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Career Talk: Learn – Grow – Thrive

Content creator, host, and editor, Stephanie Dennis, is on a mission to empower people to take control of their careers by offering holistic career advice. The goal is to provide everyone with actionable tips, knowledge, skills, and confidence to crush their career goals.
This podcast takes a funny, fresh, and playful approach to discussing career topics.
We have fun, laugh, use adult language, tell it how it is, and get right to the point.
Check out Career Talk: Learn – Grow – Thrive as featured in the New York Times, Inc.com, Forbes, Reader’s Digest, Business Insider, and more!

Copyright: © Stephanie Dennis

Latest Episodes:

Answering Your Questions - How to turn a candidate down + maternity leave Jul 04, 2019

Show notes

Today we are answering your questions!

Question 1 - a listener is new to recruiting and wants to know:

How do I let people know they are not moving forward in the process? How do I disengage?

Question 2 - a listener is looking for information on maternity / work leave

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Tips for finding better work life balance Jun 27, 2019

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Here's the thing, and this is good to know out of the gate, there is no such thing as work life balance.

Life is not balanced.

Work is not balanced.

It's more of a moving target

Tips to achieve better balance

Prioritize
Delegate
Ask for help
Evaluate
Utilize and emphasize your strengths
Do your hardest tasks when you work best
What are your non negotiable items = stick to this
What tools, apps, technology, software, etc can help you?
Movement / exercise
Coach? Therapist?
Do and schedule the things that bring you joy
Take breaks
Use your time off
Structure your day / week / month / year
Could you get up earlier? Go to bed sooner?
Batch tasks
Don'e just play on the weekends
Stay focused at the tasks at hand
Commit to a go home by time and make it vocal
Shut down completely when you're not at work
To do list - can you outsource anything?
Get organized
Master lists before shopping so you can see what you need and don't forget anything

Know this:

You don't have to do it all
You'll never be 'done'
YOU GOT THIS
Help is a good thing
Be kind to yourself

To support the show:

Paypal:

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You’re awesome!!

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Is it all about who you know? Or is it about what you know? Jun 20, 2019

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We've all heard the saying it's not about what you know, it's about who you know. Is that true?

Does our career success rest solely on who we know?

What if we don't know anyone?

What do you do?

How do you break into these amazing opportunities?

How do we thrive in our careers when we don't have inside connections?

Let's explore!

Over time you are going to build your reputation with great work. You'll build relationships when you:

Perform
Exceed expectations
People can count on your to get the job done
Help others
Be someone people feel comfortable talking to
- Confidentially
- Being a human
Start with your first job:
Perform
Exceed goals
Ask your manager what their goals are
- Help get them there
Volunteer for extra projects
Solve business problems
Help your team reach their goals

When you're ready to leave:

Leave on great terms:
- Longer than normal notice
- Offer to help train your replacement
- Ask what you can do to make the transition as seamless as possible
- Want to keep in touch
- Ask if needed, can you use your manager as a reference
- If your leader was super awesome leave them a recommendation on LinkedIn
  - Side note: do this for your great colleagues as well
Starting your new job:
Find out what the vision is
Why were you hired?
- Problem?
- Growth?
- = Insights on how you can contribute
What are your personal goals?
What expectations does your manager have of you?
Schedule / request regular check ins or 1:1 with your manager
- What are you doing well
- What do you need to work on
- General feedback
- Day to day updates / questions / etc.
Rinse and repeat 🙂
Over time you will build your network and your connections

To support the show:

Paypal:

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How To Be Heard Jun 13, 2019

Show notes

Let's focus on what we can control first:

Speak clearly
Frame your input / solution properly
Speak at a normal voice level, not too loud but not quiet / meek either
Speak with confidence and conviction
Ask questions, listen, respond; make it a conversation
Get your time - schedule meetings, get on an agenda
Use the phone when it gets to be too much back and forth
Know and set your intentions ahead of time
Understand and know your value, worth and expertise
Jump into the conversation
Ask people who are interrupting you to wait until you're finished
Be mindful of your body language
If in person, sit in the center of the room

