Why You Want a Recruiter Who Tells You No - Your Career Intel

Why You Want a Recruiter Who Tells You No - Your Career IntelWhy didnt I get the job?Ive heard this refrain countless times from disappointed candidates. And I get it rejection stinks. Rejection from a job can feel especially brutal, like its a referendum on your intelligence or capabilities as a person. I promise you its leidlagelage.As a recruiter, Ive had an inside look at the hiring process for countless companies over the years. The process is messy. In a perfect world, companies would know what they want before starting interviews and write a job description to reflect this. Often, they dont know what they want until they see it. And that person may not be you. It doesnt matter how qualified you are or how hard you crush the interview youre simply not the person they want.Then, theres the flip side its you, not them.This is brutal, but you need to hear it. Sometimes you are not the most qualified candidateeven if you think you are. Sometimes you dont crush that interview. This is why you need a recruiter who is candid and says no. Thats my job to tell it like it is to you each and every time. A candid approach keeps you focused on the opportunities that are the right choice and helps you improve skills where youre weak.Dont be surprised if I tell you the followingDont apply for that reach job.This is controversial, but hear me out. I absolutely understand when candidates want to take a leap of faith and try anyways. I get it if you dont apply, youll never have a chance, right? But theres a downside to applying for your dream job when youre missing a huge qualification or type of experience.When a candidate without a hope or prayer of qualifying for a position applies to a job, they make life a lot harder for everyone. Thats one more resume a hiring manager needs to spend time reviewing, and likely rejecting.Id rather help you build your way up to this dream job. Lets talk about what you need to do next to position yourself for success. How can we get you up to speed on a key skill or certification? Is there a critical piece of experience youre missing that we can help you get at your next job? Rather than applying for every open position, lets be strategic and turn that reach job into a future slam-dunk.Dont take a step down for your next position.Yes, todays professional trajectories are rarely linear, but I dont recommend applying for a job thats a big step down from where you currently stand. Sometimes it can feel necessary youre moving to a new city or trying to make a lateral move to a new industry and youre struggling to find anything open at your current level. Or perhaps you have been part of a corporate restructuring or layoff situation. I appreciate your willingness to take on a junior position. Unfortunately, companies rarely do. Instead of being seeing seen as a team player or someone humble and hardworking, youre seen as a flight risk. Companies fear the moment a better position opens at another company one thats comme nsurate to your former pay grade or management level youll jump ship.As a recruiter, I can try and make your case to the hiring manager, especially if you have a very compelling reason for taking a step down. But more often than not, its simply not worth our time trying to pitch you for this opening. Were both better served waiting for an open position that matches your skills and experience level.Dont skip that advanced degree or certification.Google When should I get a CPA? and youll get hundreds of answers from accounting professionals, recruiters and companies with different takes on the perfect time to level up your qualifications. One thing we all agree on obtaining that CPA, CFA, CIA, MBA or MAcc degree can certainly help you get the leg up on other candidates applying for the same position.Nearly every day, a job seeker asks me, What do companies want? A better question would be, What are companies paying me to find? Theyre paying me to find professionals with a history of steady, upward progression (no job hopping) and, most of the time, advanced degrees or certifications. If you dont have an advanced degree or professional certification, you need to think seriously about getting one. Without it, you could be counted out entirely from an interview process. Or, someone with the same experience interviewing for the same position could beat you out for the offer, simply because they have the preferred but not required MBA or CPA.A recruiter who will tell you no is your most valuable ally. Saying no saves you from wasting time on opportunities that arent the right fit for you. It saves you from hoping that hiring manager will call you back, when there isnt a chance of that happening. Most importantly, it keeps you focused on the places where you can make a difference getting that advanced certification, mastering your networking game, or nailing your interview prep. Invest your energy wisely, and youll reap the rewards.

