SIWIKE “Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier”: the podcast

Let's take a step back to understand why stress and anxiety is important to have in the first place. With more knowledge, we can often learn to deal with and mitigate future stress and anxiety.

Lea…

Should a resume be 1 page or 2 or more?
Should it have a summary at the top or not?
How about objectives?
Education or experience first?
How about including a "skills" section which lists all of you…

Promotions can be highly sought after. And while promotion processes might be a little unique to each company, there are common steps needed to advance in your job.

1. Understand the administrative r…

Starting a new job can be nerve wracking especially for youth that may have never previously worked in a corporate environment before.

You'll want to make sure you fit in, understand expectations as…

When submitting resumes online, it can be a big black hole with not feedback.

An alternative approach would be to network with folks and get to know them. Spend some time to build rapport and under…

In our LinkedIn engagement and connections episode we go through some best practices and bad practices to avoid.

Just like in networking, the answer to any "how to network" question on LinkedIn is …

I like to refer to LinkedIn as a "networking event that's happening 24/7/365 with several hundreds of millions of participants".
Many use the platform for job searching, and it has potential to add …

Wouldn't it be great if they taught you the basics of how to behave in a workplace. Your work is not school, and is not your home. There are different expectations and behaviours that are appropriate…

Doing a network audit starts by taking a look at who you spend the most time with. If you are indeed the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with, do those 5 people have the same values, …

As a follow-on to the "What do you want question", https://siwike.fireside.fm/002 listen to the episode for us to

For job seekers: get specific as a starting point. Instead of just wanting a job, o…

It's not what you know, it's who you know. A common piece of wisdom when speaking about success in the world. I further the quote by saying "it's not who you know, but who knows you" that can be all …

If you prepared your resume the way we suggested in the previous episode https://siwike.fireside.fm/009 then you've already started preparing for your interview.

Now you need to focus on delivery an…

Resume guidance from reverse engineering the job posting and it's importance.
Why format can be so crucial and what formatting elements are important.
What about dates and months? what should you u…

What do you want? In the FOCUS inspired approach https://siwike.fireside.fm/002 that's the first question you need to answer.

It seems like an obvious question and often folks don't take the time t…

Learn the basics of the job hunt. Fundamentals about:
Resumes: the most important considerations when creating your resume.
Interviews: what to focus on when preparing and practicing for interviews.
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Learning to learn in a meta-skill that I am still learning more about. After I recorded this episode, I found more resources and figured I'd do a part 2 vs re-recording this one.
If you're not doing …

Take care of your health and you can go far. Ignore it and you might find (potentially unnecessary) challenges later.
Suppose you were to take a cross country road trip. Only for them to tell you th…

"He who thinks he can, and he who things he can't, is probably right" -Confucius

Often times your choice and perspective on life can be a game changer. Simply making a choice and perhaps choosing a …

"Tell me what you value and I might believe you, but show me your calendar and your bank statement, and I’ll show you what you really value" -Peter Drucker

Non-negotiable time is the time you alloca…

To get you started on your journey to discover the SIWIKE "Stuff I Wish I Knew Earlier", we start with the FI-A FOCUS inspired approach. A simple 3 step career coaching framework to unlock your caree…