Challenge: Shut Down Negative Self-Talk (NST)
Today’s Work It DAILY challenge is simple, but powerful: Shut down negative self-talk. We all have that inner voice—the one that whispers doubts, exaggerates mistakes, and chips away at our confidence. For many professionals, especially job seekers and those navigating career transitions, this voice can […]
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4 Phrases You Should Never Have On Your Resume
Sometimes, the reason your resume gets dismissed by employers has nothing to do with your experience or qualifications. It could simply come down to using phrases that immediately turn hiring managers off. Every word on your resume must work for you, not against you. In […]
Career development
How To Start A Conversation With A LinkedIn Connection
You just got a new LinkedIn connection—woo-hoo! Okay, now what? How can you start building your professional relationship with this person so you add value to each other’s network? Making that first move can feel a little awkward, but it’s a key step in turning […]
Career development
Careers & employer engagement in schools – what works (ISE webinar)
Last month I had the opportunity to participate in an ISE webinar to talk about what works in careers and employer engagement in schools. It was a great opportunity as, as well as me, there were also employers and representatives of schools there. I talked […]
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Last month I had the opportunity to participate in an ISE webinar to talk about what works in careers and employer engagement in schools. It was a great opportunity as, as well as me, there were also employers and representatives of schools there. I talked about currently policy and practice, but then we all rolled up our sleeves and tried to solve some of the real problems that people on both sides of the education and employment divide experience.
It is definately worth a watch….
Podcast: Sustainability and career guidance
Photo by Narcisa Aciko on Pexels.com I recently had the opportunity to be interviewed as part of Veilederforum-podden (the Norwegian guidance forum’s new podcast). In the podcast I discuss the issue of sustainability in career guidance with Mari Thorbjørnsrud from the Norwegian Directorate for Higher […]
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I recently had the opportunity to be interviewed as part of Veilederforum-podden (the Norwegian guidance forum’s new podcast). In the podcast I discuss the issue of sustainability in career guidance with Mari Thorbjørnsrud from the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills.
In the conversation we discuss both the definition of sustainability associated with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals set out a broad vision for a sustainable and fair society. But, we also focus in on the issue of the climate crisis and discuss sustainability in this sense as well.
In all cases, the question is ‘what has this got to do with career guidance?’. In the podcast we explore this and consider a range of ways in which career guidance can make a difference to these issues.
The podcast starts in Norwegian, but quickly moves back into English as I am not confident enough to show off my faltering Norsk on a podcast.
Discussing career and agency on Hoda Kilani’s Career Info show
I was recently very privileged to be interviewed by Hoda Kilani’s Career Info show on YouTube. Hoda is a career development expert and practitioner based in Alberta, Canada. Hoda’s Career Info consists of career discussions with leading global experts in career development. Through these discussions […]
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I was recently very privileged to be interviewed by Hoda Kilani’s Career Info show on YouTube.
Hoda is a career development expert and practitioner based in Alberta, Canada. Hoda’s Career Info consists of career discussions with leading global experts in career development. Through these discussions she seeks to increase awareness about the importance of career literacy and offering tips designed to give people confidence as they pursue their career.
In this interview I talk about careers and the future and the importance of avoiding panic when we hear about changes in society and the economy.
I hope that you enjoy the show and subscribe to Hoda’s Career Info…
Work It DAILY's Top 6 Free Career Resources
Work It Daily has an amazing library of free resources for professionals at any age or job level. No matter if you’re looking for help with your job search, career change, or professional development efforts, Work It Daily has the career resources you need. Here […]
Career development
Work It Daily has an amazing library of free resources for professionals at any age or job level. No matter if you’re looking for help with your job search, career change, or professional development efforts, Work It Daily has the career resources you need.
Here are Work It Daily’s top six free career resources, plus a few additional resources you might find helpful:
1. Resume & LinkedIn Bootcamp
Today, if you want recruiters to call you, your resume and LinkedIn profile need to stand out.
