Career Elevation

You know, I thought that I would like to explore YouTube videos instead of podcasts. AND so far, I'm loving it!! 

Welcome to a new week, welcome to Monday! Guess who got new podcast recording stuff??? I think we can all assume that it was me, yay!! 

I feel as though we’re all trying to find answers, trying to see what the future with COVID will be. This is affecting everyone blah, blah, blah. It’s all the same shit, so I’ll spare you the rest of the beginning COVID talk. Let’s think here about how this will change interviews.

1- Video conferencing will be the new normal.

2- What to do about video conferencing when you're nervous.

3- One benefit is that we'll be at home!

4- What questions we can now ask and what they may ask us.

Hey, do you remember last week’s where I mentioned the new course I was coming out with? WELLLLL, it’s out and it’s called Resignation Letter Mini-Course. There are three templates to pick from for whatever relationship you and your office have! Template #1- A Great Office Template #2- You deserve better Template #3- It's time to run away. I’ve also got step-by-step guidance on how to submit your resignation letter. If you're like me and you need to know exactly what you can say - it's in there too! Verbiage to better describe your time working there and feelings about your team and the practice. This course is for those of you that want to keep your integrity up, no matter what office you’re leaving. Well my friends, thank you for coming and remember to

Keep on elevating your career, and I’ll see you next Monday!

Happy Monday!  So you've got a job and you're thinking of updating your resume, publicly like on Indeed or Linkedin. I've gone over the good and the bad for you when you do this AND what to do when you "get caught" as well.  So sit back and take a listen in on what to do here.

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Hello, what a beautiful day it is here in Michigan today. I am so glad that I was able to soak up some sun rays (say that 10 times fast). Today we chat about how we can do something good for our office, our staff, or our doctors right now. I’m helping to host a webinar event on Wednesday at 4:30 with a friend of mine Austin Brown, he works with CG financial and he has invited a co-worker and two people that he works with a Foster Swift, so we’re going to get expert advice on what to do about the CARES ACT/ PPP and retirement advice. They’re basically going to be our google translate, plus I told them that it’s a requirement that they’re not boring!

Did that first bit throw you off a little? What can we do that’s good for our office, our staff or our doctors. I know, you must be thinking I’m going a little crazy, because you’re here for help to get out of where you work, but hear me out. When you’re applying to new positions and the hiring manager calls your previous/ current office you want to leave a good taste in their mouth. You want to leave on good terms, so now is the time to shine. I’m suggesting that IF you’re allowed, to go into work and do some gardening, plant some flowers, pull some weeds, pick up some trash around our office buildings. But this is what’s going to allow you to leave on good terms. If you’re able to, this is going to depend on the state that you live in, if you can or can not do this. Make sure that if you are able to go that you’re social distancing though.

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Hello and welcome back,

“Do you have time in your schedule this week for an interview?”

Those are the golden words, we all want to hear when speaking to a potential employer. You’re now one step closer to landing that job!
But if you’re not polished over the phone with that first phone call, you may not be hearing those words. Today’s podcast drop is here to enlighten you with tips that can help you land that job interview.

I’ll summarize the 5 tips that I presented for you today Write their name and company down, go to a quiet space, have your resume in front of you, Sit up with your shoulders back, put a smile on your face and make sure you take notes and use your questionnaire. But make sure to listen in to get the real gist of why these tips are so good!

And if you didn’t hear, I’ve got my course at 90% off right now. I didn’t think I’d ever have it this low, but I wanted to do my part in helping out my fellow dental and medical staff friends in this crappy time. The offer is good until Michigan says we go back to work.
Also, I know that some of you are busy with teaching your kids or if you are able to work, so I’m also offering 50% off for a custom resume. Again, the link will also be in the show notes.

If you could be a peach, would you be willing to share this podcast with just one friend, I would deeply appreciate that. And I want to thank you for being a part of this world, someone here needs you and I’m glad you’re here.

