Alys Sadler

Firstly, I think that we can all agree that people like people who set goals and make an effort to achieve them. Job search is no different. Think about it. When you meet someone and get involved in a conversation, most of the time one of the first things that comes up is “what do

Firstly, I recommend it if you know the type of job you want and if you know the companies that offer that type of job that you look for a job by company or organization. This is a much quicker way to job search than by the title of a job. If you are looking

You speak with a potential employer over the telephone just like you would speak to them in person. With clarity, enthusiasm and professionalism. Remember, no matter the style of the interview, how friendly or low-key they are, they are not your friend, or your family – you are not having a casual tell-all afternoon. This

The importance of creating an electronic filing system for email correspondence is equally as valuable as organizing the various companies to which you have applied and documents you have sent, as explained in Part 1. During job search, you will have electronic correspondence with the companies to which you have applied. It could be automatic

What if your thoughts are on purpose? They came into your mind for a reason, awareness of that thought and only that thought. You can control your thinking mind and allow only the thoughts you want, not the crazy, unlimited thinking that the mind can do that takes you away from the serenity of your

Managing your thoughts – Can you? What if you managed your thoughts in a new way? You can, you know. What if you chose to expand your thinking only on the thoughts you like? You can, you know. What if you didn’t judge your thoughts? They’re just thoughts – not good, not bad, just thoughts?

Now – when is the perfect time to call? Never call on a Monday or Friday.  Do call on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday. On either of those 3-days, call between 9am and 11am OR 1pm and 3pm.  Why, you ask?  Ok, on Friday – it’s Friday and they’re tying up their week, getting ready

The truth of it is… never ever leave a voicemail, and I’ll tell you why. Simply because you will never get a call back.  You’ve left a message…  now they can decide if they want to speak with you or not. And, if you’ve already sent them a resume – they have the opportunity to

Now,  Visualize yourself in that role just like you did when you applied. You know sometimes interviews go great and sometimes they don’t because of what you say, but the bottom line is you know after an interview the first thing that they think about is how they felt when you left. Not about what

First of all, don’t sell yourself short! Thinking that because you don’t think the interview went that well that you’re not going to get a job offer – you don’t know that. You don’t know by comparison how the other candidates did in the job interview.  They may have done as good, maybe not as

Ever watch a bug crawl on a picnic table? Where is it going? Ever lay on a park bench and watch the sunshine through the leaves of a tree or watch the leaves dance in the wind? Or listen to the creek flow downstream, where it’s easy? Do we ever just listen? Slow down or

Now, you’re ready to call the potential employer.  Connect with Human Resources, let them know your name and tell them you are calling to ask about an informational interview with the department manager (state his/her name) within the (give the name) of the department. If the situation is that you didn’t locate the name of

When deciding to call a potential employer on the telephone, know the questions you want to ask. This could be thought of as an informational interview.  What do you want to know that would prompt you to make a cold call? During an informational interview typically you would call the Human Resource Department of the

The hidden job market… An article published on the subject of the percentage of jobs advertised “What Is the Percentage of Jobs Advertised.” The Biggest Job Search Myth, Debunked, Jennifer Paris, www.flexjobs.com/blog/post/biggest-job-search-myth-debunked/ sites that not only is the myth of a hidden job market non-existent, the myth is over 40-years old.  The article also states

Ughh! We’ve all done it – right?  Okay so what can you do after you’ve had an interview and you want to follow up from the interview to thank the potential employer for their time and the information that they provided you but, you don’t have their email address?  My suggestion is… …that you call

Ever have a day when your expectation happens in an unexpected way? How do you respond? Frustration? Slow down. Anger? What’s the trigger? That’s the past showing up in the now. Let it go – Laugh? There ya go! Have a good time with the unexpected.  If your plans flow even mildly near your expectation

Give yourself the time. You deserve your own time. Take the time back from whatever is running your life right now. Take it back and allow yourself your time and imagine, without striking it down with doubtful side thoughts that it could never happen. That is not the assignment. Stay focused, stay on task. Imagine

If you allowed yourself time. What would that look like? How would it feel? Imagination.  We all have one, but is it used to imagine all the good we want – want to see, want to have, want to feel? If you allowed yourself to have time to imagine, would you? Would you imagine all

Start by creating job search folders. Start organizing your documents for job search right when you begin the job search process. It is worth your time to begin now rather than later! The  filing system you create on your computer is important. This is how you do that for easy reference when the company calls

Ok, so you’re job searching. There is certainly a defined way of searching without burning out.   On a day when you feel like looking for a job and you’re looking online I suggest this process: Day 1 Locate the sites you want to visit – and write them down  Create an account on those sites

It’s a New Year! What do you intend? Beauty ? Well-being ? Prosperity ? Happiness ? Beauty: Seeing all things from an inner place. Seeing with the inner eyes, the heart, these things of beauty. Look around. What do you look at? Think about it – how do you see it? Intend to see the

Yes! Is the answer. When a potential employer calls you, answer the phone. Even if you are not in an ideal place to speak with them, answer anyway. Take a minute to let them tell you why they are calling. If it is because they saw your resume online, or if they are responding to

Most recently… …I had a client in his late 40’s who was downsized from his job of 34-years without notice and little severance pay. When he came to me for help he was nervous, afraid, and had no idea what he would do. With a home mortgage and children in the home, he expressed he

I’m the first to say… …general education is a basic necessity as it applies to the world of work. Such is the high school diploma. Career education may not require a high school diploma for entry. It is specific, short term, and touches mostly on general education as it applies to the career discipline therefore,

Feeling energetically drained and you haven’t started your day yet? Do this: Say to the Universe “You know what – I’m not feeling good today” acknowledge it, just put it out there. Then say: Universe, assist me. Allow me to release and let go of whatever energy it is that I have absorbed. It does

