Is Being a Job Hopper a Bad Thing

Is Being a Job Hopper a Bad Thing Job hopping is a common phrase that is used for workers who jump from job to job.  As a candidate you have to be aware that recruiters are going to be looking for gaps in your work history and if your CV has lots, this will put you behind your competition. It’s best to make sure that, if you get through to interview stage for a role, you have valid reasons for why you left your places of work. For instance, if you’ve had four jobs in the last two years then the interviewer is going to want to know your reasons for leaving. Recruiting is a time consuming process and finding the right people to fit the role and company can be difficult â€" when someone leaves a job it can upset the balance of the company. Every time a job hopper leaves a company the HR team have to spend time filling the role, which is why interviewers will always ask for reasons why you left your previous place of work.  If an interviewer suspects that you might not want to stick around for the long term they could disregard you straight away always make sure that you are prepared with your interview answers as you don’t want to be put on the spot (and look like a proper job hopper): The types of job hoppers: Necessary Hoppers:  The necessary hoppers feel that they have served their time at their place of work and they have given all they can give. They have decided that they are leaving and that is that. Boredom Hoppers:  Boredom hoppers tend to have short attention spans so feel they need to change their job regularly to keep it interesting. Opportunity Hoppers:  Opportunity hoppers can’t resist a good offer, as soon as they smell the hint of something better, they hop! Career Hoppers:  Career hoppers just can’t decide what they want to do. Their job history usually resembles a job board’s vacancy list (Chef for six months, Scuba Diving instructor for three months, Shop Keeper for four months). The positives of job hoppers: Usually, recruiters like us see job hopping in a negative light but there can be positives to someone who has job hopping tendencies: Diverse working environments: As job hoppers will have worked in a range of companies they will have usually experienced a range of diverse working environments, which can make an employee more adaptable to change. If an employee gets ‘set in their ways’ it can be very difficult to make changes within a company, someone that is already familiar with this would not be as fussed about adapting. Range of skills: Working for a wide range of different companies can increase a candidate’s skill set, this diversity could prove a very useful asset for your company. Often job hoppers will have worked with a range of professionals, this will have increased the variety of skills that they have as they will have learnt from these people. Larger network for contacts: Generally job hoppers will have more business contacts than someone that has been in the same company their whole life. Employees with a large network of contacts could also prove useful for your company. Experience of different size companies: Different size companies often have unique ways of working, an employee that has experienced first-hand what has worked and what hasn’t worked could prove extremely useful. Drive and enthusiasm: Often job hoppers can add a boost to a company’s productivity, as everyone wants to make a good impression when they first start a new job. Although, there are some exceptions some job hoppers can be extremely lazy which could be the reason for the job hopping. Fearless approach: Job hoppers are usually not afraid to try new things, in some situations this fearless approach could prove quite useful for your business. How to avoid job hopping: If you are a job hopper and you are wanting to find a way to stay satisfied within your job for a more than a few months then you might want to pay attention to some of the pointers below: Get promoted within your company: Why move to another company to start all your hard work all over again? You could boost your enthusiasm within the same company by taking on more responsibility and being promoted. Keep your eyes peeled for opportunities within your company, when they arise approach the relevant person about the opportunity. Take on new challenges in your role: Ask to take on new challenges within your role, this will stimulate your brain and also show that you like to be challenged. If you impress your employer this could lead to a promotion, which is also a good reason to challenge yourself! Keep yourself busy within your work: If you are busy within your role you will not be thinking about your next job hop, keep yourself motivated by setting personal and achievable goals within your role. Making job lists can also help keep you on track and organised. Final thought: The grass is always greener on the other side, except when it isn’t. In reality every job has its ups and downs. If you are in a difficult position at work, make sure that you’ve weighed up every aspect, good and bad, of your job before rushing into any final decisions. If all else fails and you have tried your best, it’s probably time to move on. RELATED: Job Hopper? 6 Quick Fixes to Cover Resume Gaps Author: Daniel Briggs is the Marketing Manager at Blue Octopus Recruitment, an award winning online recruiter. From Yorkshire and proud.