If you're looking for a way up or out of your current job. I've been there and I'm here to lend you a helping hand to get out. When you click the link below, it will lead you to your all-inclusive digital course-Career Upgrades. This online course will allow you to invest in your present and future career. It will help you by enhancing your resume and cover letter as well as heighten and expand your interview skills. Career Upgrades is here for you from the start all the way through to the follow-up and acceptance to your dream job.

Until next week.

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Hello and good day,

Today I'll be talking about how to use someone's negativity to fuel your fire and tips to avoid the negativity!! Have you ever been in this situation? Where someone has told you that you can't do something or that you shouldn’t? But you know that this is something that you WANT to do and that you can do.

Imagine how one match or one flick of a lighter can start a forest fire. What fire will you be starting today?

What are these negative Nancy’s intending for you? To hurt your feelings? Or to protect theirs? That is the real point here. Do you really think that it’s their goal to hurt you? I think that most people are on this earth to do good. Sometimes we get sidetracked in life with how good WE want to feel. Sometimes we project our greatest fears which sometimes gets clouded with the fact that someone else is doing or may do it better than what you can do. How can we stay focused amongst all of this?

When I was told that I shouldn’t step into the office manager role when my office manager was leaving, I was so hurt.

Other people’s energy or vibrations can and sometimes do have an impact on you, right? Here are some tips to help keep you up when people directly around you, well, kind of suck!
Tip #1 I like to have positive thoughts around me.

Tip #2- Take ownership of your thoughts. I recently read the book “A Mind At Home With Its Self” By Byron Katie (this book is free to listen to on Hoopla, all you need is a library card)

Tip #3 Thank them. Be thankful for the haters, the people who say you cannot do something that you know you can.

Tip #4- Become resilient, the definition of resilient is “the ability of a substance or object to spring back into shape; elasticity.”

I want to offer to you all my digital course Career Upgrades to you at 90% off. I believe that this is what I can do for each and every one of you. I’m doing this because I know this is going to be a time that really hurts for a lot of you and I hope this can help you financially at least. If you're looking for a way up or out of your current job. I've been there and I'm here to lend you a helping hand to get out. When you click the link below, it will lead you to your all-inclusive digital course-Career Upgrades. This online course will allow you to invest in your present and future career. It will help you by enhancing your resume and cover letter as well as heighten and expand your interview skills. Career Upgrades is here for you from the start all the way through to the follow-up and acceptance to your dream job.

Links to share- Episode #22 I tell you all about my story when my past office manager told me I shouldn't be OM... https://anchor.fm/wendy-aldhamen/episodes/Do-You-Interview-The-Interviewer--You-Should-ebi5p0

90% off Career Upgrades Course- https://careerelevation.mykajabi.com/offers/rMrF3sQj?coupon_code=COVID

Bonus Episode:

Welcome Back,

How prepared are you during an interview? What kind of questions do you bring to the table? Typically people have “up their sleeve” an easy question that could get answered during the interview. If your question that you always ask in an interview is "how is the office culture here?" But the manager starts off by saying “here we’re a really close-knit family, we all really enjoy the presence of each other. The doctor treats us to a half-day each month, we have our staff meeting then we get to fill each other in about what's going on in our lives. We like the front and back office to be a great cohesive team. We’ve asked each of our staff members what they didn’t like about their previous offices and found that this half-day is a great start to the longevity of our staff members.”

So your question gets answered and now you’re thinking in your hear “Oh shit, that was my question to ask, not what am I suppose to ask.” Now you haven’t listened to anything the interviewer said in the last 20 seconds and you. Not really a great thing the happen, right? Well, I’m proposing to you, that you print off the fun sheet I have for you. Fill in the blanks, it will show that you’ve done your homework and that you really do want this job. It's not just any job that you will take!

Here are some of the questions that you should be asking in an interview.

What is your favorite part about coming to work here? / What makes you passionate about working here?

What percentage of the time will I be working on my own or with a team?

