EOEJOURNAL JULY 2019

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am blessed in my life, if I haven't shared that before. I am healthy, I have a wonderful partner and a great family. This spring, I was fortunate enough to travel internationally with my mother and sister. We went to London and Amsterdam, visiting museums, shopping, and eating delicious food. At one point we were in the very tourist-populated area of London called Covent Garden. It was a beautiful day—the weather couldn't have been more perfect—and it was at the time of the city's annual flower show, so there may have been even more tourists than usual.

A couple of men walked in front of us holding hands. My sister said, "Look," pointing at the men, "It must be okay to be gay here."

I instantly replied, "Of course it is," thinking "why wouldn't it be?" But then I immediately checked myself and remembered some of the places I know it's not okay to be in a same sex relationship, especially walking down the street holding hands. Russia, Dubai are examples, and then there's Brunei, a small country in Southeast Asia who has recently enacted an Islamic law that made gay sex punishable by flogging or stoning to death.

It is so easy to take our liberties and sense of freedom for granted. Every now and then a detail comes up to remind us of that for which we should be grateful. Make sure not to miss the moment to reflect.

Celebrating National LGBTQ Pride Month — June, 2019

Lisa Petty, Editor Equal Opportunity Employment Journal

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Find the Job That Welcomes Your Full Self

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8 of the Most In-Demand Engineering Jobs for 2019

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Great Online Resources for Veterans Looking for Jobs

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20 of the Best Companies for Diversity and Inclusion

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6 Mind-Blowing Reasons to Work in Healthcare

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Tips to Help You Recruit People with Disabilities

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Intercultural Management: Key to Success in Hospitality & Tourism

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How To Be Happy & Stay Happy

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Connecting Your Career Dots

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Relieve Stress at Work: Do More at Work & Get Small Tasks Out of the Way

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Working with Different Generations in the Workplace: What You Need to Know

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Find the Job That Welcomes Your Full Self

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by Andy Talajkowski

mployers are increasingly adopting non-discrimination policies, expressing outward commitment to the LGBTQ community and taking other measures to support their LGBTQ employees. As getting a job at an LGBTQ-friendly company becomes more attainable, here are tips for finding the workplace environment that is right for you.

NETWORKING Tapping friends and peers in the LGBTQ community can help job seekers identify inclusive employers. Sam Young, Senior Director of Content, Creator, and Markets Operations at Spotify, transitioned careers as an openly queer, gender non-conforming woman. Young informed her connections that she was beginning her job search and asked them to refer her to companies that shared her values. She also sat down with friends and colleagues to find out what they enjoyed about their jobs to see what would potentially interest her as a career.

INTERVIEWING

Presenting signature style when networking and interviewing can ensure LGBTQ professionals find workplaces where they can present themselves comfortably.

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“I knew that pretending to be someone else during recruitment meant I would have to continue faking it at the workplace.”

-Sam Young, Senior Director of Content, Creator, and Markets Operations at Spotify

TIPS ——————————————————————— • Take inspiration by using LinkedIn or other networking platforms to connect with current employees and inquire about company culture.

• A ttend LGBTQ-friendly conferences and networking events, that will provide the perfect backdrop for your job search.

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When starting her career, Young was advised by a counselor to “soften” her look and present more femininely during her job search. But Young recognized that doing so could limit her potential to express herself: “I knew that pretending to be someone else during recruitment meant I would have to continue faking it at the workplace.”

Since she felt safe presenting as herself during her second job search, Young took the opportunity to do so. “It’s possible that I missed out on opportunities by coming to interviews in a suit and tie, but a company that would only hire me if I wore a skirt and pumps was not a company I wanted to work for,” she said.

DID YOU KNOW? ———————————————— “20% of millennials identify as LGBTQ. That’s going to be 75% of the workforce by 2025.” —Erin Uritus, CEO of Out & Equal

My ambition is to be myself and be heard.

Synchrony is more than a workplace—we’re a working forward place. A place that helps fulfill ambitions. A place where you’ll ensure customers succeed and we’ll do the same for you: through an extensive Diversity & Inclusion Network, leaders who believe differences are a competitive advantage, and a culture that celebrates you.

Because we know you have goals of your own. And we’re here to help you achieve them.

SHOULD I COME OUT TO MY POTENTIAL EMPLOYER? It’s a question that’s never been easy to answer: should I come out to an employer before I accept a job offer? Each LGBTQ job seeker has to decide this for themselves. All job seekers should evaluate the environment of a business or organization before deciding whether to accept a position.

Out & Equal recommends using the interview process to inquire about the inclusivity of a company.

