions, going scratching the head. I don't know what I wanna do will just tell me what you enjoy doing. Right. And what part of your job is soul sucking, and what part of your job is like, soul affirming, and creating and right. The gives you joy, and you have a smile, every time, you do it and often people don't go back in look at the definition. Passion, and really, if you looked at the definition at something that's worthy of you for, which you should sacrifice that you'd be willing to sacrifice to pursue it. And I think if that is your definition as you're looking for that job. The sacrifice can be money as long as you're paying the bills, right there. There is a breaking point. And sometimes we have to put off that passion. But that doesn't mean we have to stop making it our goal we can still be working towards that. And keeping an eye on that, for those who do vision boards or other activities that help keep our minds focused on our goals. Then by all means put that on the vision board. Put it in, you know, this the sticky note on your mirror, whatever that looks like for you keep going, don't sacrifice your future based on what you're doing for today. So that's the caveat that I generally give the other side of that. And. Not meaning to get into the negative right away, but just to help people stay of Jackson when, when they're working on this. If you are taking job because they say, all the right things they say they believe in all the things that you believe in and you take the job knowing that you're going to be underpaid whatever that looks like then you have to take responsibility for the outcomes as well. I have this has happened to me, a couple of times in my career where I've taken a job where they say, all the right things, and they, they really try to show me that this is what they believe in. Right. And they are values and I seem to be in perfect alignment with those values and over time. I realized that what they do, actually isn't really an alignment to what they say they believe. And so now I'm working people that I no longer trust, because I trusted them to. Live what they believe at. No point is this truly their fault other than they're not being authentic. They're not in the interview, not in the right, right.

Show Notes Attending networking events in a group setting can be challenging. Getting results from attending them as a job seeking professional requires some do's and don'ts.Andrew and Scott discuss the Good and the Bad from the trenches of networking both as job seekers and as employed executives.Don't miss these Topics:The components of successful group events from the perspective of the host and the job seeking attendeesStrategies that work and strategies that don't work so well when you are in the trenches at a networking event.What you control and what you con't control when you get to the event.Evaluating group events and evaluating which ones you will attend again (or not).Resources (including affiliate links)Cleon Cox Job Finders Support iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript00:00:00 - 00:05:02Looking to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew, and I'm Scott this production is meant for you the job seeking professional to provide meaningful support to get great careers faster. Whether you're working or not today seekers radio, we continue our talk about networking from the trenches. Yeah, we're going to talk a little more about the good and the bad. What happens and this time we want to talk about group events these are the networking events. That may be created by different groups that have different affinities different starting points different perspectives. It could be industry based it could be professional level. Whatever starts that conversation. And they put together an event where people get together these things can go well, and sometimes they don't go. So well, so we wanna talk about some of the experiences that we've had with that. And how to navigate that. Because it's not always really apparent what the best thing to do. We're really looking to. Give you some ideas. Good and bad about how to optimize your group experience. And there's many different types of groups vailable be really clear about your expectations from any group of bent that you're going to attend and stabs those up front. Absolutely. Every one of these groups has a purpose. Okay. So I think about one that I was involved in years ago that it was really just executives and top management positions. Everything from a director, like department director on up to CEO's, and they really wanted to maximize the connections made at that level makes perfect sense. There were some good things that came of at some not so good things of it. There's another group that I have been involved in that has absolutely no limits to who can attend, and you can imagine how many different kinds of people attend diversity. Yes. God, what's? Really interesting was even though I talked to others. Oh, well, I don't meet anybody worthwhile. Those I've not gonna go. I've actually made some of my best friends networking friends from those kinds of groups. And I really think it's the diversity that makes that happen. You realize where you are in the greater scheme of things, and the they're going to be people there that have it worse than you. There are going to be people who actually have it better than you. And what can we learn from this as we approach the different group events and think about what the purpose of that group may be if we have an open mind, what may come of that? Then the chances are pretty good. We're going to get something. Good from it. It really depends on what you put into it. If there are membership requirements, you have to be on a certain level or you have to be able to have X number of contacts. I remember being involved in a group years ago that you had to have at least one. Hundred and fifty connections Lincoln or they wouldn't allow you in the group. Interesting. Well, because they wanted this to be a networking, and so you had to be able to offer something to the group. It wasn't just they didn't want any takers come in. Well, you know in that case, I would be the philosophy. Hey, I'm not going to jump over the bar.

