Moderate anxiety isn't bad so use it to your advantage | Getting past imposter syndrome in the workplace | Have the always-on mindset when it comes to networking
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Moderate anxiety isn't bad so use it to your advantage Reframe anxiety from a negative event to a positive one, such as viewing it as excitement rather than fear just before a job interview. This actually reduces stress while improving problem-solving ability and planning skills, writes psychologist Alicia Clark. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (10/16)Getting past imposter syndrome in the workplace Overcome imposter syndrome by identifying the negative thoughts and finding a way to shift your perspective to a kinder and more patient frame of mind toward yourself. It can help to discuss these feelings with family or a superior, and also remind yourself that you're in the position where you're supposed to be. ThoughtLeaders (10/15)
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Making the Connection
Have the always-on mindset when it comes to networking Own the room at a networking event by making a good first impression via keeping your head up, smiling and shaking hands with those you meet. Take this advice beyond work-related events and treat all social events as an opportunity to meet new people and potentially gain some valuable connections, Susan Murphy suggests. Forbes (10/16)
The Landscape
Proposed civil service reforms draw mixture of hopes, qualms Reforms to the civil service system proposed by President Donald Trump's administration, with emphases on direct hiring and alternative pay, are scaled down from the overhaul previous Office of Personnel Management Director Jeff Pon promised. Don Kettl, co-author of a National Academy of Public Administration federal workforce report, said the plan corresponds with the report's findings that "the alignment between the government's mission, strategy, and tactics on one hand, and the capacity of its workforce on the other, has fallen further out of sync." The Washington Post (tiered subscription model) (10/15)
The number of job openings in the US rose to 7.136 million, according to the latest numbers from the Labor Department. That equates to more than one job opening per unemployed person actively looking for work. The Wall Street Journal (tiered subscription model) (10/16),The Washington Post (tiered subscription model) (10/16) Research your interviewer, but don't go too far, expert says Briefly research your interviewer on LinkedIn and other social profiles prior to the job interview to gain insight into his or her likes and dislikes to use as fuel for small talk. Be subtle in your search and in conversation with the interviewer so as not to go overboard with trying to appeal to his or her likes, author Scott Steinberg writes. Quartz (10/16)
Balancing Yourself
The liberating results of putting family first Carving out more family time is possible if you're able to streamline work goals and stick to a schedule, writes James Sudakow, who spent a year setting boundaries between work and home, as well as talking with other fathers about the issue. "With no guilt, I was able to set better boundaries around work, which ultimately made me more focused, efficient and effective," he writes. SmartBrief/Leadership (10/16)
A Viking ship buried deep beneath an ancient, unexcavated cemetery in Norway has been revealed by radar scanning, according to the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research. Archaeologists also found evidence of five longhouses in the area, which is near a burial mound approximately 1,500 years old. LiveScience (10/15)
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