What traits are you looking for in an employee?

How often will I get a review? / Will I get feedback often, to know if I need to improve anything?

Is this a new position?

How long does your staff usually stay?

Is there anything that we haven’t talked about or that you haven’t asked me that we should talk about?

The fun sheet is detailed and it will show that you really do care and that you want to keep everything written and in your head and on paper. You know, sometimes the interviewing process takes a while, it could be weeks or months possibly. You may forget what they tell you, you won’t want to look like you don’t care, plus if you’re interviewing at multiple places, you for sure want to keep your facts straight! This fun sheet will help you to keep everything organized.

Tell me about yourself is one of the most asked questions in interviews. In this podcast today you’ll learn how to curate your answer to get you the best results.

Here are three questions to ask yourself to create your curated answer or elevator pitch. This question is really asking yourself three questions.

1-Where are you within your career

2- How did you get there and where will you end up.

3- Why are you passionate about this position.

 Here is an example answer: [Listen in to hear the example]

Don’t go on about your personal life too much, but be personable. <<

Think about this as your 30-second pitch.

We talked about this last podcast- but it’s worth repeating several times so you don’t miss it. Do your research before going to an interview. Refresh yourself by looking at the job posting again. Look at the website, Facebook, Linkedin of the business and use keywords that are applicable to what your job would require from you. If there is information on what the company needs help with, try to tie this into your elevator pitch.

Do you feel like you’ve searched every single platform and applied for every job but you haven’t heard anything back. Or you haven’t heard back from the job that you do want? Why yes, I’d be very happy to help you with this situation you’ve got on your hands.

Remember that you’ve got about 5 or 6 seconds to wow the person who is looking at your resume, would you hire you?

Never settle for a job, you’re always going to regret it. Please never think in your head, I’ll take anything, I just need something. Don’t let life get to that point. Be prepared and be ready to use your transferable skills.

Today we talked about upgrading your resume and sending it out to those jobs that you’ve already sent it out to. We talked about adding keywords to your resume and where to find them from. We went over giving a hard yes answer when asking would you be a good fit for this position. And if all else fails, then pretend like you are your favorite actor and ooze confidence.

I just went through a round of hiring, listen in on some of the experiences that I've had, and how you can avoid making some of the same mistakes. Let's get you one step closer to getting hired, this week!

Over the last 10 days I received about 200 hundred applications, I called 51 people, 17 of those answered. I scheduled 15 interviews, I had 7 (No Call No Shows) NCNS,2 people said that it was too far and one person called me to tell me that she got a job. So if you get called and show up to an interview, based on these statistics, you’ve got a pretty good chance of getting a job. From 200 resumes down to 8 interviews, those odds are pretty great!

What I was looking for in a resume to select those people was constancy with a job. However I didn’t factor in large gaps in employment, I assume that the person was either very ill, taking care of someone ill or on maternity leave. So those who are stay at home mom or dads were defiantly not excluded. I actually saw two people’s resumes that said they’re mothers looking to get back into the workforce. One person actually listed it as a job and described what she did, I thought that was very cute! Her list should have been much longer than it was though.

Welcome back, 

I wanted to give you a little more in-depth information on how this digital course came about, how it can help you, and what information you'll get from it. You'll also hear a quite rambunctious cat in the background! Mr. Simpson is my brother-in-law's cat that I'm watching while he's on vacation. I promise I don't get too distracted while the cat runs around the house! haha

Welcome Back to the podcast!

Today’s podcast is about shopping on Amazon! This episode will help you out in two ways, one with purchasing clothing for your interview and the second, helping you with purchasing holiday gifts! I buy most of my clothes on Amazon, probably 80%+. I hear people all the time tell me that every time they purchase clothing from Amazon they have to return them, so I’m confident that with these tips, it will be able to help you out!

I’ve got three things that I always look at when ordering. Plus two bonus tips for purchasing gifts/ items (other than clothing). You've gotta listen in to hear these! Or you can wander on over to the blog (link below) to read more about the tips!