Show Notes Networking for jobs comes with a number of pitfalls. Getting in the trenches with other people, setting up these meetings by introductions requires some finesse.Scott and Andrew Don't miss these Topics:What makes a good networking introduction.Best practices to improve the number of meetings scheduled with key people.What can go wrong during the introduction process.Managing the expectations of each party involved.Developing your own standards and professional etiquette Understanding the possible responses and what they mean.The value and occasional inaccuracy of LinkedIn.Resources (including affiliate links)National Business Employment Weekly: NetworkingWhat Color is Your Parachute iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited TranscriptView Transcript0:00 - 05:06Job seekers radio. I'm Andrew, and I'm Scott this production is meant to provide you the job seeking listener was support to find great careers faster. And that's whether you're working or not today job seekers radio were really going into the trenches by the trenches. I mean getting into the fray with networking, right? There are good and bad. Right. We we have to learn how to roll with bunches. And certainly if you've been looking for work for a long time that gets a little tougher you feel like you're pushing the boulder uphill. So we want to go over a few things just to sort of keep us on track. As we continue in these trenches know that you're not alone. There are people in the same boat or in the same trench mixing my metaphors here networking works. Even when you have those uncomfortable moments. It doesn't mean that networking isn't for you. It just means that. That specific connection may not be a good one for you, Scott. I have both been in the trenches. And we've seen the good and we've seen the bad at we're going to share with you some of the things that we've learned through a lot of uncomfortable conversations. And also a lot of good conversations. Really? Yeah. What those look like. And and really the thing that you need to focus on a job seeker is I the introductions right? And so what makes a good introduction? And when you approach this think about what are your expectations. Both in terms of how the introduction is made. And how the the person is responding, and the reason why I start with that is generally when we walk into something that with expectations. We are probably going to be disappointed at the point. I try to help people understand that whatever your expectations are be prepared to have them to be disappointed because. Not everyone is going to respond the way we would. And that's okay. We are going to get a riot of responses. And if we start looking at what might be behind that what may have caused that person's specific response. We may be able to gain a perspective that gives them the bench for the doubt. It may. Also, give us information that we want to know that would steer away from that person future. And we'll get to that. I just really think about baggage. We've all got baggage or skeletons in the closet, whatever I like to think baggage because at least minus Louis Vitton right down. What's in? It. Could be a well, we won't go with the idea being that we all have things that were going through. You know, I think about the top stressors. And there's been a lot of research done on. What of the hardest things for people to go through all the first one is death of spouse. The next one would probably be something. Divorce? Right. The third one would be something like moving apparent that's in the hospital or child in a house. Right, right. There are lots of things up there. So we don't know because we don't control that side of the question. We can only control the introduction. We may. And having an understanding an empathy when we make that introduction. If I made an introduction for you wanna find out first, what is your interest in meeting that person? So that I can then confidently make an introduction four you.

Show Notes Job satisfaction is a choice. Having an idea of what you want to do can be found by asking really good questions.Andrew and Scott discuss techniques for being satisfied and finding satisfaction in your work or job search.Don't miss these Topics:Understanding what you really wantThe process of making changes when you are workingDiscovering how to take control of your careerResources (including affiliate links)The Power of Now by Eckhart TolleKung Fu Panda QuoteToo Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to Help You Decide Whether to Stay In or Get Out of Your Relationship by Mira Kirshenbaum iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited Transcript View Transcript0:00 - 05:01Welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew, and I'm Scott this production is meant to provide. You the listener meaningful support defined great careers faster. Whether you're working or not today job seekers radio we cover some really sensitive and important topics including this idea of career choices job satisfaction. And the decisions that we make based on our circumstances. I love the idea of how do I get up and out of the circumstances? And I generally start this conversation thinking about the book the power of now by Eckhart Tolle. I have no idea if I'm pronouncing his name correctly. The idea that what's happening today is only today circumstances. It is not the definition of life or me or whatever. And so as I approach what's happening today. If I think about the only moment that truly matters his now and the decisions that I make. Now because that's the only thing I can truly deal with. He he talks about the fact that you can't do anything about the past because it's passed. You can't really do anything about the future. All you can do is what you can do right now today the power of now, and as a result as you think about the circumstances that are happening. They don't define you. It's just what's happening. I can take a dispassionate view of these circumstances and start to look at the decisions that I am making right now extrapolate where they may lead and decide is that what I want that's a much healthier view than. Oh, well, I'm waiting for my prince to come so to speak, right? Reminds me of quote in Kung Fu panda by Master Oogway who said yesterday, it's history. Tomorrow's a mystery today. It's a gift. Yeah. So think of it that way what we're talking about. Here really is how to approach this idea of how do. We change the career where in how do we make a good choice. A good decision for us at this time. Right. And how do we generate satisfaction in the job? We had a conversation with someone recently who really didn't know what he wanted to do. And he grew up in he's grown up. I totally empathize with that point of view. I've had several careers in my life. There are a whole bunch of decisions that I've made and they've sent me down different paths all of them in the long view of you know, looking back over my life. I realized how one has led to the other. And then that's helpful even though they've been very different. It's only in that moment of right now. And here he was trying to get an answer for us. Well, what should I do? And we kept coming back to what you want to do. It's a decision. We have to make individually nobody else can make it for us. So the sooner we can get into that moment of Lau. Why do I want to do that the sooner were actually going to make the progress? We want. See you as a listener maybe in a situation where hey, I'm just using my skills to pay the bills what you're in. Now. Maybe isn't what you want. But that's by choice. Everything is choice. We talk about that. I would suggest if you're new to our podcast that you subscribe. And maybe go back and listen to some of the prior episodes. So you can get a feel for what we're talking about. Everybody has a choice if you're staying in a place that isn't meeting your needs, professionally fulfilling, whatever that's before we started recording yo...