Our Resume & LinkedIn Bootcamp is a free workshop hosted by J.T. O’Donnell, founder & CEO of Work It Daily, and Christina Burgio, Director of Training Development & Development, that can help you write and optimize your resume and LinkedIn profile to get noticed by recruiters.
In this free bootcamp, you’ll learn:
- What recruiters want your resume to look like
- How to make sure your LinkedIn profile is optimized
- Tips for making sure BOTH tools are set up correctly
Get instant access to our Resume & LinkedIn Bootcamp today!
2. Career Decoder Quiz
Are you ready to take the first step toward unlocking your true professional potential?
The Career Decoder Quiz will help you determine what your workplace persona is. That means you’ll get a sense of who you are as a working professional and what makes you thrive at work. You’ll find out how you like to create value and what your professional strengths are, which will help you find the right career for you.
Knowing who you are as a working professional and what makes you happy on the job will help you be successful in your career or job search.
Don’t waste another day not knowing your professional strengths.
Take our Career Decoder Quiz today!
3. Workplace Communication Style Quiz
Have you ever wondered about how you communicate with others?
How you interact with others plays a major role in both your career and life in general. It can be hard to categorize yourself, but it’s extremely helpful to have an idea of how you communicate with others and get a sense of how others perceive you.
The Communication Style (ISAT) Quiz allows you to understand your communication style so you can work more effectively with others. It has 18 questions about your personality and how you handle certain situations.
Take our Workplace Communication Style Quiz today!
4. How To Choose Your Career (In 5 Simple Steps)
Do you feel stuck in your career and don’t know what to do next? You are not the problem. Thousands of people (just like you!) feel professionally stuck because school never taught us what career best suits our needs.
In this 60-minute workshop, J.T. O’Donnell, founder & CEO of Work It Daily, and Christina Burgio, Director of Training Development & Development, break down step by step how to choose a career that suits your unique combination of professional strengths.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- How to choose your next career path
- Why working “in” your job is hurting your career
- How your unique personality is impacting your success
- How to determine which strengths to use to build your dream career
- And so much MORE!
Get instant access to “How To Choose Your Career (In 5 Simple Steps)” today!
5. Professional Strengths Bootcamp
Understanding who you are as a worker is the key to achieving career satisfaction.
Our Professional Strengths Bootcamp is a free workshop hosted by J.T. O’Donnell, founder & CEO of Work It Daily, and Christina Burgio, Director of Training Development & Development, designed to help you learn how to unlock your professional strengths so you can get what you want from work.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- Why working “in” your job is hurting your career
- How your unique personality is impacting your success
- How to determine which strengths to use to build your dream career
- And so much MORE!
Get instant access to our Professional Strengths Bootcamp today!
6. How To Break Through Career Burnout
Want to learn how to get unstuck and feel happy in your career again?
In this 60-minute workshop, J.T. O’Donnell, founder & CEO of Work It Daily, and Christina Burgio, Director of Training Development & Development, will teach you why burnout occurs and what you can do to motivate yourself to get back on track so you can regain the professional happiness and satisfaction you want and deserve.
Here’s what you’ll learn:
- How burnout occurs and why it’s so common
- The path you’ll want to take to overcome burnout
- What high-payoff activities will make you successful
- The steps you’ll need to take to get the right results
Get instant access to “How To Break Through Career Burnout” today!
Additional Free Resources
7 Mistakes You Can’t Afford To Make On LinkedIn
In this free training, you will learn:
- The 7 mistakes executives can’t afford to make on LinkedIn anymore
- How to avoid looking like a narcissist on LinkedIn
- The one change in your LinkedIn settings that will get you more profile views
- How “curating” the content you share on LinkedIn impacts your reputation
- The 3 places on your LinkedIn profile you need to care about the most
Get instant access to “7 Mistakes You Can’t Afford To Make On LinkedIn” today!