Ask questions such as: 1 | What are your core values?

2 | What resources do you provide to employees?

3 | How would you describe your company culture?

4 | What are your inclusion policies and practices?

By digging into company culture, LGBTQ job seekers can determine whether they feel comfortable bringing their full, authentic selves to work.

Researching companies online is another valuable way to learn more about an office environment. Glassdoor reviews can inform job seekers more about employee experiences, and LGBTQ-inclusive organizations may use their Glassdoor profiles to publish posts or photos that show their diversity and inclusion initiatives.

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Beck Bailey, Deputy Director of the Workplace Equality Program at the Human Rights Campaign also advises looking at the Human Right Campaign’s annual Corporate Equality Index, which rates the LGBTQ inclusivity of a company’s policies and practices — companies that scored 100 percent in 2018 include Boston Consulting Group, SAP and Delta Airlines.

COMPANY CULTURE RED FLAGS

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If you listen to your gut — and look for certain warning signs — you can avoid the wrong company in favor of the right fit. How? Look for common red flags that spell t-r-o-u-b-l-e. Red flags of all sorts can commonly be found in the following areas: • Low-ball salary offer • Lack of inclusive benefits and perks • Misaligned mission or values • Overworked staff • Glassdoor reviews by employees • Poor interview experience • Lack of diversity in employee ranks • Management’s social media posts

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Not everyone is able to work at their dream job right away, but most people can find a position where they are happy and successful. By learning and prioritizing which culture elements you find most important, you can find a job where your work is exciting, engaging and rewarding.

Article provided by Glassdoor.com Study results: https://www.glassdoor.com/blog/lgbtq-study/ FREE RESOURCES: For Employees: Workplace Guide for LGBTQ Professionals: Embracing Your Authentic Self in Your Career For Employers: Empowering LGBTQ Employees: How to Create an Inclusive Culture ABOUT GLASSDOOR: As one of the world’s largest job and recruiting sites, Glassdoor combines all the latest jobs with millions of reviews and insights to make it easy for people to find a job that is uniquely right for them. Glassdoor now has more than 49 million reviews and insights for approximately 900,000 companies in more than 190 countries.

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8 of the Most In-Demand Engineering Jobs for 2019

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by Dean McClements

hen deciding on a career path it is very difficult to know whether or not that industry will continue growing, become over saturated or even become completely redundant. It is clear that the trend is towards information technology and automation and this is set to remain the case for the foreseeable future. Traditional fields such as civil and petroleum engineering are still high in demand, but the fastest growing fields are those in the IT sphere. This article aims to list some of the engineering jobs that are most in-demand and show the greatest salary potential for 2019 and beyond. Looking to boost your engineering career? Take a look at the best Engineering Job Opportunities now on NewEngineer.com!

1. Data Science & Machine Learning

Software engineering has seen continuous growth over the past few years and there are no signs of it stopping. Data science is a branch of software engineering that involves creating meaningful information based on large amounts of data. These large datasets are known as big data and can come from a variety of sources such as e-commerce, medical or financial sectors. This field uses both statistics and software engineering to gather, analyze and present the gathered data in such a way as to allow the end user to optimize their specific services. A simple example of this is using the data of which products sell best during a specific time of year to create targeted marketing campaigns. Machine learning is a subset of data science that is used to make predictions of what might happen in the future based on data of what happened in the past. Machine learning algorithms will make predictions, test whether these predictions were accurate, and then optimize the algorithm to improve the accuracy of the prediction going forward. The more varied the volume of data available the better the predictions. A bachelor’s degree is not always necessary to begin a career in data science as there are various short courses that cover the required topics. However, it is important to note that a strong background in both mathematics and coding is necessary.

Average Starting Salary: $89,000 Average Mid-Level Salary: $109,000 Average Late Career Salary: $120,000

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The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) provides the advanced scientific capabilities required to bolster our country’s position of global naval leadership. Here, in an environment where the nation’s best scientists and engineers are inspired to pursue their passion, everyone is focused on research that yields immediate and long-range applications in the defense of the United States.

NRL seeks seasoned professionals, as well as recent college graduates, in the areas of Chemistry, Computer Science, Materials Science, Meteorology, Oceanography, Physics, Aerospace, Chemical, Computer, Electronics, Materials, and Mechanical Engineering.

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Apply Today NRL’s main site is located in Washington, DC, with remote sites located at the Stennis Space Center, MS and Monterey, CA. Visit www. nrl.navy.mil/careers/ to view opportunities.