Show Notes You got the interview. You wrote the thank you note. You followed up with an email. You called the recruiter. What's next? Scott and Andrew talk about the Do's and Don'ts of following up for interviews and networking.Don't miss these Topics:The power of empathy.Golden and Platinum RuleRefining your approach to following upWhen do you give upThinking outside the box of HR recruiterPositive and effective ways to followup well  iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited Transcript View Transcript00:00:00 - 00:05:00Job-seekers radio Andrew, and I'm Scott this production is meant to provide you meaningful support to find great careers faster. Whether you're working or not today on job seekers radio. We're talking about follow up. How much is too much and win. Can we cross that line to where we become an annoying pestering fool, right? Rather than an exceptionally qualified. Awesome candidate exactly follow up as one of my favorite, topics. I've said many times you may have heard it in in prior podcasts. I'm sure you will hear it in the future for me. Follow up is the most important step of any process if you aren't following up. Well, you're you don't know if it truly works other than Donal evidence. And I'm not gonna get into a lot of debate over this. I've just find that if you follow up in a thoughtful manner that the chances of success, whatever it is. You're trying to do. To increase if you're thinking that it's too much. It probably is. Yeah. Put yourself in their shoes. How often would you wanna be followed up with and how much and what method and what does that look like kind of us a little bit of empathy and put yourself in their position. Sure. And understand the context of what your follow it might be related to. So I've been unemployed several times been laid off just from the nature of the work that I've done and the result is I end up looking for work afterwards. I've done this many times. I've also been a hiring manager. I tend to see people behaving toward me when I was looking for an employee similarly to how I was behaving as well. And so as I look at the things that work for me, the things that don't work for me from these candidates. It's sort of bringing in full circle. And I. Get a different understanding of how I might have been coming across. If I was following up too often or not often enough what I was saying as I was following up. All of these things came into better, focus, so short of becoming a hiring manager all of a sudden, you will want to put your own activities through that filter to see how it works on the other side. And you'll never know exactly what the other person might be thinking. And that's okay. Think of all the times where follow up could make a difference in your career. That's how we're approaching this could relate to an interview it could just be you try to build relationships inside your organization, it could be you wanting to do career change, whatever the context is networking interviewing what have you? This podcast episode is really dedicated to help you get better at that activity in terms of how you approach people and the approach really does make. Difference. If your intent is to build strategic relationships that you want to incubate over time, you're always going to be seeking people that fit that that mold rather than maybe tactical series of things you do just to get a job or an offer or. Yes. Afind out status on your application. Whatever it might be your goal is different. When you want to establish these relationships, it's the relationship that becomes the goal that what a successful relationship looks like in this context is going to take time to build all of that changes the way you're defining the road to success. So the approach does shift really quite quite dramatically with that said, you're also going to want to think about what strategically could benefit both sides of that networking conversation over time as I'm talking for example to depar...

Show Notes how long is it  going to take, really? This is a very common question. Both Scott and Andrew have heard this question frequently. The variety of asking can influence the way in which it is answered.Don't miss these Topics:What qualities determine how long it will take to find a job?The Level of The Role you Are Seeking. The higher the role, the longer it will take.Activities Use To Find Work: Effective job search as measured by conversions to interviews.Supply and Demand In Your Marketplace. Economics 101 - high demand and low supply generates faster placement.Asking Better Questions of Yourself. Crafting a better ask, will generate a better answer. Resources (including affiliate links)4-Part Series on the Anatomy of a Networking ConversationJSR 015: The Set-UpJSR 016: The Icebreaker JSR 017: The Question and AnswerJSR 018: The Ask iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited Transcript View Transcript00:00:00 - 00:05:01Aw. Welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew, and I'm Scott this is a production meant to provide. You the listener meaningful support to find great careers faster. Whether you're working or not today on job seekers radio were answering. The lifelong question how long is it going to take to get a job? Well, it depends depends. Are you talking about the undergarments that you use older? But suppose, if that something you need to deal with and you know, maybe you should consider that. No, we're talking about this, maybe. Okay. Off to a great start. We are asked to this question. Just about every time we get together in a networking scenario. We hear it all the time. It is going to be a question that we've asked ourselves that others will ask us that we hear people asking each other. This question is never going away. And it, unfortunately, there's no good answer that covers everybody. It may be just have to ask a better question. We'll talk about that later on in this episode. The feeling I get is it really depends on how you ask it because it may be like, oh, how long is this going to take or you could be at the front end of the search. And you're wondering how long is this going to take a really depends on your mindset? And we talk about that in a lot of the episodes out here is where is your mindset? I really think that the the best approach to answering this question. First of all you have to understand that the answer that. You're going to find is going to be different from any other answer than anybody else finds because we're all in a unique situation as a result. We start looking for the answers internally in a future podcast. We're going to talk about looking for a success from external sources, and and the the liabilities involved in that. But I wanna touch on that for a moment. Because if I'm always looking for someone else to answer the question, I'm always going to find that it's a little bit off. Because no one else is going to be an exactly the same situation for me. And what works for them isn't always going to work for me. But there are ways for us to take what has worked for others. Try it on for size and see how that works for us. What it brings? Because really the way to answer that question for my experience has been what am I doing in my job search, and what of that is actually working what you really asking is what qualities or what components would. Determine how long is it gonna take to get a job? Exactly. And there's a lot. And there's a lot of them the first one I would look at is the level in terms of seniority in the organization, if you're looking director or executive level. The presumption is of course, depending on the other components will talk about here is that it's going to take longer. The companies are more deliberate about this hiring decisions. There might be more stakeholders involved, and it just gonna take longer. It may also be an organization that has a lot of back story that they want to undo they want to shift the focus or shift the trajectory of their ...

