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Just one week to go! On July 2 I will be a published author! I wrote Beyond the Thin Blue Line for the thousands of law enforcement officers who have bravely served our communities and are now looking for their next career in the private sector. What You’ll Learn: - How to identify your career passions and transferable skills to land a dream job in the private sector. - How to craft a resume that showcases your skills and communicates them effectively to civilian employers. - The power of LinkedIn and leveraging networking to advance your career. - The art of interviewing and strategies for answering the ten most common job interview questions. - How law enforcement officers can succeed in the civilian workforce, demonstrated by four real-life transition stories of former officers who have become business owners, executives with Fortune 500 companies, and other successful members of the private sector. Don’t be reactive; be proactive and approach your career transition with confidence. Visit WhittingtonBooks.com to learn more!

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹🤷 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 sheds light on the communication challenges young adults face in today's job market. Reality check✅- Students often overestimate their communication skills, and employers take notice. The solution?💡 Educators are championing Job Market Boot Camps, cover letter workshops, and simulated business lunches – all dedicated to refining those essential soft skills. It’s time to shift from awkward exchanges to meaningful connections. Let's turn casual “Hey wazzup y’all” cover letters into compelling narratives that grab employers’ attention. As a career coach, I'm on a mission to shape the next generation’s soft skills for real-world success. 💪🌟 #careercoaching #softskills #careerreadiness #professionaldevelopment #youngadults

Ryan offers free job simulations for students interested in learning more about the field of Tax Consulting. If you are a professor or career center faculty member and believe your students would benefit from these simulations, we invite you to attend a virtual meeting on April 12th. During this meeting, we will discuss how to integrate these programs into your curriculum. Reach out to Kendall Pulaski if you're interested in attending this meeting!

"I've applied for a 100 jobs & can't get an interview." For educators looking to switch careers, this probably sounds all too familiar. If you are struggling with the job search, you're in luck! Recruiting expert Ksenia Mueller, M.S., SHRM-CP provides us with practical tips that will help you get a foot in the door.

Transitioning teachers, Please don’t list your job title as ‘Classroom Manager’ on your resume. If you’re the 4th grade Science Teacher, just say that. I promise there is value in what you actually did/do. You’re going to hear a lot of advice. Most of it is going to sound ludicrous. That’s because a majority of it is. The truth is most of us had no idea what we were doing so most people don’t even remember the steps it took, and teaching you to do it *just like they did*, may or nay not work for you. What does work? Integrity, honesty, re-doing your resume to highlight how you added value in the lives of your students and the school community as a whole. (Use numbers.)

One of my habits from my policing years is that I have a good recollection of names.   Arresting someone meant obtaining their full name. Preparing a Brief of Evidence required writing all the witnesses’ names in full, including the other police officers that I would work with on that matter. I can tell you the names people were truly given by their parents – even the most embarrassing combination.  And I enjoy using my sister-in-law’s full name to her horror; hey, Catherine-Anne Van Velthuizen. When I began Churchill Education, I took that same habit of writing the clients’ full names on each file and then making sure it appeared in beautifully cursive font on their qualifications.  The names of many of our clients, in the tens of thousands now, still come to mind for me. Today, in the space of two hours, I received calls here at Churchill from new clients looking for our help in achieving their qualifications through Recognition of Prior Learning.  When I asked how they heard about us they shared that they were referred from a past clients who both just happened to have used our services in 2006 – the very first year Churchill began.   And I remembered their names.  Even more so, though, I was chuffed that they remembered our name.   Many thanks to you Nick and Luke for sharing our name with your mates.  I appreciate that after all these years you thought of Churchill Join my wife Tricia Velthuizen, myself, and the whole Churchill Education team as we help you gain valuable recognition for the work you've already done.    Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) might just help you gain that next promotion, new job, career change, or even change your life like so many of our graduates.    Find out more at https://lnkd.in/gNCpWTWZ    #careers #personaldevelopment #jobinterviews #education 

Want to stand out in your job search? In this episode of The Search Bar, Rob VanDorin, Director of the CMU Career Development Center, discusses adding more experience to your resume, preparing for a career change and improving your personal brand. https://bit.ly/3Vex09q

It is something every recent graduate will be able to tell you but the reason for this is not something which travels across the generational gap very well: Searching for a graduate job is soul-crushing Those of my parent's generation will often say this is because it takes a lot of applications to get anywhere. This is true, but recent graduates (myself included) have also had to contend with the rise of hour-long applications, where the system expects you to fill in things as detailed as your grade for each module at university, all to then ask for your CV at the end of the process. This is why it is so much more frustrating than many older people recognise. If you don't believe me, please watch this excellent video of someone trying to do these applications: https://lnkd.in/ef3j2YZs It is another reason graduates shouldn't necessarily go for the big ones - smaller firms like Bishop and Sewell can have much more streamlined and human application processes, which respect the time (and sanity) of both employer and prospective employee.