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INTERVIEW: Two professionals discuss trends and common interviewing mistakes

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What are the current trends in job interviewing and the most common mistakes recruiters and hiring managers are seeing?

Another Peak-Careers Interview

Interviewing is one of the final steps in the career process. Learn more about trends and mistakes from my guests Brenda Steeves, Patient Financial Services manager at Maine Medical Center’s Consolidated Billing Office (CBO) and Joe Smith, Senior Recruiter at a large global software company.

– What do you see as interviewing trends?
– What are the biggest mistakes you see happening in interviews?
– What advice do you have for people preparing for an interview?

Look for my blogs on this same topic at Peak-Careers

Brenda Steeves believes in developing others in harmony with their true and innate strengths. She is a Patient Financial Services manager at Maine Medical Center’s Consolidated Billing Office (CBO) where she actively hires all of the associates while managing two teams.
Brenda has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration through Husson University and has 19 years of progressive leadership experience. She uses her role as an opportunity to confidently coach, motivate, and encourage.

Joseph Smith “Joe”, is currently a Senior Recruiter at a large global software company where he has college recruiting responsibilities for engineering, computer science, and business job opening. Joe served in the same capacity at MathWorks and ThermoFisher.

Prior to becoming a recruiter, Joe was employed at Northeastern University as an Associate Career Counselor in the Department of Career Services. Here Joe was primarily responsible for the senior transition into the workforce and career fairs. Joe began his career counseling and recruiting career at Salve Regina University where he was responsible for employer development and relations.

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Jim Peacock is the Principal at Peak-Careers Consulting and writes a monthly newsletter for career practitioners. Peak-Careers offers discussion-based online seminars for career practitioners focused on meeting continuing education needs for CCSP, GCDF and BCC certified professionals as well as workshops for career practitioners and individual career coaching.

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INTERVIEW: Stress in the workplace and what you can do about it.

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Stress in the Workplace is Everywhere

For many of us, stress is found in the workplace. But it doesn’t stop there. We often bring it home with us.Stress in the Workplace

  • What does stress in the workplace look like?
  • How can we handle it better?
  • Do you find yourself anxious at work due to an overwhelming amount of information coming in?
  • Do you struggle with the how to get things done and a feeling that ‘someone has turned up the treadmill’?
  • Would you like to know what you can do to reduce that stress?

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“Turn over a lot of rocks” to find your next job. In other words, persistence.

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Turn over a lot of rocks

This is a follow up to a LinkedIn article I wrote recently that spoke to the fact that you need to “turn over a lot of rocks” to find that next job. In other words, be persistent. I gave 7 tips on how to do that in the article. If you are on LinkedIn, check it out here.

Today I want to talk about what that means a little bit more and I have 3 suggestions for making that happen. Mostly through my philosophy of embracing ‘intentional serendipity’.

So watch this short video and learn how you can
‘turn over a lot of rocks’ to find your next job.

 

Jim Peacock is the Principal at Peak-Careers Consulting and writes a weekly email for career practitioners. Peak-Careers offers discussion-based online seminars for career practitioners focused on meeting continuing education needs for CCSP, GCDF and BCC certified professionals as well as workshops for career practitioners and individual career coaching.

He is the author of A Field Guide for Career Practitioners: Helping Your Clients Create Their Next Move and The Adventure of Finding Me in New Zealand. He is also the recipient of the 2020 Kenneth C. Hoyt Award from the National Career Development Association and the Mid-Atlantic Career Counseling Association’s Professional Contribution’s Award in 2020.

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INTERVIEW: Choosing A Career Pathway for High School Students

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Choosing a career pathway for high school students can be difficult, especially with this nation-wide ‘mantra’ that all students need to go to college.

Our economy and individuals self-worth would both improve by helping students in choosing a career pathway while respecting all occupations. There has been too much pressure for everyone to go to college. Our economy needs all types of occupations and there are many ways to find training for future work besides a four-year college.

This interview is a follow-up to a recent blog on Respecting All Career Pathways.