Show Notes You work so hard to get the interview, why botch it? Take some time to learn the pitfalls to avoid so you dominate the interview with offers. Join Scott and Andrew as we share the top mistakes.9 Mistakes To Avoid When InterviewingNot Doing Any Research on the Company and PositionNot Preparing for the Common Interview QuestionsAssuming you are "Good Enough"Not Having Any Questions to Ask the Hiring TeamNot Knowing Anyone InsideForgetting To Follow-UpLack of Self-Awareness related to Skills-Employer MatchRelying Too Heavily on NervousnessNot Checking your AppearanceResources (including affiliate links)013 Never Heard Anything After The Interview010 Interviewing with Confidence003 Branding, Interviewing and Online Applications [Hot Mic] iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited Transcript View Transcript00:00:00 - 00:05:01Aw. Welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew, and I'm Scott this production is meant to provide you meaningful support defiant. Great careers faster. Whether you're working or not today seekers radio we cover the nine mistakes to avoid when you're interviewing now, this is a favorite topic for us. We talk to people all the time about interviewing skills. There are classes probably every economic of every employment development office in the country. There are many resources to end yet. We find that. It is probably a hidden talent market for those who truly interview. Well, and I'm not talking about those who quote interview. Well, and then turn out to be something else. Once they get on the job were just talking about having a good interviewing conversation. So the first mistake to avoid actually is not doing any research on the company or the people you. You're about to meet, right? I can't tell you. How many people have come in? When I've been interviewing to hire. They come in thinking that their skills will speak for themselves. And they haven't done the research, I pick up on it right away. And most people do I'm not I'm not special here. Wait a minute. It's got to read my resume yet. Probably did which is why you're here today. But if you haven't shown enough interest in my company to actually know what to talk about it's gonna show right away. And that can be a very quick disqualifier. And it's a small investment of your time to overlook this is just nonsensical. Right. Just doesn't make any sense. We have the internet his days and most companies have an internet presence. Now. Maybe they're not really good. If you're with a small company, maybe they haven't done something that that is really friendly on your phone, but they still probably have a website. You can find out something about them. Just doing. Google search class horror glass to work series. I be so surprised if there wasn't a whole bunch of stuff on glass door that you can learn about that company right now, it is a simple mistake that simply should not happen. And in full disclosure, I've done that. And I realized once I walk in. I don't have enough information. And I can't blame them when they don't call me back because I didn't show enough caring to do that research. There's no excuse. I mean, whatever the motivation is it could be that. You don't want the position, but they invited you for an interview anyway. Yeah. Still just because now my professional credibility is on the line. Of course, we'll get to excuses in a moment. But the next mistake to avoid is not prepared for the standard questions that you know, everybody's going to ask right? I would say nine interviews out of ten have five or six very basic questions things like tell me about yourself. What should we know about you that really doesn't have a? Well, it has many meanings or purposes as it does people who ask they want the conversation to start. They want to know a little bit about you. And they want to know why they should listen to you beyond the your answer be prepared with something. They wanna know that you've done your homework,

Show Notes Networking can present some new and unique situations, especially if you are looking for work. Andrew and Scott discuss the biggest mistakes to avoid when networking for jobs.7 Mistakes To AvoidTalking About Yourself Non-StopNot Asking QuestionsNot Talking About Yourself At AllNot Asking For ReferralsIntroducing Your ResumeNot Following UpDemanding EmploymentResources (including affiliate links) 4-Part Series on the Anatomy of a Networking ConversationJSR 015: The Set-UpJSR 016: The Icebreaker JSR 017: The Question and AnswerJSR 018: The Ask iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited Transcript View Transcript00:00:00 - 00:05:01Jobseeker's radio. I'm Andrew, and I'm Scott this production is meant to provide you meaningful support to find great careers faster. Whether you're working or not today job seekers radio we talk about mistakes to avoid win networking, right? The first thing that I tell people is something I have done. In fact, I I want to preface this that all of these mistakes. We're going to talk about today I've done and I have to both of us have. So I'm speaking from experience what not to do because it's usually embarrassing once I've realized that this what I've done and the first thing that came to mind when the question came up was talking about myself nonstop networking should be a two way street. So if I'm doing the talking that becomes a problem, and they talk you'll hear people talk about good communication is an eighty twenty. You do eighty percent listening and twenty percent talking. And then if you feel like it's fifty. Fifty probably been talking too much. I'm not gonna argue with that. I don't think the percentage is really important. But I find that my own style is one where I'm going to make connections that that's where I go. I and so as I'm talking to someone and they say something resonates with me. I don't take the time to really listen deeply to what they're saying. And ask them questions to dive in. What I what I instinctively do is connect by saying, oh, I did the same thing or I had a similar experience or you know, I have this commonality, and it's not because I'm trying to talk. It's that I'm trying to connect. But that doesn't always come across that way. Well in our insecurities come out to right. Oh, never do. Well, so here it is. You know, we're talking about ourselves because we're nervous were insecure. We don't know what we should be saying if we haven't done a lot of networking is really hard to not fill the air with something. Right something. What was most ourselves? So. Sometimes it just feels like you're talking non stop and the other person just kind of tuning out, maybe even looking at their phone looking over their shoulder. So just recognize that, you know, when you're talking too much when somebody just kinda glazes over and stops paying attention, and they're not engaged in any kind of dialogue. Right. So what do you do when you find yourself in that situation? Ask questions. Yep. Yep. So I mean, that's the second thing that we need to talk about his, hey, not asking questions is one of the biggest mistakes you can avoid when doing networking. Yes. And make sure that the questions that you ask actually make sense generally the best way to do that. As to ask a question based on what the other person just said, that's the definition of deep listening. You'll hear people talk about it as active listening, you want to allow at least for the time being the other person to guide the conversation, and you can do that by asking questions about. Oh, well, tell me more about that. Or how did that work out for you? Or, you know. What did you learn from that? And these are ways for that to keep them talking. But that you're truly interested because you're always listening to understand not just to reply course, that also leads to another mistake. And that is not talking about yourself at all. And that is huge for me. Because I always try to go in asking questions letti...

