Alexandra Levits Water Cooler Wisdom Why New College Grads Shouldnt Work from Home

Alexandra Levit's Water Cooler Wisdom Why New College Grads Shouldn't Work from Home Telecommuting is the future. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that about a quarter of employed Americans work from home some hours each week. In a recent study by the Families and Work Institute, 63 percent of employers said they allowed employees to work remotely in 2012, up from 34 percent in 2005. Even Marissa Mayer, the new Yahoo! CEO who banished telecommuting from company policy last year, can’t stop this train. Given the pervasiveness of the trend, in the new edition of my book for entry-level hires, They Don’t Teach Corporate in College, I added a section on telecommuting. I recommend that twenty-something employees who want to telecommute talk with HR and/or read their orientation materials to understand how their organization’s flextime procedure works. I give them some suggestions regarding how they can build a business case for telecommuting and how to trial the new arrangement successfully. The downside of early-career telecommuting There is something, however, I feel I need to add for any HR managers that may be reading this. As a general rule, I don’t think professional entry-level hires should work from home more than one day a week. Being able to telecommute effectively implies that you can do your job just as well remotely as you could in an office, and I don’t believe that’s the case with young twenty-somethings. New college graduates haven’t worked long enough to have mastered critical soft skills such as in-person communication, conflict resolution, and emotional intelligence. Their learning curve also includes cultural assimilation, or figuring out and then adhering to the spoken and unspoken rules of engagement within a particular organization. If they don’t have the opportunity to master these things in the same building as colleagues and managers, they may never catch up. For the rest of the post, check out the SilkRoad blog.

Training is the new office currency

Training is the new office currency The best jobs are the ones where you are learning; the work is not too easy and not too hard. (The Yerkes-Dodson law says that optimum difficulty leads to optimum performance.) So forget looking for a pay increase (what is three percent of your salary going to buy you, really?) and forget a new title (titles only matter if you are going to stick around for twenty years and climb the ladder). Keep your eye on training perks. Thats what really matters. Training can change you, challenge you, set you up for the next great project, and generally make your work more fulfilling. In an article about office politics, in Fast Company, it becomes clear that office politics is really about jockeying for the good training and good projects. Career coach Marilyn Moats Kennedy says, Workers today compete for schedules and projects, for money and training. But they rarely compete for power especially when that means power over others. Instead of power, people want assignments that build skills valued by the market. Learning experiences are whats really important. That said, dont settle for cheap, poorly run training. Ninth House published a white paper on what types of training top-performing companies use. Heres a list to give you some ideas of what to ask for from your own company: 1. Executive coaching. No surprise here. But a good reminder that this sort of training is expensive and you should try to get your company to foot the bill. 2. Rotational assignments. Companies that grow their own executive management usually have intensive training programs that include many departments and businesses within the company. Push hard to get yourself into one of these programs. They are treasure troves in terms of both learning and prestige. 3. Quantitative measurement. There are ways to objectively quantify your leadership effectiveness (for example, 360-degree performance reviews). And then you can quantify your improvement, too. Ask for this. Its a great way to find out what other people think of you without sounding lame for asking. 4. Learning by doing. Role playing is the best teacher there is, even though we all hated to do it. Its the new rage. I see it in ads for business school, everyone claiming that they teach this way the most. I see it in image management consulting firms. I even noticed on Passover that my Haggadah has role-playing sections for kids. So even if you think you are too cool for role-play-based training, go to it if you have the chance.

