Build career resilience with a strong network | Inclusion and appreciation: making women workers feel wanted | 3 shortcomings that keep you from hiring the best talent
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Build resilience into a career by cultivating a wide network to provide a safety net if a job doesn't work out and see all setbacks as opportunities to advance, writes business coach Caroline Castrillon. Being a lifelong learner and managing your career like a business can also help you be clear on where you want to go in your professional life. Forbes (10/13) Inclusion and appreciation: making women workers feel wanted Female business leaders weigh in on what employers can do to make women in the workforce feel valued, supported and included. Jenna Wolfe of Fox sports show "First Things First" says the happiest she's been in her male-dominated field is when her opinions are asked and respected, which means that her work matters and people care what she thinks. Entrepreneur online (10/11)
Hire Smart
3 shortcomings that keep you from hiring the best talent The team makes the company, so hiring the best employees is important, but three hiring mistakes can hurt the company. Things to look for include unconscious bias, which can lead to a team with little diversity; being uncomfortable with silence so you break the silence but defeat the purpose of the question; and difficulty listening, which is the point of asking interviewee questions. Fast Company online (10/13)Stop these toxic employees from driving others away With a low employment rate, hiring is competitive and companies have to attract strong candidates; however there are five types of workers than can hurt your team's retention rate, consultant Gene Hammett writes. Watch out for micromanagers, hotheads, social butterflies, incompetent leaders and toxic superstars, Hammett says. Inc. online (10/11)
Your Next Challenge
How about being an ethical hacker on the side? If you were thinking of picking up a new skill making money with it, consider being a weekend sommelier or ethical hacker, writes Oxygenmat founder Abdullahi Muhammed. After getting certified, wine lovers can host tastings; and ethical hackers, whether self-taught or formally educated, can help businesses keep data safe from cyberattacks. Forbes (10/13)
Balancing Yourself
Own your work accomplishments Don't downplay your accomplishments or skills at work because other people will, too, writes career coach Joan Michelson. "It's not about bragging; it's about being confident in your competence," she writes. Forbes (10/14)
On Sunday, Pope Francis tweeted to give thanks for the five newly canonized saints, but #Saints was trending for a different reason with its own special emoji. After the tweet went out with the Saints' fleur-de-lis logo, the New Orleans Saints beat the Jaguars and tweeted their thanks to the Pope for his kind words. United Press International (10/15)
Ultimately, we can never change someone else's behavior -- we can only change our own.
Jennifer Lopez, singer, performer, actress National Hispanic Heritage Month is Sept. 15 to Oct. 15