Show Notes You can ask us questions!  Use the Contact button above or leave your questions in the comments below.Don't miss these Topics:Is it a bad idea to quit a job over an abusive boss? by XNekoGhostXWould an employer rather see continuous long term employment in one position, or shorter positions (6-12 months) in various positions IF it was showing professional growth? by mrsabfCan I leave some jobs off my resume? by NumerousImprovements18 and ready to graduate high school. Curious if what I want to do is a viable option? by The_pomade_princeI'm 24 and was just passed up for a significant promotion. I don't feel like there is much left for me at this company, what do I do? by MetesheriffResources (including affiliate links)Mike Rowe Works FoundationSimon Sinek TED Talk: How Leaders Inspire Action (Golden Circle) iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited Transcript View Transcript00:00:00 - 00:05:00? This is a production man to provide meaningful support to find great careers faster. Whether you're working or not today on job seekers radio were actually answering a plethora of questions from read it at least four or five whatever we have time for. That's right. And so we often find that there's a lot of great content and support unread it as a platform so that you can get farther along in your career, right? There are more than five questions on read it. But we've chosen a few to address today there will be some others in the future. But this is a good place to start the first one that we're going to address here is from Nico ghost. Who wrote isn't a bad idea to quit a job over an abusive boss, and the back story is I've been working at this job for over five months now, and it was fun. But lately, my boss has been meaner and meaner to me like she'll tell me, I'm worthless one minute. And then tell me I'm doing a great job the next and co workers have been telling me that. She talks about me behind my back saying I do nothing while I'm in the middle of doing something it's gotten so bad that other co workers are trying to protect me as best. They can I really don't want to quit as loved the job itself. But my boss makes me want to cry every day, and it's hard to find jobs in my area. Anyway. So should I stick it out? Or would it be better to move on? And find a new job. Yes. Always be looking for a new job. That's great advice. Those of us who have been through sales for any length of time in our careers know that a good salesman never stops. Looking now with that said the abuse needs to stop. And if you have not yet had a conversation about how you feel about these interactions that would be the first step and a lot of people are intimidated, or they feel like they can't have that conversation because they don't know how to give that kind of feedback without it seeming like an accusation. We'll name might be afraid to get fired. Exactly you go any kind of retaliation. Yeah. I mean, I don't wanna be looking over my shoulder either. Right because in environment where you want to build trust with your co workers. You don't want the boss hamstring India? You'll also on your coworkers to do all the work for you. Because that is going to do as packed your confidence. I always recommend people. Ask permission. Meaning whenever you have an observation you're making about a superior or somebody that you don't feel comfortable having a conversation with. Hey, scott. You know, would it be okay. If I share something with you. I think might be helpful for both of us to make our career or work load here better. Yeah. I think that's a great idea. Because now you're actively engaging them before you talk about what's difficult by by doing. So you're starting the conversation with a yes, if they say, no, I don't have time then bring it up later. But the idea is you do want to engage them with them making the first. Choice to say yes at that point. I usually go with the SBA model for giving feedback and that is situation behavi...

Show Notes Being in a position of desperation can be difficult. Having ways to cope with and manage it effectively is the topic of this episode.Join Scott and Andrew as they discuss real world tactics to deal with desperation.Don't miss these Topics:Where desperation comes fromBenefits of a Gap JobTaking Stock of Your FearsWhere are you really and how bad is it?Ideas around making progress when there might be little hopePositioning your skills and strengths enthusiasticallyResources (including affiliate links)4-Part Series on the Anatomy of a Networking ConversationJSR 015: The Set-UpJSR 016: The Icebreaker JSR 017: The Question and AnswerJSR 018: The Ask iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited Transcript View Transcript00:00:00 - 00:05:01Welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew, and I'm Scott this production is meant to provide you meaningful support to find great careers faster. Whether you're working or not today on job seekers radio were talking about how to network when you're desperate. I have quite a bit of experience this having been laid off. We've oh six times. Yeah. You got five or six I got four. Yeah. It's been interesting. How that comes up and admittedly some periods of unemployment have been quite short. But others have lasted a lot longer than I was comfortable doing and desperation the time that I was unemployed for a period of years. Yeah. I was desperate that the topic is important to me because I know others go through this. It is a tough time being unemployed is probably one of the hardest things, especially if you're employed. For a long period. It's going to be one of the hardest things you will ever encounter. I would put it up there with divorce because I can talk about that too about bankruptcy. There are a whole bunch of life experiences that are really really negative and being unemployed for a long period of time is going to rank pretty high on the list. I can tell you. I hate it. I absolutely all do hated it. And I think the emotions that go through and the the pariah and the the Monica of unemployed, and oh, you're out of work. You know, all those conversations are still fresh in my mind. Yes, there's a lot of judgment vault and most of the time and something will touch on by the end of this conversation is that most of that judgment is internal. It's how we feel about ourselves. Whether it's at this age, I should be unemployed. I should be preparing for retirement, whatever that is the. The that judgment is often worst internally, and it's not actually coming from other people. If you're in a position where you really really I mean really need a job we suggest go get a job it jump. And and that sounds rather flippant. But the idea is there are people out there hiring right now, I have driven by a number of places the metropolitan transit authority here in Portland called Tri met. They most of their buses have tremendous hiring. I've seen a postings out front of Home Depot recently that they are hiring. There are jobs out there, and it's not necessarily going to be a career. It's not necessarily going to be something you're going to be passionate about and loving it, and they treat you exactly the way you've always wanted to be it may not be like that. But there are advantages. I'd say steppingstone. Yes, it really is just a stepping stone to something better. And they know that this is going to be stepping stone. That's why they pay what they pay. And that's why they're jobs are open is because their high turnover all those things are true. Right. But for you the benefit is that my mind now is released from that fear that anxiety that worry how going to earn a living where my mom, where's my next paycheck gonna come from? And it may be a situation where the job you have to take doesn't pay enough. And we understand that too. And you may need to take a second job, and none of that necessarily feels good. But I'm going to suggest that unemployment takes a bigger head on your self esteem th...

Show Notes Advanced planning after College requires a proactive approach. Thinking about your future is not wasted time for anyone.Scott and Andrew discuss some ideas and techniques you can utilize now to make a difference in your career future.Don't miss these Topics:Whenever your education ends, prepare for it now.Employment Types during and after college to consider.Building an online presence.Activities that will lead in your desired career pathWays to identify target companies and industries What should I do with LinkedIn?How should I approach the people I want to network with? Resources (including affiliate links)4-Part Series on the Anatomy of a Networking ConversationJSR 015: The Set-UpJSR 016: The IcebreakerJSR 017: The Question and AnswerJSR 018: The Ask iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited Transcript View Transcript00:00:00 - 00:05:04Welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew, and I'm Scott this production is meant to provide you meaningful support to find great careers faster. Whether you're working or not today seekers radio were talking about how to prepare for college graduation after college that is or any graduation experience, I suppose, and what do I do? Now, we are prior episode. We talked about the choices that we might make and this sort of relates to that were sort of addressing those who think they have a career path. They know basically what they want to do. But they don't know how to take the first steps or maybe there's just too many steps to choose from. But how do I make these kinds of decisions? And there are probably as many different ideas on how to address this. As there are people. You can talk to which is kind of the point. Well, we recognize that the people listening to this may be in school. They have obligations to fulfil their they have term papers and final prepare for and all those things the responsibilities. Of school having time or margin to actually participate in these activists is really important. So that you're not doing it last minute, right? Really? I think this process is to be a little more proactive. Hopefully, you're not waiting until you know, spring semester of your senior term right before graduation and crossing your fingers because that's really not a strategy. No, it isn't. It's not even a plan. But it's what a lot of do. We think we know what we're going to do. And we just wait till the moment to strike, and we jump and we realize we're not landing where we thought we would. So there are a whole lot of things that we can do to prepare for that graduation. Whether that graduation is finishing a training program and jumping into a career, it could be an that could be within a company, it could be the actual university degree, whatever that looks like the idea is getting out into the world before you graduate and finding out the the. Specifics about this one of the first things that people talk about his internships. There are a number of internships out there. Some are paid many are not. And that's something you're going to want to consider if you're in a situation where you need an income and unpaid internship may be an option if you plan it, well, it's going to a little pressure. It's all good just be prepared for that, many states actually have written laws that may prevent or preclude people from hiring, unpaid interns. So in in a lot of states. It's going to vary on where you're at. But you may be able to get a paid internship, most of the time it didn't used to be that way. That's great. But the other thing they consider as full-time employment is that you may be in school now, and you may be able to get full-time employment at your intended target company. There's also ideas that you may be able to get on campus employment. If you haven't explored that already the idea that you get to work in your industry, at least on the academic side of your industry before you get. Out into the real world. These are all good opportunities to to be employed.

