3 Time Management Tips for Talent Acquisition Specialists
How well do you handle time management?
Five Tips for A More Productive Workday for Conscious Achievers
Productivity.
For the Girls: How to Support Your Female Employees
Alright, everyone. It’s high time we had a little chat about gender inequality — it’s still a thing. It impacts women every day, including in the workplace.The Covid-19 pandemic certainly didn’t do women any favors. Research shows that women were 1.8 times more likely to lose their job in the Covid economy. As of March 2022, two-thirds of all jobs lost since the pandemic began were women’s jobs. And in February 2022, there were 1.1 million fewer women in the workforce than there were in February 2020, while the male workforce remains similar in size.But the pandemic highlighted forces that were already in place. Without adequate support such as good childcare and equal distribution of labor, women were forced to make painful choices between career and family during that difficult time. You don’t recover from that overnight. Once out of the workforce, it becomes even harder to break back in.With that in mind, it’s incredibly important that you support the women you do have on your team. By tackling age-old issues like likeability bias and lack of benefits, you can foster a workplace that encourages female leadership and advancement. And when you have a more diverse leadership team, you’ll be more likely to draw in further diverse talent.To help you figure this out, here’s a candid, no-bullshit, non-exhaustive list of ways you can better support the female-identifying employees that work with you.
Stop Feeling Guilty About Choosing Yourself
Do you ever feel guilt creeping in even when you’ve done nothing wrong?
Working 9 to 5: How to Balance Personal and Professional Responsibilities
When was the last time you worked at the office? Has it been days, months, or even years?
Women Supporting Women: How to Choose Celebration Over Comparison
When someone else achieves something, do you feel happy for them, or do you feel unhappy about yourself?
Five Questions You Should Ask Before You Accept Your Next Job
What makes a job the perfect fit?
Networking 101: How to Make Quality Connections
Do you turn off the camera during Zoom meetings?
Three Mindset Shifts That Can Help Shift Your Career
Do you ever feel like you’re running in place?Do you set lofty goals at the beginning of the year only to end the year in a relatively same place that you started?Maybe you lack inspiration and motivation, and you tend to cave into temptation once willpower inevitably gives way.Maybe life gets busy, and the power of habit keeps you returning to the same old ways of doing things again and again.If this is you, the first step toward change is self-forgiveness. There’s nothing wrong with you. Life is challenging for everyone, and there’s no way to predict all the curveballs that it throws. If you’re too judgemental and hard on yourself, that will actually work against you by creating low self-worth and making you equate change and transformation with uncomfortable, unpleasant feelings.Plus, if you want to change but haven’t yet, it’s likely that you’re just using the wrong strategy. You may be relying too much on willpower, external motivations, or future outcomes.While those can contribute to transformation, you’ll get further by focusing on changing your perspective, aligning with your values, and being grateful for what you already have. These generate feelings of presence, purpose, and appreciation.Shifting your mindset can shift your energy, your focus, and ultimately, your professional path. It’s all about working through your thoughts so that they work for you instead of against you.Let’s take a look at some of the ways you can modify your mindset and get the results you want.
How to Create an Online Presence That Stands Out When Job Hunting
Picture this: you just met a fascinating person at a party who has the exact services you’ve been looking for. Maybe it’s a photographer. Maybe it’s a writer, a life coach, or a sound healer. They have the skills you’ve been looking for for a long time, and they seemed competent and interesting. You’re thrilled to meet them.“What’s your Insta?” you ask them. They don’t have one? Ok.“Do you have a website?” you ask. They don’t. Okay…They have email, or text, or at best, a portfolio. That’s okay. That’s fine — but how does it compare to the sleek, professional, expensive-looking website you saw for another life coach/writer/sound healer? Not so well.The fact is, in the world of the internet, we do judge a book by its cover. So if you don’t have a great, professional, even expensive looking (you don’t actually have to spend much money on it) site, you have a far lower chance of making a good impression.Simply having a professional presence isn’t the only thing you need to consider. You also have to be very mindful of what your personal profiles convey. Even worse than no website is a social media footprint showcasing debauchery, unsavory lifestyle practices, or offensive material.Employers are no longer basing their decisions solely on a well-thought-out, professional resume. They’re digging deeper — across your social media history and overall web presence. They want the real story of who you are, not the premeditated one.Whether you’re an administrative assistant, a marketing manager, or an IT professional, you need a solid, positive online footprint. That means first having a presence and second ensuring it’s consistently conveying the image of a professional and respectable. Not sure how to do that? Read on.