Job Search Stress Busters (continued)

Job Search Stress Busters (continued) Yesterday I blogged on four strategies for reducing stress during a job search. Here are three more recommendations. Communicate with your FamilyIf you don’t talk about your search with a spouse or significant other, you could be creating additional stress in the relationship. When you shut a partner out of this conversation and carry on as if nothing has changed, that person may worry about the status of your search and your overall financial security. They may constantly seek youout for updates or offer recommendations on how you should conduct your search. This may feel like nagging to the job seeker and can cause tensions to mount. If your partner wants to understand your search strategy, try setting up a weekly meeting to discuss your search plans. Then agree that you will be given the “space” to carry out your plan.Sometimes a job seeker’s search is impeded by domestic responsibilities at home. Family members may ask you to do errands, chauffeur other family members to activities and appointments, or take on significant home improvement projects like painting the house. Keep in mind that if your job search is a part-time activity it will take you twice as long to find a new job.Avoid Toxic PeopleWe’ve all met them. They are the ones who say “It’s brutal out there. I’ve been searching for months and no one is hiring.” These people do nothing to help you in your search. They often have one-dimensional strategies that result in unproductive, extended searches. Let these people know that you intend to stay positive or share a tip that’s working for you. If their negative attitude continues, try, if it’s realistic, to take a break from the relationship.Find a BuddyWhile it’s wonderful to have the support of family and friends during a job search, having a buddy who is also seeking employment can provide great benefits to both parties involved. Find someone who is in a different profession or someone who is in the same profession, but at a more junior or more senior level, so you won’t be competing for the same jobs. Having a buddy allows you to share similar concerns, boost morale, empathize with someone in the same situation, and share advice.A job search presents a unique set of challenges for many people. But it is also a time when people discover new skills and even new careers. It can be a time to strengthen existing friendships and grow new relationships. By examining your emotions and channeling your energies in a positive direction, you can potentially decrease both your stress level and the amount of time you spend looking for a new job.

