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Threshold Meditation

July 6, 2020 By Kate Roberts

It’s important to mark transitions. Follow this guided meditation and notice doorways that you have stepped through, what you have lost and what you are moving toward.

Filed Under: Career Transitions, Meditations Tagged With: career change, grounding

When asked to Talk about Yourself, Stand Tall as a Tree

May 18, 2020 By Laura Paradise

When I speak to tell me about yourself, I want to be able to stand tall and strong as a tree knowing that what I say is a representation of […]

Filed Under: Interviewing, Self-esteem Tagged With: grounding, nature, talking about yourself

Networking and Informational Interviews During Covid

May 12, 2020 By Laura Paradise

In the Covid job search lexicon, networking, reaching out, and informational interviews are essentials. Yes, you can still look at job listings and follow companies that are hiring. But the same conventional […]

Filed Under: COVID-19, Interviewing, Networking, Self-esteem Tagged With: grounding, informational interview, zoom

Zoom Interviews – How is your APPEARANCE

May 1, 2020 By Laura Paradise

As an interview and job coach, I am particularly interested in our ability to CONNECT and BUILD RAPPORT and CONVEY VALUE and GENERATE INTEREST and EXCITEMENT. These four things are the cornerstones […]

Filed Under: Interviewing Tagged With: connection, enthusiasm, listening, zoom

Covid Communications: How are you listening?

April 21, 2020 By Laura Paradise

When I talk, are you listening? Are you present? Are you tuning into what I am saying and how I am saying it… body language and eye contact and tone […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Tagged With: body, communication, connection, listening

Choosing to Open, or Close

April 16, 2020 By Laura Paradise

My heart says, there are so many things wrong with sheltering in place and social distancing.  We are CLOSED IN. We are AVOIDING CONTACT. We DO NOT SEE EACH OTHER. […]

Filed Under: COVID-19 Tagged With: connection

Be the real you when you interview

March 29, 2020 By Laura Paradise

Do you want to know what hiring managers really want in a job candidate? Here’s a letter that I have composed with words you can trust.  Dear job candidate, Be […]

Filed Under: Interviewing Tagged With: advice, communication, hiring managers, self-esteem, values

What’s pragmatic and possible NOW?

March 18, 2020 By Laura Paradise

What to write and what to do when many of us are frightened, working from home, not sure if we are working or will have work… I am writing with […]

Filed Under: Career Transitions, COVID-19 Tagged With: connection

The 5 T’s of a Career Search

March 12, 2020 By Laura Paradise

There are five ingredients to every successful job search: the FIVE T’s! You have probably read lots of career search wisdom. Sadly, too much of it leaves you passive and […]

Filed Under: Apply Smart Tagged With: advice, coaching, search strategies, talking about yourself, time management

But can you receive?

January 14, 2020 By Laura Paradise

Giving is all very well and good, as is knowing your self-worth and carrying yourself with dignity. There is another extremely important part of the equation of ACTUALIZING SELF-WORTH. That’s […]

Filed Under: Meditations Tagged With: gratitude, recognition, values

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