Tag: challenges
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Transferable Skills – Key to today’s Job Search ‼️ ⏏️ In a competitive & volatile job market, professionals may need to transition roles & industries, multiple times. ⏏️ Building & documenting one’s transferable skills is critical. ♂️Transitioning from Sales to a Marketing role can be one example of such career move. ♂️While both fields aim…
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5 Not-to-be-ignored LinkedIn Features‼️ ⏺ LinkedIn launched as e-resume & online networking platform. Today it’s become much more than that. ⏺ A powerful tool for networking, growing thought leadership & building personal brand. ⏺ Many of LinkedIn’s billion members, aren’t leveraging its full potential. Some underutilized LinkedIn features:. 1. Collaborative Articles ➡️ Are a…
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Past, Present, Future of Resumes‼️
⏺History: ➡️ Leonardo Da Vinci credited with creating first #resume in 1482. ➡️ In letter that landed him a job as Director of Festivities in Milan, Italy ➡️ This would be called a ‘cover letter’ today. ➡️ Historical records suggest in 16th century, traveling artisans used some form of resume to introduce themselves to employers.…
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Story Telling Leadership –A crucial skill for Today’s HR‼️ ⏺HR leader may announce compensation enhancement package. But the audience is not inspired. ⏺ This is where Story telling helps. ⏺Instead of relaying data to make a point, stories connect with the heart. ⏺Stories can powerfully shape organization’s culture. Recent Forbes study, revealed that 75%…
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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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. Effective Communication – Your Ticket to success!
. Of all life skills, Communication – the Human connection – is the foremost. . Oral communication involves 4 processes. Send ➡️ Receive ➡️ Understand. ➡️ Respond. . Easy enough it seems. Yet the biggest problem is to Listen to what is NOT being said. . Understand the context, culture, situation. . Every communication is…
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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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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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