Episode 48 features Jasmin Forts. She currently works as Talent Acquisition leadership for a large domestic organization with operations spanning worldwide. Jasmin is a Certified Career Coach. Jasmin’s journey into the corporate workplace started with limited guidance and no formal network. She made a personal commitment to deal with disparities in tools to build resumes, interview authentically, and express confidence in physical presentation urged her to close the gap. Jasmin is a “self-proclaimed Livelihood Enthusiast” and cares how people prepare for maintaining their careers. She has been featured in Teen Vogue, Monster.com and Madame Noire for her HR and Talent Acquisition advice. During this episode, Jasmin chats about communicating your value in the workplace.
Episode 7 features Susan Clarine, CPC the Founder and CEO of The Ei Coach, LLC. She is an emotional intelligence (Ei) coach, she’s committed to helping managers and teams gain insight into how their emotions affect their work, relationships and results. By learning and applying the principles of emotional intelligence, managers and teams build trusting relationships, make better decisions and drive change with positive energy. Tune in and listen to Susan share how to lead with emotional intelligence in the workplace.
Creating a lasting first impression is vital to your career search. The duration of a first impression can range from seven to thirty seconds. First impressions can be sealants of progress or refuse during the interview process. First impression triggers are components of your personal brand. A few first impression triggers includes your social media profiles, your voicemail, your email, your hand shake, and your attire. Be cognizant of your efforts of maintaining your personal brand.
In lieu of a resume submission, a potential employer may request links to your social media profiles to review how you choose to present yourself globally. Your verbiage, pictures, videos, and overall content can increase or decrease your candidacy relevancy for a position. Post wisely and tactfully, even after you have secured your desired position. You do not want to be prone to loosing your job based upon inappropriate posts.
During your career search, your voicemail should be professional and clear to understand. Your voicemail should not feature the latest music sensation nor have background noise.
Email addresses can be too revealing of lifestyle choices and personal details sometimes. Keeping your email address basic and simple is a consistent recommendation by hiring managers and recruiters.
Your handshake and attire display confidence and an unspoken understanding that you know how to carry yourself in your desired work environment. Your attire needs to be tasteful while using all appropriate under garments, accessories, levels of perfume usage, and overall body coverage. Take the time to research handshake styles and wardrobe interview essentials and determine if your handshake or wardrobe needs to be revised.
Your goal is to always be considered and viewed as a qualified candidate. Strive to have your first impression in all environments that you enter promote you to the next level that you desire.
Your ability to speak the language of your chosen industry is important not only when interviewing but also when conversing with various industry professionals. Taking the time to learn your industry language including acronyms and jargon beyond the textbooks is essential to your professional success. Being able to effectively communicate as an industry professional will prompt other professionals to view you as credible and increase your confidence in your professional skills and knowledge.
Below are a few language development tactics that will help you evolve the fluency of your industry language.
Listen attentively during business initiative launches and reviews.
Read and notice the verbiage details from business meeting minutes, industry related periodicals and books.
Study industry websites and the description of their services and products.
View industry advertising campaigns through various media forums.
Your industry language versatility will permit you to communicate well with various levels of professionals while leading you through the path of becoming a verifiable industry subject matter expert.
Throughout your career search many questions are generated that you may not know where to gain direction and solutions from. It is strongly encouraged to be confident and comfortable to ask yourself and others questions to gain clarity about the next steps you need to take regarding your career search.
Asking the basic questions of requesting assistance with resume reviews, referrals, or employment leads can often be asked with ease. It’s important to ask yourself and sometimes consult with others the applicable questions and scenarios listed below.
Is this the right time to start a career search? Determine if you need to professionally develop in your current position longer before moving on to a new employment opportunity.
Do you need to improve your communication skills? If yes, identify what specific communication skills you need to improve and create an action plan accordingly.
Is it time for you to be considered for a management position? If yes, assess what qualifies you to be considered based upon the required experience listed for the position description.
If you desire a career change because of management. Resolve if is it worth transitioning out of your current role because of one person or a certain management style. Take the time to rethink your decision at least once to determine if the potential career move will be an overall advantage or disadvantage to your current career path.
Are you playing yourself small in your current role? If yes, decide if you want more and why now is a good time to seek career advancement. Pinpoint what eligibility steps you need to make to be considered beyond strengthen your self-confidence.
You are meant to achieve greatness and it is up to you to solidify your path to experience it. Ask questions to assist you in determining how to accomplish your desired career outcomes.