U.S. NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY 4555 Overlook Ave., SW • Washington, DC 20375

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Ranked in the Top 100 Best Places to Live for 2017, The City of Frederick in Western Maryland is the second largest city in Maryland.

A vibrant, growing suburb to the Washington/Baltimore Metro Areas, Frederick is a great place to live, work and play. Join our team of more than 870 employees and enjoy work-life balance and the chance to serve the public and make a difference where you live.

The City of Frederick is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and inclusive work MARYLAND environment and strongly encourages applications from minorities and women.

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Our employees say it best! They describe our culture as genuine, unique and fun. USECU is a place where you can let your personality shine and use your creativity and imagination to positively impact the member experience.

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A robotics engineer is involved in every aspect of the design, development, testing and implementation of robotic systems.

2. A utomation & Robotics Engineer

Robotic systems are already good at performing menial repetitive tasks that don’t require the dexterity and attention to detail provided by a human worker. However, with constant advances in computing, energy storage and materials, robots are beginning to move from single arm welding and assembly robots to complex humanoid robots. A striking example of this are the Boston Dynamics robots. A robotics engineer is involved in every aspect of the design, development, testing and implementation of robotic systems. Robotics engineers are typically either mechanical, electronics or mechatronic engineers. With the relentless march towards automation, the only jobs safe from automation are those within automation.

Average Starting Salary: $77,000 Average Mid-Level Salary: $92,000 Average Late Career Salary: $99,000

3. Petroleum Engineer

Petroleum engineers typically work on drilling methods, design of drilling equipment and implementing & monitoring the drilling plan for the extraction of crude oil.

Petroleum engineering has been in demand for the past few years and is set to continue growing in demand over the coming decade.

Despite the push for electrical vehicles and clean energy, oil is still highly in demand as it is used in many different industries. Many petroleum engineers are expected to retire in the coming years, creating more demand than supply, thus it is a perfect time to get into the field.

Average Starting Salary: $97,000 Average Mid-Level Salary: $120,000 Average Late Career Salary: $140,000

4. Civil Engineering

branches of civil engineering which make it difficult to saturate the market and therefore a great field to be in. The main Civil engineering fields include; structural engineering, environmental engineering, road/ highway engineering and transportation engineering.

Average Starting Salary: $59,000 Average Mid-Level Salary: $72,000 Average Late Career Salary: $96,000

5. Electrical Engineering

Electrical engineering is another one of the traditional engineering fields that shows continued demand. Electrical engineering is a very broad field which includes; power engineering, instrumentation engineering and electronic engineering to name a few.

The broad range of possible career paths within electrical engineering means that there will always be demand.

Average Starting Salary: $67,000 Average Mid-Level Salary: $82,000 Average Late Career Salary: $96,000

6. Alternative Energy Engineer

Due to the increased pressure being placed on the planet due to climate change there has been an international push towards clean & renewable energy. For example, the demand for solar energy technology has increased dramatically resulting in ever decreasing panel cost. This is creating a feedback loop that is further pushing up demand. There can be no doubt that alternative clean energy is the future. Despite coal fired power stations still making up the majority of global energy production, its growth has stagnated while alternative energy has grown. An energy engineer needs to start off with at least a bachelor’s degree in mechanical or electrical engineering. Thereafter a masters in energy engineering for the specific desired field can further improve job prospects.

Average Starting Salary: $65,000

Civil engineering was a highly in-demand Average Mid-Level Salary: $82,000 job in 2018 and that trend will continue Average Late Career Salary: $91,000 into 2019. Civil engineers build the infrastructure on which the world runs. As such, 7. Mining Engineer Mining is the start of any products’ lifecivil engineering is likely to be in demand cycle as this is the stage where the raw for the foreseeable future. There are various

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materials for everything that is manufactured get extracted from the ground. A mining engineer typically designs both open pit and underground mines and supervises the excavation and construction of these.

They also design methods for processing and transporting the mined materials to various processing plants. While the consumption trend for iron is set to begin falling in the next few decades, demand for lithium, copper, nickel and various other metals required in electronics and batteries is set to continue growing.

Average Starting Salary: $68,000 Average Mid-Level Salary: $89,000 Average Late Career Salary: $109,000

8. Project Engineer

A project engineer is a critical field that is a necessity in every branch of engineering. Project engineering is not typically something that is explicitly studied because any engineering degree can land you a project engineering post. Thereafter, further study in project management is usually recommended to improve overall efficiency. A project engineer manages projects that are technical in nature that may include the design, procurement, manufacture and delivery of small simple components to complex chemical treatment plants. The role is multidisciplinary in nature that requires a fundamental technical understanding of every facet of the project.

