Guest Blogging Contest Update Week 4

Guest Blogging Contest Update â€" Week 4 4 This is the last week to enter the JobMob Guest Blogging Contest. The Standings After 4 Weeks In the past few days, Ferdinand Reinke's Do You Create Value? attracted 37 unique visitors up until August 13th after havng a slow start. Meanwhile, Sue Tourkin-Komet's Surprising Correlation Found Between Unemployment and Divorce appeared yesterday and has already gathered 50 unique visitors. How does that effect things? Yehuda's 3 Job Myths for Immigrant Lawyers in Israel: 81 unique visitors and 1 tie-breaking link. Joyce Babu's How To Ace A Walk-in Panel Job Interview: 75 unique visitors and 2 tie-breaking links. Sue Tourkin-Komet's Surprising Correlation Found Between Unemployment and Divorce: 50 unique visitors and counting. Ferdinand Reinke's Do You Create Value?: 37 unique visitors. Philip's Why I Decided Not to Look for a Job From Outside Israel: 30 unique visitors. Only 1 More Day Unless there is a sudden flurry of submissions in the next 24 hours, the 6th and final entry will be posted tomorrow while the US$100 winner will be announced Monday, August 27th.eval

The problem with personality types testing yourself rarely works

The problem with personality types testing yourself rarely works A few months ago I did an experiment. I usually charge $350 for a coaching session, and at that fee I let people pick the time they want to talk. But then I said that if people booked the session at 7am or 10pm I would discount the cost to $150. Nearly overnight I was booked for three months solid. Heres what Ive learned: 1. Theres a really dirty underbelly in Silicon Valley. Asperger hot houses of IQ discrimination, sex slave enthusiasts with one or two startups under their belt, and Luddite / Mormon / Mennonites who work at Google but dont let their wives leave home without complete body coverage. If you think Im exaggerating, read this piece in Vanity Fair.    If you want to coach the people in these cesspools of intellect, their sweet spot seems to be $150 an hour. 2. Self-administered  personality tests yield inaccurate  results. Fortune 500 companies adore personality type tests, because they ensure only leaders get trained to lead. And entrepreneurs love personality type because one bad hire can kill an early-stage startup. So when I am coaching for $350, most people have taken a personality test through work, with some expensive consultant administering the test. And the test results are usually correct. But at the $150 price point most people do not have the kind of job where your boss hires someone to give you the test. So they just give the test to yourself. This is when personality testing doesnt quite work. You have to know how to answer the quiz relative to everyone else in the world. So when you get the question: I am never late. True or false? If the person is a fanatic about being late and they were late once last year, they might say false. And if someone doesnt really notice late or not late, they will think they are probably on time because no one has fired them for it yet, so they will say true. Each decision point is just like this one.  I know its an extreme example, but the same is true if you answer, on a scale of 1 -10 how true is the statement I like social gatherings. For questions like this ENFPs routinely give a low number, because ENFPs hate doing small talk. But actually, compared to other people, ENFPs love social gatherings because they always get excited about the possibility there will be someone good there. You really have to have all 16 types in mind when you answer the questions so that you know where you fit relative to other people. Because understanding yourself relative to your surroundings forces the same question as the oversized chair on Swarthmore Colleges main lawn: are you really small or does your context exaggerate how you appear? And questions on the personality test are not as simple as mentally adjusting to the size of the chair. 3. The most frequently inaccurate letters are N, T, and J. This makes sense because these are the traits that school promotes your teachers tell you that if you exhibit these personality traits you will be successful (money and power) or righteous (or at least a reader). But most people dont like to read and they also dont care about money and power. So the misguided test results come from the (huge number of) people who spend their life trying to undo the pressure teachers put on them to be someone theyre not. Usually its only one of those letters that is not right. And a great thing about figuring out the wrong letter is you learn not only who the person is, but also how the person sees themselves.  (This also means that ESFP and ISFP are types that are almost never inaccurate results. But those people never take the test; They don’t need a test to know everyone likes them.) Another great thing about figuring out the wrong letter is the person with a fresh, shiny type result feels immensely relieved like finally their life makes sense. 4. Identifying personality traits is really about patterns. To figure out type, you look at patterns. For example, having a meal together is a common denominator that works to figure out what is different about a person. So the CEO of Schwab takes job candidates to dinner and has the waiter mess up the order. The CEO learns about how a person will function at work by seeing how they deal with this scenario in relation to how hundreds of other people have dealt. I do this at the very beginning of every coaching session. I say, Hi, this is Penelope. I have a big enough data sample now that I know a lot about someone just by how they respond. The words they say back to me are not really varied: maybe Hi, how are you? Or This is xxx. Or This is xx I have a call with you. Or something like that. But I can listen to the cadence and tone of their voice, the word choice and length, and the delay between sentences to figure out a lot about their type. If I combine that with the type they say they are, then I can tell within the first minute if the persons type is likely something different than they reported. Which is why I say its all about patterns. 5. I love the routine of coaching. At the $150 price point many people did not have a particular thing they wanted to talk about. They just wanted to hear what I would say to them. This never happens when people pay $350, and at first it made me nervous. But then I realized that I only see someones selected topic as a guideline anyway. So I realized I love the puzzle part of coaching trying to identify their personality type and their most pressing problem within the first five minutes. And I love the process of the person finding the topic both wildly unexpected and also wildly obvious (in hindsight). Its so easy to see other peoples lives and so much harder to see our own. Which is why so many people told me I needed a schedule and I didnt think it would make a difference. But then I loved having a coaching session at 7am and 10pm every day. So I’m extending my offer for discounted coaching sessions. The normal rate is $350 for an hour, but if you book a session at 7am or 10pm Eastern you can pay $150. Use  this link to make the $150 payment and I’ll send you an email to schedule a session.

