What is your 5 year plan? The “What is your 5 year plan?” and “What is your 3 year plan?” are both very common interview questions. I admit I ask the question on a regular basis when I am conducting interviews and there are a couple of things I am looking for in the answers. […]
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What is your 5 year plan? Interview question demystified
Posted: by HRNasty in Climbing Career Ladder, Job Interview Tips, Manage your Manager, Recent Graduate, What Recruiters Really Think0
Career epiphany and why relationships at work make a difference
Posted: by HRNasty in Climbing Career Ladder, Manage your Manager, Networking, What HR Really ThinksCareer epiphany If you have a career epiphany, you want to share it and that is exactly what happened. A reader of this blog just let me know about her career epiphany (while reading this blog) and I had to share it with the group. Career: an occupation undertaken for a significant period of a person’s life […]
Your career goal, how to get your manager on board and supportive
Posted: by HRNasty in Climbing Career Ladder, Manage your ManagerHR exec explains why so many employees are not getting promoted, what is missing and how to get your manager on your side and supportive when it comes to promotions, transfers, and your career goal.
Career Goals, what to say to your manager to jump start your career
Posted: by HRNasty in Climbing Career Ladder, Manage your Manager, Networking, What HR Really ThinksEveryone has career goals. Unfortunately, just having career goals isn’t enough. There are a few critical steps that your manager needs to hear and see before we can expect a promotion, raise or transfer to another department. How to manage your manager so they are an advocate for your career goals.
Reasonable accommodation in the workplace
Posted: by HRNasty in Manage your Manager, What HR Really ThinksReasonable Accommodation Last week the topic of reasonable accommodation came up via HR expert, colleague, and career advocate @bgwalton7 who DM’ed the following: @bgwalton is a thought leader and definitely someone you should follow if you are trending on leadership, career trajectory or HR and I immediately realized the topic of reasonable accommodations would make a great blog topic. When […]
Career path acceleration, what you are missing and why you were passed over
Posted: by HRNasty in Climbing Career Ladder, Manage your Manager, What HR Really ThinksCareer path acceleration Career path and the manager 1 on 1’s was last weeks blog topic. These updates are important because without them, your manager doesn’t have an inventory of your current skills and accomplishments to sell on your behalf when new opportunities become available. If they don’t know what you are doing, they are not able […]
Job promotion – speak up about your accomplishments or be passed over
Posted: by HRNasty in Climbing Career Ladder, Manage your Manager, Recent GraduatePassed over for job promotion HRNasty, I know I am a quiet person. I am also smart and I have ideas, but I don’t seem to be getting the opportunities like my loud peers who brag about what they do. Do I have to be a schmoozing douche to get ahead in the corporate world? My […]
Facilitative Leadership, how to jump start your professional career
Posted: by HRNasty in Climbing Career Ladder, Manage your Manager, What HR Really ThinksFacilitative Leadership Facilitative Leadership is a career game changer and a class I believe every company should make available. If you ever get the opportunity, I highly recommend you take a Facilitative Leadership Class. Jump on it. Don’t look back, don’t look around, don’t ask questions. Just sign up. If there is one class you can help you […]
Mistakes at work and how to propel your career after they are made
Posted: by HRNasty in Climbing Career Ladder, Company Culture, Manage your Manager, What HR Really ThinksMistakes at work and what to do about them Making a mistake at work is about as bad as it gets. We were hired for our expertise in a specific discipline. We were trained by our employer and co-workers to do a specific task. The company made an investment in us and mistakes at work […]
Gender equality and pay
Posted: by HRNasty in Climbing Career Ladder, Company Culture, Manage your Manager, What HR Really ThinksGender Equality and Pay As an HR guy, I hear a lot about gender equality / inequality and pay. Fair warning: This post isn’t going to be politically correct. If you are not able to handle season 4 of the TV series Sons of Anarchy or Breaking Bad, better move along cuz’ it may get […]