Nerves Holding You Back Heres How to Power Forward

Nerves Holding You Back Heres How to Power Forward As a professional Vocal Coach for many years, I have observed many of the performers and public speakers I worked with being held back by nerves and insecurity. The one thing they all had in common? They all had a valuable message, one that often got covered and had no chance of coming out due their nervousness, and physical reactions of the body, (shaking, freezing, heart palpitations, forgetting words) overriding what they had to say. For some, the nervousness that comes along with public speaking and performing can be incredibly debilitating, frustrating and often heart-breaking. Speaking is one of the key ways in which we express ourselves and relate to others, and a vital expression of your being. You may be surprised to learn that some of the reactions you have to speaking and performing have likely been created from a very young age. Think back if you can, to the very first time you were exposed to public speaking. How aware were you of being judged, and what were your reactions to this, in your mind and body?   What if this has been perpetuated ever since as an automatic-pilot whenever you are public speaking, without you being consciously aware? We are so used to defining and judging behaviour instead of wondering what is truly going on for us. Questions like,  â€œAre you nervous?” already imply what might be going on and now  only gives us the possibility to agree with that or not. They dont invite ourselves to get more clarity on what is actually going on for us inside, and, so often trap us in a problem we now have to solve. What if you could utilise the experiences of good and bad that you are feeling, and use them to energise you into moving forward, to be successful with the outcome in what you are trying to achieve? After many many sessions I started seeing that every time something occurred that seemed to be a problem, it was exactly the same point a different possibility was about to show up! Nerves most of the time are a level of power that is ready for us to harness   if not we do not try to hold back. So what can you do with all of that to power you forward instead of holding you back? Here are the 2 steps to assist you in moving beyond the frustration and paralysis of nervousness, into the ease and joy of the true expression you: Detect what is true for you. Is this nerves or something else? We have learned to put labels on feelings through other peoples projections or points of views. These are usually based on their own personal experiences, and have not so much to do with what is really going on for us. If you desire to change those, you will have to look at what is really going on not what you think is going on. By asking yourself, “Is this my nerves or something else I need to observe here?” you are going to start to invite other options beyond just the feeling or emotion you are experiencing. Who does this belong to? Our bodies often give us information about other people’s bodies around us, maybe behind the scenes, and maybe in your audience. Don’t automatically assume that because you feel an emotion, that it is yours! The biggest difficulty with this, is that what isn’t yours you cannot control. I’ve had many clients losing it on stage, until they started asking themselves, “What is my body aware off? Is there anyone else in the room feeling this?” After asking those questions for themselves, many of them started releasing, relaxing and could finally show up with their full capacity. By asking yourself, “If I didnt know this feeling or sensation as nerves, what could I do with it? What would I be able to see that I am currently not?” Connect more to your body, not less. Learn to become aware of the sensations in your body and sense of light or heavy, rather than waiting for the answer to come to you immediately. Most of us have learned to work towards perfection, pressure, rightness and a contraction to make things happen. I suggest you take a moment and try out completely the opposite. Start seeing what will make you relax, expand, and create space for you instead of contraction. Which is gives you the sensation of feeling light for you, is often true, which makes you heavy usually isn’t. So, when you ask yourself a question, and you want to find out what is true for you, give yourself 2 or 3 options and see which one opens up more. You can rely on your body, or your breathing, whichever works best for you. Your body will likely give you signs of what is light and what is heavy. When we get ‘nerves’ most of us have learned to try to control them by going into our heads, and thoughts, and often lose connection to our bodies. What if instead of getting less connected to your body, you could actually invite yourself to get more connected and present with your body? You can do this by a simple exercise of putting both feet on the ground, and to take a few deep, slow breaths, while imagining that you take every breath all the way down to your feet into the ground and when you let the air out, imagine taking with you the energy and strength of the earth. Do this a few times so you don’t stop the nerves, but you actually allow that energy   and feeling to move. Most of us have learned to talk and perform with our minds. What if you start trusting your body more, and use the ‘negative’ feelings you have about your nerves to be harnessed into a source of strength? Through taking these steps, by starting to ask yourself what is true for you, train yourself to follow the lightness and calm, to connect to your body. What might be possible for you and your voice if you were to go beyond the frustration and anxiety that nervousness can bring? This guest post was authored by Yasodhara Romero Fernandes Yasodhara   is a professional performer, vocal coach, performance and communications expert, bodyworker, former teacher and certified Access Consciousness Right Voice for You facilitator.   She hosts workshops and private classes around the world, helping people open up to the power of authentic communication and authentic living   and to connect to their body and in life effortlessly. www.yasodhararomerofernandes.com

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7 Pieces of Career Advice for Young Professionals from Successful People CareerMetis.com

