I'm telling you the truth...
THOUGHT: Often, it's the message that hits us. Then, it's the TIMING of the message that penetrates our hearts.
We all live and hang in the balance of time, and time waits for no one my friend! Absolutely, NO ONE!
Therefore, I hold these evidence to be true...
TAKEAWAYS: #1. DON'T YOU QUIT! #2. DON'T YOU STOP! #3. DON'T YOU DARE GIVE UP!
TREASURES: You can make it, if you try!
I Believe You Can...!
I'm telling you the truth...
THOUGHT: Each day of your life you will encounter a battle. It may be big, medium or small. However, it's up to you, which one to choose!
TAKEAWAYS: When you meet your giant and/or challenges in life, in the form of people, places and things, know this one thing: You have to choose, if you don't want to lose! Here are 3 - UNDENIABLE principles to consider in life: YOU CAN...
No. #1. Choose to FORGIVE them. No. #2. Choose to FORGET them. OR No. #3. Choose to FIGHT them.
Whichever one you choose, determines if you'll lose, or perhaps win for the rest of your life! Here's the question: Do you want to win in life? Then, consider the value of the treasure below:
TREASURES: "Choose your battles wisely" produces lasting results. (Rom. 14:19)
I Believe You Can...!
3 - UNDENIABLE TIPS THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE! (Observe)
Sir,
My personal assistant just informed me that, she was unable to contact your character references because...
#1. There is no (Area Code) listed for the first person's phone number.
#2. For the second person, their phone number is listed in Alaska, perhaps, you could have provided an email for further contact purposes.
#3. When we contacted the third person, the phone was disconnected, so we didn't have any success.
Ma'am, I can explain.....xyz.....!
Second chances are rare...that's why getting your information right the first time makes the difference.
I Believe You Can...!
People often miss the mark for 1,001 reasons. As a result, they end up living frivolous lives chosen by their innate actions. How can you prevent being in that statistical breakdown?
5 UNDENIABLE TIPS WHICH CAN BRING VALUE IN YOUR LIFE:
#1. Discover yourself. (People often do what they've seen on the outside, rather than searching for the answers outside).
#2. Finding yourself. (People often follow trends in life, rather than being creative and innovative backed by inspired action).
#3. Acknowledging yourself. (People often give credit to others which is a good thing, however, when it comes to acknowledging themselves that can't see the worthiness).
#4. Rebuilding yourself. (People often take classes to increase their job skills, and ignore opportunities to improve their self-development skills).
#5. Loving yourself. (People often communicate love, attention and affection to others. Now, let's flip the script! When was the last time you sincerely appreciated yourself?
Do you really want to succeed in life? You first have to discover the beauty and love you have within!
I Believe You Can...!
Land Your Dream Job Pt 8: Career Portfolio
Welcome to “Land Your Dream Job” series, Part 8, as we learn how a career portfolio can catapult you from “a candidate” to “The Candidate.”
When you are competing for your ideal job, your invitation to an in-person interview can bring on the pressure. You know that this is the job that you’ve been praying for and you have the exact mix of education, experience, and drive to join the employer’s team and contribute quickly to their continued success. So, just how do separate yourself from the pack of other candidates for whom this is their dream job as well? With a career portfolio.
Career portfolios showcase your career-impacting, job-related qualifications in a tangible way that employers can see first-hand. You see, anyone can say that they have what it takes to get the job done, but not everyone can produce actual examples of the work that they have completed during the course of their career. Besides practicing your interview skills, being prepared is also of paramount importance to your career search success. This is why I advise my clients to always keep a copy of the work products that they complete. Because today’s technology makes it almost mindlessly-easy to save different types of documents, there’s no excuse to not save a copy of your work to your own personal cloud account, a flash drive, or to send a copy to your personal email. So, let’s get you started with looking at what you should consider as you build your career portfolio.
You should approach each stage of your career search intentionally, and this stage is no different in that regard. As you decide what to include in your career portfolio, you should consider the following: 1) What do you want your career portfolio achieve on your behalf? 2) What are your most career-impacting work projects? 3) Do you have enough examples of your work products to build an effective career portfolio?
1. What are you most career-impacting work projects? During my most-recent career search, which landed me with my current employer, I wanted my career portfolio to tell my career story. Since I had been a human resources professional for 25+ years, my professional experience at each stage of my career contributed to my being the ideal candidate for the Human Resources Manager position that I had applied to. So, I began planning my portfolio by identifying my most career impacting work projects. Then I considered the role that I played in the completion/success of each one. I recalled those that I led. I considered the outcome of each of them? I thought about the challenges the team faced and remembered how we worked around them to meet our goal.
In the earlier stages of your career, you will likely not have a host of large-scale projects to call upon. It takes time to build this history. So, remember that career impacting is different at each stage of our careers. This should not stop you from building your career portfolio since it should be representative of your level of expertise in your career. It should show career growth from one assignment to the next.
Even if you don’t consider your work projects to date to be career-impacting, a hiring manager may, so don’t shortchange yourself by failing to include even smaller work projects. Even if you did something seemingly small, like developing charts and graphs to explain data, include that information without divulging any confidential business information. Who knows, your potential employer may need someone who has that skill. You would likely be surprised about the number of people who do not possess the computer skills that their employer needs them to have. If you are a strong writer, showcase that skill because the art of writing well unfortunately appears to be disappearing in our technological age. If you have strong customer service or interpersonal skills, showcase them. If you receive a gift, and email, or other recognition from a client or customer, take a picture of the gift or print the email for your career portfolio. I recently unexpectedly received flowers and a thank you card from a customer who was seeking additional details about a position with our organization, that she was interested in. So, I took a picture of the flowers and have saved the card and will include a copy of in my career portfolio.
