Good Monday Morning,
Help Wanted - tens of thousands of professionals needed for short term employment on major international sporting event. Guaranteed great role and guaranteed unemployment upon completion. This week’s Olympic series podcast, is with Donna Wilson SR V.P HR for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Donna’s role was to oversee the hiring of the thousands of full time employees and volunteers that are responsible for the 21st Winter Olympics.
Hiring is both and art and science, while balancing a short amount of resources to get the job done. What did Donna and her team look for when reviewing potential candidates? Well, the very first impression was the resumes that they received. What are some of the important elements of a good resume? Donna shared "make sure that your personality shows up in your resume" Like Donna, I have seen hundreds of resumes that look and sound the same. Like competing at the Olympics, this current job market is extremely competitive, you won't come first without standing apart from your competitors.
This week’s 60 Second Workout, send us your resume alan@careerjoy.com and get a professional's perspective on how to improve your first impression. The difference from getting the role you want, could be one sentence.
This weeks CareerPoll ; What is the key to unlocking your career potential?
Last weeks CareerPoll results; How confident are you about using your skill-set in a new career?
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3 Keys to Unlocking Your Career Potential with Daniel Coyle, New York Times best selling book, The Talent Code.
Why do some people seem to have a particular talent -or even genius -for certain activities? Is there some trick or natural ability they have that others do not? How can we improve on our talents and apply the improvements to our lives and careers? Join Alan Kearns as he interviews Daniel Coyle, award winning author of The Talent Code in which he explores these types of questions in the context a newly discovered mechanism in our brains that facilitates skill acquisition. Through this exploration, Coyle provides parents, teachers, coaches, businesspeople - and everyone else - with tools they can use to maximize potential in themselves and others.
". . . the final performance is designed to create the illusion of naturalness and fluency — of genius — which distances observers from the deeper force that truly created it: the humbler but still powerful force of a craftsman at work."
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With a glowing heart, along the road with you!
Alan
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