How YOU Can Stop Bad Practice in Recruitment

How YOU Can Stop Bad Practice in Recruitment There isnt a day goes by at the moment when you can avoid a status or blog on LinkedIn bemoaning all that is wrong with recruitment   albeit usually written by recruiters about their competition and whilst I occasionally partake in the “banter” and dialogue in how to overcome bad examples, I feel that there is a very simple solution to creating an industry that excels in following best practice each and every time. We hear tales of recruiters not gaining permission of candidates before submitting CVs to clients, thus creating the perpetual problem of who has the right to claim the fee. And it would appear it is still rife in the recruitment market to spray and pray with a candidates details by way of listing a load of companies who technically match the candidates CV and hoping one will stick. I for one am flummoxed by tales of candidates going for interviews and then never getting any feedback from their recruiter when it is clear the interview hasnt been successful, yet they never get a chance to hear the constructive comments as to why. I have made it clear from previous blogs and my own public bio that by promoting best practice, I see my role as a “barrier to entry” to those who do not behave with the kudos I expect from a recruiter full stop. What constitutes best practice? Is it possible to have a “one size fits all” etiquette in how to behave? What can you do to ensure you are engaging with a recruiter who is operating ethically and if not what are the repercussions? I have explored the best practice regulations previously and simply put, a good recruiter should do the following: Candidates: Your recruiter should insist on arranging to meet you to qualify your skills, experience, desires for the next role. If a face to face meeting isnt possible because of logistics, there is NO excuse for them not to arrange to Skype, FaceTime and ooVoo you nowadays. Your recruiter must gain your permission before they send your profile/CV anywhere. Even if it is a confidential role, there must be enough information for you to know. Your recruiter must prepare you before any meeting you go on through their introduction, fully briefing you on their previous placements and process to follow. Feedback should be timely   you should know within 24 hours how your meeting has gone. Management of the process   you should feel as though your recruiter is your partner in this   you should feel supported and secure that the recruiter “has your back”. Have I covered everything? Is seeing that list making you feel the love you had for your recent recruiter or making you feel like you were the one running the show? Ultimately the recruiter should be proactive on your behalf; trying to find you your best role. Clients: As above, your recruiter should want to come and meet you in person see your environment, understand your culture, learn what your company “DNA” is. In order to understand WHO the client wants to hire and what other people they have hired who have been successful. The recruiter should act as your brand ambassador in the market coming to you with the best people and asking you to consider them for their perspective. The recruiter should also be very timely with feedback and that should also include prepping YOU on the candidates motivators and reasons for leaving too. The recruiter should have your best interests at heart as you are the one paying the fee. You should feel like the recruiter is someone you can trust, who adds true value to your business and is your external outsource in the market place. So where does it go wrong? Saturation  Each and every market is saturated with recruiters   including my own and so there is a sense of “bun fight” mentality. How can you avoid this: Candidates give your exclusivity to your recruiter. They will be proactive on your behalf and come to you with the BEST opportunities. Clients retain your recruiter for your most vital roles. Kill the sales beast If you feel that you are on the receiving end of a sales hungry recruiter, STOP WORKING WITH THEM. It is as simple as that. I hear of my competitors ringing clients and saying every time “I have the best candidate for you” yet they never do. Don’t choose a recruiter you don’t trust implicitly and who winds you up. Lets stand up for the right way of doing things. Vote with your feet as a candidate and client. Let’s put the recruitment cowboys out of business so that the future of recruitment is about partnership and integrity.

5 ways to get the abs you dream of

5 ways to get the abs you dream of If slipping into a bikini fills you with dread, take a look at our top tips below and achieve the abs you’ve always dreamt of. Crunch it While crunches alone won’t give you a six pack, they will certainly help. They can help strengthen your core too, so they’re really beneficial. There’s many different types you can do, but we’re going to keep it simple with reps of basic crunches. To do them: Lie flat on your back with your legs bent With your arms across your chest, raise your shoulders off the ground Repeat The Jacknife Similar to the crunch, the Jacknife is a great way to get a toned stomach. They’re really easy to do too: Lie on your back with your arms above your head Slowly raise your legs and arms, aiming to touch your knees. Slowly return to the starting position and repeat You can find a video showing how to do this exercise here. Planking Planks can be tough but they help to strengthen your core, helping you develop insane stomach muscles. To do them: Assume a press-up position, with the toes of your shoes against the floor Hold this position for around one minute while keeping your core tense Relax and repeat Cardio The best abs exercises in the world will do little to define your stomach if you don’t shed your current excess fat. That’s why you should incorporate intense cardio sessions around three times a week â€" any of the following will do: Running Cycling Step classes Swimming Aerobics Rest Your quest for the perfect stomach will not be easy and you’ll have your fair share of muscle aches to deal with! To help your body repair, you should get plenty of rest. Schedule specific rest days and try to get a good amount of sleep. You can also aid muscle recovery with specific supplements. MaxiNutrition has a great range of endurance and performance products that will help replenish vital nutrients after your workout. Remember to eat right too. It can be tempting on your days off to hit the junk food but you’ll risk ruining your hard work. Try to eat a nutritious, balanced diet instead. Image Credit:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crunch_(exercise)

Personal Branding Interview John Kador - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