Average Starting Salary: $71,000 Average Mid-Level Salary: $89,000 Average Late Career Salary: $100,000

In Conclusion

The list of jobs mentioned in this article is by no means exhaustive but provides a good cross-section of the current job market. It is clear that jobs like data science and automation are the most in demand and offer higher than average starting and mid-level salaries. While traditional engineering fields still offer high salaries, it can be difficult to initially break into the industry as there tends to be an oversupply of entry-level engineers, however, after you specialize it becomes easier.

Looking to boost your study in the field? Take a look at the best Engineering Educational Opportunities now on NewEngineer.com!

Article provided by www.newengineer.com The career site for engineers.

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Great Online Resources for Veterans Looking for Jobs

A collection of some great and helpful websites for vets by HiringAmerica.net 1) GI Jobs

GI Jobs has a lot of great online tools for vets. They have hotlists for veteran career and education opportunities, a pay calculator that will help you figure out what salary you’ll need in your civilian job to equal your military pay, and they also have a job board that lets you search by location and your military specialty.

2) Feds Hire Vets

Interested in a federal career after your service? Use this website for finding resources and information to help you on your way. This site isn’t just for veterans; they also support service members still in transition, as well as family members of active duty military and Veterans.

3) Veteran Employment Center

A division of the US Department of Veteran affairs, The Veteran Employment Center helps you to translate your military occupational codes into civilian skill equivalents for a powerful resume, and to help you

learn about potential related civilian career paths. They offer tools like a military job translator – a tool that will help you to find career options that best utilize your training, experience and capabilities. They also help out with building a great resume – which can be a stressful endeavor. They will help you create an online profile so that employers can find you more easily, as well as helping you create a downloadable resume for you to use offline.

Publishing your profile on the VEC website instantly connects you to thousands of employers looking to hire Veterans, transitioning Servicemembers as well as family members. You can search the Veterans Job Bank of over 1.5 million jobs, in addition to all federal jobs – including status positions reserved especially for Veterans. Find out about employers that have a good history of hiring veterans, and get connected to other informational resources like their new DoD SkillBridge pilot program that promotes civilian job training for transitioning Servicemembers.

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4) LinkedIn for Vets

LinkedIn is a fantastic tool for hearing about job openings, and helping you appear in search results when potential employers are seeking out people with your skillset. LinkedIn also provides a free 1-year Job Seeker Premium subscription ($360) and courses at Lynda.com to all U.S. Veterans and Service Members! Lynda. com is a really valuable offering – they have courses in design, photography, web, 3D animation, business and more. This is a great offering that you should definitely take advantage of.

5) Hire Heroes USA

with the veteran to create a tailored civilian resume and translate military experience into civilian terminology. They help you learn effective job search strategies, as well as networking and interviewing techniques.

Perhaps most importantly, they help you get connected with companies who want to hire veterans. Check out their workshops to find one near you:

6) HireVeterans.Com

The place to go once you have your resume in order, Hire Veterans connects veterans with employers and job opportunities – you can apply right on their site. They offer Employers access to your resume and they offer you the good and relevant jobs by companies in the USA and abroad.

“HireVeterans.com has established its brand as a top e-recruiting site for the veterans of our armed forces.”

Hire Heroes works to help veterans find jobs, with more than 60 veterans confirmed hired every week. Their services are provided at no cost to the transitioning military member, veteran or spouse. They provide workshops, career coaching and employ- 7) Military.Com Veteran Jobs Part of Military.com, they are the largment counseling.

Veterans are individually partnered with est military and veteran membership orgaa Veteran Transition Specialist who works nization with 10 million members. Come

Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office hires professionals that desire to make a positive difference in the lives of individuals and our community through excellent customer service, good judgment, and integrity while maintaining safe and secure facilities. If you are interested in making a difference in the community, positively influence others, and working for the citizens of Mecklenburg County, then MCSO wants you to come Join Our Team.

www.mecksheriff.com/careers/

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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF PHILADELPHIA The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia offers its employees competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package, and a work environment conducive to career advancement and personal development.

We seek individuals who will support the Bank’s high standards for quality, integrity, and premier customer service.

View and apply online for current opportunities

www.philadelphiafed.org

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia believes that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

ICMA-RC, a financial services leader in public sector employee retirement products and services.

ICMA-RC provides retirement saving and planning services for more than 9,000 government employers nationwide and more than one million city, state and county participant accounts. ICMA-RC associates are dedicated to our mission of helping public employees build retirement security.