The biggest take away here is that Amazon isn’t always selling you an item, it could be from a plethora of resellers. Although if you shop Amazon Wardrobe, I do believe that this is only Amazon. They do buy items straight from China, but they also have contracts with large name brands that are real and authentic as well.

As much as I love talking about shopping and savings, I’d like to tell you about my digital course and the savings here. The Career Upgrades course is full of juicy information that will help you upgrade your resume and cover letter. It will help increase your interview skills and it even gives you clothing options with Amazon links to the clothing. This course is for those of you who are switching careers or transitioning into a new job, whatever that may mean for you.

I am offering 10% off to you if you refer a friend, either email or DM me their name and I’ll make sure that you receive 10% off or get a gift card back to you. You can infinitely stack these 10% or gift cards! This is one of the best deals you can find!

If you’re interested in getting your career change question answered, please email or PM me on Facebook. I’d love to sponsor your question here! I can keep your name 100% confidential or I can address you on here! Have a bomb.com day and I’ll meet you back here next Monday!

https://careerelevation.mykajabi.com/blog/InterviewClothing

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Are you worried about making that career transition because you don’t know if you’ll fit in? You’re probably thinking back to when you had to change schools, or go from middle school to high school or high school to college and maybe you didn’t have the best experience.

Well, the good news is, we’re now grown, adults!! We can understand our emotions better, we can talk it out, and we can be more empathic. I totally get it, when transitioning into a new job, it can be rather terrifying, but take a few of these steps and implement them into your next transition, it will make the situation better.

One day, I will be known for the quote “I Love pushing people off the comfort cliff”. Seriously there is no better feeling (in my opinion) than thinking that you cannot do something, but you do it anyways and you succeed!

I was asked just the other day if I wanted to speak for our local Toastmasters Club in the speech contest. I could have done this year but I put it off because it’s something that scares me, so this year, I’m doing it!
I’m going to practice and practice and practice some more, it’s actually making my heart race a little extra right now, or maybe that’s all the coffee, either way, I will achieve this, even if I don’t go to the next round, I will feel success for attempting something that I feel is rather large.

?When was the last time that you didn’t want to do something, but you knew that you’re capable of doing it? If you cannot think of a time, then I challenge you to do so. Next time someone asks if you would partake in something and your very first response in your head is, I’m too scared, then pretty please, take that as a challenge and DO IT!

You will never know if the grass is greener on the other side if you don’t take that first step. When you’re applying, you’re walking to the fence that separates your grass from the grass on the other side. When you interview, you’re poking your head over the fence like Wilson from Tim The Toolman Taylor. Do you know what reference this is?! If you don’t I’ve attached a photo of him so you can see what I mean! Once you start that new job, I just imagine how green, soft and fluffy the grass is. Like when I dog finds that good spot on the grass, he rolls over and scooches his back all around, flailing back and forth. You know what I mean, right? That is some good grass. But you’ll never know if that grass is “Kentucky Blue Grass” Or “Crab Grass” until you venture over and through that fence.

https://careerelevation.mykajabi.com/how-to-have-a-smooth-career-transition 

Hey wait, before you go I wanted to keep you informed that the Career Elevation Course doors will only be open through to the end of January, so make sure to get your hands on this soon! This course is for If you’re planning on switching jobs or careers, this course is full of juicy information that will help you upgrade your resume and cover letter. It will help increase your interview skills and it even gives you clothing options with Amazon links to the clothing.

If you’re interested in getting your career change question answered, please email or PM me on Facebook. I’d love to sponsor your question here! I can keep your name 100% confidential or I can address you on here! Have a bomb.com day and I’ll meet you back here next Monday!

https://careerelevation.mykajabi.com/blog/makeasmoothtransition

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Hello and Happy December to you,

How do you talk about that job that you hated? I’ve been in your shoes. I’ve had that job that just sucked! I wanted to get out but I didn’t know how, where to go, or what my first step was. So here is a little storytime. I was working a dental job and the dental community is very small, and usually, word gets around if there is a quirky dentist. I remember going to a working interview and feeling the need to explain why I didn’t want to work where I was at. In this working interview, I’m sure that the dentist asked the employees to ask questions, to poke and prod and come back at the end of the day to talk about what they found out.

