High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: How Upskilling Programs Provide Employee Opportunity

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 Upskilling Programs Provide Employee Opportunity: "[Upskilling] is any sort of education training and development that leads to preparing someone for what’s next in their career."

• 6 Mindset Principles of Successful People: "When successful people chase after a goal, two things can happen: They achieve their desired result or they get feedback."

• 5 Types of Connections You Need in Your LinkedIn Network: "by actually adding your friends and family members to your LinkedIn network you will get insight into their unique professional network that you might not have known about otherwise."

• 6 Essential Things You Need to Do to Land Your First Job: "Your college degree is a great foundation, but it’s also not the reality of what it’s like to complete a process from start to finish."
• How to Work With Someone Who Thinks They're Always Right:"Slow things down to surface what’s really going on. No matter how outlandish their views seem, approach the conversation as if there is some legitimacy to them."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 4 Email Habits to Avoid for Improved Productivity at Work

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!

• 4 Email Habits to Avoid for Improved Productivity at Work: "Instead of being carried away by email interruptions, map out a time in your daily schedule to check email."

• Top 3 Job Interview Fears and How to Beat Them: "You might be ready with a comment, for example, about a specific innovative program that the company has initiated, or with a compliment based on what you've heard employees enjoy about the corporate culture."

• Why Being Alert is Essential to Being Successful: "No matter how knowledgeable or experienced we believe we are on a subject, there is always something more to learn."

• How to Boost Workplace Morale at Your Business: "Employees who are appreciated will work harder and stay longer at your business. Bring in pizza or bagels one day. Surprise employees with spontaneous company parties and food."
• What to Wear for Your First Job Interview: "Given the wealth of information available about companies online ... there’s no excuse for showing up to an interview in something that clashes with a company’s existing office culture."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 12 Tips for College Grads Entering the Workforce

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!

• 12 Tips for College Grads Entering the Workforce: "Make sure to take risks, make mistakes, then learn from them. Each experience, no matter how awful it might feel at the moment, is going to be a powerful learning experience for you in the future."

• 6 Daily Practices of Great Leaders: "A great leader is always enlisting other people to believe in the dream, shape the dream, stay dedicated to the dream. It’s an honest and authentic and genuine desire to see other people be involved in the process and to enjoy that process."

• The Essential To-Do List for New Leaders: "In short, you need to establish the rules of engagement out of the gate so people understand how the flow of communication is going to work and how much time you are going to spend seeking input. By managing their expectations, you manage their fear."

• 3 Things You Need to Do to Avoid Hitting a Career Plateau: "How you communicate is crucially important. Instead of focusing on what you transmit, make sure the message is received."
• 6 Perfect Ways to Start Your Day: "Checking a dreaded item off your to-do list gives you a lift and a feeling of accomplishment that carries you through the rest of the day."

Daily Leap Career Video of the Week: Advice for Millennials Working at Their First Job

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 Gary Vaynerchuk offers some advice to millennials working in their first job and advises them to "put your head down and work".

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 10 Bad Habits You Must Eliminate from Your Daily Routine

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 Bad Habits You Must Eliminate from Your Daily Routine: "When your sense of pleasure and satisfaction are derived from comparing yourself to others, you are no longer the master of your own happiness."

• How to Kill it in Business With Your Sibling Without Killing Each Other: "The part where things get trickier is how you communicate once the work begins, in front of employees and management. Siblings can't simply transplant their existing dynamic into the workplace without making some adjustments."

• How to Transition from a Corporate Career to Entrepreneur: "Many entrepreneurs get caught in the same kind of hamster wheel that they were in when they had a regular J-O-B. You have to take an active role in creating the work experience that you actually want, not the one you’re familiar with."

• Give Your Team More-Effective Positive Feedback: "Recognition has been shown to increase happiness at work in general and is tied to cultural and business results, such as job satisfaction and retention."
• This is How to Choose Your First Job Out of College: "First, find a place where you look up to the people you’ll be working with. The reason is that you become like the people you work with, whether you want to or not. So you want to choose wisely."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: Controlling Bad Habits for a Successful Career

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• Controlling Bad Habits for a Successful Career: "Create small wins. The most efficient way to make a permanent change is to focus on daily, incremental improvements."


• The Right Way to Say Thanks After an Interview: "Instead of simply expressing gratitude, a successful note builds on the interview by illustrating what the candidate can offer in addition to what was discussed."