To support the show:

Paypal:

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Answering Your Questions - How To Answer An Interview Question + Leadership But No Degree Jun 06, 2019

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Question 1: How to answer the interview question: Detail your greatest achievements in the last 5 years and how they relate to this position

List out your biggest struggles in the last 5 years
What did you have to do to overcome those struggles
What did you learn
Review your annual reviews
Ask colleagues about team project achievements

How does it relate?

Unless you're switching career paths it should directly relate
Even if you are switching, you will have cross over

Question 2: Been in OEM for 35+ years but no degree, however strong leadership experience, most companies require a degree

Create a targeted list of companies you'd like to work for
Make another list of companies that are hiring for your type of roles
Focus on your leadership experience
Reach out to recruiters and possible hiring managers
If there are any certifications or programs completed for the job include those on your resume

To support the show:

Paypal:

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My Interview on The Kick A** In Life Podcast - Resume Tips, How To Stand Out, Get More Responsibility and Promotion Conversations May 30, 2019

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In today's episode we listen to my interview on the Kick A** In Life Podcast interview with Laura Eshelman. We discuss:

Getting specific in your resume
What to do to stand out in your first job
How to get more responsibility at work
How to have promotion conversations

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How To Stand Out In the Interview Process with Laura Eshelman From The Kick A** In Life Podcast May 23, 2019

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Laura Eshelman from the Kick A** in Life Podcast talks to us about how to stand out in the interview process!

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Happiness May 16, 2019

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Happiness

What brings a smile to your face?
What makes you feel joy?
What makes you feel content?
What are the things that bring you excitement?
When you think about your job, or the work you do, how does it make you feel?
What do you do to have fun?

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Answering Your Questions - Why it takes so long to hear back after interviews + More! May 09, 2019

Show notes

Today's questions:

How to negotiate salary
When to move onto the next job
Why it takes so long to hear back after interviews

How to negotiate salary

Be honest
Be realistic
Know your worth
Know what your expertise is getting paid for in the market
Know the market
What is the supply and demand
Be really upfront in that initial conversation regarding your expectations

If you get an offer you're not jazzed about:

Express gratitude
Be genuine
Be honest
Share your expectations
Ask if there is any wiggle room
Be open to different options
Know what will get you to a 'yes' and be transparent about it

When to move to the next job:

You're not happy
Compensation
You don't have any growth opportunities
Bored, need new challenges
Expand your skillset
Get experience in a new industry

Why it takes so long to hear back after interviews:

A recruiter never wants it to take long
Could be slow hiring manager feedback
Manager could be indecisive
Could be a bad recruiter
Org changes
Could be waiting for you to follow up or provide feedback
Could be a really poor or shitty interview process
Could be a major hiring push, volume wise, everyone is overloaded

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Comparing The Different Job Posting Sites / Job Boards May 02, 2019

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There are a lot of different job sites out there but a few that are being used frequently

LinkedIn

Aggregate
Roughly 500 million users
About 250 active monthly users
This is probably a recruiters biggest go to site
You can display your information
You can turn on job alerts
For the popular roles, a very busy site

Indeed

Aggregate
Rough estimate is about 250 million users
Will have similar job search results as LinkedIn
Usually better for a job seeker vs a recruiter
Not where most of the recruiters are playing

ZipRecruiter

About 7 million users from what I have researched
Affordable
Don't see a ton of really large companies using
Overall not very impressed to be honest

Glassdoor

Roughly 32 million users
Little big more expensive
Little bit less popular on the recruiter side
Has all the reviews right there

Social Media Profiles

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
Update your personal accounts with your job, company, location, etc.
Becoming more and more popular for recruiters to use

Niche websites

Do your research to find the popular ones

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