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The root of health is in our finances I was not comfortable talking about money as a child. I was raised to believe that there was not enough money for me. And we didn’t talk about it unless we were talking about our “lack”. Ironically, we had money but had an expensive lifestyle from moving countries
Resumes are personal marketing documents Most resumes suck. Chances are, yours is bad (no really, trust me, it is). My resume sucked too (and I’m a recruiter)… here’s the story. I had finished a college internship and was taking a mandatory internship capstone course. One of the projects was to develop a resume for a posting
And how to kick ass in every interview stage Have you received this email? Hello, Thanks for applying to this position. We will review your application and get back to you if you are selected for interviews. Sincerely, HR Team I bet you have. And if you have, you are familiar with these feelings: “Now what?”
Infusing your career with humanness through empathy and reciprocity. Ever since humans started working with machines we have become like them. If we want our efforts to be valued by society, they need to be efficient, effective, perfect, and consistent. Sounds pretty robotic to me. In North America, we have a sense of fierce independence.
Your modern definition of success is wrong You are wrong about success. I’ve learned recently that success is not what I thought it was. Not in the New Age “redefine success” mindfulness type of way. But in the ancient definition of the word “success” type of way. For years I’ve been chasing the very specific modern
I had to change my Go-Getter tendencies to succeed. I glorified Go-Getters. Hermione Granger and Rory Gilmore were my role models. I worshipped them. They were eager, ambitious, strong achievers that seemed like a direct reflection of me. I wanted to be just like them… and I succeeded. But I missed some warning signs contained in
Irrationality is built into your brain. My husband thinks it’s irrational that I do the dishes before I make a meal. In his opinion washing dishes should wait until after I’ve finished cooking and can wash them all in one go. But I disagree. I think that he is being irrational. Here’s the thing about irrational
Writing this piece was discouraging… how ironic. Writing this piece was hard! The hair-pulling, cursing, giving up kind of hard. How ironic! Why? Well, because this piece is about being discouraged and how to recover from it. And I gotta tell you that when I sat down to start writing this… I felt all of the
Online checklists don’t help you stand out from the crowd. Have you ever felt stuck in your job? Or you’re thinking about growing in your career, but you’re not sure which direction to go in? You might be thinking “can I actually switch my career?” or “how do I take my career to the next level?”
3 motivation myths that are costing you great candidates. Have you been let down by the self-proclaimed “driven” employee that starts at your company and doesn’t perform well? You know, the ones who are “highly motivated”. I bet you believe that the “motivated” candidates are the only ones worth hiring… but let me guess, this