We are proud to serve those who serve us!

To learn about current career opportunities throughout the United States, visit:

www.icmarc.org EnergySolutions is an international nuclear services company.

With over 1,000 world-class professionals, EnergySolutions is a global leader in the safe recycling, processing and disposal of nuclear material.

EnergySolutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Join a dynamic team that encourages growth, diversity, opportunity and excellence.

ICMA-RC is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

EnergySolutions is always looking for bright, energetic people to join our growing team.

To view current open positions and apply online visit:

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A majority of U.S. adults (54%) have gone online to look for job information, 45% have applied for a job online.

We’re part of a diverse community, and each of us reflects that diversity with our own unique personal and cultural traits.

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here to search job listings, learn about military-friendly employers, get help building your resume, and check out their articles about career advice.

8) Vet Jobs

Vet jobs is one of the leading military related job boards on the Internet. They work to assist employers in i dentifying transitioning military and veteran candidates.

In 2000, The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States sponsored and purchased ten percent of the company.

“The VetJobs vision is to meet the shortage of qualified candidates in the civilian sector with highly trained veterans who can offer employers technical skills, management expertise and most importantly, leadership.”

9) Fastport

Fastport is a veteran focused job hunting service, helping you find great trucking jobs, without having to dig through hard to navigate listings. They’ve created FASTPORT’S Job Maps, that shows you a snapshot of the jobs that match your experience best, and the ones that go through your hometown. As you review search results, you can pick favorites – the more you do, the better the system will be able to show you jobs that you could be interested in. They also offer a live chat option on the website, to get help from someone in real time! Worried about what the job will actually be like? Read reviews from past and current employees of that job, and see for yourself. Once you find a job you’re interested in, you can reach out and apply right on the site.

10) Military Hire

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clinics, and primary care centers is what we do best. Every day.

To learn more about how you can join our award-winning team, visit CarilionClinic.org/careers or contact a recruiter at 800-599-2537.

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Minorities/Females/Protected with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

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Carilion Roanoke Memorial Hospital and Carilion Roanoke Community Hospital were awarded Magnet Recognition by the ANCC.

A military hiring network, militaryhire.com is another resource to connect you with veteran friendly employers.

Once you post your resume, you can search for jobs and narrow down your search terms so that you only see jobs you might be interested in. You can click to apply to these jobs right on the site, and you can set up an automated search that will let you know when a job that fits your search terms has been posted.

There are many great sites for helping veterans on their job hunt. JobHero.com has a really great career guide page – there you can find even more resources available to you on your hunt for the perfect job for you.

11) Hire Purpose

Developed in 2011 by a group of veterans, Hire Purpose has been addressing the gaps that exist within the process of transitioning military servicemen and women to civilian careers. In order to help get more successful results, you can find help for building your resume, interview tips, explore and discover new career ideas – even browse open jobs and apply for them right on the site.

They even follow up with employers on your behalf, and are there with a real person to speak with you for support if you need it.

12) Rally Point

Shriners Hospitals for Children® — Philadelphia is a 49-bed pediatric hospital, research and teaching center providing comprehensive medical, surgical and rehabilitative care to children with orthopaedic conditions and spinal cord injuries.

We invite you to take a look at all the opportunities a career with Shriners Hospitals for Children has to offer.

For more information visit: www.shrinershospitalsforchildren.org Shriners Hospitals for Children® | 3551 North Broad Street | Philadelphia, PA 19140 p: 215-430-4031 | email: hr_phila@shrinenet.org Shriners Hospitals for Children is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a Drug Free Workplace.

The main goal of Rally Point is to help service members lead more successful and fulfilling lives. They provide a platform that helps you to build out your professional network and connect with your peers, as well as allowing you to explore career opportunities both within the military sector and in the private sector. Founded by military veterans at Harvard Business School, Rally Point is a prestigious military network and veteran support tool.

You can create a profile that highlights your military career, and allows you to get involved in conversations in the community – on anything from sharing your experiences while in the military, to discussing good jobhunting skills.

Article provided by HiringAmerica.net Dedicated to helping veterans find jobs.

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People come from all over the world

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CAN Thomas Jefferson University and Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals are committed to excellence in the delivery of patient care, educating the health professionals of tomorrow and discovering new knowledge.

As one of the most distinguished medical institutions in the country, our history is filled with outstanding people and accomplishments.

Diversity, inclusion and cultural competence are critical components of our mission and we celebrate the uniqueness of each of our employees every day.