• 3 Ways to Engage Your People in Your Company Brand: "Create a brand event or brand day and invite employees from around the company to participate. Solicit their feedback on the brand. Implement regular brand contests that support branding objectives."


• Building Confidence as a First-Time Job Hunter: "The first step is to believe you have the skills to get the job. This will boost your confidence, and it will definitely show in the interview--which is where you really have to nail it."


• Social Media Snafus to Avoid: "63 percent of recruiters have negatively reconsidered candidates based on finding profanity in their profiles. Illegal drug references top the list of content to avoid, with 83 percent of recruiters reconsidering candidates because of them."

High 5 Weekly Career Transitions Roundup: 6 Steps to Landing Your First Job

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• 6 Steps to Landing Your First Job: "Take a limited time off. Sleep, drive around, meet with old friends. Decompress before you face the next reality: Life."


• How to Build a Substantive Network: "A substantive connection is one where you have actually spoken to or met the person you're connected to online. A friend of a friend or connection of a connection does not count. It actually requires that you have had some sort of interaction with the person."


• 5 Ways to Reduce Stress: "Will the effects of accomplishing this task make a positive, lasting impact in my life and the life of the business?"


• 10 Behaviors of Unstoppable Entrepreneurs: "Being a productive, unstoppable entrepreneur is about your body just as much as your mind and will. If you don’t take care of your nutrition and daily exercise, you aren’t going to be at your best."


• The Happiest Jobs for the Class of 2015: "Finding a career that provides joy and a paycheck can be challenging, particularly for graduates entering the workforce at a time when industries are evolving and the nature of employment itself changing faster than ever before."

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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• How to Lead Like Abraham Lincoln: "Historical figures like President Abraham Lincoln prove that compromise can be gained in the workplace even in the most difficult of circumstances."


• What to Expect for Your First Job: Fact vs. Fiction: Here are the "most common rumors about your first job and let you know whether they’re fact or fiction."


• 1/3 Work in Fields Related to Their Childhood Dream Jobs: "LinkedIn surveyed professionals globally to find out the most common childhood career aspirations and how many professionals currently have their dream job."


• 10 Bits of Career Expert Advice You Want to Ignore: "While we all heed advice from time to time to learn and grow, it is good to be reminded that not all 'expert' advice is good."


• The Lessons I Learned from My Favorite Boss: "We asked workers to share stories about the best bosses they’ve ever had and what they learned from those leaders that still influences them today."

High Five 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!

1. Tips on How to Stage a Career Transition
"Don’t let fear, a lack of confidence, or the perception that you don’t possess the correct combination of necessary skills prevent you from applying for a position you think you would love."

2. Are You 'Bringing it' at Work?
"You have the power to take small and incremental steps on your personal career journey to lead you to where you want to go."

3. 9 Hot Skills that are Trending on LinkedIn
"Here are nine key phrases to consider adding to your skills and expertise on your LinkedIn profile."

4.  Five Tips for Your First Job  
"Following these suggestions will make for a more worthwhile experience for you, while balancing some of the stress and struggles of a brand-new work environment."

5. Dressing for the Best Impression in Your Job Interviews
"Deciding what to wear for an interview can be tough process at times. Focusing more on what will give you the most confidence over what is most expected can help you project the best impression you can!"

Your First Professional Job Prepares You for Success

You’ve landed your first professional job. Consider it a foot in the door and time to do your very best. Your first professional job can and should be the start of a journey that leads to a rewarding and satisfying career.

Establish a Good Reputation

Make a name for yourself, and make sure it is a positive one. Do this by demonstrating that you are a team player, as well as hard-working, reliable, smart, and willing to listen and learn from others. Work with passion and strive for excellence in every task you undertake.

Learn from Mistakes

Everyone makes mistakes, particularly people who are new to a company and industry. Recognize you’re bound to make a few mistakes; the important thing is how you handle them. Be accountable for your mistakes and inform those who may be impacted. Proactively look for ways to solve any problems you may cause. And don’t be afraid to ask for help. Mistakes are great opportunities for learning.

Build a Network

Your first professional job is an opportunity to build strong relationships—relationships that can last throughout your career. Make an effort to meet and network with as many people as you can; take a genuine interest in them and what they are doing professionally. Remember, a strong network must be continually fostered and grown.

By doing your very best in your first job, you will likely open doors to your next, whether it’s an opportunity for advancement with your current employer or another organization. This first job can be the one that puts you on the path to career success.