How to Write Your Elevator Pitch Without Stressing Out - When I Grow Up

How to Write Your Elevator Pitch Without Stressing Out - When I Grow Up I’m a business coach who works with creative women to discover, launch, and build their dream businesses. That’s my elevator pitch. Every business person needs one. An elevator pitch is a short, persuasive summary on what you and your business offer. Ideally, it will be one to three sentences long and shouldn’t take more than 20 to 30 seconds to spit out (or the length of an average elevator ride. Get it?) Frankly, elevator pitches are awesome. A pitch will detail your business and your offerings without bogging down the listener. In just a few simple sentences, anyone who hears it will understand three things: who you are, who you work for/with, and what you do. It’s a key, necessary promotional tool and also the working backbone for your business’ infrastructure and mission statement. For a multi-passionate person, an elevator pitch is completely sanity-saving. It keeps us from going down a large, rambling rabbit hole trying to figure out how ~all of the things~ we love can work together in our businesses. Having a clear, concise pitch not only will pique the interest of potential clients, it will also help you stay clear and focused, too. Ain’t that sweet? (If you’re still unsure, picture the show “Shark Tank.” You know how those people come in and pitch their products? It’s like that, but shorter, and with fewer cameras and no Mr. Wonderful there to call you a cockroach. Score.) If you aren’t sure where to start or just want a refresher I’ve got you, babe. Here is a foolproof formula to designing your perfect elevator pitch: First, simply answer these three questions: What is your role/title? Who do you most help/work with? What do you do for them? Now, fill in the blanks with your answers above!: I’m a ______ who helps/works with _______ to (do) _______. Voila! You did it! *Super special business coach note: This formula is open to customization, so if your “who” comes after your “what,” or you find the “how” sums everything up on its own â€" great! The key components here are that your clients know who you are and what your biz will do for them. For reference, here are a few other great elevator pitches from my current Build Your Client Base clients who totally crushed it!:   “Im a virtual assistant who helps creative women entrepreneurs take back their time freedom and conquer resistance at work by delegating the work thats outside their zone of genius.” Kate, theefficientcreative.com Im a transition coach for women over 40 looking for a Midlife Awakening. Vicky, heartandmoxie.com I help creative types ditch the fear and design their careers so they can achieve the fulfillment they really want. EB, ebsanders.com Im a designer-turned-lettering artist who offers hand-lettering, sans bullshit. Erika, erikadillon.com Im a writer, editor, and coach who helps progressive and social justice-minded women realize their writing potential. Carrie, carrielamanna.com Im a designer and creative strategist for heart-based entrepreneurs. Kristen, kristengood.com Im The Dreamcatcher Coach. I help people unlock their creativity along with their big dreams to live an authentic, happy, healthy life.   Anabell, personaldreamcatcher.rocks Im an illustrator for those who love the simple + silly joys of life. Whitney, illustrationsbywhit.com I help you find gifts that warm peoples hearts. Inge, thoughtfulgesture.com Im an artist who uses creativity to heal and grow. Lela, selwaystudios.com I help design and architecture-related firms improve their brand story. Katie, katiekervin.com Im a teacher who works with busy Japanese-speaking professionals and executives to develop more confidence in their English. Julia, eigoism.com/en/home/ I own One Crafty Potato, which helps women who’ve been swept away by real-life craft the princess life they dream of! Carolee, onecraftypotato.com “I help creative folk develop ease and joy in promoting their work, their talent, and themselves.” Peg, peghallwilliams.com Now, pour yourself a hot tea, grab a notepad, and go to town. Try out a few variations and see what feels the most authentic and true to you and your business’ mission. Bonus points for testing it out in an actual elevator! If reading this uncovered some awesome clarity for you and your work, there’s more where that came from. Check out my Build Your Client Base program and see how, together, we can gather your ideal clients to do more of your ideal work (and make more ideal money! Hooray!)

How to Avoid Paying a Large Amount of Money For Spanish Speaking Resume Writing Business

How to Avoid Paying a Large Amount of Money For Spanish Speaking Resume Writing BusinessWhile a Spanish speaking resume writing business could be a great opportunity for you, it could also be quite expensive. It is advisable to seek out some ways to minimize the costs that you will have to bear in order to get your dream job. Here are a few of these steps:When hiring a foreign worker for a job, you should choose someone who speaks Spanish fluently. You can not afford to hire a person who does not speak the language properly. This may mean more delays in getting a good result or even in the actual hiring process. Therefore, you need to think twice before you go ahead and hire someone who does not have the ability to speak the language fluently.It will be much easier to find such job if you have experience. For instance, if you have been an employee for a company that deals with Spanish speaking service firms, you will be able to distinguish between a mediocre and an exceptional candid ate. They will also understand how they will be looked at by potential employers. Additionally, if you have been there and done that, they will understand the job market better and would not be so hesitant to get a job or hire an applicant.If you are only able to work for one company for a period of time, then you should consider quitting your job. Since it would be very difficult to find a job where you will only have one employer, it would make it easier for you to choose the one that is the best match for you. However, if you would like to get a steady job, you may want to stay with your current employer. Therefore, you need to make sure that the company you join has a steady working environment.The thing about Spanish speaking resume writing is that most companies in this industry do not have the time to take care of their employees. As a result, most of them are currently looking for other jobs. Therefore, it is essential that you take care of yourself as a member of the workfo rce to show that you are truly committed to your job. Many companies require at least 10 hours of manual labor per week in order to maintain good business practices.This is also one reason why many employees end up quitting their jobs. Many people want to try new things in life and do not want to deal with the difficulties of trying to find work. In order to make this transition easier, it is advisable to know what is expected of you as a professional.In addition to these points, you can also consider applying for an internship or job-training program for people who would like to go on a Spanish speaking resume writing business. However, be aware that this is not something that would come easily. It may take time to establish yourself as a professional. Nevertheless, you would be a better and qualified candidate if you made the effort.