2. What do you want your career portfolio to achieve on your behalf? – Your career portfolio can represent you well in a number of ways. So, it is completely up to you how you put your professional best foot forward using your career portfolio. For instance, you may want to keep your career portfolio simple and have it to serve as a repository of a varied assortment of work products from your professional career. If so, then you would simply place them in a binder, add a title page, and be prepared to explain each example to the interviewer(s) when you meet in person. Or, if you feel that your current or most-recent job is more closely related to the job that you are vying for, with that in mind, you will likely use your portfolio to showcase your work products from the current stage of your career. Since your portfolio’s focus will be on recent projects, it will hopefully be easier for you to identify your selected work products and to hopefully get a copy or tangible representations of them to include in your portfolio. Now, if you want your portfolio to tell your career story, you will need to put a bit more effort into it building and organizing it. So, I recommend that in this case, you think of your portfolio as a good book where each new chapter builds up to the next. With that in mind, you will want to categorize the work product samples that you include in your portfolio, as well as present them in chronological order. You also will need to include a table of contents, and description/title tabs for each category or section of your portfolio. Your unique experience will determine how each section will be laid out.
If you are aspiring to make your break into a new career field in which you don’t have a great deal of experience, I encourage you to use your portfolio to showcase your “transferrable skills.” Transferrable skills are the knowledge, skills, and abilities that are of high-importance in many career fields. Think about it, most career fields require creativity, written and verbal communications, some level of interpersonal skills, and project management, to name just some. So, think about the required knowledge, skills, and abilities that you have acquired and developed so far during your career. How did you grow them? Which ones of them will your new career require you to have? How can you showcase them in your portfolio?
If you think that you don’t have enough examples of work products to build an impressive career portfolio, think again. Remember, to include a copy of that certificate from the team-building training that you completed. Also, if there are some knowledge, skills, and abilities that you need to strengthen, why not look into self-paced training platforms like Udemy.com, Alison courses, Lynda.com/LinkedIn learning, etc. and subscribing to some relevant courses. Many employers will be impressed by the simple fact that you took the initiative to gain the skills that you need to make yourself more marketable. As I said in point #2, focus on your transferrable skills which are skills that you have gained during your career in your current field and could prove very useful in your new career field. You can seldom go wrong by focusing on creativity, communication, interpersonal interactions/customer service, and/or project management. These are also all skillsets that you can complete training courses in, via self-paced training that you can complete when your schedule permits.Do you have enough examples of your work products to build an effective career portfolio?
As Always, Career Search Success to You! Go Get Your New Job!
READ WITHOUT FAIL!
#1. Your MIND... has the unlimited capacity to compartmentalize information from the past and present to develop your infrastructure for the future.
#2. Your VOICE...has the spoken word which can translate and transform lives on a global scale.
#3. Your EYES...holds the inner vision to create windows of unseen opportunities waiting to be develop.
#4. Your EARS...coordinates the frequency levels to synthesize vibrations flowing to and from your CORE belief system.
#5. Your HANDS...has the ability to work and weave mathematical equations causing waves of favor to flow in your life.
#6. Your FEET...can harness your balance so you stand firm during the test of time, then, travel the world to convey a new message.
#7.Your HEART...becomes the catalyst for knowledge, wisdom, understanding, to share with others the love and nature of mankind.
How you utilize your gifts, can determine who you will become as the years unfold.
Use your gifts wisely...
I Believe You Can...!
STEP #2. Think about it.
Think about what you want...hmm...and here's the kicker!
When you're thinking about what you want, you should not be mixing apples with oranges. For example, when you go to the store and purchase a bag of apples certainly you're making sure there's no nectarines, peaches or oranges in the bag. Right?
The same holds true with your thoughts. You shouldn't be thinking about the roadblocks of things that may prevent you from obtaining that desire in your heart. No. Of course not. You should be expressing through positive thoughts that desire of...I really want this particular thing and make sure you're specific.
It's an exercise, however, you can do it.
I Believe You Can...!
Interviews have over 1,001 applications, so don't stay up all night trying to figure out which one the team will apply.
Here are 3 - UNDENIABLE TIPS TO SET YOU UP FOR SUCCESS!
#1. ALWAYS...have a strong beginning. This sets the tone for other things to fall-in-place. #2. ALWAYS...ensure you have a strong stance when you're nearing the mid-point of the interview session. #3. ALWAYS... have a strong closing and leave the team with a lasting impression (as in the illustration below).
When you apply this application your actions will be noteworthy for a follow-up event.
I Believe You Can...!
READ THIS WITHOUT FAIL (This can change your perspective.)
Why do we fail so often? It's like a repeated offense that we're penalized for on a recurring basis. And we just can't seem to get it right!
Do you want to consistently fail? Of course not, and I don't either. So, let's get it right!
5 - UNDENIABLE REASONS WHY PEOPLE FAIL: Think about this...
No. #1. We won't change the old corroded battery in our lives. No. #2. We want a quick jump start, sometimes from negative minded people. No. #3. We get a charge from them and their battery has a poor voltage reading. No. #4. We literally hang around the wrong people who saps our strength. No. #5. We won't admit we should have bought a new battery for our lives a long time ago.
TAKEAWAYS: Sometimes we have stop, look, listen and park our lives for a moment to realize that, if we consistently get a jump start from the wrong sources in life, we'll continue to get and give the same poor voltage output in life.
Change your battery please. (Your thinking.)
I Believe You Can...!