High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 10 Unmistakable Signs You've Stayed at Your Job Too Long

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• 10 Unmistakable Signs You've Stayed at Your Job Too Long: "People in your workplace have put you into a box because they think they know everything about you."

• 3 Ways to Build Trust With Your Body Language: "Make good “web-to-web contact” and hold the other person’s hand firmly but not bone crushingly. Don’t stuff your other hand in a pocket."

• 8 Ways to Build a Life You Love: "We must crave what is new and unexplored, and fearlessly pursue those areas. We must be willing to risk."

• Need a Job? Apple and Disney Are Looking for People Who Want to Work From Home: "It will be interesting to see how the work-from-home trend continues in the coming years. But it appears both Apple and Disney have had a major realization."
• What Hiring Managers Really Mean When They Say "You're Overqualified": "Show a little of your true self, make a genuine connection with a reader, and fixing you with labels like 'overqualified' will become much harder to do."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 8 Daily Habits to Build Your Mental Strength

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share them so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

• 8 Daily Habits to Build Your Mental Strength: "Your successes and failures are on you, not anyone else. Although some people prefer to blame others, you become mentally strong by admitting errors and taking responsibility for the challenges you face."

• 5 Body Language Mistakes You're Making In Interviews: "Two thirds of hiring managers surveyed said poor eye contact could cost you the job in an interview. Failure to look someone in the eyes sends the signal that the candidate lacks confidence."

• How to Successfully Make a Career Change Without Losing Your Mind: "Before you make a complete 180 on your career be sure you’re ready. That means knowing what you want to do before you quit your current role."

• If Stuck or Lost Reinventing Your Career Try to Reframe: "Instead of trying to find a new place to do the same thing you've always done, challenge yourself to move beyond your comfort zone and surrender to the idea that you may actually have to start from scratch."
• The Science Behind Picking the Perfect LinkedIn Head Shot: "our pictures give off all kinds of signals about us -- our personality, our competence and our likability. Picking the right one is key -- and it may not be what you expect."

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: How to Immediately Connect with Anyone

Each week we present our Daily Leap Career Video of the Week. The video we share presents news or advice related to career and life development, searching for a job, the economy and employment, and other career-related topics.

In the video below from Entrepreneur, you'll learn five tips to connect with anyone you meet, starting with leaving a good first impression with positive body language.

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

Each week we present our Daily Leap Career Video of the Week. The video we share presents news or advice related to career development, searching for a job, the economy and employment, and other career-related topics.

In this video, social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing”—standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don’t feel confident—affects our body chemistry, influences how others see us, and might even have an impact on our chances for job interviewing success.

Learn more in the video below:

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup

This is our weekly roundup of some of the best career-related articles, interviews, blogs, etc., we've read during the week. We share these every weekend so you have some great resources to prepare you for the coming week. Enjoy!

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• If You Want a Great Job, Tell a Great Story: "See yourself as a storyteller, and your professional successes and accomplishments as your story. You have an ability to make an emotional as well as intellectual connection with members of your network and hiring authorities by the way you tell your story."


• Finding the Job of Your Life: "There is no job of your life out there, waiting to be found. There are only jobs that may make you feel more or less alive. If you allow them to, that is."


• How to Overcome Workplace Distraction: "Your email, phone and colleagues will try to pull your attention away, but you may become so engrossed in solving your puzzle that you can concentrate until you find the answers."


• Three Secrets of Entrepreneurship That Will Transform Your Career: "Entrepreneurs have a natural hustle about them—a go-big-or-go-home sensibility to the way they live their lives, run their businesses and pursue opportunities."


• Make Your Body Language Work for You During an Interview: "Research suggests up to 93 percent of communication isn't transmitted via our words, but is broadcast through our actions and attitude." (Also see the related video of the week below.)

Daily Leap Video of the Week

Each week we present our Daily Leap Career Video of the Week. The video we share presents news or advice related to career development, searching for a job, the economy and employment, and other career-related topics.

In this TED video, professor and researcher Amy Cuddy discusses the importance of body language and posture and its impact on our career success.

Watch the video below for more: