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Moving Up, Changing CourseAllison ChestonDecember 21, 2024Comment

Should I Flag My Disability with Employers?

Telling Your Story, Starting Out, Moving Up, Changing CourseAllison ChestonJuly 21, 2022Career Planning, Mental Health, Learning Disabilities, Career InterviewsComment

How to Make a Mid-Career Change During Covid

Telling Your Story, Changing CourseAllison ChestonJanuary 5, 2022Career Change, Covid-19 Job Search, Mid-CareerComment

Six Essential Confidence Boosters to Nail that Interview

Changing Course, Moving Up, Starting Out, Telling Your StoryAllison ChestonDecember 3, 2021Interviewing, Behavioral Interviewing, Job Search, Career PreparationComment

The Truth About That Dream Job

Changing Course, Moving Up, Starting Out, Telling Your StoryAllison ChestonOctober 24, 2021dream career, dream job, Covid-19 Job Search, Career Launch Comments

The Job Market Is Hot! Is It Time to Make a Move?

Starting Out, Moving Up, Changing Course, Telling Your StoryAllison ChestonSeptember 17, 2021job hunt, job market, Negotiation, salary negotiation, compensationComment

Get the Job Before You Reject the Job

Changing Course, Starting OutAllison ChestonMay 5, 2021Job Search, College to Career, Interviewing, Negotiation, Compensation Comments

Be a Virtual Volunteer to Help Your Career While Helping Others

Changing Course, Starting Out, Telling Your StoryAllison ChestonNovember 21, 2020job hunt, Job Search, volunteering., NetworkingComment

How To Research Roles During Covid

Changing Course, Moving Up, Starting Out, Telling Your StoryAllison ChestonOctober 29, 2020Job Search, Covid-19 Job Search, LinkedIn, Transferable Skills

Advice on the State of the Job Market

Changing Course, Moving Up, Starting Out, Telling Your StoryAllison ChestonMarch 19, 2020Career Management, Career Planning, job hunt, Job SearchComment

Finding Your Career in the Unconventional

Starting Out, Changing Course, Moving Up, Telling Your StoryAllison ChestonFebruary 10, 2020Career Planning, Career Route, Career Launch, Millennial Careers, College GradsComment

What To Do If You Get Fired

Most people get fired at some point in their careers and it’s not the end of the world, even though it might feel that way at the time. Here’s concrete, step by step advice to get you back on track if the worst happens.

Changing Course, Moving Up, Starting Out, Telling Your StoryAllison ChestonDecember 2, 2019Job Loss, job hunt, Job Search, skill story, NetworkingComment

Tell Me About Yourself: Talk Your Skills Up in an Interview

Most interviews are in a behavioral format, meaning the interviewer not only wants you to share that you have a particular skill, they want to hear about how you used that skill in past jobs. Practicing your skill story ahead of time will allow you to share it strategically, building it seamlessly into The Story of YOU.

Tell Me About Yourself: Examples of Narratives That Work

Telling the Story of YOU should be a great experience. It should make you feel like you’ve just had a 5-mile run or a great cup of coffee, or both. Instead, if it feels tortured, nervous-making or rambling, just imagine how the listener feels.

The Story of YOU Part 2: Tutorial on Narratives that Work

Last time we discussed the basic principles behind engaging listeners with your story. Today we are going to get downright specific – I’m going to share specific instructions for creating narratives that work well to open doors for all types of job seekers. First, some general principles for developing your narrative.

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