To learn more about Jefferson visit www.jeffersonhr.org To apply online visit Recruit.jefferson.edu

EXPERIENCE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT INSPIRES EXCELLENCE At UCLA Health, we know that it takes people from a broad range of backgrounds to make our world-renowned care possible. We’re proud to be named one of Forbes’ “Best Employers for Diversity.” We also understand that you don’t have to be a doctor, nurse or other clinical professional to make a real difference in the lives of others.

Thanks to our exceptionally gifted and compassionate employees, U.S. News & World Report ranked our hospitals as #7 in the nation and #1 in Los Angeles.

We’re grateful for the outstanding individuals who choose to work here and we’re dedicated to helping them make the most of their unique abilities and ambitions. If you’d like to be part of a world-class health provider where you will be inspired and empowered to achieve great things, explore our opening in these areas: • Environmental Services • Materials Management

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To learn more or to apply online, please visit us at UCLAHealthCareers.org Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica

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20 of the Best Companies for Diversity & Inclusion

by Emily Moore

n 2018, most companies know how important diversity is — after all, diversity can boost innovation, productivity and even financial performance. But despite that, many companies still struggle when it comes to diversity and inclusion.

Some companies don’t view it as a top business priority, some don’t know how to start and still others are paying lip service only without taking real action. But make no mistake — there are companies out there that are getting it right.

To identify and honor these forward-thinking companies, Thompson Reuters recently released their 2018 Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Index. After factoring in environmental, social and governance data, Thompson Reuters assigned D&I scores to over 7,000 companies. Below are 20 companies with among the highest scores — if you’re looking for a company where you can bring your whole self to work, check out their job opportunities and apply today!

Accenture

Acciona

D&I Score: 84.25% Where Hiring: San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; San Antonio, TX; Atlanta, GA; Denver, CO & more See Open Jobs What Employees Say: “Accenture definitely fosters a healthy working environment across the board from challenging you, having diverse projects, promoting a very diverse work place, having flexibility in how you complete your work, and always pushing you in regards to professional and personal growth.”

— Current Business Analyst

D&I Score: 77% Where Hiring: Chicago, IL; Ashley, ND; Oklahoma (remote) See Open Jobs What Employees Say: “Acciona is a leader developing utility-scale renewables in Latin America and Europe. Working there exposes you to world’s iconic projects that look great on a resume.”

— Former Employee

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D&I Score: 79% Where Hiring: Boulder, CO; Pittsburgh, PA; Houston, TX; Minneapolis, MN; Atlanta, GA & more See Open Jobs What Employees Say: “Great salary and benefits. Excellent culture that prides itself on diversity.” — Former Employee

D&I Score: 77% Where Hiring: Princeton, NJ; Tampa, FL; Redwood City, CA; Devens, MA; Manchester, NH & more See Open Jobs What Employees Say: great people and the opportunity to move around “Truly seem patient globally or departments.” — Former Employee focused. Management cares about employees. Integrity and to do what is Gap Inc. right is an overwhelming theme.”

— Senior Territory Business Manager D&I Score: 78.5% Where Hiring: San Francisco, CA; Erlanger, KY; Albuquerque, NM; East Fishkill, NY; UCB D&I Score: 75% See Open Jobs Groveport, OH & more See Open Jobs Where Hiring: Atlanta, GA; Raleigh, NC; MadWhat Employees Say: “Large org with career opportunities across the business / brands ison, WI; Toledo, OH; Huntington, WV & more What Employees Say: “Friendly people and & company supports that development; beyond great training. I love what the company stands great product, the company is committed to supporting local and global communities; fun for and the support they give their employees. and professional co-workers; overall great This is the one Biotech company that truly puts the patient first! Amazing healthcare benefits.” culture.” — Current Employee — Current Senior Sales Consultant

D&I Score: 78.75% Where Hiring: New York, NY; Norwalk, CT; Seattle, WA; Plainfield, IL; Carson City, NV & more See Open Jobs What Employees Say: “Great place to learn a strong fundamental marketing framework that can apply across industries. Good work life balance and flexibility with working from home if you manage it for yourself, good benefits. Some

D&I Score: 77.5% Where Hiring: New York, NY; Secaucus, NJ; Miami, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Honolulu, HI & more See Open Jobs What Employees Say: “Fantastic projects to lead in an open-minded team that wants to get the best from you. I would advocate anyone to go working for this on growing company.”

— Former Employee

Novartis

Work for a company where you can bring your whole self to work.

