Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: 5 Mindsets to Upgrade Your Life

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.

The video below from Modern Health Monk presents five mindset changes that contribute to success in life and work, starting with knowing that you can change. Check out the video to learn more.

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Why Are We Bad at Choosing the Right Job?

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!

• Why Are We So Bad at Choosing the Right Job?: "When it comes to jobs and careers, it is really a case of 'better the devil you know.' You can put people in meaningless roles and under bad managers, and they will still be reluctant to try something else."

• How a Classroom Mindset Can Help You Achieve Lasting Change: "If you want to experience significant, lasting change in your life, try mapping out your goal as if you were going back to school to achieve it."

• 9 Ways to Handle Job-Related Stress: "It didn't take long before people realized that simultaneously looking through their desk drawer, speaking on the phone and answering email caused their speed and accuracy (not to mention sanity) to plummet."

• 8 Tips for Developing Collaborative Leadership at Work: "This is leadership that not only gradually dissolves into something more sociable and harmonious, but also more efficient, creative and ready for whatever comes next."
• 9 Phrases to Avoid in Conversation:"While you may be indifferent to the question, your opinion is important to the person asking (or else he wouldn’t have asked you in the first place)."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Why Nurturing Your Health is Good for Business

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!

• Why Nurturing Your Health is Good for Business: "If you plan ahead and really are mindful about taking care of yourself, it allows you to live in the moment more fully."

• 3 Common Hiring Mistakes New Managers Should Avoid: "By investigating the emotional 'job-to-be-done' of a new hire, as well as the actual job we need them to do, we become less likely to hire the wrong person for the wrong role, and more likely to hire a great person for a great role."

• Why You Need a Life Strategy: "Don’t limit yourself. Visualize and plan who you want to be, and how you want your life to be."

• How to Find Strength in Differences: "It's a matter of knowing the whole is greater and better than the sum of its parts, even when the parts are a little mismatched and don't seem to fit together."
• 7 Ways to Rebrand Yourself for a Career Change: "Use social media to your advantage to rebrand yourself in your new career area. Follow thought leaders in your target industry and comment on their posts. Connect with relevant industry groups and associations."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: The First Thing to Do in 2018 to Build a Happier Life

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!

• The First Thing to Do in 2018 to Build a Happier Life: "finally address any remaining fears, blocks or excuses that have been in the way of your changing or leaving a situation that's wrong for you."

• 5 Unexpected Career Resolutions You Should Make in 2018: "if you have more than about three big goals in the mix, you’re likely to dilute your effort and accomplish very little."

• How to Highlight Your Talents in a Job Interview: "you can help others speculate about your own future—and place a bet on your talents—by describing the key qualities of your potential."

• 30 Habits, Qualities, and Secrets That Lead to Success: "Developing the right habits is also important, and these can be as simple as keeping a journal to jot down your thoughts and ideas, visualizing success and having a solid morning routine."
• 3 Signs You Need Change in Your Life: "Once you figure out that the game you’re playing isn’t money or success, but rather how you feel, the sooner you’ll prioritize a deep sense of fulfillment over fear."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 3 secrets of Every Successful Job Search or Career Change

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!

• 3 secrets of Every Successful Job Search or Career Change: "These tools are must-haves for every job seeker if they are searching for a job with an employer as opposed to striking out on their own."

• Develop This One Habit to Reduce Stress and Lead a More Fulfilling Life: "In today's world especially, gratitude is the ally you need to succeed in your business and for your personal health."

• 5 Habits of Successful People: "your daily habits help determine how you run your life. Ask yourself a couple of questions: a) what does success mean to me? and b) is there anything in my daily routine that I need to change that will help me become more successful?"

• 5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership: "Exemplary leaders know that if they want to gain commitment and achieve the highest standards, they must be models of the behavior they expect of others."
• 5 Ways to Elevate Your Social Media Game for Recruiters: "The majority of recruiters are now using platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Twitter to find out what resumes, cover letters and interviews can't tell them about a candidate ."

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: Why You Still Have Time to Change Your Career

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 The School of Life we learn why we still have time to change our career and how to go about doing that.

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: How to (Positively) Think Your Way to Success

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!

• How to (Positively) Think Your Way to Success: "They’re always there and they always have an effect on you. But thoughts can be appraised in a very simple way: Do they strengthen you or weaken you?"
• 6 Ways to Stay Productive After 3:00 PM: "Go for a walk, either outside or just around your office. You’ll be in a better mood when you return to the task at hand, and you'll be better equipped to actually tackle it."
• 9 Questions to Ask Yourself in Order to Move Past Challenges With Grace: "Deciding what I’m committed to and how I plan to make that commitment happen is my top focus as I enter a challenging situation."
• How to Succeed at Work When Your Boss Doesn't Respect You: "Work closely with a mentor. In my interviews, I have also found that a close relationship with a mentor is closely correlated with thriving."
• 5 Lessons from Angelina Jolie on How to Make a Career Change: "Follow her playbook and be confident in your potential to reinvent your career. Yes, it's possible! Here's how."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: How to Answer the 10 Most Common Interview Questions

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!