You Might Be Destined To Be CEO One Day Even If You Never Wanted It

You Might Be Destined To Be CEO One Day Even If You Never Wanted It New research published in the Harvard Business Review suggests that notlage all women have earning the title of CEO as their end goal not even some women who do end up as CEOs.Only 6.4 percent of Fortune 500 companies are run byfemale CEOs, which means that there are 32of them this year. While the percentage feels insignificant, this is the highest number weve yet to see, up from 21 last year. And some women in these positions are surprised to even find themselves there.As part of their 10025 initiative, whichpushes for female CEOs to lead100 of the Fortune 500 by 2025, the Rockefeller Foundation provided a grant for Korn Ferry to design and execute aresearch projectthat would develop action-oriented initiatives to create a sustainable pipeline offemale CEOs.Researchers secured the participation of 57 female CEOs, from Fortune 1000 companies to large privately held companies, and they conducted a series of in-depth individual interviews with each. They dove into pivotal experiences in each womans person history and career progression, and they used Korn Ferrys executive online assessment to measure key personality traits and other factors that had an impact on their careers. The goal welches to unpack womens success in an effort to help organizations better identify and leverage their highest-potential female leaders. In theory, this shouldensure mora women success going forward.They discovered that female CEOs actually worked in a slightly higher number of roles, functions, companies and industries than men leading companies of comparable sizes they were also four years older, when compared to benchmark data, before becoming CEO. In short Women expend more energy, effort and years to earn the title of CEO than men.That said, the researchers also found that, of those 57 women, only five had always wanted to be CEO, three never wanted to be and two-thirds said they never realized they could be CEO until someone told them so.Another key finding might explain why women said they never wanted to be CEO. For one, the study found that women are more driven by achieving business results and making a positive impact. More than two-thirds of the CEOs the gruppe assessed were motivated by a sense of purpose and believed that the company could have a positive impact on its community, its employees or the world, and nearly one quarter said that creating a positive culture was one of their most important accomplishments.Whilefemale CEOs were comparably motivated by collaborating with other people, taking on more responsibility, power and scope, the interviews strongly suggest that status, power and reward were not enough to attract women to the role, the researchers write. Ambitious women may be hesitant to self-promote, driven more by a sense of purpose and a desire to contribute value and shape culture.As for the women who didnt know they could be? They described themselves as inte nsely focused on driving results rather than on their advancement and success.The recognition by a boss or mentor was key to sparking long-term ambition in many of the women, the researchers explained, referencing one woman who said shed really just wanted a good job with a good company, and never imagined anything past manager, forget CEO.In eight cases, women didnt even realize theyd wanted to be CEO until the position was offered to them.Women with backgrounds in STEM, business, finance or economics made up the bulk of female CEOs in the study (40 percent) they had an advantage as theyve been enabled to build their credibility in disciplines with clear, definable outcomes. On the contrary, none of the women started in HR a field in which women are disproportionately represented.What does this all mean? Even if you havent considered it or cant predictit, you could be a CEO some day, too especially if youre equipped with one of the aforementioned backgrounds.The researchers sugge st ways in which companies can also take steps to sustain a pipeline of female CEOs. They include identifying early potential, illuminating the path to CEO, ensuring sponsors, articulating roles in terms that engage women and keeping cognizant of the glass cliff (the fact that women are more likely to be selected for senior positions in roles associated with states of crisis or high risks of failure).For more, check out the studys summary here.--AnnaMarie Houlis is a multimedia journalist and an adventure aficionado with a keen cultural curiosity and an affinity for solo travel. Shes an editor by day and a travel blogger atHerReport.orgby night.

Spark Hire and TalentEd Launch Video Interviewing Integration For K-12 Hiring

Spark Hire and TalentEd Launch Video Interviewing Integration For K-12 HiringIn case you missed the press release, Spark Hire is proud to announceits partnership andintegration with TalentEdTalentEd Recruit and Hire is a talent management solution built for primary and secondary education. Their all-in-one platform supports the entire employee lifecycle. TalentEd supports data-based HR decisions from job advertisement, to assessments, onboarding, and evaluation.TalentEd Recruit and Hire K-12 customers can now take their decisions to the next level with Spark Hire video interviews.Traditionally, the K-12 hiring process is resource-intensive and involves a large group of people, said Josh Tolan, CEO of Spark Hire. Working with hundreds of school districts, weve seen the ROI of video interviewing first hand.Hundreds of school districts currently benefit from Spark Hire making it the 1 video interviewing platform for K-12 hiring.Customers such as Amarillo ISD are saving thousands of doll ars and hundreds of hours in their hiring process.As a technology partner to thousands of schools and districts, we get excited about every new opportunity to deliver the solutions and services education leaders need to hire, develop and manage top talent, said Jack Blaha, CEO of PeopleAdmin, TalentEds parent company. This strategic partnership delivers key functionality our customers need to quickly and affordably screen and hire top candidates, so they can maximize time and resources spent empowering student achievement.Mutual Spark Hire and TalentEd customers will reap the benefits of both platforms after activating the integration. The integration enables the sending unique interview question sets to qualified candidates, reviewing candidate responses and seamless collaboration between all key decision-makers.If youd like to learn more about Spark Hire and the integration with TalentEd, request a demo todayIf youre an existing Spark Hire customer and want to use the integration, follow these steps to turn it on.

