Career Advancement with Craig Ancel

Is Your Career Happening To You or Are You Happening to Your Career? Have you cruised through your jobs and career up to this point on autopilot? Today we will explore assertiveness and complacency - some might say opposites. I'd reframe complacency to 'being comfortable'. Why, because being comfortable is where we might fail. Web definition: As adjectives the difference between comfortable and la...

3 Steps to Better Performance Reviews Have you been grinding along, giving work your all? But, don't feel you're being noticed? Maybe you're not seeing the rewards when it comes time for salary increases or bonus opportunities. If you're missing recognition at work, it will be hard to earn a promotion. To truly advance in your career you need to know what's important to your company. Tune in for t...

How Learned Helplessness Negatively Affects You and Your Career If you wake up for work and something isn't quite right. You may have an uneasy feeling going into the job. Your emotions may be stronger, you may feel worried, upset, or angry. If so, you could be in a toxic workplace. Left unchecked this can negatively impact your mental and physical health. It can negatively impact your career adva...

What to do if You're In a Toxic Job Different levels of toxicity affect us at work. Toxicity can impact us in the form of unhappiness. It can cause us to be fearful and defensive at work. You need to know what to do and your options if you're in a toxic environment at work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Right Time for a Promotion A position just opened up at your company for a promotion. Should you take it? Is now the right time? Today, we will address the right time to apply for a promotion. You'll also get some tips on the wrong times to apply. Did you know applying at the wrong time or for the wrong reasons can negatively impact your career advancement chances? After listening to today's s...

Unhappy at Work? Take Action Now! When you wake up, do you dread getting out of bed? If so, is your job the cause? How long has this negative situation been brewing? We will identify the source of your unhappiness at work and map out an action plan to help you recover. If you're becoming increasingly unhappy at work or maybe in a toxic environment - don't wait! Take Action Now! Learn more about yo...

Is Your Resume Too Long? What happens when you have 10, 15, or 20+ years career experience? What do you do with all that career history on your resume? Maybe you enjoy learning and have a significant educational background. If you want recommendations to solve both, tune it today! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Avoid Aging Yourself on Your Resume When we entered the job world we likely struggled to build our resume. Fast forward 10+ years we could suffer from the opposite. Our resume content and page length could get out of control. As time passes we gain experience which can date us on our resume. Today's show shares key areas you can review to ensure your resume is NOT dating you. Learn more abo...

The Power of Pause - Controlling Your Emotional Intelligence In our ultra-fast-paced world, we're asked to do more with less. That means less time, money, and resources. We need to be able to react quickly to certain situations. But without pause, we can get ourselves in trouble and build a negative reputation. Let's explore how to utilize and control our pauses so we reap the rewards! Learn more...

How to Get Unstuck in Your Job and Advance Today's show is for you if you need to be more appreciated or recognized! Only you can decide when enough is enough. If you're serious about change and ready to advance these tips will help! You might be ready to advance internally or look outside your company. Either way, you'll have some options when it comes to advancing in your career. Learn more abou...

Help! My resume is too long! I know resumes are not a popular topic! The unfortunate truth, they are a necessary evil. Do you know where your resume is and when it was last updated? As you gain work experience, additional training, and education your resume grows in length! You now have the opposite problem you had when you entered the workforce. Now, it's not what you can scrape together to build...

How to Increase Your Pay When you were young, you might have been told, "Find a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life." That sounds too good to be true. But either way, whether you find your dream job or not, you still should be paid what you're worth. The problem is that sometimes our efforts and actions aren't seen in a way that benefits us during pay/performance reviews. Here's...

The What & How Behind a Cover Letter Are you skipping job postings that require or recommend a cover letter? If so, chances are that most others are also! Find out the importance of cover letters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Always Have an Ask Are you interested in a promotion or broadening your abilities? What would happen if you had that unique opportunity to meet an executive from your company? Today's show touches briefly on "Elevator Pitches", but adds a powerful point. You should Always Have an Ask for that chance meeting with executives. Otherwise, you might just chat about the weather or something else trivial...

How Does Your Resume Feel? The word "resume" can be a dirty word. Many times it's create it and forget it. Today, I ask you to locate it, dust it off, and see what it makes you feel. That's right - before a human reads it they scan it. Your resume's structure, content, and format are more important than you think! Find out how important the feel of your resume is. And, see how to get the upper han...

The Negative Effects of Complacency You may not be aware, but complacency can do more than hurt our careers. Complacency, the feeling of being overly comfortable, can cause severe injury and even death! If I've got your attention now, great. Find out how complacency may be affecting you and what you can do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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2024 Resume Trends Ever wonder what recruiters, hiring managers, and human resource professionals look for on resumes? Look no further! Today's show merges Craig's career coaching experience with the latest resume review & interview-winning trends. Learn the latest do's and don'ts! To bullet or not to bullet? Topics discussed: resume length, format, white space, font type, content, and structure!...

Risk Management: Reactive vs. Proactive There are always risks in our daily lives. Sometimes risks are part of our personal lives, other times risks occur in our professional lives. Today's show separates proactive risk management vs. reactive issue management. There is also some bonus content regarding static vs. dynamic risk management. Regardless of your industry or role, today's show applies t...

When Employee Performance Goes Unrecognized Imagine a time at work when you put in the extra hours, and your weekends are lost to your "special project". You do it because you're a driven individual and the project is completed on time or ahead of schedule, despite the odds. You didn't work the hours for the appreciation or potential reward. But, day after day, week after week, since the project w...

The Difference Between Assertive and Aggressive Leadership It's a fine line, but be careful of crossing over from assertive to aggressive. If you're unsure about the difference, this episode is for you! We all need to lead, but our styles can make or break teams. Once you completed a critical project, what was the outcome? Did you have team members supporting you along the way, perhaps running wit...

Is Your Message Inconsistent? Having a clear message is critical to quickly convey your points. When our message is inconsistent we're doing the exact opposite. It's not only about the words we use but the words we choose not to use. Body language accounts for a large portion of our message, too. Make sure your voice, body language, and message are in alignment. Tune in to test your Message Consis...

New to Management? The saying, "What got you here, won't get you there." absolutely applies! Your hard work and assertive performance moved you into management. But, it's all too easy to try to take the individual contributor reigns back and become a micromanager. Grab today's show to get a "New to Management" tune-up. Craig shares some powerful lessons you should heed and avoid on your management...

Are Your Goals and Resume SMART? New Year's resolutions often include setting goals. But, often goal setting can fail if it's vague. Using SMART goals sets you up for success. And, SMART structure absolutely applies to your resume! You're smart, so now make your goals and resume smart, too! Tune in for your weekly dose of Career Advancement! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

How To Do a SWOT Analysis It's the New Year, how are you going to advance your career? You really can't until you know where you are, performance-wise so that you can target a growth and improvement plan. Today's show focuses on identifying your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. You'll need to tune in to find out how to do this, efficiently and effectively. We'll also touch on key...