• How to Answer the 10 Most Common Interview Questions: "We talked to six hiring experts to find out which questions trip up most job candidates, and the better answers that could win you the job."
• 15 Steps to Successfully Reinvent Yourself After Losing Everything: "Whether if it’s reading or attending a workshop or webinar, find ways to enhance your knowledge. It will make you a more well-rounded individual and help you grow both personally and professionally."
• 9 Skills Bosses See Lacking in New Graduates: "An online benefits and compensation information company unveiled which hard skills managers find lacking in new grads. Here are the results of the survey."
• How to Build New Leaders: "For any business that lasts, it’s incumbent upon current leaders to build a deep farm system of developing leaders. Mentorship programs are one answer."
• How to Ask Your Boss for a Raise: "However, it's important to keep in mind that it's okay to ask, even if the execution feels uncomfortable and comes across as awkward. Your delivery will improve over time."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Leaving a Stable Job to Create Your Dream Career

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!

• Leaving a Stable Job to Create Your Dream Career: "Paying attention to what engages and excites you, what lights you up, and what stimulates your intellect points you toward the tasks and situations that enable you to be your best self."
• 4 Reasons Why the Most Successful People are Great Collaborators: "It doesn't matter what we do, where we do it, or how well we can create a product or offer a service. In order to succeed, we need to effectively create partnerships with many others around us."
• The Simple Truth to Accomplishing Significantly More, Faster: "Most tasks in life are significantly easier than we'd like to believe. In fact, nearly every goal you have is really just made up a series of small decisions followed by short actions."
• 10 Tips for Raising Your Public Speaking Game: "I believe that it’s the duty of every public speaker to find something right with the world, your view of it, or at least some hero along the way who has exemplified the positive attributes you’re standing behind."
• 5 Tips to Improve Nonverbal Communication in Meetings: "Effective nonverbal communication goes further than that first handshake. Here are five ways to improve nonverbal communication, especially during meetings or presentations."

Considering a Career Change? Here are 8 Steps to Take

Career changes and transitions can be scary and feel overwhelming, especially if they are forced upon us through a layoff. It's much easier to begin to make that transition for ourselves, and on our own schedule and terms.

If you are contemplating a career change there are steps you can take to ease the transition and help you feel ready to take the plunge.

Here are eight steps to making a career transition:

1. Meet with a career counselor. The first step you might consider is to meet with a career counselor and discuss your training, skills, experience, and interests. The counselor can help you explore the career options that would be most suitable and help you develop a plan to get there.

2. Take a skills or interest assessment. Identifying your skills and interests will help clarify your direction and this can be done with a career counselor or on your own.

3. Job shadow. Once you've identified a job or career area of interest consider spending a few hours job shadowing someone currently working in that field. This will help you get a clearer sense of the job and whether it matches your interests and skills.

4. Research education or certification requirements. Some jobs or careers require you to attain a specific level of education or to have state certification. Find out if you need to supplement your education.
 
5. Take a class. You might need additional education for certification requirements (see above) or you just might need to update your skills or learn a new technology. If so, consider signing up for a class at your local community college.

6. Online training. There are many opportunities to take free classes online and you might find something to increase your skills as you consider your new career.

7. Seek guidance from a mentor. Talk to someone you trust and get their advice and counsel about your career and possible plans for a change.

8. Network. Work to expand your network of contacts, especially in fields related to those you're considering for your career change.

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Making a Career Change

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!

• 5 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Making a Career Change: "Sometimes the only way to be viewed in a different light is to walk into a new room. If your challenge is that you are ready for a promotion, but your company does not take you seriously for a more senior role, you may need to change the scene."
• Does Your Organization Focus on Employee Experience?: "If we want to attract and retain top talent in our organizations, we must create an experience that makes employees WANT to show up to work."
• 10 Daily Habits Holding You Back From Success: "You think that you can do a better job, so you just do it yourself. Or, you constantly correct or micromanage your team, which drains their motivation and distracts you from doing what you do best."
• How to Change Your Poor Personal Reputation at Work: "Changing the perception that others have of you is hard work, but, with persistence, it’s do-able."
• You Need to Practice Being Your Future Self: "You need to spend time on the future even when there are more important things to do in the present and even when there is no immediately apparent return to your efforts."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 5 Career Questions to Ask Yourself

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!

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• 5 Career Questions to Ask Yourself: "You first need to decide what sort of life you want and what role work will play in it. You can then adjust your expectations and needs regarding your career."


• 3 Keys to Being Fully Charged: "It is easier to improve your own happiness — and the well-being of others — when you focus on doing it right now. Taking small, meaningful actions today is the best way to make changes."


• 10 Ways to Become a More Confident Person: "Confidence-building is a virtuous cycle. No one but you is in the driver’s seat. All you have to do is buckle up and try something you've never tried before."


• Purpose is Good for You and for Business: "We believe that if more institutions—from work places to educational systems—were to embed programs and policies into their work that consciously cultivate purpose-directed individuals, we would see more passionate, engaged and flourishing employees."


• 6 Ways Your Significant Other Can Boost Your Career: "It always seems to mean more when your significant other tells you that you are smart, capable and skilled at what you do."