Credibility with Your Recruiter

Credibility with Your RecruiterCredibility with Your RecruiterIn order to catch the eye of a prospective recruiter or career coach, demonstrate these credential-building assets.With the job market becoming saturated with quality candidates, its time for you to start getting creative in your quest to engage in your next professional opportunity. Give some thought to engaging the services of a recruiter or career coach.In developing your brand and proper messaging, there are five valuable discussion points to consider when meeting with a recruiter or coach1. Professional integrityOne way to demonstrate your professional integrity is to make sure that you leave a company in great standing. This shows that you are accountable for your wertzuwachs at your former company and relationships with your previous colleagues.In completing reference checks on candidates, I have had prospective employers ask for references from people in the most recent applicable employer, which may include your f ormer boss peers subordinates and in some cases, the clients. Have a complete understanding of what your references will say about you, and make sure that they are ready to start taking calls.2. Showcasing capacityOne of my favorite things to do when begehung candidates is to determine if they have the appropriate skill set to become flexible and scalable. Candidates often need to be ready for expansive growth with the prospective employer. That said, I often ask the candidate to explain the difference between having depth and having capacity to be successful in the company rarely do they have the right answer.Depth is coming into a role with a solid background and necessary knowledge to do the job. Capacity is demonstrating the skills and proper knowledgebase to assume the role but also possessing the skills to take on more as the job grows.As you look around, you may know people that are very content having the depth to do the job. The ones that get promoted are usually those who demonstrate the capacity to take on more responsibility.3. Claims versus evidenceAs the candidate, you must be able to demonstrate examples of your performance as solid evidence in the body of your resume. In other words, you can talk about the success that you may have had in your previous role, but it has a much higher perceived value when it becomes a statement on your resume.Nearly every task in every job affects revenue, systems or people. This is the evidentiary and supporting data that is vital to understanding the effect you have had in your previous role. Your resume should not look like a job description. It must contain quantifiable results, especially if you were in a sales role.4. Communication skillsLack of conversation reflects lack of interest. A solid candidate should have exceptional communication skills on several levels. Its important to be able to carry on with typical small talk because many relationships are established this way, but you must also be a person that the company can count on to deliver executive-level presentations to internal and external clients and customers. Recruiters will gauge your level of comfort with communication.5. Financial benefits to the companyAmong other things, remember that the hiring manager really cares about the financial aspect of the candidates contribution to the company. Regardless of the role that is being filled, there are usually two important considerations that must be reviewed in screening the right candidate for the role Revenue and Timing.Revenue Based on the background of the candidate and the role that will be filled in the company, the hiring manager must be able to determine or anticipate how much revenue you will generate as the candidate of choice.Timing The hiring manager then needs to understand how quickly this candidate can begin to generate revenue for the company. The return on investment will vary based on the role being filled, but this is vital to determine that the candida te is of long-term value to the company.As you embark on your professional journey, and establish relationships with your recruiter or career coach, I am confident that these five points will prove instrumental in your search strategies towards successGo get em

It IS About the Jobs Silly!

It IS About the Jobs SillyIt IS About the Jobs SillyEven climate change regulation is first and foremost about jobs. And if it hasnt been so far, it needs to be to achieve even mediocre success in the U.S. With unemployment stuck at 10%, any new regulation needs to be tied to green jobs. At the core it might be about the survival of our future generations, but on the surface as well as in effect, it needs to be about job creation. Discussing this today is WSJs column, The Outlook An environmental policy that fails to promote jobs isnt going to do anything for the atmosphere ... because it isnt going to get off the ground.Since its easier to measure job creation and a dipping unemployment rate than a decrease in greenhouse gas emissions, environmental regulators will be suave to tie the two together and hope that job growth encourages sustainability.

Can blaming others ever be good for your mental health

Can blaming otzu sichs ever be good for your mental healthCan blaming others ever be good for your mental healthMany people tend to blame others for their issues. Prime candidates are parents, partners,friends, bosses, and kids. Perhaps these examples sound familiar?The reason I dont have a social life is that my husband is an introvert. If he were more outgoing, I could really get out more.My kids are so difficult, it is impossible to have people over the house. They just run wild and I wouldnt be able to enjoy myself.If my dad hadnt cheated on my mom, I would have a healthy view ofrelationshipsnow and I wouldnt keep going for these jerks that treat me poorly.It is very tempting to blame others for things going wrong in your life, even personal habits you dislike or your own dysfunctional thought patterns.However, if you rely on blaming others for your own current emotional and mental issues, you are doing yourself a disservice in a multitude of ways. Heres why blaming others can sa botage your ability to behappy.1. Blame keeps you in a negative headspaceFocusing on what others are doing wrong keeps you in a negative, pessimistic frame of mind. Instead of looking for solutions, you are lingering on problems. Instead of recognizing what people are doing well, you are looking at their flaws.In the first example above, the woman is blaming her husband for her own lack of asocial life, which makes her see him in a fairly negative and uncharitable way. You can see how this would contribute to feelings of depression and marital discord. If she blames her husband openly for his introversion, he likely will feel attacked and attack her back, which will lead to marital issues both short and long term.2.Blame stops you from looking at your own contribution to issuesAs long as others are the problem, you dont have to do the challenging, but ultimately rewarding,workof examining your own behavior. Your thought patterns and expectations influence the things in your life tha t you wish were different.For instance, the parent in the second example above could be exploring ways to work with her kids on improving theirbehavior, or exploring why it may be familiar or easy for her to limit her socializing. As long as she characterizes the kids as the problem, though, she doesnt need to do any of this deeper introspection, which would likely be very useful in moving her out of this stuck place.3.Blame keeps you tethered to the pastInstead of looking for ways that you can work on negative behavior patterns, blame allows you to stay mired in the past.In the last example above, thinking about your dads impact on how your relationship functions may be useful. But continuing to actively blame him may prevent you from digging deep into whats causing your unfulfillingintimaterelationships.It helps to talk through blameOf course, this in no way means you should ignore or minimize the ways that others impact you. It is extraordinarily useful to discuss your relationsh ips - pastand present - with a therapist, or to introspect about them on your own.However, it is essential to move from a blame stance to an understanding stance, which can give you the mental and emotional space you need to get out of old patterns and move forward in more flexible and liberating ways.This article originally appeared on Talkspace.