I returned to CBS Moneywatch Ask the Experts to talk with host Jill Schlesinger and LinkedIn’s Nicole Williams about the 2nd quarter 2012 job market picture and answer audience questions:
Spring Cleaning For Your Career
May 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
On the May 1 episode of our Blog Talk Radio Career Coaching Show, I talked about how spring cleaning relates to your career:
- Why May/ June is a great time for the job search and therefore a great time to spring clean your career;
- What spring cleaning means for a career — physical environment, mental inventory, emotional assessment;
- How do you take stock of where you are in your career and decide on the best next moves to make.
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I also answered audience questions:
- How to prepare for my next career at age 46 – Karen
- How can I articulate my diversity without seeming scattered? I’m a jack of all trades but master of few – Kris
- I just wanted to know what is the best way to introduce yourself in an interview when asked to do, what to include and what not to – Bashir
- How can I leverage a temporary executive position I have now to transition into a C-Level, C-Level Direct Report, or Product Manager role in a young but growing company – Kelly
- Does starting your own business make it impossible to get a job later because you seem unmanageable, or does it show creativity and initiative – Britt
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How Do You Build A Wall Street Career
May 3, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Demand Media invited me to contribute for their eHow Career Smarts video series and answer questions received from their audience. In this video I answer: How Do You Build A Wall Street Career
How to Build a Wall Street Career — powered by ehow
This is one of ten videos in the series, so stay on past the first question and you’ll hear all 10!
Grads: A lame job is better than no job
May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I am quoted in Laura Vanderkam’s latest piece for Fortune on whether new graduates are better off taking a less-than-ideal job or holding out for something better:
…while you’ll probably get a grace period in employers’ eyes for a while post-graduation, “The reality is that any gap longer than six months has to be explained,” says Caroline Ceniza-Levine, a career coach and co-founder of SixFigureStart. “The question becomes why didn’t you take anything? It’s hard to justify.” Saying you were holding out for the perfect job isn’t particularly helpful because “anyone with experience knows there’s no such thing as the perfect thing.”
Read the full article in Laura Vanderkam’s latest for Fortune: Grads: A lame job is better than no job
2 Resources For Entrepreneurs
May 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I was recently quoted in 2 blogs, both of which offer substantive information for entrepreneurs. For WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS, 5Q Friday offers stories of women who have taken the career leap into entrepreneurship. In my interview with 5Q Friday, I focus more on taking Steps, rather than Leaps:
5.) What’s one piece of advice you have for anyone thinking of taking the leap?
In my work as a career coach, I often see people waiting for that one lightning bolt of inspiration to tell them that this ONE THING surely is the path to follow. But creating your ideal life is messier than that. It’s one step at a time, it’s not a straight line, and it includes frustrating, confusing times where you question yourself. But if don’t get started, everything stays hypothetical. I would get started on one small thing. I would focus less on a LEAP and more on a STEP. It’s a myth that there is a giant jump you HAVE to make. Oftentimes, you can move to your ideal life gradually.
Read my other tips in 5Q Friday, a series by Six Months “Off”: http://www.mysixmonthsoff.com/?p=1238
For FREELANCERS, I am quoted in Ed Gandia’s piece about the role of likeability in getting and keeping clients:
#1: Find Clients Who Appreciate Who You Are
“It’s difficult, if not impossible, to feign likeability and interest. So the advice to show interest in the other person or to force yourself to develop rapport is misguided,” says Caroline Ceniza-Levine, a former recruiter and now a career and business coach.
According to Caroline, a better approach is to focus more on client selection and on finding those clients who appreciate exactly who you are. Seek people who will appreciate your unique talents by reaching out to existing clients you like.
“And not just in terms of getting referrals from them but also asking them what about you and your services resonated, what do they enjoy about working with you, how did they find you (this one is key!). Then replicate what’s working so you get more of these types of clients,” she says.
Read 13 other tips on How to Get (and Keep) More Clients By Being More Likeable: http://internationalfreelancersacademy.com/how-to-get-and-keep-more-clients-by-being-more-likeable/
The International Freelancers Academy contains many other blogs and resources for the freelancer.
7 Tricky Job Intervew Questions and How to Answer Them
April 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I am quoted in Joel Schwartzberg’s latest piece for MediaBistro.com: 7 Tricky Job Intervew Questions and How to Answer Them.
I contribute to the discussion on how to explain employment gaps and how to talk about salary. Other questions include why you left your last position, what you liked and DIDN’T like about your former employer, and your biggest mistake!