OUI Putting the Past Behind and Starting Over Right

After Your DUI/OUI Putting the Past Behind and Starting Over Right There is no question that if you get convicted of a DUI or an OUI, these charges are going to change a number of things for you and can make life more difficult for you in the immediate aftermath of your brush with the law. You will need the services of a OUI lawyer to for the legal help you need in dealing with the situation, but after the dust has settled and you want to try and put the past behind you, here are a few pointers to help you get your life back on track. Dealing with the consequences It should be remembered that the consequences of a guilty verdict are likely to vary according to the state where your conviction occurred. Each state has a specific set of laws relating to DUI offenses and therefore your lawyer will no doubt advise you of the potential consequences relevant to your circumstances and charges. A conviction could mean that you experience a suspension of your driving privileges or a fine, and you may have to face up to the prospect of spending some time in jail or be instructed to take part in an approved alcohol program. There are a number of factors that tend to influence the punishment that you receive, such as whether this is your first conviction, the relevant facts appropriate to your case and even your behavior from the moment you are arrested and afterwards. Whichever way you look at it, there are consequences to contend with as a result of an alcohol-related conviction. Drawing a line and moving on If you could turn back the clock, many of us who have to face a DUI conviction, would do things differently and ensure that this unfortunate scenario didn’t happen in the first place, but you just have to accept what has happened, and then aim to draw a line under the incident and set about trying to move on with your life. The most important thing to do in such difficult circumstances is to commit to a plan that allows you to move forward, accept a lesson learnt the hard way, and to avoid looking back other than to know how important it will be to comply with the laws regarding drinking and driving, in the future. The first step in your quest to put things back on track, should be to resolve that you will comply with all of the court orders made against you. You may have had several different court-ordered stipulations issued against you, regardless of how harsh or inappropriate you consider the punishment and stipulations, the road to redemption starts by making sure you comply with what the court has ordered. Be honest about whether you need help In may well be that your DUI conviction was out of character and an isolated incident that you have been duly punished for, but if you know that you have a problem with alcohol and there is a risk that you may well end up in a similar situation again, be honest with yourself and seek help if you think you need it. Only you know whether your conviction was a bad case of isolated irresponsible behavior coming back to bite you, or whether it was inevitable that sooner or later you were going to get caught, as a result of having a potential drink problem. You have to be honest with yourself and get help if you need it, if you are truly going to be able to move on and put what has happened behind you. Emotional turmoil is understandable Almost regardless of the circumstances surrounding your drink-driving conviction, there is every chance that your personal and work relationships might be affected in some way. This can create some emotional turmoil, if you find that your partner seems to feel differently towards you after the event or you might have to contend with losing your job as a result of the conviction. It is understandable that you might therefore experience some anxiety and stress, which could even trigger a bout of depression. If you are going to be able to move on and get your life back on track, it may well be that you could benefit from some counseling in order to help you to cope with the situation. This would obviously be a better option than considering alcohol or drugs in order to try and deal with how you are feeling after your conviction. Putting the past behind you is important, and equally important is the need to start over in the right way if you are going to succeed in getting your life and your future sorted. Noah Preston writes about life after his own OUI and the struggles he faced. His articles are aimed at helping others in the same situation, helping them to get their life back on track. Image credit.  

