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The world will NOT tell you that you have the mark of GREATNESS in YOU!
And as long as you believe that, you won't ever try to climb your mountains in life, therefore, you won't realize what's at the mountain top waiting for you.
Circumstances, experiences, trials, tribulations, struggles plus more are all the small hills that you MUST challenge to be prepared to climb your real mountain for greater success!
Where do I begin?
#1. Forgive yourself #2. Give yourself permission to live again. #3. Stop looking back, start looking forward. #4. Say YES when the voice insider says no. #5. Look up and ask for extra strength. #6. Don't blame, just claim, what your really want. #7. Give thanks, because your words are like seeds.
Now realize that...each step moves you forward in life.
It's On The Way!
I Believe You Can...!
Hey Jobcasers,
On Part #2 of my posting series: "Interview Tips", I want to discuss answers to another really popular question a lot of us see at all levels of employment: "What's your greatest strength?" While this question may seem simple at first, you may rethink just what you tell your interviewer in your next interview after reading more.
Let's start with the question of whether we should mention a skill-based or behavioral-based strength. In my opinion, it's better to use skill-based, but behavioral-based can be useful too (unlike the inverse that we discussed in Part #1: "What's Your Greatest Weakness" where your response should always be skill-based). What's far more important than whether it's skill-based or behavioral-based is that it is both relevant and backed by prior experience.
So let's go into what it means for your greatest strength to be relevant.
You might have a phenomenal eye for color theory and design which would serve you incredibly well in creative roles such as a Graphic Designer or UI Designer, but if I am looking for an Accounts Receivable Clerk, I don't see how that would benefit my organization in the capacity that I am hiring for. Does this mean that your creative side doesn't matter? No, but it doesn't get you any closer to the offer and when you're competing with other highly qualified candidates for a limited number of positions (sometimes as few as one), everything that's not actively helping you get the offer is actively hurting you, so maybe we need to rethink how we respond to that question.
Let's assume that you're applying for an Accounts Receivable position at a small business that uses QuickBooks as their primary accounting software. While your creative side is a wonderful bonus, it is not directly relevant, but what is directly relevant is that you took a course on LinkedIn learning on how to use QuickBooks and you actually taught your friend a few useful tricks for using it.
Is this an overwhelmingly strong "Greatest Strength"? No, but it's a lot more relevant to the position at hand and demonstrates that you have a grasp of what your duties will entail and will be easier to train for the position than somebody who has never opened up QuickBooks.
But what if you have no relevant skills or maybe you feel that a behavioral-based response will better help you make it to the next round of interviewing? You need to carefully comb the Job Description and get an understanding of the kind of environment you'll be working in, as well as the number of people you'll be working with.
If you're going to be working alone in data entry, then while it's great to be a team player, it may be less relevant than the fact that you're highly detail-oriented.
That means you should respond with the fact that you're detail-oriented, but it is imperative that you continue on this response with examples of times when your attention to detail prevented financial losses for your organization.
The issue with going with behavioral-based responses is that the vast majority of candidates do so both in the interview and on their resume, but without having clear, concise examples of these skills in your past performance, they are meaningless. It is the reality of the world we live in; I can say that I'm a team player and that I'm all about being a great leader, but unless I can give clear examples and references to verify the truthfulness of what I say, it's just talk. Having examples fresh in your mind will help validate the truthfulness behind your claims instead of leaving the interviewer to sit there wondering if you're really X or if you're just saying that because it sounds good.
I want to thank you all for reading, but I do want to finish on one very important note. No matter how valuable this employment opportunity may be to your career goals, never misrepresent yourself on your resume or in your interview. We need to remember that if the employment opportunity is not win-win (a deal in which both you and the employer are satisfied), then it is best to not participate at all.
I'll close on that note and thank you all again for reading.
Best Regards,
Gage Cherry
I WOULD READ THIS, IF I WERE YOU!
5 - UNDENIABLE LIES YOU SHOULD NOT BELIEVE:
#1. Perhaps, three years from now I will still be making about $10.00 an hour. #2. Perhaps, two years from now I still won't have a job. #3. Perhaps, one year from now my relationship will be worse. #4. Perhaps, this time or 6 months from now my thoughts won't change. #5. Perhaps, this time or later on I still won't have things figured-out.
These are some of the most common and depreciating LIES that can plague your life. Make sure when you sense these things to them, THAT'S A LIE! And what I'm looking for in life is coming by!
If you can believe, you can receive it. It's not easy, however...
I Believe You Can...!
Your life is about to change, and YOU don't even know it. Hmmm...
5 - UNDENIABLE PRINCIPLE WHICH CHANGE YOUR LIFE:
#1. You have to pay attention to what you say and ask for. #2. You have to ask and believe, then, act so you can receive. #3. You have to stay out of the drought, while you work everything out. #4. You have to know there's a greater HAND that really understands. #5. You have to speak those things which are NOT, as though they WERE!
