Updated on February 12, 2017
I have just been laid off and don’t know where to turn; what do I do? (TPOY071)
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When we are first laid off, it can be overwhelming. Our income is going or gone. And we face the prospect of going through a painful, barely understood process to get a job.
This Power of You microcast sorts through the many things that are happening when we find ourselves out on the street and offers some ways of dealing with the crisis in a productive and positive way.
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- When people ask me what I have done, I draw a blank. What can I do to remember more of my accomplishments? (TPOY006)
- How should I tell a story about what I have done so I don’t have to brag ? (TPOY027)
- How can I talk about my experience without bragging? (TPOY005)
- Can you make any recommendations how I can organize my time to make my career campaign more productive? (TPOY064)
- Can you give me some ideas how I can keep up my morale while I am working towards my next job? (TPOY047)
Updated on February 5, 2017
How do I answer nonsense questions in an interview? (TPOY069)
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As with many difficult questions, the main point of asking a nonsense question is to see how we handle the unexpected. While nonsense questions may seem impossible to anticipate and have no set answer, this Power of You microcast reviews some ideas for ways to prepare nonetheless.
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Updated on February 5, 2017
How do I answer interviewers’ questions about my future when I don’t know myself? (TPOY068)
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In a continuing series on Difficult Interview Questions, this Power of You microcast addresses how to answer future oriented questions like what we will be doing in five years.
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Updated on January 29, 2017
I can imagine some objections to my candidacy; how do I tell which, if any of these I need to worry about? (TPOY067)
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At various times in the interview process, we may suspect, that we are being viewed as a flawed candidate. This Power of You microcast addresses how to approach this sensitive topic.
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Updated on January 29, 2017
How do I approach learning where I stand in the interview process? (TPOY066)
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Interviews are the gateway to any job and so it is a good idea to know how we are being seen by our interviewers and what’s going on with the process generally. This Power of You microcast looks at how to get an idea of how we are doing.
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Posted on January 16, 2017
Can you make any recommendations how I can organize my time to make my career campaign more productive? (TPOY064)
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In a job there tends to be a focus on what we do. This is rarely true in a job campaign where unfamiliar and last-minute tasks arise regularly.
Other than our overall goal of landing a job, our priorities in our job campaign are often in flux. This Power of You microcast explores some ways to organize a campaign so that we can manage unanticipated opportunities while ensuring ongoing efforts get the attention they need.
Updated on January 29, 2017
I am frustrated by my progress even though I am pursuing a variety of job options. What can I do to improve my results? (TPOY062)
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Being open to a variety of options gives us more scope for success. At the same time, it can spread us too thin. It turns out that being persuasive about our ability to do a job requires more than a cursory understanding of that job, to be competitive. We definitely need to start by listing our options. Then we need to select one to delve into it intensely. By doing this fairly early on we get practice presenting a deeper and more nuanced picture of what we have to offer.
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