UK Economy might be growing but public confidence in UK is not

UK Economy might be growing but public confidence in UK is not While the UK economy is growing, public confidence in the country’s prospects is not, a Chartered Institute for Securities Investment (CISI) survey shows. Of 600 respondents to an online survey, 60% said they were more optimistic for the country’s prospects compared to three months ago.  When the CISI last ran the survey in autumn 2013, the proportion of those who considered that the outlook was brighter was 1% higher, at 61%. The stalling in the level of confidence follows doubling in optimism from the spring 2013 survey to the poll last autumn. Optimism about UK economy Concern that the housing market is overheating was highlighted in the survey as the number one threat to the UK economy, which grew by 0.8% in the first three months of the year. One contributor commented: “The further inflation of the housing bubble that was never allowed to burst in 2009 is likely to lead to interest rate rises. This risks choking the nascent recovery in the real economy.” Another said: “The economy is vulnerable to any shocks to the housing market.” However, on a brighter note, another respondent said: “I’m very optimistic and investing for the future.” The Institute has run the  poll twice a year since spring 2012 to gauge opinion about the state of the economy. To take part in the latest CISI survey, see cisi.org 0

Can You Really Read 50 Books In A Year

Can You Really Read 50 Books In A Year Yes you can!!I did it!!evalI officially completed the 50 Books Challenge What do I have to lose?Maybe a few hundred dollars in purchasing books from Amazon. But people spend more than that on cigarettes and booze. I will spend that money on improving myself.This was more of an experimental challenge for me. I wanted to see if it was humanly possible to read 50 Books in a year. I was not going to win any award. Perhaps I can brag to my friends. But I was inspired to do it,Brian Tracy’s advice inspired me. And 2015 was the year to do it. And I got started on January 1st.Benefits I have experiencedevalOver the years I have read many books â€" needless to say this has been one of the best habits I have cultivated in my life.In one of my previous posts I mentioned how important reading is to your career, and how it improves your productivity your career.Here are some of the Benefits I have gained by reading 50 Books this year.a) Increased KnowledgeevalOK- this is really obvious. The mo re reading you do the more knowledgable you become. You probably know this. But this point is worth repeating.I chose to read mainly personal development, business, sales, self-help books. And each of these books were filled with nuggets of information, ideas that I can use to improve my career.Some of the cool ideas I learnt about this year are:How to learn any skill fasterHow to go about negotiating complex deals.That charisma is not something you are born with but rather something that can be cultivatedGoogle is working on improving our life expectancy to over age 100About Gloria Steinem who was credited to be the greatest influencer in the 60s Feminist movement.How sneaky advertisers are and that they know more about us than we do.The list goes on…Some of the insights I learnt from reading these books have helped me in my job â€" especially negotiation.Did you know that by just flinching and not saying a word â€" you might get a huge discount?b) Increased MotivationevalMotivat ion,Passion, Inspiration â€" all these words are so common these days. You can’t go a day without reading about any of this.Why is motivation important? It pushes you to get your job done and complete the tasks at done.We all have those moments when we get stuck or lose the drive. And in moments like those we need strategies to get us out of the funk.Throughout the year I have had periods where I was not motivated, I did not want to do anything, I was stuck â€" but thanks to the books I have read- I was able to push through.I was reading a book on Selling, and the ideas in the book really pumped me up. I wanted to apply those strategies at work. I wanted to get to work just so that I can apply the ideas.evalA few weeks ago I was feeling extremely stressed at work. I was having one of those weeks where nothing was going in my favour. Prospects were not buying, nobody was picking up the phone, and I was scared that I am stuck in my job with no hope. Just then a thought popped into m y mind â€"Go to the Balcony.That thought urged me to step out of the office to re-collect my thoughts ,and calm down. That allowed me to release the stress, and get back to work more relaxed. Ever since that I am having a great time at work.c) Ideas to writeI actively started writing posts for this blog in June this year. As you can imagine writing blog posts isn’t an easy task. It is fun when the post