A Letter of Interest is a little different.  In a Letter of Interest you are asking about something you know of within the company that already exists and may apply to you and you are asking for more information. Let’s say someone told you about a potential job opportunity and you missed it. A Letter

Emailing a potential employer would depend on why.  The  most professional way, if you’re considering any company as a potential employer, or a business contract partner, is to send them a Letter of Inquiry. There is also a type of letter/email that you can send called a Letter of Interest. These are two different types

Thinking through what you convey on social media?  Good idea! Think about how it can have a lasting impact in your job search efforts. A positive online presence can be extremely beneficial in your job search and the interview process. Employers will check,  no doubt. So, be certain that your profile tells the story you

Look on the Bright Side! There is always a bright side, you just have to see it. Look closely, open your mind. Don’t let the forefront of whatever it is blind your ability to see it in a different way. Search for it. You will see it – it is there. The light always feels

I work with clients every day that are age 50+  …who may be reentering the workplace and they’re worried. Worried that they will be competing with younger workers, against college degrees, or having been out of the work environment for a while. Well, worry no more 50-somethings! You meet and beat the competition! If you

I have consulted… …with those who have and who have not remained employed during the pandemic. Many of those who didn’t have a job, cultivated and/or trained for new skills, created businesses, and/or redirected their paths toward something completely new. Many did jobs they didn’t want to do, but they did them anyway. They were

Someone suggested… …that I might clarify how employers view job/career candidates – currently employed or unemployed. There are so many ways that employers view candidates right now and the variety of ways is broadly based on specific industry and level of entry into the employment position.  Right now, post pandemic? For the most part, things

Ever have a day when your expectation happens in an unexpected way? How do you respond? Frustration?  Slow down. Anger? What’s the trigger? That’s the past showing up in the now. Let it go – Laugh? There ya go! Have a good time with the unexpected.  If your plans flow even mildly near your expectation

My obsessive thinking is over The barrier is old, crusty, and broken. I see it all laying around me like dense pieces of old and tattered, dense, discolored clay. It’s broken off of me laying around me on the ground and I see myself stepping out of the rubbish of it. I took a step

I am conscious of Myself. I’m going along thinking how much I’ve grown and evolved spiritually. But I felt like I should feel more complete; that I should have a feeling of achieving a great accomplishment, or the fulfillment of a task, or a job done. I could feel there was something more. I just

This morning I’m guided to write about my child. My inner child. I have had a breakthrough and I’m breaking out now – into this new beginning of me. I’m conscious of Myself. I now have a new way of moving through life. It is with feeling and discernment instead of the mental barriers of

It’s the mystery we’re not used to. We plan, we organize, we meet our own expectations, we control. What if we didn’t or even what if we did and we let that go (change your mind) for the thing that’s new, unplanned, unexperienced, or at least unexperienced in this way or at this time, the

Surrender to yourself and the new possibilities of the pathway before you. It feels like a crown of glory each time. Amazing. That’s what I can say. The experience is so amazing. It’s that change. It’s my road to change. It found me. It’s genuine, it’s happy. I’m grateful. Energy, it’s all moving now. I

This is about me but it’s for you. I know not where I go. I know that when I go I have love as the desire and I feel like I’m at the door. I feel a step and I take it, and the ground shows up underneath my feet. I know it’s the right

Whether a verb, a noun, or an adjective, the definition of grace, according to the dictionary, means the same thing. Verb: To treat with honor Noun: Favor or goodwill Adjective: Relating to, or noting honor Perception – all the ways we can choose to see or feel the knowing of Grace. Have you ever thought

The water’s journey, isn’t it like our journey? It could be if we let it. It moves, it travels, it doesn’t know where it’s going and yet it is always guided. At times it goes outside of its guidelines, the boundaries set forth – what happens? Sometimes awareness, sometimes (what we call disaster) – a

The purpose we serve – ever wonder why you’re here? I just had this thought today so I thought I’d write about it. I’ve thought it many times within my life, so far, and the question arises for me – do we have many purposes as we move through stages in our lives? I believe

We are love at our core (our soul). Our breath – our beating heart – our smiling face. Love flows freely – love is intended to be easy – flowing through us – seeking to be all that it is through us. External conditions as in social domestication press the human emotion. Coupled with societal,

What can you do? Have you ever thought about how many things you know how to do and how transferable the things you know how to do are? Many times I talk with people about the kind of work they’ve experienced in their work life. It always surprises me when they don’t see how so

How modern do you need a resume to be? Certainly, we all know that your resume depicts what you can do for a company in a particular role and your credibility based on where you’ve done that before and/or your educational background. Resumes were changing just a couple of years ago to include formatting differences

Everyone is unique and it may be that recreating yourself is where you will begin. For others, it’s something else. In any case it begins with self, the innermost part of who we are. So, here we are. At the beginning, a new beginning – a fresh start.  They say it’s all about timing. For

There’s a way to begin. Start with being grateful for everything and for nothing.  Look out and where there isn’t something, there is nothing…no thing. There is a no thing you know?  Yet it is something – Invisible Presence. Be grateful. It’s simple. How about being grateful for your breath? Are you breathing? Imagine if

How does your internal thinking differ from your external thinking? Ever have your gut tell you something then your head gets in the conversation and changes your mind back to the old way – or, talks you out of something new all together? Do you know a belief is just a thought you think over

It’s a bright crisp morning and waking up to a feeling of freedom is a real place. A place found within, beginning in the mind. Remembering who you really are is the foundation of that feeling of freedom. Peace, love of self, and joy is true freedom. Most people’s thoughts are about external circumstances –