The HR Mentor

#3: How Your Values Impact Your Career and Job Search

In this episode, Melanie talks about your core values and how knowing and understanding these guiding beliefs can assist you in your career and job search.
 
Melanie shares a definition of values and provide examples of how values might impact your decision making. She also walks you through a short exercise to help you identify your values and wraps up with a list of four ways your values can help you with career and job search decisions.
 
These are the 4 ways your values can have an impact:
Help you identify roles or jobs that will be the most satisfying.
Help you decide which organizations or industries to pursue.
Help you promote yourself during the selection process.
Help you understand why you may be feeling disconnected at work.
Below is a summary of the episode:
 
[01:51] Melanie begins with a definition of values and how they appear through action.
[02:52] Living to our values can be challenging, but in the long-term living against values can cause dissatisfaction.
[03:35] Using an example, Melanie illustrates how values can conflict and how living out of sync with your values can have a negative impact on your life.
[06:10] Two important take-a-ways. Thinking about and identifying your values is worthwhile and living in accordance with your values can be difficult and takes courage.
[06:45] Don't know your values? Don't worry. Here is a process with some validation exercises to help you figure this out. It all begins with the Identifying Your Values Worksheet which you can find here.
[09:10] There are four key ways that values can have an impact. This is primarily evident through the decisions you make throughout your career or during your job search.
[09:50] Values can help you identify the types of roles and jobs you will find satisfying.
[10:41] Even if you don't know everything about an organization or role, you can take steps to learn more so that you can make a more values based decision.
[10:48] We can't always work in values-aligned roles. Security of home and food may take precedence.
[11:48] I share an example of how my core value Impact, resulted in my changing roles.
[14:11] Values will help you determine which organizations or industries are a better match for you.
[15:15] You can find lots of information about organizations and industries online or through social media. It is also great to ask values related questions during the recruitment and selection processes.
[16:52] The third way values have an impact is as a tool to help you promote yourself during the recruitment and selection process.
[17:39] The fourth and final way values have an impact is by providing clues as to why you might not be happy in your current role. Melanie also talk about how leaders can recognize that a values disconnect could be the reason their employees are not performing at their best.
[22:15] Melanie summarizes the episode. Knowing your values is important for your career satisfaction and long-term happiness.
Download the Identifying Your Core Values Worksheet here.
 
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#2: 3 Steps to Shift Your Limiting Beliefs and Improve Your Job Search

June 24, 2020
 
In this episode, Melanie explains what limiting beliefs are and how your limiting beliefs could be affecting your success with your job search or career transition.
 
You will learn 3 easy steps to help you shift your limiting beliefs and improve your chance or achieving your goals. Not only with your job search, but also in any area of your life you would like to improve.
 
Here is a quick summary of the 3 steps:
Identify your limiting beliefs
Reframe your limiting beliefs
Repeat and reinforce your new beliefs
Here is a summary of the episode:
[00:56] Limiting beliefs are formed from thoughts we keep thinking about ourselves or a particular situation. They are formed from passed experiences or patterns of behaviour.
[01:26] Melanie shares an example of a limiting belief that affected her early in life.
[02:04] Melanie shares an example of a limiting belief that might be formed during your job search or career transition.
[03:03] The three steps are; identify your limiting beliefs, reframe your limiting beliefs, and repeat and reinforce your new supportive beliefs.
[03:19] Melanie explains how you can identify your limiting beliefs. Think about applying for a job or imagine the last time you applied for a job or attended an interview. Ask yourself, what were the thoughts you were having. Write these down. Some examples of these thoughts might be; "this is a long-shot, I don't have a chance" or "I'm not fully qualified for this job so no one is going to call me back."
[04:58] So how do you know if they are limiting beliefs? The easiest way to tell, is to think about your belief and write down how it makes you feel. If it makes you feel fearful, worried, overwhelmed or any other negative feeling would be considered limiting beliefs. They don't support the goal you want to achieve.
[07:15] Step two is to reframe your limiting beliefs. Start by writing down how you would rather feel. Then identify a more supportive belief that connects to that feeling.
[09:47] Step three is to repeat and reinforce your new supportive beliefs. This is all about making your belief stick. So that it becomes who you are and what you believe. This takes 30 days of consistent action. Melanie shares some simple and fun options and ideas to help you do this.
[12:43] Melanie recaps the three steps to shift your limiting beliefs.
[14:13] A job search is more like a marathon than a sprint. Don't give up on yourself. It takes time! Rejection is part of the process.
[15:04] Melanie has a handy worksheet to help guide you through these steps! Download it at the link below!
Download the 3-Steps to Shift Your Limiting Beliefs Worksheet Here!
 
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#1: Why you need an HR Mentor

In this introductory episode, Melanie explains why she started this podcast and what you can expect as a listener. She also shares what she believes is both exciting and challenging about an HR Career.
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