is finished and some of your posts get exposure and shares. But the process itself could be stressful.The most stressful thing about writing or blogging it to come up with topics to write about. If you are a blogger you can probably relate to this.Thanks to my reading habit â€" I am able to increase the topics that I can write on. This particular post came as a result of my reading habit :).Many of the articles that I write â€" I share the ideas concepts I have picked up from few of the books I have read. This also allows me to recall the ideas and stories that I have read about.Wh en did I read?I was trying to follow Brian Tracy’s advice â€" “Read an hour a day and that will help you finish one book a week”.However, this was difficult in the beginning.I was driving to work each day â€" which took away 2 hours a day. At that point,I had to force myself to read in the evenings. I had to make time in my schedule to read.The only time I could find was before going to bed. Initially I cut off Television, Internet and Netflix. I read 30 to 40 minutes at night before going to bed. I found this mentally and physically exhausting. The commute, the winter and the fatigue from exercise were all putting a burden on my reading goals.But despite all that I ploughed through and kept on reading.One of the best decisions I made was to keep track by creating an excel spreadsheet.Check out this spreadsheet for a list of all the books I have read this year.As quoted by Peter Drucker â€" “What gets measured, gets done”.I know it sounds lame to use an excel spreadsheet f or a reading habit. But trust me, it will really keep you accountable. You don’t need a fancy app or an expensive software for this. Just use an excel spreadsheet.It will be one of the best self-accountability tools you can create for yourself.In January I was yet to finish reading my 1st book.By May 2015 my progress was slow â€" I had only read 9 books till date. Half of the year was almost over and I only read 9 books. I had lots of catching up to do.Then something amazing happened.I got a new job. And I also decided to ditch my car. I decided to take advantage of public transit.My commute time was a bit higher -1 hour on the way to work and another 1 hour on the way back. The best thing about this was that I did not have to drive. So I can concentrate on reading.This is where things started accelerating my reading habit.I had 2 hours of reading time available for me. And I took advantage of that.From June 2015 to Oct 2015 ( a little over 5 months) I was able to ramp up to read the next 41 books.I hit my goal with another 8 weeks to go before the end of the year.That commute time was the magic. I put that time to good use.I did not necessarily finish every book I started. Some books did not resonate with me. I quickly scrapped those books off my list and went on to the next one.WHAT BOOKS DID I READ?As mentioned before, I created a simple spreadsheet to track my progress. Here is the link.All the books I read were non-fiction.I personally do not read fiction. My thought process on fiction is that if the book is good enough â€" they will eventually make a Hollywood movie. And when the movie released I will just watch that.This chart shows the different Genres of the 50 Books I finished reading so far this year.As you can notice most of the books I have read were in the Self-Help Category. To simplify I have lumped motivation,life lessons, etc. all into self-help.The next highest genre I read was books on Sales. Since that is my https://ca.linkedin.com/in/ni ssarahamed it made total sense to read more on the subject to improve my skill-set.I purchased most of the Books from Amazon (36 out of 50) . The rest I borrowed from the Public Library or others.Had I known that I was going to be spending a lot of money at Amazon- I should have purchased some Amazon stocks early this year. Damn!!The author I read the most was Grant Cardone (4 books). The next authors I read most were Peter Diamandis, William Ury, Josh Kauffman (2 books each).The Top 3 books that have had the strongest impact on my life this year are:The 10X Rule by Grant CardoneThe 12 Week Year by Brian P Moran Micheal LenningtonThe Power of Habit by Charles DuhiggI will be writing individual articles to summarize the most important lessons I have learnt from each of these books.In summary â€" 2015 was the best year in terms of the number of books I have read. There are 7 more weeks to go and I have already read 50 books. I spent $463 this year on purchasing books. I think that in vestment has paid off and will continue to yield more results in the coming years.As mentioned previously in the post, I have learnt a lot, I have got more productive, my income has gone up and I am in the best shape of my life. And numerous other benefits.In the coming posts I will write reviews on most of the books I have finished this year.Stay tuned!!

