The brain is a muscle. It need to be exercised and challenged to keep it healthy. Take a look at this article I came across this afternoon on Linkedin. Let me know in the comments below if you have ever tried any of these exercises. Better yet, if you haven’t, try a couple and share your experience below!
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I dug this article by Fast Company. A lot of good tips, especially if you’re hitting that productivity wall that we are often plagued with come Mid-Friday afternoon. Keep up the hard work!
Earlier this week I had the honor to present my Job Won! Workshop to members of The Boardroom San Diego. This nonprofit association provides support, networking and job search resources to professionals in transition living in the San Diego community. The workshop was attended by 25 members who hailed from a wide-range of professional backgrounds. Throughout my professional career, I have spoken to so many individuals who are either unhappy with their current job or are confused about where they fit into the current job market. This particular workshop focused on helping these dedicated job seekers by showing them how to work through a process that will enable them to have clear success paths to careers they can be excited about it. My book Job Won! outlines this process in further detail and provides an excellent foundation for job seekers looking to find a new career path or pursue their profession with passion.
It’s important to leverage your strengths in an interview. Check out this recent segment on KUSI where we talk about it in more detail:
You’ve landed the interview, you’re stoked, and let’s be honest, a little terrified. Not to worry, there are ways to prepare that should turn your interview into a conversation, rather than an interrogation.
1 – Know Who You Are: The person interviewing you is likely to say “ Tell me about yourself.” Prepare to tell them about who you are as a person, your interests, but also think back to why you applied for the job. Explain who you are, emphasizing the things about you that make you an ideal for the position.
2 – Keep it positive: There are a lot of tasks you may be great at but are less than enthused to do. It is important to find a way to communicate the positive result. Convey what you were able to take away from that task and how it helped you grow as a professional.
3 – Don’t read from your resume: Practice at home turning all of the bullet points on your resume into something smooth and coherent that you can actually picture yourself saying.
4 – Keep it short and to the point. Chances are the interviewer has other people to interview that day, so don’t waste their time by rambling. If five words will answer the question, then why use 25?
5 – Unless you are interviewing for something that requires you to work alone, you’re going to be working as a team. Use “we” language to show how you can work with others. Don’t feel like you can’t highlight your personal accomplishments, after all you are the one in the interview, not your team, but be sure to pivot back to how your work helped carry the team across the finish line.
According to data released last week by the Employment Development Department, job gains in San Diego occurred across a wide variety of sectors, including construction, financial services, manufacturing, professional services, health care and government. For the construction field, jobs grew by 1,600 in June, meaning there were 57,600 people working in the field. Economists attribute this increase to rising equity markets and home prices. The San Diego Reader recently published a story discussing benefits associated with construction jobs, including low stress, competitive salaries and a steady work-life balance. Additionally, the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicted numerous construction jobs among the fastest-growing from 2012 to 2020 in its last biennial employment projections report. If you’re on the job hunt or looking to possibly change your career path, take a good look at a career in the construction industry.
Finding the contact information for a potential employer isn’t always easy. Check out these 6 tips for tracking down the information you may need on a job search: Mashable
As a job candidate you want to be the one that stands out among all of the other applicants. You want to make an impression that sticks. One that makes it so the hiring manager can’t forget you. Check out this article that Mashable just put out. It’s made up of testimonials from hiring managers about candidates that made lasting impressions on them. Good stuff!
For its annual Talent Shortage Survey, ManpowerGroup surveyed nearly 40,000 employers across 42 countries and territories. The recently released 2013 survey is the eighth in the series. The survey found that 35% of the employers surveyed are experiencing difficulty filling jobs due to lack of available talent. This statistic represents a slight rise in comparison to last year’s survey results, and is the highest proportion of employers expressing concern about lack of talent since 2007. What’s even more worrying is that one in five employers say the talent shortage is having a high impact on their company’s ability to meet client needs. If you are currently looking for a new job, this infographic provides great insight and tips on how you can make yourself more marketable to potential employers: http://www.manpowergroup.us/talent-shortage.