Why you should walk away from your problems

Why you should walk away from your problemsWhy you should walk away from your problemsLast week, we stayed in Eze, a small medieval village in the French Riviera. Eze is perched on a hillside, roughly 420 meters (1,400 feet) above sea level. Near the entrance to our hotel, I noticed a sign labeled theFriedrich Nietzsche Path.The German philosopher apparently stayed in the area in the 1880s and would frequently hike up the steep path from the seaside to the village. His inspirations for the third part of his masterpiece,Thus Spoke Zarathustra, supposedly came during these daily hikes.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moraI decided to follow in Nietzsches footsteps and took the walk myself. My first thought? Nietzsche must have been one fit dude. Even though Im more physically fit now than Ive ever been, I welches drenched in sweat by the time I climbed up the spectacularly steep path b ack to the village.Why did Nietzsche put himself through this intense climb every day? Setting aside the view (which isspectacular), Nietzsche knew a key to solving problems that most of us neglect.When were trying to tackle a thorny problem, we have a tendency to stare at it- literally. I find myself doing this often. As I try to come up with a title for a blog post or struggle with the right structure for a chapter in my book, Ill keep staring at my computer, and moving commas and sentences around asSisyphusrolls his eyes at me.But as Nietzsche writes, In order to see much, one must learn to look away from oneself. Put differently, a watched pot never boils. You often have to walk away from the problem- literally and metaphorically- for the answer to arrive.Consider, for example, the mathematician Andrew Wiles. In 1995, Wiles becamea celebrityafter proving Fermats Last Theorem- which had remained unsolvable for more than three centuries. When he got stuck working on the proof- whi ch was often- Wiles would stop, let his mind relax, and go for a walk by the lake. Walking, heexplains, has a very good effect in that youre in this state of relaxation, but at the same time youre allowing the sub-conscious to work on you.Research supports Wiless intuition. Incubation periods- spending time away from a problem after you get stuck- boostsyour ability to solve the problem. When you walk away, your subconscious remainshard at work, consolidating memories and making associations.This is why a good footslog is part of many renowned scientists toolkit. Nikola Tesladreamed upthe alternating-current motor during a stroll through the Varosliget park in Budapest. To ponder difficult problems, Charles Darwinwalked downa gravel path called the Sandwalk near his home in Kent, kicking up stones along the way.The physicist Werner Heisenbergdevisedthe uncertainty principle during a late-night walk through his neighborhood park in Copenhagen. For two years, he had been frustrated th at his equations could predict the momentum of a quantum particle, but not its position. One night, he had an epiphanyWhat if there was no problem with the equations? What if the uncertainty was actually inherent in the nature of quantum particles?In an age of high-tech instant gratification, walking can sound a bit underwhelming. But solutions to complex problems often come as a subtle whisper- not a big bang. To perceive the whisper, you must walk away from the problem and create space for interior silence to oppose contemporary chaos.The next time you feel stuck, just walk away (and leave your phone behind).If you keep walking with the question long enough, you will gradually walk into the answer.This article first appeared on OzanVarol.com.Ozan Varol is a rocket scientist turned law professor and bestselling author.Click hereto download a free copy of his e-book, The Contrarian Handbook 8 Principles for Innovating Your Thinking. Along with your free e-book, youll get the Weekly Contrarian - a newsletter that challenges conventional wisdom and changes the way we look at the world (plus access to exclusive content for subscribers only).

All those supplements and vitamins you take arent really doing anything

All those supplements and vitamins you take arent really doing anythingAll those supplements and vitamins you take arent really doing anythingMore than half of American adults take dietary supplements, but most dont really do much for your heart or fight against death. In fact, some might even harm you, according to new research.Dietary changes and even supplement intake like multivitamins and antioxidants dont do much for you, as a study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, took a larger look at vitamins and supplements, along with diets as well. In total, information gathered from nearly a million participants worldwide as researchers compared these dietary phenomenons to medical conditions like coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart attack, as well as death.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreParticipants were put through more than 270 trials which had participants t ake different supplements or try a different diet. Their data were compared to control groups.Supplements like omega-3 fatty acid supplements, which are often found in fish supplements, and a low-salt diet did show possible health benefits, according to analysis. But supplements containing both calcium and vitamin D increased the risk of stroke.But the most stunning revelation welches how supplements like multivitamins, selenium, vitamin A, vitamin B6, vitamin C, vitamins D, calcium and iron showed no increased or decreased risk of cardiovascular disease or early death.The panacea or magic bullet that people keep searching for in dietary supplements isnt there, said senior author of the study Erin D. Michos, M.D., M.H.S. People should focus on getting their nutrients from a heart-healthy diet, because the data increasingly show that the majority of healthy adults dont need to take supplements.

