Hello and Welcome to my Blog Page! When I started writing blogs it was a creative outlet, one that would lead me to uncovering questions for which people were searching for answers. It wasn’t much of a shift from career coaching individuals with these types of questions to writing the answers as a blog. It’s …
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 …
When you’re following up on a job interview, the important thing is what day of the week the interview is and which day of the week it is that you follow up. The best days of the week to follow up are on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Don’t follow up on a Monday or Friday. …
How Long Should You Wait to Follow up on a Job Interview? Read More »
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 …
What’s the Personal Aspect of Networking that Makes it so Effective? Read More »
Let’s start out with how to approach networking as a vehicle for contacts that may lead to job opportunities. It’s important to stay reminded that when you network, you’re asking for help, not for a job. Networking takes some commitment. Yes, you can… network through friends, family, and former co-workers; or you can try to …
Employers aren’t looking for an excuse. It’s ok not to have one. When you try to explain why you can’t talk on the phone right then, the call becomes clouded with personal information. Really? No one, wants to know that. You’ll be using his/her business time to tell a story. Don’t do that. You simply …
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Not to worry – it happens. Especially when you are in a panel or group interview and there are multiple people participating in the interview all at once. If you are in a serial interview, Whether it’s all in one day or over several days, it’s pretty easy to jot down the interviewer’s information. However, …
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Do you? Can you? What does it mean to rest? It’s an individual thing Rest….the mind Rest….the body Rest…the Spirit No TV, no phone, no radio, just an empty mind – simple but not easy – try it! No thinking. Be still and know…and All will rest. Love and light,
If you decide that you’re going to email a potential employer about a position that they have open, be sure to read the job posting first. Sometimes in the job posting it will tell you that they don’t want the candidate to contact them via email or by phone. If it does say that, then …
What to Add to the email Subject Line to Reach Out to Potential Employers Read More »
I’m going to write about resumes here but before I do, I must mention that when you submit a resume to a job announcement if a potential employer is interested in you, as you probably already know, he/she is going to search social media to see what other information he/she can find to learn more …
Let’s say you applied for a position and the employer reached out to you via email to say thank you for your application, it’s under review and they will be getting back to you. That is an auto response. Some companies have auto responses and some don’t. So, the thing is that you wait in …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
What Now? If I Don’t Have my Potential Employer Email to Follow up? Read More »
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 …
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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 …
Today a client called… …to ask me to review her cover letter. I agreed, and what I found was that she had a full page of information describing her resume. Wrong:) It’s interesting that for the most part, what I proof read in people’s cover letters, that they write, is just that. It’s a detailed …
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 …
I heard a tale that I’ll share. The caterpillar said to the butterfly “you’ve changed” the butterfly responded “ Isn’t that what we’re supposed to do?” Ok, could be considered corny but think about it. Have you ever seen someone you haven’t seen in a long time and you or he or she says, “You …
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 – …
By Alys Sadler Today I decided to write a blog. It’s the first time for me to put thoughts, feelings and/or information publicly for people to read. This feels like a part of my Road To Change. Anyone can move forward on his or her road to change, even me. I started a website… …to …