Personal Branding Interview John Kador - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Today, I spoke with John Kador, who is a New York Times bestselling author and author of the new book,   Effective Apology.   In this interview, John discusses how executives can earn more money by apologizing, the significance of the word sorry, the power of authenticity, some great examples and more. Can you explain how executives who apologize earn more than executives that dont? Here’s just one example of how executives who demonstrate the ability to apologize tend to earn more than executives who don’t. In my book I describe some research that the Pearl Outlet, an online retailer, conducted. The company noticed that many customers (usually men) often presented pearls as part of an apology (usually to wives and girlfriends). For obvious marketing reasonsâ€" “Say you’re sorry with pearls!”â€"the company wanted to know more about this relationship between pearl giving and apology. The company commissioned a formal study of over 8,000 customers. The survey confirmed that customers who are willing to say “I’m sorry” earned more moneyâ€"nearly twice as muchâ€"as those who rarely or never apologize. Stated another way, customers who earned more than $0,000 a year were twice as likely to apologize after an argument or mistake as those earning $25,000 or less. It turns out that a customer’s willingness to apologize is a perfect predictor of their place on the income ladder. In addition, the relationships of those who apologize tend to be better (or at least longer-lasting) than of those who resist apology. We can interpret these results in many ways. To me, executives who are confident enough to apologize tend to be very good at maintaining relationships. They are also good at accepting responsibility for problems, and, because of that, they are better at fixing them than those who blame others. All of these are the qualities valued and rewarded by any organization. Do you really think that sorry is an important word if there is no meaning behind it? The meaning of apology is in the action, not the words. You can’t talk your way out of a situation you acted your way into. What makes apology so powerful is not what you say, but what you do. Apology must be observable. We should be able to see the action that accompanies the words. For example, saying “I’m sorry” is one thing. What the apologizer does to provide restitution is another. The other most important action is whether the apologizer changes his or her behavior. If he or she can be seen not to repeat the offending behavior, then the apology is complete. It takes more than words. Every effective apology contains within it the answer to the question, “how is the apologizer to be held accountable for the apology?” Personal branding is about authenticity. How can leaders harness their true self? The first thing that authenticity requiresâ€"and why the willingness to apologize is such a critical path to harnessing one’s true selfâ€"is a commitment to face the facts. One of those facts is that we all make mistakes. When we do, we have a choice. We can confront the truth about our imperfection and apologize, or we can deny, defend, and stonewall. When we acknowledge the factsâ€"including those that make us look badâ€"we are on the road to authenticity. This is far better than pretending that we are perfect. By acknowledging, naming, and ultimately accepting our mistakes, we embrace our humility and make room for our true selves, imperfect and all too human, just like everyone else. Apology is a way of honoring what we know to be true, while at the same time honoring ourselves and those we care about. Can you give examples of 2 people and 2 companies that have apologized and earned back their respect? Within months of each other in 2006, two CEOs came under fire for misstating their academic credentials. One CEO was forced to step down while the other is still at the helm. David Edmondson, CEO of RadioShack Corp., admitted that the company’s web site gave him a credential he never actually earned. At yellow pages publisher R.H. Donnelley Corp., chairman and CEO David Swanson admitted that he never actually earned a degree from the university he attended, despite what the company said in news releases and what it posted on the web site. The CEO who chose Plan A (RadioShack’s Edmonson) was forced to resign while Swanson who chose Plan B is still R.H. Donnelly’s CEO. Edmonson now acknowledges that a candid and immediate apology might well have saved his job. Currently CEO of Fort Worth based Easysale, Inc., Edmonson admits he made a mistake by not immediately correcting the biography that RadioShack distributed to the news media and posted on its Website. Then when a story appeared on the front page of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in February 2006, he should have apologized immediately. Instead Edmonson made three classic errors. He delayed. He got defensive by deflecting responsibility (“I wasn’t responsible for the web site”). And he tried to explain. These behaviors lad to a death spiral from which no CEO can recover. Over at R.H. Donnelly, Swanson went to his board before the issue became a public. Swanson accepted total responsibility and apologized. The company nervously issued a news release to correct the record, but it never became a problem. At the time, news reports about the incident praised Swanson for his candor. With hindsight, Edmonson recommends that CEOs incline toward more transparency. “When you own up to your own shortcomings, the fear of whatever you are guarding is released,” he says. “Apology frees you from the burden of whatever you have in your past.” If you want an example of a company whose brand was at risk and that regained its credibility, you can look no further than the toy maker Mattel. A key benefit of apology for leaders is that it reassures people that the leader is on their side. Leaders who acknowledge fault with a genuine apology argue against people’s suspicion that they are indifferent to the pain their companies have caused. From this position, people are more likely to forgive. The truth of this was dramatically demonstrated at Mattel, when the toymaker had three recalls in one summer representing 18.2 million toys, the most in company history, because of lead paint and design flaws. “I started every discussion on the recall with these words: ‘I am sorry we are here. I’m sorry this recall happened,” says Robert A. Eckert, chairman and CEO of Mattel. “Even though the lead-based toy recalls represented less than 1 percent of all the toys Mattel produced, it should have been zero. I’m sorry you have to worry about this.” Eckert just kept on apologizing in person, on TV, and in print. He was even criticized for apologizing too much. But the results supported his commitment to accountability. Many analysts predicted that the Mattel brand would suffer. Instead, the company exceeded revenue expectations. What is one situation in your life when an apology helped you? Just recently an effective apology got me out of a well-deserved ticket when a state trooper pulled me over for speeding. I was driving on a business trip and hurrying to get to my next appointment. A state trooper pulled me over. “Sir, are you aware you were going 75 miles per hour when the posted speed limit is 55 mph?” he said. Instead of giving an excuse, I decided to admit it and apologize. “Officer, you’re right. I was speeding. I’m a guest in your beautiful state and I’m afraid I have abused the privilege. I’m sorry.” He looked at me for a minute and I thought I detected a smile and then he said, “Sir, I’m going to issue you a warning today. Please observe the posted speed limits. Drive safe and have a good day.” Of course there’s no way to know for sure what the trooper would have done had I not apologized. And had I received a ticket, the fine would have been my restitution. Apology is not a get-out-of-jail-free card. But what are most of us tempted to do when caught doing something wrong? We deny we were speeding or offer excuses or plead for mercy: all attempts to evade responsibility. Here’s the paradox of apology: by admitting responsibility and accepting consequences, we often find that the consequences are not as dire as we fear. The world may not be as punitive as we sometimes think it is. John Kador is an author, consultant, and speaker who acts as if every word is a moral choice. His work centers on identifying and describing best practices in leadership and promoting the highest standards of personal accountability, humility, and transparency. This book, which describes the benefits that leaders accrue when they embrace apology rather than shy from it, is squarely in that tradition. His personal credo is that different is not always better, but better is always different.   He is the author of over books, including Charles Schwab: How One Company Beat Wall Street and Reinvented the Brokerage Industry, 50 High-Impact Speeches Remarks: Proven Words You Can Adapt for Any Business Occasion, and the NY Times bestseller Net Ready: Strategies for Success in the E-conomy (with Amir Hartman and John Sifonis).   His latest book is called Effective Apology.