Show Notes Networking is the #1 way to find great new career opportunities quickly. Success in networking can be traced to your ability to communicate.Using the Branding Statement to position yourself. Listen now to hear tips and techniques.Don't miss these Topics:Consideration in making career choices to seek something betterGiving you permission to pursue your passionDefining what your passion looks like especially for college graduatesStrategies to picking your optionsIdeas around getting out in front of your post-graduation plansHeightening your awareness of what makes you happyCareer experimentation and leaning into collecting experiencesWhy making mistakes shouldn't get you down or stop youMove past the opinion of ONE person while looking for exceptions to the ruleHow to relate with or combine hobby, money and workChoosing between doing something and doing nothingListening to your gut (in a good way)Change perspective change your worldResources (including affiliate links)Deepak Chopra - The Soul of LeadershipDeepak Chopra - Super Genes iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited Transcript View Transcript00:00:00 - 00:05:01Hey world. It's Andrew Scott had a great conversation today about how to find out what you wanna be. When you grow. Welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew, and I'm Scott this is a production meant to provide meaningful support to you to find great careers faster. And that's whether you're working or not today on job seekers radio. We're really trying to answer. What am I going to do when I grow up? That's right. Where we're starting with this is the idea that what if the things that I enjoy doing don't have any relevance or obvious applicability to the job that I man or maybe I just don't know what I wanna do. When I grow up. What do I want to do as a career? Maybe I'm in a job that really isn't lending itself to a career. But I don't know how to do something different. We're starting with the premise that you have a choice that everything in life to a certain extent is choice and your career is no different. Even if you might feel like you're trapped or stuck, especially if you're stuck right, especially if you're stuck. I've I've said to people over time, I don't have to do anything, but die. I don't have to pay taxes losing my home and everything else is choice. I could make it. It's not a good choice. But we always have choices to make. We may not have a wide variety of choices. And that's really what we want to address here. Well, where do you start? You know, this this whole process starts with permission. And we talk about this ad nauseam throughout our podcast is that we have to allow ourselves the opportunity to give ourselves permission that it's okay, right? We can actually look at this idea of passion or career choice or any of these decisions. We're gonna make for ourselves professionally that it's okay to do these things. What started this conversation for us was a blurb that I read recently about people coming out of college and not really wanting a knowing what to do in terms of their career. They were hoping to find their passion. Because so often. We hear the phrase find your passion because that's going to make work fun. And it's not gonna feel like work, but that works for only some of us some of us have an idea of what that looks like our feels like while others have gone through college. They've gone through a general education program, and they never found that passion. And so they end up getting a general decree not knowing what to do. So that the first thing that I thought of was first of all when you're young and you're starting out, and you've got a support network that whether that's money that you acquire during college for those few who actually had college jobs that paid well, whatever that looks like randomly pick things that you feel good about that you enjoy doing. It doesn't have to look like a career right now. The idea is you're going to be mindful of how to tu...

Show Notes Attending a networking support group isn't always convenient or meeting your needs. Scott and Andrew discuss the finer points on creating your own group.Listen to the podcast that makes a different in your career acceleration by establishing your own job club.Don't miss these Topics:Overcoming thoughts of inadequacyFinding the right locationTime investments and schedulingGroup member identification and personalityStructure, format, agenda, and expectationsBeing an effective meeting moderatorRecruiting leadership and assigning meeting tasks to othersFoster an environment that is similar to your personality Promotion and advertising made easyQualities of successful groupsResources (including affiliate links)033 Finding a Job Seekers Group iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited Transcript View Transcript00:00:00 - 00:05:06Hey world. It's Andrew in this episode of job seekers radio. We give you some pointers. Some tips on how to start manage and promote your own job seekers support group. Welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew, and I'm Scott, this is a podcast dedicated to providing you meaningful support to find great careers faster. Whether you're working or not we are coming to you from the city of Portland that is a city of roses today on job seekers radio were talking about how to create your own job seekers group. Right. We know that there are going to be some of our audience members who don't have access to a job group or they don't have. They don't know of one they've done their search. They've talked to different people. And there just isn't one in your area. We want to encourage people to start their own. They shouldn't feel as if there is no one out there that can help them there is because there's always going to be others who are also looking for work. It's simply getting in touch with them, creating your own actually gives you a sense of purpose and. A bit of control when you have choices and how to set it up. How often to have it where we're gonna talk about an a minute. This gives you that sense of freedom. Freedom choice implies freedom. John Whitmore who wrote coaching for performance talks about this. As you provide yourself or others choices in what they can do. It gives them a sense of empowerment, and that means they are free to make the choice or not. So in doing this. You're actually creating your own access to the help you need by reaching out to people who are in a similar situation. I think of a lot of the groups that we've participated in over the years and a lot of those really they were organic in their creation and somebody was out of work or looking for work, and they met somebody else who was out of work and looking for work and said, hey, let's get together and make it might have been something very simple as just two people. Meeting for coffee once a week, right? We've talked in the past about the beer's network here in Portland. It was a small group of executives who were all found themselves on employed at the same time who were getting together for a beer once a week or once every other week, just to socialize. And they thought why not make this into a group for those like us? So that's how that group started. It really is that easy. Don't over think. It don't think it's gotta be the some perfect group where everything's gotta be an order. We are going to give you some guidelines some things here from our experience that it actually helped us build a group that is successful. We wanted to start with logistics. You know, how do you set it up? And where do you have it in all rat? What are your thoughts on that? Well, I think it's really important to do a works for you. If there isn't a group out there that that is available or accessible, then as you create one do what works for you select the days times locations that worked for your schedule. If you have a young family, for example, and you can't be too far from home. They're usually places where you can meet coffee shops ...

