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Start the New Year by setting meaningful career goals
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I am excited about my upcoming speaking event for Slalom Consulting women’s group on January 16th in Buckhead. I will be speaking about “Setting Meaningful Goals: Live and Work with Passion and Purpose”. The start of a new year is the perfect time to set meaningful goals. The key to achieving your goals is to make sure that they are based on your values. To set goals that you are more motivated to complete, attach them to what’s most meaningful to you.
Values are your guidepost to fulfillment. That is why it is one of the first things I have my career coaching clients identify to help them with their career path. Attaching goals to values ensures that you are more likely to achieve them, and once you have you will be that much more fulfilled.
Your values can help you identify your most meaningful talents or passions too, which can also help you achieve your career goals. What are you really good at? What do you really enjoy doing? Focus on what values are really important to you and use these as clues to get your answers. For example, maybe one of your values is to use your time responsibly. That could be a clue that you are good at scheduling your time and are good at being organized. This is a great talent to identify for your career journey. Another example is maybe you value the environment. This could tie into a passion such as conservation or going green. Identifying your values can really help set the course for your career path.
If you’d like more help with achieving career goals, contact us today for a complimentary consultation.
Hallie Crawford
Ideal Career Coach
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Happy New Year!
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Three tips for your holiday office party
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Check out this article about holiday party bloopers, HO HO ‘UH-OH’. It’s a fun article to read, but take it as advice and don’t let this be you!
Here are three tips for any office parties:
- Watch how much you drink
- Don’t over-share personal information
- Remember that you’re always “on”, it’s a party but still a work function.
I hope you are having a wonderful holiday season. Just don’t forget if you’re attending something work related, keep it professional!
Hallie Crawford
Career Performance Coach
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Happy Holidays
Posted by: | CommentsHappy Holidays!
With the recent news about spreading kindness through everyday small acts, we invite you to watch our holiday video, and take a
moment to reflect on spreading love, kindness and possibility in the new year.
Wishing you the best for the holidays and in the new year.
Don’t let bad credit get in the way of your job search
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I was recently honored to be featured in this US News article, How to Convince a Prospective Employer to Overlook Poor Credit. There are many obstacles people have to overcome when applying for job search and bad credit is a common concern among job seekers. A potential employer cannot check it without your consent, but this could be seen as a red flag and decrease your chances of getting hired. You’re better off consenting to it and being honest with them. Be upfront with them and mention any possible issues and explain the situation.
Credit is a slippery slope. The reason why people have bad credit varies greatly, so part of the answer lies in why you have it. If it was because you lost your job due to downsizing and you had to live on credit for a bit while in career transition, that’s one thing. Bad money management, that’s another.
Here are some additional questions regarding bad credit:
- Does my income and net worth affect my credit score? No, it doesn’t.
- What accounts for my credit score? Most of it is your record of paying installment and revolving credit that’s on time. Also included are collection actions, civil judgments and tax liens against you or bankruptcies.
- What’s one of best ways to improve my score? Pay down your credit card debt, starting with the account that has the highest interest rate. Also, try to use no more than 10% of the credit limit on any account.
- Do early payments on credit card charges improve my score? No, there isn’t anything on your credit report that talks about when a bill was paid.
Hallie Crawford
Atlanta Career Coach
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Holiday Resume Sale
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Hallie Crawford
Ideal Career Coach
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Should you get fired for promoting political views?
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With the election wrapping up, it’s hard not to talk about politics, I know. I haven’t heard of anyone who has been fired for talking about politics in the workplace, and I would be appalled if I did. With that being said, don’t give them a reason to fire you. Political views expressed in the workplace should simply be expressed with caution. It depends on the workplace, your relationship with the people you’re speaking to, and how extreme your view is.
1) Remember politics can affect your image at work. Anything you’re talking about in the workplace is being evaluated in some way, shape or form. You’re always being evaluated – whether they will hire you, fire you, do more business with you based on anything you say, politics included. So be mindful of this.
2) Keep it light. Talking about it can be fun, especially during an election year. Talk about it to the point that it continues to be fun. If you do that, you’re still well within your safety zone. When it becomes more of a debate, that’s when you expose yourself. So talk about it in a lighthearted manner – Did you see the Saturday Night Live debate re-runs? That’s fun. When you start endorsing, campaigning and debating with people, then you’ve crossed the line.
The bottom line is, is it really THAT important to express your political views at work? Especially if they don’t have to do with your job or the task at hand? If they do, that’s one thing, but if they don’t then what’s the point? Now of course you want to be yourself at work, and don’t want to feel like you’re editing everything you say. That’s not what I’m suggesting. I simply recommend that you use good judgment when talking politics, or considering whether to do so at all. There is plenty else to talk about. Be smart about this.
Check out my recent YouTube Video on this subject, Talking politics at the workplace – Do? Or don’t?.
Hallie Crawford
Job Search Coach
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