Comments on: (Selectively) Ignoring Advice To Help Your Career http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/selectively-ignoring-advice-career/ Glassdoor - An Inside Look at Jobs and Companies Sun, 19 May 2013 23:02:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jacqui Barrett-Poindexterhttp://www.glassdoor.com/blog/selectively-ignoring-advice-career/comment-page-1/#comment-25745 Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:29:29 +0000 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=8723#comment-25745 Your extended metaphor is impactful! I am visualizing the unwrapped, empty box now!<br><br>Thank you for adding to the conversation, Marianna!<br><br>Jacqui Your extended metaphor is impactful! I am visualizing the unwrapped, empty box now!

Thank you for adding to the conversation, Marianna!

Jacqui

]]> By: Marianna Paulsonhttp://www.glassdoor.com/blog/selectively-ignoring-advice-career/comment-page-1/#comment-25241 Marianna Paulson Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:04:11 +0000 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=8723#comment-25241 Sexy rarely gets the job done. It's eye-candy, arousing and short-lived. In these temporally-challenged times, that nicely-packaged quick-fix is alluring, regardless of whether you are in a career shift or a health realignment.<br><br>Take off the wrapping and more times than not, you're left with an empty box, and wallet!<br><br>As you've beautifully illustrated, in fine Jacqui-fashion, the basics still hold true, as unsexy as they may be. Sexy rarely gets the job done. It's eye-candy, arousing and short-lived. In these temporally-challenged times, that nicely-packaged quick-fix is alluring, regardless of whether you are in a career shift or a health realignment.

Take off the wrapping and more times than not, you're left with an empty box, and wallet!

As you've beautifully illustrated, in fine Jacqui-fashion, the basics still hold true, as unsexy as they may be.

]]> By: Jacqui Barrett-Poindexterhttp://www.glassdoor.com/blog/selectively-ignoring-advice-career/comment-page-1/#comment-24160 Jacqui Barrett-Poindexter Fri, 23 Sep 2011 03:30:11 +0000 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=8723#comment-24160 Conflicting advice, for sure! And the ease of the Internet to self-publish and promote is exacerbating the issue! I love the Internet for making it so easy to 'reach' the world; at the same time, it's created problems, as now the onus is on the reader to look 'under the hood' of the source of this information. <br><br>Thanks for sharing your story. Agree with your advice to your now-client (yes!) that 'proof of learning and hands-on practice' is essential to hiring the most-valued career consultant / coach, resume writer, etc.  <br><br>I especially like how you rounded your comment out re: a career professional's role, especially the idea of 'not telling him exactly what to do.'<br><br>Thanks much, Meg!<br>Jacqui<br> Conflicting advice, for sure! And the ease of the Internet to self-publish and promote is exacerbating the issue! I love the Internet for making it so easy to 'reach' the world; at the same time, it's created problems, as now the onus is on the reader to look 'under the hood' of the source of this information. 

Thanks for sharing your story. Agree with your advice to your now-client (yes!) that 'proof of learning and hands-on practice' is essential to hiring the most-valued career consultant / coach, resume writer, etc.  

I especially like how you rounded your comment out re: a career professional's role, especially the idea of 'not telling him exactly what to do.'

Thanks much, Meg!
Jacqui

]]> By: Meg Montfordhttp://www.glassdoor.com/blog/selectively-ignoring-advice-career/comment-page-1/#comment-24110 Meg Montford Thu, 22 Sep 2011 23:28:28 +0000 http://www.glassdoor.com/blog/?p=8723#comment-24110 Wise advice, Jacqui! I have found what stumps job seekers is conflicting advice from "professionals" they interview when considering one to hire to help them. Recenlty, one individual (now my career coaching cient) asked me about a local professional he'd encountered. Not knowing her very well, but even if I had, I told my client that while this professional had a long-standing record of working with job seekers, I did know that she was not credentialed by any national accredtiing bodies. I feel it's very important that sound job search advice comes from those who've earned their career industry certifications, i.e., proof of learning and hands-on practice. What's even more important is that a job seeker processes all kinds of advice and acts on what he believes will work best for him. There is no single solution fit for all. A careers professional can help a job seeker the most by motivating, challenging, clarifying and supporting his job search process - not telling him exactly what to do.<br><br>Meg Montford, Executive Career Coach<br>Abilities Enhanced Wise advice, Jacqui! I have found what stumps job seekers is conflicting advice from “professionals” they interview when considering one to hire to help them. Recenlty, one individual (now my career coaching cient) asked me about a local professional he'd encountered. Not knowing her very well, but even if I had, I told my client that while this professional had a long-standing record of working with job seekers, I did know that she was not credentialed by any national accredtiing bodies. I feel it's very important that sound job search advice comes from those who've earned their career industry certifications, i.e., proof of learning and hands-on practice. What's even more important is that a job seeker processes all kinds of advice and acts on what he believes will work best for him. There is no single solution fit for all. A careers professional can help a job seeker the most by motivating, challenging, clarifying and supporting his job search process – not telling him exactly what to do.

Meg Montford, Executive Career Coach
Abilities Enhanced

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