Where To Begin

Employment is a serious concern in the Church. The Church expects priesthood leaders to address this issue at the local level. Leaders need to seek out those with financial or employment challenges and act with compassion consistent in finding improved opportunities. Unemployment of 8.5% is a concern, but if you are THE ONE in the tragedy, it is a significant personal challenge!

The following article can be a catalyst for those persons who want a job, need a new job, or know of  someone needing help searching for employment. It contains a myriad of resources that can help you look for employment and get you thinking about what you want in a job. This is a place to begin.

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Is Your Leadership Showing?

Most members of a team know when they’re doing their work well. They often have a particular area of expertise, and they have deadlines and deliverables.

For leaders, it’s a bit different. How do you show that you’re leading? Here are five competencies that good leaders demonstrate. They are related to one another, and each is framed with a question to help you think about opportunities to display leadership.

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Present Yourself With A Penetrating Message!

Great article and video about how to communicate your message in 15 seconds. Great for job interviewing and gospel sharing approach.  This is accomplished by building a message map in 3-steps. A message map is the visual display of your idea on one page. It is a powerful and tool that should be a part of your communication arsenal. Building a message map can help you pitch anything (job skills, interview answer, a product, service, company, or idea) in as little as 15 seconds. 

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How to Market Your Skills ...

By Curt Rosengren US News and World Report Posted: July 19, 2011

You’ve seen skills checklists that ask you to tick off every skill that sounds like you. When it comes to telling your story to a prospective employer, it’s still one-dimensional. There’s nothing to back it up.If you want to talk about your skills in a compelling way, you have to go deeper than that. Remember potential employers aren’t interested in your skills; they’re interested in how those skills can meet their needs. The following will help make your story more compelling by letting you demonstrate that.

Reverse engineer to find your skills  In a nutshell, you’re going to identify your skills through reverse engineering. You will look at three things:

1. Your big picture responsibilities
2. The tasks you had to perform to fulfill those responsibilities
3. The skills you needed to successfully perform those tasks

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7 Habits of Highly Horrible Networkers

Networking is a term that didn’t exist (academically) until almost 40 years ago. It’s a word uttered in and around the business world every day, yet is unclear to most as to how it actually works. Still, it’s a fundamental tool to the success of any business. By definition, the term networking is the development and maintenance of mutually valuable relationships. It’s not schmoozing; it’s not just handing out business cards, selling, marketing or small talk. Those activities are part of networking, but unfortunately, many people’s misunderstanding of the term causes them to network ineffectively. 

The following are The 7 Habits of Highly Horrible Networkers and they can stand in the way of developing mutually valuable relationships. So, next time you attend your chamber or association meeting, keep these ideas in mind so you can offer the most value to your fellow networkers.

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Bring These 5 Things To Your Next Interview!

Job interviews are stressful and there is so much great advice available about what to wear, how to act and what questions to ask that it's easy to get overwhelmed. Once you have the right outfit, have done tons of interview prep and are confident about your ability to show yourself in your best light, it's showtime. Before you walk out the door, however, there are a few things you need to make sure that you bring along with you.

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Career Quotes

Careers are ever changing. I know of no other way to prepare for these times of adjustment than to be certain that during times of employment, preparations are made for less prosperous times. Start now and create a plan.  L Tom Perry

Networking is getting to know someone so well that you discover how to create opportunities for one another.

The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul; but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding.  King Solomon

Many people today don’t want honest answers insofar as honest means unpleasant or disturbing. They want a soft answer that turneth away anxiety.  Louis Kronenberger

Do not wait; the time will never be “just right.” Start where you stand, and work with whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go along.  Napoleon Hill

Believe that problems do have answers, that they can be overcome, and that you can solve them.  Norman Vincent Peale

Keeping in touch with other people is one of the most important things we can do in our lives.  Plantronics website

Your No. 1 job is to network on the job. Daily. Subtly. Productively. Watch out for No. 1.  Rand Christensen

Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.  Thomas Edison

The successful person is the individual who forms the habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do.  Donald Riggs

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.  Hector Berlioz

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.  Abraham Lincoln

There are no secrets to success. Don’t waste time looking for them. Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure and persistence.  Colin Powell

The greatest gift people possess is their ability to interact with people. Good communication skills and business success go hand-in-hand. There are so many brilliant people out there, but you have to be able to get your point across quickly. Attention spans are short. Get your point across quickly and succinctly.  Mrs. Debbi Fields

The worst thing that can happen to your career is to be shot out in an open field. You’ve got to be in the right position to die dramatically, against a wall, near something to hang onto. Never close your eyes. Glaze them. You can’t go wrong bringing something down with you when you fall. A tablecloth is excellent. Preferably with a meal on it.  George Plimpton