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Overqualified and Interviewing

Office Dynamics

I knew with my experience and overqualifications the interview committee would want to know why I would be willing to take a pay cut and less work responsibilities. Be familiar with names of those interviewing you and department heads you’d work with. Ask questions during the interview.

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Interview with Monique Helstrom on Effective Communication

Executive Leadership Support Blog

Earlier this year, Team ELS had an opportunity to interview Monique Helstrom, speaker, activator, and un-locker of human potential, on effective communication. MH: I was still working with Simon when I moved out here, so I was traveling like crazy and really didn’t have time to get my feet into the ground and really plant myself here.

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As I Enter My 60s, Here’s the Advice I Would Give to My Younger Self

Success

I remember one instance when I applied for a communications job and the male interviewer asked if I was pregnant or planning to have children soon. Today, I would have admonished the guy and abruptly ended the interview. I didn’t like being on camera or giving live radio interviews. Skip the master’s degree What?

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How to Develop More Confidence in Your Creativity

On The Job

Tom Kelley says you don’t lose creativity, but you can become less confident about it. After some 100 interviews for their book, “ Creative Confidence: Unleashing the Creative Potential Within Us All ,” Kelley says he and his brother firmly believe creativity resides in all of us. Think like a traveler.

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Lifestyle Entrepreneur Lewis Howes on the Power of Vulnerability and Authenticity

Success

Discovering the power of vulnerability As a successful athlete, confidence came easy to Howes—until the wrist injury. The answer was immediately apparent: “I just want to interview great minds,” Howes recalls. Yet,] you probably haven’t traveled a lot of places.” That was 2013. I was a bad student in school,” he admits. “I

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How I Lost $3 Million in 24 Hours and Bounced Back

Success

I lost my confidence. I traveled the world from Australia to Switzerland, selling tickets and packages to corporate clients for the world’s largest sporting events. But the pain was fresh, and the daily struggle for money and confidence were keeping me stuck. I lost my business. I lost my savings. I lost my house.

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Are You Ready to Hire a Virtual Assistant?

Success

She relieves me from things I don’t need to be doing like email, booking travel and project planning. Not to mention the added burden of sifting through stacks of résumés, arranging interviews and painstakingly checking references. I love all of that stuff, but I also don’t want to be working 70 hours a week.”.

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