Ramit Sethi Why I Owe My Business to a Decision Made at 25

Ramit Sethi Why I Owe My Business to a Decision Made at 25 In a legendary moment during the 1932 World Series, Babe Ruth pointed to the stands to show exactly where he was going to hit a homerun â€" and then did it. In 2006, Elon Musk enacted his own version of pointing to the stands, publishing a seemingly impossible 10-year plan: Create a low-volume car that, by necessity, would be expensive. Use that money to develop a medium-volume car at a lower price. Use that money to create an affordable, high-volume car. Provide solar power. Like Ruth, Musk proved himself a prophet: On July 20, 2016, he announced all four goals had been achieved. This is amazing in its own right. But it’s also fascinating because it flies in the face of much of the current dogma in Silicon Valley. Telling founders to “fail fast” and keep their businesses “lean” encourages ultra short-term thinking. (“Business plan? No, it will be outdated as soon as it hits the real world! 10-year plan? How can you even think that far ahead?!”) Ten years ago when I was a 25-year-old founder, I felt this intense pressure to focus on what was right in front of me. Instead, I made a decision that has made all of my subsequent success possible: I chose to play the long game, rather than the short. I chose to look 10 years ahead, rather than three months. When getting my company IWT off the ground, instead of focusing on launching products to make money fast, I focused on building a tribe of true fans and students for life. I call this approach the 10-Year Principle. Sounds simple, right? Wrong. The reality was brutal. That one resolution led to many difficult, counterintuitive decisions I would’ve never made otherwise. Because of the decision: IWT didn’t launch its first product for three years I read and responded to 1,000+ emails every day for years We spent years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to develop courses We discontinued highly profitable courses that weren’t delivering the results we wanted for our clients. Banned people with credit card debt from taking our flagship courses These decisions cost us millions of dollars in potential revenue. For example, this meant we couldn’t hire as fast as a venture-backed startup. It also meant we could only launch a small number of products, increasing the pressure on us to make each one count. Imagine someone offering you millions of dollars in cash and then turning that down. That’s essentially what we did. But day by day, the strategy started to pay off. It helped us build students for life: customers who buy every new course we create. Today, we have dozens of employees and are growing rapidly. Put simply, the time frame in which you make your decisions determines your logic. Things that make sense in the long term might seem crazy to people who only think of the short term. But here’s the thing: while long-term thinking seems crazy when you don’t understand it, short-term thinking often really is crazy. Let me give you an example… The hidden costs of short-term thinking I once left a big watermelon sitting on my kitchen counter. Every day as I walked by it, I thought to myself, “I’ll eat this later.” Eventually, I started thinking, “Okay. I’ll just throw this away later.” I did this religiously for weeks until one day, I walked into my kitchen and saw a pool of liquid on the floor. Apparently, watermelons liquefy and turn into some kind of alcohol-smelling ooze after you let them sit for five months. I’m not lazy. I’m not stupid. So why couldn’t I get around to picking that watermelon up and throwing it in the garbage? I was thinking ultra short-term. The watermelon was big and heavy and I had better things to do, so it made sense not to deal with it in the moment. I was being completely logical. But over time all these rational short-term decisions led to a disgusting mess. The same thing can happen at a startup. Go too long without thinking about the company’s long-term future, and you could easily end up with a mess on your hands. So how do you escape the short-term thinking trap? The first step is realizing that while short-term sacrifices feel bad at the time, they can also lead to disproportionate rewards in the future. Take the famous Marshmallow Test, a series of experiments in the late 1960s and early 1970s in which children were offered a choice between receiving one marshmallow immediately, or two if they waited 15 minutes. Follow-ups over the next 40 years showed the kids who waited were healthier and more successful in school years later. Most entrepreneurs behave like the kids who gobbled that single marshmallow. Successful entrepreneurs know better. Along with Musk, many of the country’s top entrepreneurs like Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sam Altman are thinking more long-term than ever, not less. In fact, they look at it as their competitive advantage. Jeff Bezos, for example, measures the success of new initiatives over seven-year time frames, while most of his competitors are focused on quarterly earnings. Mark Zuckerberg â€" who recently released his own 10-year plan â€" reflected, “If I were starting now, I would have stayed in Boston. [Silicon Valley] is a little short-term focused and that bothers me.” Sam Altman, the president of Y Combinator, the largest accelerator in the world, refers to long-term thinking as “one of the few arbitrage opportunities left in the market.” He adds, “When you’re thinking about a startup, it’s really worthwhile to think about something you’re willing to make a very long-term commitment to because that is where the current void in the market is.” I’m not saying it’s easy. If it was, everyone would do it. But if Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, and Altman’s careers are any indication, patience pays off. So give yourself the space and time to think about your company’s long-term future. At IWT, I have a no-meeting Wednesday strategy day: no meetings, no calls, just time to think about strategy and where the company is going. Long-term thinking takes perspective, and even a designated hour per week can have a huge impact. If you aren’t taking the time to get this long-term perspective, you’re leaving marshmallows (read: money) on the table. â€" Ramit Sethi is the founder of Growth Lab and IWT This story originally appeared on Fortune.

