How to Own Your Uniquity

How to Own Your Uniquity When I ask clients/friends/people on the street who let me talk to them what makes them amazeballs, I usually get a lot of hems/haws/feet shuffling. I also usually get, Well, nothing special or anything.I mean, its not like I can do anything that anyone else cant do. This is where steam comes out of my ears and my head explodes and my voice gets even louder than usual (the fact that I cant get my voice lower than a 7 is part of my uniquity). I start talking about  The Creative Habit and how, when Twyla  was listing her Five Big Fears, she had this to say under “Someone has done it before”: I mean, think about the fact that pretty much everything we do falls under a certain genre: tap dancing is called Tap Dancing because it’s a certain type of dancing that’s established because so many people have done it before. Now, it’s not to say that you couldn’t create a new type of dancing Sherfurffle Dancing, maybe? but honestly, let’s take the pressure off here, people. We need to look at our uniquities as what they are: our strengths, our attributes, our specialties. It’s not about Creating Something Totally New That Nobody Has Seen Before Or Can Identify. It’s instead about uncovering what we love to do and what makes us us, owning it, and offering it to others. And while there are 21,000 members of the  International Coach Federation (which regulates life coaching certifications)   there’s only 1 When I Grow Up Coach who writes rhyming career change workbooks, plays music in her workshops, and uses a pink ukulele to write theme songs for her offerings (yes , she also writes about herself in the 3rd person). So, when someone immediately disowns what makes em amazeballs, I have to break it down. What do they get complimented on? What do others come to them for help with? What do they find themselves doing when time goes by super fast? I then usually hear: But everyone can bake a great chocolate chip cookie from scratch!” “So-and-so already has a career as an interior designer who caters to college student, so theres not room for me to do that, too!” Sure, I can put together a killer outfit thats runway-worthy, but its not like anyones gonna pay me for that! The things the Anti-Uniquity Vampire (our Vampire Voices are the ones we have in or out! of our heads that suck the good stuff right out of us)    says leads you to deflate yourself,  not letting you give yourself any credit whatsoever for what you do well and what makes you you. I gotta tell ya, I can’t bake a great chocolate chip cookie from scratch or otherwise, theres definitely more room in the dorm room decor field for 2 (or 20!) designers,  and I did pay someone to help me put together killer outfits and it was one of the best investments Ive ever made. So the next time you get asked what makes you amazeballs, you can dust off your cookie pan, your bunk bed design boards, and your Vogue-worthy ensembles, knowing that your uniquity is, simply and easily, what makes you truly you. - Less than 10 spots left!

Top Writing a Resume without a Degree Choices

Top Writing a Resume without a Degree Choices After you locate a vacancy you'll be able to add that vacancy to your favorites so you may review it later. The primary purpose of a career builder is to increase job performance. The very first important thing for each and every job is a Resume! By the moment you interview, you will be well-prepared to land your ideal job. In exceptional scenarios, an exhaustive examination is administered rather than a thesis. In any case, enrolling in a university isn't the only method to get a terrific education today. Mostly, the section exists as evidence which you have a level of some type. Finally, in regards to your education section, in the event the coursework you've completed pertains to the job which you seek, list it individually. Instead tell, what you've already accomplished. A business degree is a substantial investment. List courses you have taken that are related to your preferred job. Marketing Business majors who concent rate studies within marketing specializations gain a wide grasp of the responsibilities required to organize and promote many firms and companies. The Rise of Writing a Resume Without a Degree When seeking to have employment, you always have to incorporate a cover letter. As it's been said before, a resume cover letter needs to be brief. It's possible you may write an excellent cover letter getting in the next. A wonderful cover letter is crucial to your task search. What You Should Do About Writing a Resume Without a Degree Beginning in the Next 9 Minutes You are going to have far better probability of convincing an employer that you're a strong candidate if you create a personal connection with a hiring manager. For each position that you're applying for, there's an average of 500 applicants so that you must make it rather simple for the reader to distinguish between you and every other qualified candidate. When you're an executive, or whenever you're aspiring to be an exe cutive, you want to compose a resume that makes you stand out. It has to likewise be able to cite the reasons of your skills for the job which you chance to be aiming for. The Death of Writing a Resume Without a Degree Once you are finished with the initial writing, change gears for a little while and sit down to review your resume once more. Reviewing job postings on Indeed is a great approach to begin. If you're writing cover characters to apply for jobs, it is in fact an incredibly excellent notion to examine types of cover characters that are related to the job which you're going to be attempting to get. The following resume template was created employing the college resume template that you could use as well at no cost and create the ideal one-page resume template which will dazzle recruiters and will boost your likelihood of getting examples dream job! The trick to obtaining the job which you desire is taking advantage of what you need to offer you. To acquire a sense of what works, strengthen your own resume by viewing sample resumes. Individualize each resume to fit the particular job, together with the provider. Since resume fraud is on the upswing, employers are taking considerably more care in verifying information, and it's becoming more and more tough to mislead them.