We discuss:

1] the needs of high school students for choosing a career
2] how to honor ALL career pathways
3] and what high school staff can do to help students

My guests are: Scott Harris, Karen McGrady, and Richard Hoffman

KAREN McGRADY has spent more than half her career working with high school and college students as a teacher, academic advisor and career services provider. McGrady grew up in rural central Maine and is well acquainted with the benefits and challenges the area offers to young people. She works for JMG as a College Success Specialist, based at Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor.

SCOTT HARRIS is a high school counselor at U-32 High School in central Vermont. He holds degrees in Education from UMaine and Goddard College, and in Restorative Practices from IIRP. He has experience working with all levels of students and has taught social studies, science, and behavioral support. Scott approaches school counseling from a holistic, developmental, and student-centered perspective. His work with students revolves around social/emotional growth, career exploration, community building, and action-based research.

RICHARD HOFFMAN is the Cooperative Education Coordinator for the Hartford Area Career and Technology Center. He spent 19 years teaching Marketing Education in Colorado, 12 years in postsecondary technical education administration in Kansas, and three years as the Director of the North Country Career Center in Newport, Vermont. He earned both his Bachelors in Marketing Education and his Masters in Vocational Education from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.

INTERVIEW: Choosing a Career Pathway for High School Students

Jim Peacock is the Principal at Peak-Careers Consulting and writes a monthly newsletter for career practitioners. Peak-Careers offers discussion-based online seminars for career practitioners focused on meeting continuing education needs for CCSP, GCDF and BCC certified professionals as well as workshops for career practitioners and individual career coaching.

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INTERVIEW: Do you work with people who get 
“stuck” in career transitions?

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Do you struggle with how to help people who get “stuck” in career transitions?

Do you work with clients who seemed to be blocked in their career development?

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Dr. Nancy Schlossberg and I at NCDA Conference 2017

Listen to this interview with Dr. Nancy Schlossberg who developed the career transitions theory and has written a number of books on this topic. Two of her most recent ones that I have read are: Retire Smart: Retire Happy and her newest one titled Too Young to be Old. (Read my review here)

In this interview, I asked Nancy what motivated her to develop this theory as well as a few other questions. It was a delightful interview of about 20 minutes with an even more delightful 40 minutes before and after that I enjoyed.

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INTERVIEW: Career Journaling

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Career Journaling

As a career coach / counselor have you ever asked clients to journal? Check out this 12 minute Peak-Careers Consulting interview with Patty Corrigan, Scott Woodard, and Hope Lanza to learn how they use journaling with their career clients / students.

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SCOTT WOODARD is an executive and career coach working with leaders who want to raise the bar in their careers. Scott customizes a framework of Purpose, Clarity, Focus and Strategy to help leaders identify and articulate their unique value — their Leadership Narrative. He assists clients to develop clear, concise, crisp (not canned) stories that convey their value; how they achieve that value; and examples of those achievements. He collaborates with clients to develop strategies that get them where they want to be.

HOPE LANZA is a career advisor for the Job Connection Team at Goodwill Industries New England and has about 10 years experience working with participants with diverse backgrounds.

PATRICIA CORRIGAN is a high energy career enthusiast who thrives on discovering what makes people tick. She loves coaching clients at all stages of their careers but am partial to college students in the process of career discernment. She has worked at colleges and universities in the Boston area for over 25 years and currently serves as the co-op coordinator for the graduate programs in applied math and operations research at Northeastern University.

Jim Peacock is the Principal at Peak-Careers Consulting and writes a weekly email for career practitioners. Peak-Careers offers discussion-based online seminars for career practitioners focused on meeting continuing education needs for CCSP, GCDF and BCC certified professionals as well as workshops for career practitioners and individual career coaching.

He is the author of A Field Guide for Career Practitioners: Helping Your Clients Create Their Next Move and the recipient of the 2020 Kenneth C. Hoyt Award from the National Career Development Association.

Sign up here to receive my  TOP 10 TIPS WHEN WORKING WITH AN UNDECIDED PERSON.  You will also receive the career practitioner’s weekly email on a variety of career topics, industry news, interesting events, and more. 

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