D&I Score: 79.25% Where Hiring: Cambridge, MA; San Diego, CA; Morris Plains, NJ; Raleigh, NC; Melville, NY & more See Open Jobs What Employees Say: “Great science and good group of people. Compensation was generous. Amazing work-life balance. Great resources to learn from.” — Former Scientist

Medtronic

Diageo

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Roche

D&I Score: 75% Where Hiring: Indianapolis, IN; Branchburg, NJ; Tucson, AZ; Boston, MA; Santa Clara, CA & more See Open Jobs What Employees Say: “Awesome culture and co-workers. Everyone is dedicated, hard working, and intelligent. With a company this large, there is always room to move around.”

— Current Research Scientist

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Some companies don’t view diversity and inclusion as a top business priority, some don’t know how to start, and still others are paying lip service only without taking real action.

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D&I Score: 74.75% Where Hiring: Portland, OR; Bella Vista, AR; Seaford, NY; Broadway, VA; Dickson, TN & more See Open Jobs What Employees Say: “Woolworths provides [an] open, comforting environment for all employees and encourages people to work together well in a team environment.” — Current Customer Service Representative

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D&I Score: 73.75% Where Hiring: Kenilworth, NJ; South San Francisco, CA; Elkhorn, NE; West Point, PA; Elkton, VA & more See Open Jobs What Employees Say: “flexible work Colgate-Palmolive arrangements, intelligent and motivated staff D&I Score: 74% that genuinely cares about improving human Where Hiring: New York, NY; Emporia, health, big enough that you can make several KS; Hodges, SC; Piscataway, NJ; Cambridge, career moves and stay within the same firm.”

OH & more See Open Jobs — Current Employee What Employees Say: “Challenging roles that every day is different, keeps you BMO Financial Group fresh. Lot of diversity in colleagues. Caring D&I Score: 73.25% Company.” — Current Employee Where Hiring: Chicago, IL; Milwaukee,

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6 Mind-Blowing Reasons To Work in the Healthcare Field

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re you thinking about working in the healthcare field? It is one of the largest sectors in the world, and one of the most crucial too. This industry involves many of the most important roles in society. Plus, it’s where you won’t ever stop growing as an individual.

Here are the main reasons to consider the healthcare industry for your career. Get ready to be amazed!

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1. Satisfaction in the Healthcare Field

If all you have ever wanted is to help others and make a difference in the world, then working in the healthcare field is likely the ideal place for you. Any job within the healthcare sector will give you great responsibility and also the ability to do good in the world.

So consider this career as your opportunity to make a positive difference. Whether you directly treat patients or research cures for diseases, you are making an impact on the world. Be proud of what you’re doing!

4. Generous Salaries

If you want to continually support your family and give them a high quality of life, a job in the healthcare field is a good option.

From the moment you start an entry-level position in this sector, you can grow and advance, thereby earn more money for your family over time with more experience and education.

5. Flexibility

Medical careers are incredibly flexible.

The job can fit around your commitments, which allows you to balance your working and personal lives more easily than some other careers. This flexibility is great be2. Job Security cause you can travel for work, work part-time, Even if robots take over hospitals in the change your shifts, and enjoy a nice quality next 20 years, nothing can replace a doctor or a nurse to provide healthcare. If you of life alongside your career. iversity of the take a job in this industry, you can be safe 6. D Healthcare Field in the knowledge that your medical career is In the healthcare field, there are more secure. It is something that will support you options than you might expect. There aren’t and your family throughout your lives. only doctors and nurses. Many specialty 3. Education Do you love to learn? Then will be happy areas exist. When you pick the career area to know that working in the healthcare you that fits your personality, you have the field provides constant learning opportu- potential to grow exponentially. For example, you could be a counselor, vet, physiotherapist nities. Even with your healthcare degree, or midwife. The healthcare job role can be you still must update your skills, as well as as diverse or as safe as you want it to be, learn about new medical developments and depending on your interests and your skills research. It is a great opportunity for you in the field. to keep on learning and developing, both Article provided by www.WhenWomenInspire.com professionally and personally.

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Parker Hannifin provides many opportunities for you to further your career. We offer a variety of established career paths in engineering, accounting, marketing, sales, business analysis, human resources, information technology and production.

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4 Tips to Help You Recruit People With Disabilities

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business seeks improvement, whether that’s through bottom-line improvement or finding the best candidates to fill certain positions. Sometimes the two objectives go hand-inhand, and actively seeking diverse candidates can help businesses improve both of these objectives. Diversifying your staff has been proven to lead to positive outcomes for multiple aspects of a business, but has your team ever thought about diversity in broader terms than a person’s race or gender? Recent trends have shown that businesses are beginning to embrace people with disabilities as a group to retain for a competitive advantage.