10 part-time, remote jobs for moms for the holidays

10 part-time, remote jobs for moms for the holidays10 part-time, remote jobs for moms for the holidaysSometimes it might feel impossible to fit another thing into your already busy schedule, much less any sort of professional job. Thats whereremote jobs for momscome into the picture.Remote jobs, paired with a part-time schedule, can provide moms with a flexible way to work and earn extra money - particularly when the holiday season means an increase in good cheerandcredit card bills. If youre looking to stash away some money for the holidays, whether its for gifts or travel or anything else,weve got a list of jobs that may fit the bill.The 2018 seasonal hiring outlook has been fantastic, which makes sense considering theoverall strength of the job market. With a historically low unemployment rate (3.7%) and many more open jobs (7 million) than there are job seekers (6 million), now is a good time to be searching for both temporary and ongoing employment.Employers like Duluth Trading Company, KPMG, Major League Baseball, UncommonGoods, Wine.com, Williams-Sonoma, 1-800-Flowers.com, and many others have beenheavily hiring for holiday and ongoing seasonal help.Over700,000 holiday and seasonal jobs are expected, up from 696,000 four years ago.Amazon alone already hired 1,750 part-time, seasonal customer service associatesthis year- and theyre all working remotely.About these part-time, remote jobsBelow are10 part-time jobs that can be done from your home schreibstube - no commute needed They were all actively hiring as of November 14, 2018, and arenotseasonal jobs so theyll continue to provide you with a paycheck after the holidays when all those bills come due. They also feature a variety of schedules and hours to fit into your life, whatever that may look likeCheck out the list, and be sure to check out the FlexJobs database foreven morepart-time, remote jobsin over 55 career categories.Home Care SchedulerDuties for the home care schedule will involve answering after-hour calls, handling new resident inquiries, overseeing all after-hour resident schedules, and more. Evening hours and every other weekend are required for this part-time, remote job.Law Enforcement TranscriberThe transcriber will transcribe material related to law enforcement and investigations. This is a freelance, remote position that requires a personal computer with a reliable Internet connection.Market Research InterviewerA market research interviewer will conduct telephonic surveys and input responses using numeric keys or the mouse. A reliable Internet connection, a PC computer, and telephone access are required.Mobile Search ReviewerEvaluating new products, product quality, and zugnglich search results are the duties of the part-time, remote mobile search reviewer. Candidate must have an Android smartphone.Online Community AmbassadorThis position is looking for candidates to connect online with users of the companys website and app to help them get the most out of the company platform. 15-20 hours per week are required.Team Building ManagerA part-time, remote team building manager will organize team trips and events, facilitate weekly meetings, and help with onboarding new hires.Technical Support SpecialistWorking overnight, the technical support specialist will support a positive user experience by taking incoming calls from faculty and students in need of technical assistance.Virtual Executive AssistantA virtual executive assistant is needed to manage scheduling, travel, and communications. College graduates with at least five years of related experience are preferred.Virtual Health CoachThe virtual health coach will work on the weekends to provide one-on-one coaching to clients trying to develop healthy habits, pilot experimental coaching protocols, and help users navigate their programs.WriterUsing three to five years experience in writing digital content and using SEO tools, the writer will create content forwebsites, blogs, case studies, a nd ebooks.This article first appeared on FlexJobs.

Shifts in Desired Sales Skills and Specialties

Shifts in Desired Sales Skills and SpecialtiesShifts in Desired Sales Skills and SpecialtiesAn inside look into what recruiters are looking for in sales executives.Ladders intelligence team dug into the database of sales job descriptions to see what skills recruiters are asking for as the economy turns.As some skills and specialties become less needed, others are in demand.Spot growth skills in the charts belowFurther, were seeing a shift in industries hiring sales leads as outlined in the charts below