Most of all you have to look around at your current situation and act by faith, and not by sight and glimpse at the principle at Luke 6:10 which says..."Stretch out your hand" and allow everything else to fall-in-place!
I Believe You Can...!
Y2k NETWORKING CHANGE! (This is a MUST read.)
Listen carefully, do not live today, as a carry over from yesterday's sorrows and stresses, like mentioned below.
These 5 - UNDENIABLE MAJOR "D" FACTORS can smother your progress if you don't correct them. For example don't let I DIDN'T control your life:
#1. I DIDN'T...finish High School. #2. I DIDN'T...finish college like I wanted to. #3. I DIDN'T...graduate from a fame University. #4. I DIDN'T...get the breaks in life like everyone else. #5. I DIDN'T...have someone to really show me the way.
Now, all these "D" Factors may be true. But remember this one point. No One is going to give you a break in life, you have to make your own break first. THEN, others will give you a break when they recognize that you are trying. That's how it works.
Therefore, "Grow from that mess, and go for your best" so everything else can fall-in-place! If you follow what I'm telling you, things will never be the same!
Cancel out the "D" Factors the best you can.
I Believe You Can...!
NO MATTER WHAT YOU DO, READ THIS FULLY! (This can change your life.)
Listen, your PAST and your FUTURE are NOT friends, neither are they enemies. However, two MAIN POINTS you MUST understand....
No. #1. One wants you to HOLD-ON FOREVER (that's your PAST) and No. #2. The other wants you to LET GO RIGHT NOW (that's your FUTURE).
Here's the "Catch 99"...whatever action you take, DECIDES YOUR FUTURE!
One thing for sure is, I CAN'T predict the future, but I know it's there.
Whatever you decide...
I Believe You Can...!
READ THIS WITHOUT FAIL! (This can change your life on daily basis.)
Anytime you're about to make a change in your life, always remember that two things can generally occur:
No. #1. Someone is going to be UPSET. AND No. #2. Someone is going to be HAPPY.
WHAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE?
The bottom line is this: When you start making changes to improve your life, the PAST is going to be UPSET that you leaving, and the FUTURE will be happy that you did!
Folks, we met by accident, so you succeed at your through HIS will power.
I Believe You Can...!
STOP FOOLING AROUND AND READ THIS!
5 - UNDENIABLE MAJOR STOPS TO CONSIDER: (If you want to make it.)
No. #1. STOP...Looking in the past, unless you can bring back $3.5 Million Dollars. No. #2. STOP...Kicking yourself in the butt, before others start kicking you as well. No. #3, STOP...Doubting yourself, before you start draining you future dreams. No. #4. STOP...Believing everyone else more than you're believing in yourself. No. #5. STOP...Thinking this the end, and wake-up to your new beginning.
Your Life Is About to Change!
I Believe You Can...!
DON'T ALLOW ANYTHING TO PREVENT YOU FROM READING THIS!
This can change your life!
PUT THIS IN YOUR POCKET: "Don't let a LINK from the past, chain a LIE about your future" ~ Edward Alexander
I am telling you the truth...You Can Make It, If You Try!
Many times it is our past trials, tragedies and failing tests in life, that cheats us out of a prosperous future. (That's how powerful past experiences can be.) Your efforts should be focused on "Breaking that Center Link."
REMEMBER THESE 5 - UNDENIABLE MAJOR DON'TS:
#1. DON'T let your past, become the compass for your future. #2. DON'T let someone else's opinion of you, become your reality. #3. DON'T let what happened yesterday, occur on your watch today. #4. DON'T let someone else's daggers, shape and dismantle your dreams. #5. DON'T let other people's failures, become the framework for your driven faith.
I am telling you the truth. Don't let a LINK from the past, cultivate a LIE about your future. You Can Make It, If You Try!
I Believe You Can...!
A MUST READ, THEN, A MUST HEED!
TWO OF THE MOST DANGEROUS MASKS TO AVOID AT ALL COST!
FEAR and FAKE:
#1. FEAR: Fear is the False Evidence, Appearing Real. This mask only exist in the imagination of your mind. It is created by the unseen hands of doubt and carried on the shrouded shoulders of disbelief which leans in forward in a hunch-back manner.
#2. FAKE: Feelings Adequate, Knowledge Elsewhere. His job is to make sure you're comfortable in staying in a situation which offers a false and fake hope of ever abounding life.
You have the potential to "Live a Marvelous Life" however, you MUST avoid the two most deceptive masks known to mankind. When you avoid these two masks and change your perspective in life, doors of opportunity will open and become broader than your new Power of Imagination!
I Believe You Can...!