No. 1 Way To Get A Job Without Applying Online
In this free training, you will learn:
- Why an “interview bucket list” is the secret weapon to securing a good job
- Which tools you need to update and use to get noticed by recruiters
- The right way to network on sites like LinkedIn to get in front of hiring managers
Get instant access to “No. 1 Way To Get A Job Without Applying Online” today!
8 Reasons TikTok Will Be The Hottest Way To Hire (And Get Hired) In 2023
In this free training, you will learn:
- Why not just Gen Z but all generations are finding their next employer on TikTok
- How using TikTok will make it easier (yes, easier!) for companies to recruit on other social media platforms like LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter
- How talent searches for employers on TikTok and “discovers” the best places to work nobody knows about
- How companies will use TikTok to recruit without having to start a company TikTok account
Get instant access to “8 Reasons TikTok Will Be The Hottest Way To Hire (And Get Hired) In 2023” today!
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Why Do You #WorkItDaily? Share Your Story With Us Today!
For many of us, our careers are not only about what we do but WHY we do it. At Work It Daily, we know this is true. That’s why we want to hear YOUR career story! Why Do You #WorkItDaily? @workitdaily Why do YOU #WORKITDAILY […]
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For many of us, our careers are not only about what we do but WHY we do it. At Work It Daily, we know this is true. That’s why we want to hear YOUR career story!
Why Do You #WorkItDaily?
@workitdaily Why do YOU #WORKITDAILY ??? Share your story on @tiktok, tag @workitdaily & add the hashtag #workitdaily too. You could get featured on our feed & website where millions will see you.♥️♥️♥️ #jobtok #edutok #careertiktok #careergoals #work #lifehack #life #live #love ♬ original sound – Work It Daily
J.T. O’Donnell, Work It Daily’s founder and CEO, recently launched a social media campaign on TikTok asking users to share their stories about why they “#workitdaily.”
Why do you do what you do?
Work It Daily’s mission in 2023 is to help millions of people become the purpose-driven professionals they want to be. But in order to do that, we need to change the narrative. We need to stop asking people what their job titles are and what they do for work and judging them based on those answers. Instead, we need to start to get to know the people behind the work.
And the way that we do that is through storytelling.
If millions of us can share our stories about why we work, we will collectively change the narrative. And this is also how we’re finally going to be able to be comfortable working to live instead of living to work. The shift has to come, and we’re starting that shift with this campaign.
Need Some Inspiration? Check Out Fatima’s Story!
@fatimalhusseiny I joined the challenge #workitdaily @Work It Daily #fypシ #bookishmuslimgirl_lb ♬ Epic Music(863502) – Draganov89
Our first participant in this challenge was Fatima, a writer who loves telling the stories of others.
In her TikTok, Fatima states:
Writing is my passion. It’s how I express myself and share my voice through others’ stories. Telling stories is a way of communication and connecting with others and making a difference. I think it’s also a personal journey for me. I love nothing more than just sitting down with someone and hearing about their experiences, challenges, struggles, their triumphs and achievements, and then being able to take all of that and put them into words. There’s something magical about being out there for someone sharing their stories and being there.
Fatima shared her story with us. Will you?
Share Your Story With Us Today!
@workitdaily Thank you Fatima for being the first to join our @tiktok social media campaign♥️♥️♥️@fatimalhusseiny We can’t wait to share your story with the world! Check out our campaign to learn more! @workitdaily #workitdaily #WhyIWorkItDaily #careertiktok #careertok #jobtok #edutok #mywhy #purpose #passion #worktolive #live #life #love ♬ Epic Music(863502) – Draganov89
Why do YOU #workitdaily? Share your story on TikTok, tag @workitdaily, and add #workitdaily to your post. You could get featured on our website and social media feeds!
Let’s start changing the narrative today! We look forward to seeing your story!