3 ways leadership and process impact culture - Wolfgang Career Coaching

3 ways leadership and process impact culture - Wolfgang Career Coaching Culture is one of the most important, yet often times intangible pieces to an organizations success. Does it seem like the values have all changed? The personality of your team, goals, and expectations are now different? Is it frustrating? Are you wondering what has happened to your company? It might be the culture. Culture is one of the most important, yet often times intangible pieces to an organizations success. Defined as the personality of a company, the culture includes many things such as work environment, team values, individual expectations, and in behaviors exhibited by team members. A common occurrence is an organization with incredible potential experiencing limitations due to a toxic culture. The good thing is that there are few things that can positively impact culture, and it comes down to leadership and process. Impacting Culture: Redesign the structure. The first thing you can do is rebuild trust, and one of the quickest, and most effective ways to do that includes tearing down walls; walls dictated by title or department. When a culture is broken, it longs for some consistency (think abou the “back to the basics” terminology). When you break down the walls, literally and figuratively, you open the door for collaboration, coordinated efforts, and trust to be rebuilt (Note: this will require leaders to be humbled). This sounds simple enough, but rebuilding trust takes time, commitment, and a lot of intentionality from organization leaders on down. Impacting Culture:  Give your team a platform When trust is broken, so is an employee’s motivation. As mentioned above, you’ll need to rebuild trust in order to effectively communicate and maneuver through the problem(s). Once trust is build back up, be sure to give your employees a platform to express concerns, ideas, or what they’re seeing from their perspective. This platform may come in the shape of 1:1 meetings, small coordinated conversations, or whole team collaborations (note: these are determined by the size of the organization the extent of the brokenness of the culture). By giving your team a platform you give them a voice, while also motivating them with their own verbiage; you also receive invaluable information / perspective regarding the culture. Impacting Culture: Don’t hire just yourself “A manager cannot be 100% objective when working with employees on their personal and professional development. On one hand they may truly want to help you with your development. On the other hand, they can’t “un-hear” something.” One of the most common mistakes made while trying to fix a culture is to try and do it completely from within. By trying to change culture internally, you actually may just be enabling the negatives of it. While that is a tough pill to swallow, it’s also necessary to accurately understand and determine the best responses for an organization’s culture that is wobbling. Changing a culture is difficult work. It’s sometimes ugly. It takes time. But, it can be done! If you think that your company’s culture isn’t what you want it to be, our team would love to chat. We’re not here to tell you how to run your organization. We’re here to consult you in advancing the culture of the mission you’ve worked so hard to create. Remember, culture is one of the most important, yet often times intangible pieces to an organizations success. By Wolfgang Career Coaching|2017-12-07T22:45:12+00:00December 7th, 2017|Career Coaching|0 Comments

Rezume EBook Information

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