A 40,000-Foot View of the Job Search
Lesa Edwards Lesa Edwards

A 40,000-Foot View of the Job Search

In the 14 years I’ve been doing this work full-time, I have never heard such frustration and lack of motivation about the job search. The combo of massive layoffs, economic uncertainty, and a broken job search system that has largely removed the human touch has left people aggravated and confused.

Here are the 7 mistakes I see people making in their job search - and how to correct them.

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How Long Will it Take You to Land a New Job?
Lesa Edwards Lesa Edwards

How Long Will it Take You to Land a New Job?

I found a graphic recently on LinkedIn where respondents had indicated how long it was taking them to land a new job. In this episode, I share those data with you, and give you five strategies to reduce the length of your job search.

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Your Professional Gaps and How to Address Them
Lesa Edwards Lesa Edwards

Your Professional Gaps and How to Address Them

Professional Gaps. I’m not talking about times when you weren’t employed, but rather gaps in your professional skill set. Ranging from communication skills to executive presence, each of us has at least one area with a gap.

The question then becomes what to do about those gaps? I give you concrete strategies to address these gaps - and how to think about things as you move through this process.

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Welcome to The Exclusive Career Podcast (and some good stuff on how to maximize your effectiveness at work)
Lesa Edwards Lesa Edwards

Welcome to The Exclusive Career Podcast (and some good stuff on how to maximize your effectiveness at work)

As I uplevel my work with clients, it only seemed natural to make a shift with my podcast. After 350+ episodes of The Exclusive Career Coach podcast, I have launched The Exclusive Career Podcast.

In this episode, I talk about how to maximize your effectiveness at work by allocating a sufficient amount of time to activities that fall into Covey’s Quadrant II - Important, But Not Urgent.

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