So I have become a bit obsessed lately about LinkedIn banners – and the amazing opportunity these present to showcase something about you, that words alone cannot.
I think you could almost sell yourself on your LinkedIn profile, with just a great banner and headline.
Of course words do matter, BUT your banner, your photo and your headline may be enough for anyone to see before they decide to accept your invitation to connect.
Because I am kind I filmed a video about banners, to help you create a great one, in 10 minutes or less.
I have had many conversations this past two weeks after I sent out an email inviting people to join me on a call to review their job search.
What really came through was just how stuck so many people are. And just how hard they’re finding it to make their next move.
If this is you, here’s what I reckon is really going on.
If you’re unhappy in your job for any reason – say you’re not fulfilling your potential – say you’re being overlooked – say you’re being micromanaged – even bullied, perhaps you don’t feel like you fit the mould, perhaps you can’t see anything within the organisation that you can do, the job’s not meeting some lifestyle needs, or you’re over stressed and over worked – then you’re actually in a position of job pain.
You may not describe it as job pain, but I do.
I reckon after listening to so many stories like this, over the years in my work in careers, I’ve earned the right to call it out and put a label on it.
We’re sold on these ideas that this stuff will make us happy.
Or perhaps achieving them does for a short span of time, and then we want more of the same as we link the little boost we get to our baseline of happiness.
Then we think we need more to get a bigger boost.
So what does make us happy at work?
How much of this can we control?
The answers might surprise you.
Watch this wonderful video interview that we recorded in the dark days of the pandemic with Dr Ramya Ranganathan, leadership and career coach.
Dr Ramya’s spent a lot of time digging into this topic in her own work and had lots of useful (and FREE) strategies that we can practice daily to increase our happiness at work.
With the mental health fall out from the pandemic there’s been a huge demand for counsellors to help us understand what happened and how its personally impacted us.
I know for myself it’s made me question the way I work, the relationships I have, what I want to do with my life etc and I have found myself at times in that state called languishing.
By this I mean, not full blown depression, but a bit of the “can’t be bothereds.”
I’ve been able to pull myself out of this with a morning sea dip and meditation.
But for other people, it’s been much worse – and it’s easy to see how anxiety is playing out among the population.
That’s why I am delighted to have done this interview with Roohi Ahmad.
Roohi is an experienced counselor and passionate about what she does and sharing her experience with others.
She’s got some great advice on what the job is really like, how to break in if you don’t have much experience, and how networking can help you make your next move.
So let’s give it up with a BIG round of applause and welcome Roohi to the Career Care Package YouTube channel!!
Type “tell me about yourself” into YouTube and you’ll see 100’s of videos on how to answer this question.
What’s worse is each coach will tell you their way is the best way.
Because I am kind, and always helpful, I thought I’d do something different.
Instead of me telling you what to do, I personally tried a couple of ways of answering “tell me about yourself” so you don’t have to. [click to continue…]