Show Notes Networking is the #1 way to find great new career opportunities. Getting your feet wet can be easy with a job seekers networking group. They go by many names, but with a common goal of connecting and facilitating.Andrew and Scott share experiences with you on how and where to find networking groups for career seeking professionals..Don't miss these Topics:How to Stay ResilientNetworking as a never-ending-activityCommon places that have networking resources.Community colleges, Alumni groups, and University career resources.Library and Public meeting places.Professional associationsOutplacement, career/job coaches, and headhunters.Local newspaper/classifiedsLocal business magazineChamber of CommerceResources (including affiliate links)What Color is Your ParachuteUnemployment Insurance Benefits Department of LaborEventbriteMeetupBusiness Journal iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited Transcript View Transcript00:00:00 - 00:05:00Welcome to job seekers radio. I'm Andrew, and I'm Scott, this is a podcast dedicated to providing meaningful support to find great careers faster. Whether you're working or not we are coming to you from the city of Portland that is the city of Rosas today job seekers radio were talking about finding networking groups for job seekers. Specifically, those groups where job seekers congregate to help each other support each other in finding opportunities and really also providing maybe a little moral support right people think of support group says being something designed only for mental health you can make the claim that this helps the mental health of those who are looking for work, especially when you are looking for work for a long period of time right now, we're in what is considered a tight job market. But that doesn't mean that everybody gets a job right away, especially the higher the position the longer you've been in a career. It may not be quite as quick for you. We want to encourage everyone to look for job seekers groups that will support one another both with networking as well as ideas on how to be resilient now. It's interesting when you're in a job for a long time. You haven't had a need to network and finding these groups is kind of a low stakes way for you to get started in the idea of networking would be, hey, I haven't done this before can I practice with somebody where the stakes are low. These groups are very attractive to me primarily because I like to contribute to them. And I know you do to Scott by me, we do that currently through a group called the breakfast club. And I found that the more that I do it. The more situations. I see the more helpful. I can be right to to people. Right. We pick up the the the nuances that happened in between everyone tells and I heard this quote a while ago every. Nobody tells the same story just different versions of it. And so as we see the different versions were able to synthesize some new ideas and often we are brainstorming in these conversations. But that's the point of a support group year. Not it's not a good idea to walk into one thinking, I have all the answers. Or by the same token. I have none of the answers. We often have the answer somewhere in our heads. We just need open up the right doors or create the right connections in our minds to actually come across. Oh, I haven't tried that. Or I haven't done that in a long time. You you're really restarting the process as you say if you've been in your job for a long time in you haven't been networking one of the things that I learned during one period of unemployment that lasted three years for me that was really tough at the same time. I was told that I had all the answers within me. And so in working through those I actually. I found the way to be resilient while I was unemployed, and that's what these groups are for. And it made you a better person on the other side, really and you came out resilient not only in that situation. But in life right in different things.

Show Notes When the job market is tight, multiple offers for employment is fairly common. How do you work the logistics when you already accepted one and started work?Scott and Andrew discuss the process for navigating the delicate discussion in this Episode of Job Seekers Radio..Don't miss these Topics:Steps to consider during your decision process.Multiple offer handling ideas.Components to consider when making your decision.Personal inventory of values.Communication and honesty in conversations.Positioning and documenting on LinkedIn and resume.Resources (including affiliate links)What Color is Your Parachute010 Interviewing with Confidence  iTunes: Rate and ReviewRaw and Unedited Transcript View TranscriptLooking to jobseekers radio I'm Andrew this is the podcast dedicated to providing meaningful support whether you're working or not we're coming to you live well not really like recorded in a beautiful which is a suburb of the city of rose city Portland job seekers radio were talking about the crazy time job market it is it kosher to leave a job after you just got one I will give you a qualified yes to keep in mind it if you have taken a job and you're fairly young in if you haven't been there very long can you get another offer it's OK to consider taking it most companies that I have had experience with our So while it may not be what would choose while it may not be what they would have liked understand the value of you taking a better position for taking advantage of a better opportunity whenever there's people involved he might go out the window organization could be mature but there may be a person in it so let's just be clear we need to eat dinner by another better offer in front of you or are you the one is being mature or immature right is it a company being mature or immature as it being your boss you hit the nail on the head it's a understanding whether or not this is the right opportunity if you do get the other offer is your opportunity to take a look at both jobs the one you just started everything we did the job is Direct course to a higher position and it may be that it's a smaller company with room to grow or larger company with greater security the details of that second opportunity I would say move slowly be very careful because there's no way to know if in fact it is a better job you may not be able to go back to it I take the new job is going to be appear on the surface to be but it could be that you just had a really persuasive persuasive hiring manager that as we say in the in the interview Go to game you have your players got Verizon because they want to look at it for you to work in the arena we talk about those who eat what are the reasons why it's very important that as you take that first job trying to find out what happens behind yes the second job is the one you really wanted in the first place and it's perfect for you if you don't take a second job are you gonna be happy and the first not having gone for it It's really important that you take into consideration all the things on both sides of the fence bit interesting firing really want to accomplish in your career it could be the two offers come up side-by-side and I have never seen that before there's always been there in someway shape or form a connection to hire leadership principles that I feel like go that way is the right way to go it's going to depend on the job if you are working is the kind of work are you don't have much interaction with with your coworkers and that the networking with in the company really doesn't happen that much there's not that much interaction that it may be easier to stick with it the hardest part is win They really are is real and it's going to set you up for more you just want the money and the ability OK just be honest about it if you're not the one that's motivated by one of the many can bring it you are motivated by what people do in terms of treatment well if there's a part of your decision decisi...