Well, I’ll admit that I wasn’t as graceful with my words as I should have been.

Rather than saying negative things, what I should have done is share the positivity about the office and what I learned. Sharing the negativity never helps and the hiring manager will just assume that they’ll be the next office that you talk about.

When answering the question, why did you leave your last job, or why do you want to leave your current job; always follow up with these examples in mind.

If your boss or manager is rude and you’ve done everything to try to change it and nothing seems to get better.

Your answer could be: My boss and I are on two different levels with X. However, with Y, we were on the same page. I’ve learned so much being where I am and I know more about X because of working here. I am happy that I was able to work here and learn about Z and how it associate with X. I think that by learning more about X, Y and Z with my boss, I can take all my current knowledge and apply it to Position A today and become who you need me to mold into in the future.

Having a bad manager is one of the top reasons why people leave the job they’re at. So be cautious about the wording that you chose, you’ll never know if that manager you’re sitting across the table from is self-conscious that they’re a bad manager. Being a manager is hard and it takes a lot of learning, training, and confidence.

That manager you’re interviewing with knows that we’re living in the land of opportunity. There are so many openings all over the place.

There will always be something good that comes out of the job you’re in. You’ll have learned something, met someone, gained a skill. Reach deep down inside and see what it is that was the positive and highlight these areas while trying to avoid and be cautious of the negatives.

Don’t be that negative nancy, no one wants to work with her!

I’ve kept today’s podcast short, sweet and to the point! I also want to remind you that today is the last day for the Career Upgrades Course sale! If you’re planning on switching jobs or careers, this course is full of juicy information that will help you upgrade your resume and cover letter. It will help increase your interview skills and it even gives you clothing options with Amazon links to the clothing. To get the discount, either email me at careerelevationce@gmail.com, or PM me on Facebook, contact me quick because I only have a few more coupon codes left, and one of them has your name on it!

If you’re interested in getting your career change question answered, please email or PM me on Facebook. I’d love to sponsor your question here! I can keep your name 100% confidential or I can address you on here!

Happy December and I’ll meet you back here next Monday!

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Welcome back,

Last week we talked about how you can position yourself when you don’t have any experience in the field that you want to go into. As I was going through the podcast I was thinking about you, the one who has no idea where you want to go, but this job isn’t it!

So, you’re still totally lost and you still don’t know what your dream job is? I’ve got some questions that I’d like you to really think about and work through. Check out the link below to get this free work page!

Let’s dive in, if you’re driving, or working out, or cooking, please be safe, and maybe listen then download the workbook and do these activities.

Welcome back!

This podcast comes from a post Career Elevation's Facebook page  “Do you have any questions about changing careers? I’d love to answer your question in my next podcast! “

Welcome Back! Today’s podcast we will be talking about "What You Shouldn’t Say in an Interview".

I won’t do [blank task] or I can’t

I don’t know-how

I’ll try anything or I know I’m over way qualified but… 

You guys 

What exactly would my responsibilities be? 

Just a heads up or just to let you know

I’m sorry what was the question again 

I know I shouldn’t say this but

No, I don’t have any questions

To find this episode in text form, please head over to https://careerelevation.mykajabi.com/blog/whatnottosay. I love giving my listeners the option to read or take notes if they wish.

Thank you for sharing your time with me. I’d also like to mention that you can get an early bird special if you pre-register for the “Career Upgrades Course”. The course will be released on November 15th, which is just 4 days away! Then on the 15th, the price will go up, so get it while it's low! careerelevation.mykajabi.com/careerupgrade