7 Pieces of Career Advice for Young Professionals from Successful People â€" CareerMetis.com As a young person, you most likely struggle to find what makes you tick career-wise. We all want a fulfilling career, but the path to discovering what makes us want to wake up each morning is not a smooth one.Moreover, you also want something that will bring in the bucks to cater to your financial needs.evalFinding your ideal career can be a murky road of taking the ‘wrong’ courses at school and getting into the ‘wrong’ jobs.Nevertheless, you should realize that every part of your life may be leading you to where you are supposed to be. More often than not, life’s experiences do not go to waste.If you love some career advice from some of the most respected names and business people in the world, check out these words of wisdom from successful leaders and entrepreneurs including Tony Robbins, Richard Branson, and Sheryl Sandberg.1) Sheryl SandbergevalAccording to the Chief Operating Officer The CEO and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett â€" shared his wise words d uring an interview with Yahoo in 2010. His colleague, Thomas Murphy, once told him evalThe inspirational speaker, best-selling author, philanthropist, and billionaire businessman was once looking at a stalling career when the late Jim Rohn brought him to light.Rohn advised Tony Robbins to stop focusing on making things happen faster than they should and instead, add value to himself so he could be more invaluable compared to the rest. To add value, he was told to learn the necessary skills which will cause him to grow.6) Ivanka TrumpIvanka inspires many with her entrepreneurship skills and wit. The owner of the Ivanka Trump lifestyle brand advice people to keep trying new things until they find what they love.According to Ivanka, you should work to determine what you are passionate about earlier in life as passion is difficult to discover through introspection.Having different experiences will eventually help you to find what makes you tick. Identify your interests and pursue them. Once you find your passion, put in all the work because that is where your success lies.7) Maya AngelouAccording to the late author, dancer, actress, poet, and singer Maya Angelou, you do not have to take what life gives you. If life puts you on a road that you do not like, make a whole new path for yourself. You can achieve what you want despite your circumstances, so situations or people must not hinder you.What more could be better than to learn from those who have made it in life?Which of these seven pieces of career advice has triggered the most inspiration in you?

Dress Your Resume and Your Body for Success

Dress Your Resume and Your Body for Success I often tell my clients that rewriting a resume is like cleaning out a closet. Its hard to clean out our closet because we can become emotionally attached to some of the items in it. Perhaps its a dress you bought a decade ago that is no longer in style or a pair of pants that no longer flatters your figure. Or maybe its that impulse buy that seemed so right at the time but turned out to be so wrong and has been sitting in your closet for years.We struggle with the same issues when rewriting resumes. It may be hard to let go of  the half page dedicated to that Y2K conversion you worked so diligently on in 1999 or the extended paragraph about the direct mail campaign that was novel in 2001 but old hat in 2011. And what do we do about that dot.com venture in 2000 that only lasted 4 months and turned into a dot.bomb? Sometimes we need someone with a more objective perspective to step in and clean out our resume.I help people let go of the clutter and the irrelevant and get them to focu s on the parts of their background that will be most valuable to employers. And I cultivate a similar strategy when I help clients prepare for interviews.Recently I started thinking about my wardrobe/resume analogy and  how integral whats in your closet is to your overall presentation and value proposition to employers. A great resume and a great interview strategy should be complemented by a great outfit for the interview. The clothes need to be just as relevant as the message on the resume or elevator pitch.So Im thrilled to introduce Career Solvers latest service offeringimage consulting through a new partnership with Style of Success image consulting for men and Vada Image Consulting for women. Career Solvers clients can now take advantage of the expertise of image consultants Ann Lindsay and Dianne Boras and purchase  image consulting services and packages that include personal color and style consultations, closet clearing and wardrobe analysis and personal shopping services. You can learn more about these new services here.In case you are wondering, I have gone through this process myself. A few weeks ago Dianne examined the contents of my closet. She helped me let go of a skirt that Ive dubbed my Y2K skirt because it was that old and that unflattering and she convinced me to give up an impulse buy dress that never really worked and still had the price tag on it. She also helped me gain a better understanding of the best colors and styles for my shape. She removed the emotion from my closet so I could move on and remain relevant to the people seeking my professional services.I hope you will check out this new service. After all, shouldnt you look as good as your new resume?

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