Happy And Succeeding In The Future Of Work: Weekly Roundup
Jack Kelly
Forbes, Board of Directors Blind, Founder and CEO of The Compliance Search Group and Wecruitr.com, Co-host of the Blind Ambition Podcast
You have three core career choices that you can make during a recession. The hot job market will likely slow down, with companies continuing job cuts, hitting the breaks on hiring and withdrawing offers. It’s time to take action. You can make yourself indispensable at work, actively search for a new job or do nothing and hope for the best...Read More
It will be harder to get a new job. Record-high inflation, interest rates and costs, a likely recession and other economic and geopolitical matters led many companies to lay off workers, enact hiring freezes and rescind job offers. In this environment, pace yourself, as you might be in for a drawn-out interview process. Hiring, for many businesses, will seem like a luxury. This mindset will make human resources and hiring managers closely scrutinize each candidate and hold them up to the highest standards. You will need to prepare for tough questions designed to weed out people. Here are a few questions HR loves to ask and how to effectively answer them to help get you through the hiring process with flying colors...Read More
In the financial markets, you are admonished when saying, “This time is different.” Experienced Wall Street professionals and economists look to the past to plan for the future. Most often than not, history repeats itself—or at least rhymes. This time may be different. Over the last five decades, corporations heavily relied upon layoffs when times got rocky and there was a need to cut costs. There have been several downsizings recently; however, they’ve been concentrated in the tech and crypto spaces....Read More
When a company initiates a hiring freeze, it’s a better alternative to a layoff, but still doesn’t feel too good for the employees. Over the last year, coming out of the pandemic, there was a huge pent-up demand for workers. Companies desperately sought out candidates and aggressively hired. Sectors, such as tech, were adding staff throughout the virus outbreak, as business accelerated their pivot toward going from the physical world to online...Read More
With all the challenges people currently face, wouldn’t it be nice to have a great boss? How comforting would it be to have an empathetic, caring, experienced and smart professional during a time of crisis? Sadly, this is not the case for most workers. They, unfortunately, have a boss who hit the “Peter Principle” ceiling or a “Dunning-Kruger” supervisor...Read More
In this episode of Let's Go Live with Jack Kelly, resume writer, job-search strategist and interview coach Ashley Watkins shares how the DiSC Assessment is effective in learning about yourself and determining your career path. She coaches her clients to think of the things that they love to do and find a way to monetize those skills and turn it into a lucrative career. As a certified resume writer, Ashley offers critical, insider tips to help get you in front of the right employer.
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The party’s a blast until all of the alcohol and food are taken away and the music stops. This is where the United States is now. The Federal Reserve Bank tipped over the punch bowl. No longer will the U.S. have historically low inflation rates. Whether the U.S. is in a recession or not, it’s clear that Americans are in for a period of austerity. As this plays out, the dynamics between employees and employers will dramatically change. Companies will likely start clamping down and wielding their power...Read More
Businesses are now in cost-cutting mode. Corporate-title inflation has crept into the workplace and is rising precipitously. Layoffs, hiring freezes and concerns about a recession are spooking C-suite executives. In addition, they are worried about the Federal Reserve Bank raising interest rates, making it harder for companies to gain access to cheap capital as they did back in 2021...Read More
Nearly 50,000 people, primarily in the tech space, have been laid off in 2022. This doesn’t include major corporations in other sectors. Inflation is out of control, prices are soaring and there is concern over being baited into a World War. Jeremy Siegel, a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, said in a CNBC interview that the United States is already in a recession...Read More
It’s easy to lampoon your boss. Almost everyone complains about their manager saying they are terrible at their jobs, wonder how they got the position, and couldn’t care less about the workers. They are perceived as sucking up to senior leadership, taking credit for everything good, and quickly blaming the employees when things go wrong...Read More
Without asking, parents, family, neighbors and everyone else will offer young adults their unsolicited opinions and advice about their job search and career. They mean well. Unfortunately, although their intentions are honorable, their guidance is sometimes questionable. Here is some contrarian takes on what people starting their careers should do. Be prepared; your parents and relatives may disagree...Read More
About Jack Kelly
Jack Kelly is the CEO, founder, and executive recruiter at one of the oldest and largest global search firms in his area of expertise. He has personally placed thousands of professionals with top-tier companies over the last 20-plus years. Jack is passionate about advocating for job seekers. In doing so, he founded a start-up company, WeCruitr, at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The mission of WeCruitr is to help people in need and make the job search more humane and enjoyable. As a proponent of career growth, Jack shares his insider interviewing tips and career advancement secrets as a Senior Contributor for Forbes. He also covers timely topics related to corporations, high-profile people, Wall Street, politics and other important matters. The pieces offer insight into the news and how it may impact your career. Jack is the author of Happy and Succeeding in Your Job Search, as well as the host of Happy And Succeeding In The Future Of Work and cohost of the Blind Ambition podcast.