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What to Do When Options Run Out Take a New Path - Kathy Caprino

What to Do When Options Run Out Take a New Path In the past several months, Ive worked with a great number of clients who have found themselves at what seems to be a complete dead-end professionally.   Avenues they were fully passionate about pursuing (and would have allowed for successful employment only a year ago) have dried up, with precious few opportunities remaining, for the time being.   As we know, the world has changed.   For example, one of my clients reinvented herself completely over the past several years, from market research director  to science teacher, only to find there are simply no jobs available in her geographic region.   Another client is crystal clear that she wants to write as a profession, but feels that starting up now as a freelance writer, given the implosion of the publishing world as we know it, would be a recipe for disaster.   What should we do when the path we desperately long to pursue is blockaded?   I say we turn a corner, take a fork in the road, and re-direct   ultimately find a revised path that allows you to succeed in these times, while honoring your authentic values.   There isnt only one job in the world that will make you happy, or one career path (I feel this is true about choosing a mate as well â€" there isn’t just one person with whom you could build a happy, fulfilled  life.)   So often, we become overly-attached to what we think will make us happy or get us out of our misery, and we miss the (rescue) boat completely.   What’s that story, about the man who finds himself in a flood, with water covering his home?   I think it goes something like this…   As the flood occurred, the man said to himself, “I know God will save me.   I won’t worry.”   But as the water rose, things become dire.   First, someone offers the man a hand to take him to higher ground, but the man says, “No thanks, I’m waiting for God to save me.”   As the water flooded his home, a group in a rowboat came by, and shouted, “Come on, come in the boat with us and be saved!”   The man said, “No thank you, I’m waiting for God to save me.” A day later, as the man clung to the roof of his house, a helicopter came to save him.   He yelled to the pilot, “No thank you, I’m waiting for God to save me.”   The man drowned.   When he saw God in heaven, he said, “Why didn’t you save me??” God replied, “I sent three forms of rescue…it was up to you to take them.”   So the question is…what forms of rescue can you find that will keep your heart and soul intact while also keep you afloat, financially, emotionally, and spiritually?   Open your heart and mind to new avenues, and they will become apparent.   What rescue options have you pursued lately, and how have they worked out?  

How to Use Google AdWords to Target Specific Hiring Managers - CareerEnlightenment.com

Follow Googles wizard on picking a keyword and writing an ad.For keywords, choose the name of the person you are trying to attract. Because peoples names arent very popular advertising terms, try bidding  just 10 to 20 cents per click.When youre done with the wizard, pay Google so that your ad gets displayed.Click on Billing and drop $50 into your campaign, sit back, relax, and wait for your phone to ring!In your ad, include a link to a landing page just for the person youre targeting. If they just go to your LinkedIn profile, they wont know what you want.