Do we need to overhaul careers education in schools and colleges? Inside Your Ed podcast
It was a great privilege to be asked by Tom Richmond to talk about career education on the EDSK podcast, Inside your ED. It was really great to be able to go into a bit of depth about the history of recent careers policy and […]
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It was a great privilege to be asked by Tom Richmond to talk about career education on the EDSK podcast, Inside your ED. It was really great to be able to go into a bit of depth about the history of recent careers policy and to consider what we could learn from it. In the podcast you will hear me and Rebecca Montacute from The Sutton Trust in riotous agreement about how career education and guidance needs to be improved.
Hopefully a few politicians are listening.
Questioning tech: The past, present, and future of survey tools
If you want to hear me talking about the history of online surveys you are in luck. I’m interviewed on Liam Geraghty’s Questioning Tech podcast. In this podcast he takes us through the history of surveys with me popping up towards the end to talk […]
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If you want to hear me talking about the history of online surveys you are in luck. I’m interviewed on Liam Geraghty’s Questioning Tech podcast. In this podcast he takes us through the history of surveys with me popping up towards the end to talk about online surveys. Warning though, he is also selling a new product called Intercom Surveys, so expect to hear a lot about that. Nonetheless, it is well worth a listen…
Questioning tech: The past, present, and future of survey tools
#WeAreCareers S5 E1 – Why we need a career guidance guarantee
I had the great privilege of joining Chris Webb and MeetSabiha on #WeAreCareers yesterday. If you haven’t watched this show before, you really should. It is a regular YouTube show which looks at all things careers and features all sorts of interesting guests. You can […]
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I had the great privilege of joining Chris Webb and MeetSabiha on #WeAreCareers yesterday. If you haven’t watched this show before, you really should. It is a regular YouTube show which looks at all things careers and features all sorts of interesting guests. You can get it most easily by subscribing to the CDI YouTube channel.
Yesterday I was talking politics (for a change). We discussed why career guidance was so important, why politicians should care about it and what we are doing with the Career Guidance Guarantee to push that forwards. If you haven’t signed the Career Guidance Guarantee yet, then please sign it now. Once you’ve done that you can kick back and enjoy me, Chris and Sabiha talking careers, politics and why we all need to shout much louder for what we believe in.
The future of work and how to stay employable
It was a real privilege to be interviewed by Jeremy Cline on the Change Work Life podcast the other day. Jeremy’s podcast is essential listening for everyone in the career development world. He now has 112 episodes, most of which consist of conversations between Jeremy […]
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It was a real privilege to be interviewed by Jeremy Cline on the Change Work Life podcast the other day.
Jeremy’s podcast is essential listening for everyone in the career development world. He now has 112 episodes, most of which consist of conversations between Jeremy and other experts in different aspects of career development. Recent episodes have focused on the changing workplace after Covid, finding fulfilment and how to make yourself visible at work. All well work a listen.
In my episode Jeremy and I discuss the future and what people can do, both individually and collectively, to ensure that they will still have a careers. Inevitably we discuss robots and the gig economy, but we also touch on globalisation, digitalisation, politics, the economy and career guidance. As ever I argue that it is important not to panic and to recognise that while change happens many things also stay the same.
Jeremy has produced excellent shownotes as well as a brilliant podcast.
Listen to Episode 112: The future of work and how to say employable
Reaching the hard to reach
Reaching the ‘hard to reach’ – A creative conversation A couple of months ago I was invited to take part in one of David Cameron‘s ‘creative conversations’. These are professional development events for Skills Development Scotland. In this session I discussed the involvement of families […]
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Reaching the ‘hard to reach’ – A creative conversation
A couple of months ago I was invited to take part in one of David Cameron‘s ‘creative conversations’. These are professional development events for Skills Development Scotland. In this session I discussed the involvement of families in supporting the career development of young people with Phil Beadle, former Teacher of the Year, author and iconoclast and Suzanne Zeedyk, a developmental psychologist and leading campaigner about the impact and effect of Adverse Childhood experiences.
It was a really interesting conversation, so I thought that I’d share it here for anyone who is interested.
