Quotes

3
Mar

Daily Quote

“๐™ด๐šก๐š™๐šŽ๐š›๐š๐šœ ๐šŠ๐š›๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š—๐š•๐šข ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š๐š˜๐š˜๐š ๐šŠ๐šœ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ๐š’๐š› ๐šŠ๐š‹๐š’๐š•๐š’๐š๐šข ๐š๐š˜ ๐šœ๐š๐šŠ๐šข ๐š›๐šŽ๐š•๐šŽ๐šŸ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š™๐šŠ๐šœ๐šœ๐šŠ๐š๐šŽ ๐š˜๐š ๐š๐š’๐š–๐šŽ.”- ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—น, ๐— ๐—๐—ช ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ My intention in writing this quote is to highlight the importance of staying up-to-date with the latest developments and advancements in one’s field of expertise. Simply having expertise in a particular area is not enough to guarantee continued success or relevance. As time passes, new technologies, techniques, and ideas emerge, and experts must adapt and

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2
Mar

Daily Quote

๐™๐™š๐™˜๐™ง๐™ช๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™๐™š๐™ก๐™ฅ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ž๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™ค. It’s important to begin a career transition by thinking the long game. Have a vision of your dream job. Think of your job drivers. What’s important to you? Time, money, benefits, 401(k), location, product offerings, company image, culture, values, progressive versus traditional setting, remote versus on-location, passionate project opportunities, etc. Each is different for each person. What motivates you? What’s your

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21
Feb

Daily Quote

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—”๐—ป๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ “๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐— ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ” ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป Interviewer โ€“ โ€œTell me about yourself.โ€ YIKES, now what!?!? This is what we tackled today during my weekly live session, every Tuesday at 2:00 PM EST on my #Jobstickers #Jobseekers Resource Show over at my Facebook group. Thereโ€™s the ever-so-frightening question from the hiring management detail that goes something like this: โ€œSo, tell me about yourself?โ€ (internal voice) Wait, what?! Uh, I know meโ€ฆI think! No

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15
Feb

Daily Quote

๐™’๐™๐™ฎ ๐™„๐™จ ๐™…๐™ค๐™— ๐™ƒ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™Ž๐™ค ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™ž๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™? Boiling it down, think about your situation from the hiring manager’s point of view. He or she has to be pulled aside from their day-to-day at the end of the workday to review resumes and fill an open requisition. An open requisition that is either costing them money or not making them money by leaving it vacant. When they find an ideal candidate, sometimes it’s more of a cultural

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27
Jan

Daily Quote

๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ฝ. Especially in a post-pandemic world, most employers will understand and even be empathetic to the candidate whose gap was caused by the global health crisis. In your cover letter, be honest and direct (and quick) when mentioning your gap. An example: “I lost my job with XYZ Company due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”

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