hey guys this is Jennifer Tardy I am your career success coach and you are
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leave it for our visitors and today's video is all about the five pieces of
best career advice I've ever heard alright I'm going to share that with you
today so hopefully it can take you far in your own career and your own job
search you're ready to get started okay number one the first thing that I heard
that knocked my socks off and it may sound simple but it's true that the best
time to get another job is when you have a job the best time to get a new job is
when you're already working because there's something to that there's
something to the security of knowing that even if I don't give this job over
here I still have a job I'm still getting the bills paid and so
I'm not so nervous and I'm not so caught up in this one position and I have a
little more time to actually be thoughtful about where I want to go next
and to be more planful so the best piece is to start looking for a job while you
already have a job okay if that's what you want to do now number two the second
tip that was a great piece of advice is eliminate distractions when you are
going through the interviewing process and when you show up for the interview
which means to bring your a-game you want to eliminate the many distractions
that we all we all can potentially bring and when I say eliminate a distraction I
mean eliminate anything or tone down anything that could take the focus away
from you and how smart you are how qualified you are and how right you are
for this position so distractions could be what you're where
how you're presenting yourself the number of UNH's and you know what I'm
saying and you get what I mean or like like like those are distractions as well
too so when you show up when you show up for your a-game eliminate as many
distractions as possible so that people can focus all of their attention on you
the next piece of advice that I heard that was so awesome
is enjoy the process of interviewing now I'm not saying enjoy the job punching
process altogether because it takes a lot of time and dedication but when
we're actually interviewing enjoy it enjoy it the way that you would enjoy
dating or getting to know a person right because at the end of the day when
you're interviewing you're getting to know people you're getting to know that
organization you're getting through the employees within an organization and I
always say that this an interviewing process it's the only time when you can
tell people how wonderful you are and they don't get annoyed because they want
to hear about it they want to hear about why you're qualified some of your
accomplishments how you overcame some things the only other time that you can
talk this much about yourself is when you're talking to a therapist
so you heard you say that before but just enjoy the process relax you're
getting to know them as much as they're getting to know you and both of you are
making the decision on whether or not this is the best job for you got it
number four negotiate your job offer I can't say that enough I remember the day
that someone actually said hey Jennifer do you negotiate your offer when you get
it or are you planning to negotiate that job offer and I was like no I'm just
fortunate that they even gave me a job and they came back to me and they said
it's don't be fortunate that they gave you a job you appreciate it
but you earned that job do you know how you know what they're gonna get in you
by hiring you for this position always negotiate so and if you don't plan to
negotiate at minimum do your own research on your worth in the market and
see how this current job offer how it relates to your current salary works in
the market see how close you are just take a look and it will never hurt and
when you negotiate all you have to do is share with them how you did your own
research but we have another video all about negotiating your job offer so I
won't waste your time there now the fifth best thing that I've ever heard is
don't wait to be qualified for a job qualify yourself this is another one of
those points where I always recommend bring your whole self to a resume but
first you know what type of job you're applying to and know what you're up
against I just had a video that was talking about looking for that stretch
position and when you look for that stretch position you're trying to go
after that stretch position it is very important that you understand what about
it is stretching you what qualifications can't you easily say I have and for
those qualifications that you can't easily say that you have go back and
think about what sort of transferrable skills what are some other things that
you've done maybe not within your formal position but within the community with
things that you may do from a freelance perspective there's so many freelancers
out there that never tell people about the qualifications that they've received
through freelancing but we need to know about those things so again don't wait
to be qualified qualify yourself and apply to stretch positions I have gotten
to the point in my own life where I had applied and received more stretch
opportunities that when when I started having conversations about my career and
my salary and how I negotiated when I started thinking about who who can I
share this with who can be my mastermind group
I found oftentimes that I'm always talking to men because I've seen that in
my own circle men were the ones who were more easily I'm finding the courage to
go after those stretched careers whereas women that I was reading this somewhere
as well whereas women tend to wait to know that they meet all the
qualifications every single one and they apply to that
position but again don't want to be qualified qualify yourself and apply to
that stretch opportunity weren't those great pieces of advice I hope that you
enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed sharing it with you and as much as I enjoy
hearing it my first time too so I've always taken it with me
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we'll keep posting these videos until you get tired of us again I'm Jennifer
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take care