Resume Real Estate Why You Need Curb Appeal - Work It Daily

Resume Real Estate Why You Need Curb Appeal - Work It Daily Never so much did the term, Resume Real Estate resonate until I was tasked to sell my home. “I want to sell my home ‘as-is,’” I firmly asserted to my real estate agent. It’s a beautiful home in a great neighborhood and is an ideal opportunity for the right buyer. Standing head and shoulders among its peer group, I felt, this home offered a unique opportunity that would be obvious to the right buyer, and they would know to make an offer â€" and quickly! Not only was the home of high quality, positioned in an established neighborhood with a track record of success (e.g., the neighborhood quiet, the homeowners’ association upkeep consistent, the reputation for the city’s upscale attitude broad-ranging, the schools high-caliber â€" the list goes on), but it also was uniquely located off of a key corridor in the community â€" easy to get everywhere else from here. Its value speaks for itself! So… why the continual stream of visitors but no offers? Hooking The Buyer With First Impressions Over the next several weeks and months, I gained clarity - through a series of buyer feedback messages and conversations with my professional real estate agent, here’s what I discovered: Other homeowners were going an extra few miles to market themselves and “hook” the buyer, and it was making a big difference! The extra miles they pursued were based directly on the target market’s needs. Moreover, the marketing strategies included appealing to buyers’ emotions â€" a key component to their ultimate decision to buy. These competitors were not discounting the value of creating a “wow” first impression, beyond the inherent value that the visitors were able to seek out after initially being hooked in. These competitors of mine were investing in their marketing â€" from buying new carpet to painting the entire interior to installing new appliances and more. And first impressions were counting! The seller wasn’t expecting the buyer to “envision” or “imagine” the potential of the home â€" they were underscoring the home’s magnificence by placing an up-front investment with the confidence and hope that the investment would pay off â€" that an ROI was in store. When that would happen was not known or even guaranteed to happen. These home sellers were taking a calculated risk. Targeting Buyers’ Real Needs Further, the competing home sellers’ marketing approach was based on the target buyers’ real (rather than perceived) needs. I discovered I hadn’t been honing in on my target market’s real needs. One of my mantras regarding the value of my home was: “I just invested in a new air conditioning and heating system, so of course the buyer will immediately and intellectually interpret the value of these items just as much as if I had painted the walls or added carpet.” However, my target market (single individual/couple/parent and child) seemed to be more transient in nature, and fulfilling long-term needs such as the need for a reliable, long lasting AC/heating system was lower priority. In short, if the buyers’ areas of pain include a need to buy a freshly carpeted/painted home so that they may immediately settle into a comfortable routine (without the burden of installing carpet and painting walls) then that is what I must address. Without this focus, I was being weeded out of the buyers’ processes before I had a chance to really engage them beyond first impressions with the subtle qualities and nuances of my special home. Parallels Between Home Sellers And Job Searchers This experience struck a cord with me in how my attitude has paralleled that of some my (less-informed) resume prospects! They are ready for a job search, and they want to initiate it NOW â€" “as-is” with little preparation or respect for the processes or preparation for creating their “curb appeal,” as it were, in order to really wow “their” buyers â€" the employers. Those job seekers who haven’t been educated about the importance of communicating value drivers and focus just want a “simple” resume that outlines, without any flash or exaggeration “who I am and what I do / have achieved.” No pomp and circumstance and no real up-front investment of time or money should be necessary â€" “the employer will be able to read between the lines the value I offer them if I simply outline where I worked, my titles, and a bulleted listing of responsibilities and accomplishments. They should be ‘hooked into’ me, although my presentation is plain vanilla and uninspiring.” Their resume marketing, therefore, lacks emotional appeal â€" how will they, as the employee, influence the employer that they are immediately qualified to solve specific PAIN? To do this, they must identify a target market and then go out on a limb, market to a specific audience and address particular needs (not just overpower the employer with ideas of what is assumed they most wish to hear). For example, a sales professional may wish to transition their focus to opportunities that are more product development focused than sales focused. However, they may miss the boat by quickly writing a resume that speaks heavily to sales goals, sales teams, territory growth and more because that seems to be the easiest and most natural way to outline their reverse chronological history of experience. As a result, the experiences listing may deemphasize product development/launch or present it in a low-level way, burying the candidates’ value to the target company, and making it too much work for the hiring authority to understand that indeed, the candidate is a perfect match. The hiring authority, therefore, will most likely move on to a candidate that showcases the product development information in a “wow first impression” way, attending to the company’s specific needs. In summary, the components of marketing oneself to sell special value in a job search and marketing one’s home to sell in the real estate market are strikingly similar. Although negotiating the final sale/job is about much more than initial curb appeal and marketing enticement, without that initial hook and “wow first impression” to entice the buyer, home sellers and job seekers most likely will stall the attainment of their ultimate goal. 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