Category: Success at Work
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Take Control of your Career
Take Control of your Career‼️– the shape of things to come. ➡️ We are now in an era of Do It Yourself Career Development. ➡️ As job tenures shorten, companies may become less motivated to offer formal training in future. ➡️ Your career & personal development will be your own responsibility. ➡️ The top skill…
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Asking for Vacation Time – A Struggle?
Asking for vacation – a struggle? ‘I can’t think of taking a vacation now. There’s so much to be done’ ‘With all news & rumours of layoffs, now’s isn’t the right time to ask for a vacation. Does this sound familiar? ❓Some reasons why employees are reluctant to avail of vacation time: ➡️ Gen Zers…
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7 Strategies to reboot after a Job Loss
7 strategies to Reboot after Job Loss ➡️ I started my YouTube channel in June 2020 – ‘5 Tips to Reboot from Job Loss’. ➡️ 3 years later, we’ve come to realise this wasn’t COVID related once-off event. ➡️ Problem still persists. Advance of robotics, AI, predictive language tools ChatGPT, etc. will render 80-100 million…
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Watch “3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Apply for a Job” on YouTube
Are you struggling in your #jobsearch? Are you sending out numerous applications & posting on job boards & waiting hopefully to receive that all important #interview call? Is the radio silence & lack of response causing you #stress & #anxiety. It’s quite likely that you need to change your #jobsearching approach. In an overcrowded &…
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3 questions to ask before you apply for a role
Are you struggling in your #jobsearch? Are you sending out numerous applications & posting on job boards & waiting hopefully to receive that all important #interview call? Is the radio silence & lack of response causing you #stress & #anxiety. It’s quite likely that you need to change your #jobsearching approach. In an overcrowded &…
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Are you struggling with your #jobsearch
Are you struggling in your #jobsearch? Are you sending out numerous applications & posting on job boards & waiting hopefully to receive that all important #interview call? Is the radio silence & lack of response causing you #stress & #anxiety. It’s quite likely that you need to change your #jobsearching approach. In an overcrowded &…
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How to decide on Target List of Companies
How to decide on a Target List of Companies to follow when looking for a Job? In today’s highly crowded & competitive market, the key is to Target Companies, not Jobs, to get the best results. The plethora of choices of career options available, can seem overwhelming for the job seekers. Deciding on which…
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Will AI sound death knell of Emotional Intelligence?
Will Artificial Intelligence strike death knell of Emotional Intelligence? It’s very doubtful, since AI has no emotions. Emotional Intelligence comprises:1. #selfawareness of one’s own emotions2. Being able to self- manage them.3. Being aware of others’ emotions4. Use 1, 2, and 3 to build better #relationships . AI flunks on all 4 counts1. & 2.AI has…
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Skills is the new Data
Skills is the new Data! Skills-based hiring, promotion & talent development are a way of life today. ‘Skills-based’ is a shorthand for employers’ ability to spot candidates whose experience has imbued them with most (if not all) the skills to succeed in a job, even though they may not hold the job job title yet…
Skill grill 