Its Quality, Not Just Quantity That Gets You Hired - Work It Daily

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How To Get Employees To Pay Attention During Diversity Trainings - Fairygodboss

How To Get Employees To Pay Attention During Diversity Trainings - Fairygodboss At many companies, the phrase corporate training seminar comes with an array of eye rolls and plenty of mental associations with the off-color presentations led by manager Michael Scott in The Office. However, diversity trainings represent a crucial element of a representative workplace, and companies should use unterstellung opportunities to educate, to correct problematic behaviors and to foster a harmonious and inclusive environment.But when these seminars occur during regular work hours (as is the norm), convincing employees to give them their full attention in the midst of looming deadlines and rapid-fire email blasts can be challenging. Harvard Business School recently acknowledged this challenge in an article, pointing out a few helpful tips for keeping employees focused during corporate diversity training.1. Set up the room in a distraction-free manner.This may seem overly obvious, but a meeting s pot with limited barriers and plenty of opportunities for noise intrusions will hamper the speakers ability to capture and hold your employees attention. Instead, HBR recommends learning environments with minimal clutter, open spaces for introspection and collaboration, large windows for optimal daylight and quiet nooks for personal reflection or mindfulness practice.2. Make use of mindfulness time.Giving employees time to destress from their everyday schedules and set an intention can be important steps before hosting a training, according to HBR. They suggest that a few minutes of mindfulness training at the beginning of a learning experience, and in between each new learning segment, can help participants clear mental clutter and be open to new ideas and content. This can be as simple as two minutes of sitting still, inviting a sense of relaxation in the body and mind, focusing on the breath, and letting go of distractions.3. Encourage participants to take mindful breaks.While yo ur employees may be tempted to use their seminar breaks to check their email or dial into another meeting, encouraging attendees to remain mindful during these times will help them retain the valuable information provided throughout the session. HBR advises bosses overseeing these seminars to help participants resist the urge to check their phones. Instead, encourage them to enjoy a mindful break, which could include a walk outside, writing in a journal, or an opportunity to reflect on learnings with a colleague.4. Enlist a seminar leader who is specially trained to handle these educational scenarios.Heres an extra tip dont be the Michael Scott of this seminar. By this, we mean that youre well advised to hire a professional diversity-training seminar leader to lead the workshop rather than trying to take it on yourself and risk making detrimental errors or causing your employees to feel uncomfortable. Consult your HR rep or company leadership they likely have recommendations for pro grams designed to set you up with a well-equipped seminar leader.

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