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isability inclusion allows businesses to receive additional financial incentives and tax breaks, fulfill hiring goals set by federal contractors and improve productivity, overall morale and corporate culture. However, sometimes, a company’s hiring practices can unknowingly screen out people with disabilities. The company I work for, Tangram Business Resourcing, works with businesses helping them to recruit, employ and retain people with disabilities. We’ve found that changing some hiring practices can help businesses better recruit and retain a talent pool that includes people with disabilities.

All businesses start with recruiting talent. HR professionals want to find the best candidates for their open positions, and recruiting practices dictate the types and quality of candidates that are ultimately attracted to these positions. Recruitment practices vary depending on the type of company, but common ways to recruit include industry-specific mailing lists, job fairs, hiring from within and advertisements. These options all work, but there is always room to improve your practices in order to achieve a more diverse staff.

Advertising —

Job seekers with disabilities utilize many of the same resources as job seekers without disabilities, such as online job boards, college career services, industry-specific outlets and newsletters. Businesses don’t always consider the option of using disability service providers and schools as venues to promote open positions. This allows recruiters to cast a wider net — a net that is usually free of charge. There are also online job boards such as this one by the American Association of People with Disabilities that are targeted to people with disabilities. These types of partnerships reach a large number of job seekers with disabilities that recruiters originally might not have had access to.

Job fairs —

Job fairs are a great way for companies to find a large number of job seekers all at one time. They’re also very common and often will target specific demographics, like veterans or college students. Businesses will find some degree of success when attending these job fairs, but they are limiting themselves if they don’t seek recruiting opportunities that

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target people with disabilities. Community and educational partners can alert your recruitment team to job fairs reaching this demographic, including job fairs hosted by community colleges, vocational rehabilitation organizations and government-sponsored agencies and other disability service groups, or through transition fairs at high schools.

Make connections —

Learn more about the disability community and engage with organizations that are committed to helping jobseekers with disabilities find meaningful work. By building relationships with these groups, companies will be more aware of qualified candidates with disabilities that are looking for employment. When working or partnering with schools, connect with both their career and disability services.

Training —

Many recruiters have an initial idea of the kind of person they think will best fill a certain position. However, if these recruiters

don’t have experience working with people with disabilities, fear and preconceived notions about people with disabilities may be unintentionally coloring their recruitment practices. This unconscious bias can lead them to avoid people with disabilities, even when they may have all the skills and background required to do the job.

Cornell University has an online toolkit for managers focused on helping them build a disability inclusive workforce. And the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has a “best practices” workbook, which includes a disability inclusion assessment test to help employers critique and enhance their disability practices.

Companies can access a larger pool of qualified job seekers with disabilities if they actively work on establishing new recruitment practices that target this segment of the population.

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Disability Statistics from the Bureau of Labor

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ersons with a disability tend to be older than persons with no disability, reflecting the increased incidence of disability with age. In 2018, 49 percent of persons with a disability were age 65 and older, compared with 16 percent of those with no disability. Overall, women were somewhat more likely to have a disability than men, partly reflecting the greater life expectancy of women. In 2018, the prevalence of disability continued to be higher for Blacks and Whites than for Hispanics and Asians.

Employment The employment-population ratio for persons with a disability increased from 18.7 percent in 2017 to 19.1 percent in 2018. The ratio for those without a disability, at 65.9 percent, edged up in 2018. The lower ratio among persons with a disability reflects, in part, the older age profile of persons with a disability; older workers are less likely to be employed regardless of disability status. However, across all age groups, persons with a disability were much less likely to be employed than those with no disability.

Among persons ages 16 to 64, employmentpopulation ratios rose for both persons with a disability (30.4 percent) and persons without a disability (74.0 percent) in 2018. The ratios for persons age 65 and older with a disability (7.4 percent) and without a disability (23.6 percent) were little changed from the previous year.

Persons with a disability are less likely to have completed a bachelor's degree or higher than those with no disability. Among both groups, those who had attained higher levels of education were more likely to be employed than those who had attained less education.

Across all levels of education in 2018, persons with a disability were much less likely to be

employed than were their counterparts with no disability. (Educational attainment data are presented for those age 25 and older.)

Workers with a disability were more likely to be employed part time than those with no disability. In 2018, 31 percent of workers with a disability usually worked part time, compared with 17 percent of those without a disability.

The proportion of workers with a disability who worked part time for economic reasons was slightly higher than their counterparts without a disability (4 percent, compared with 3 percent).

These individuals were working part time because their hours had been reduced or because they were not able to find a full-time job.

In 2018, persons with a disability were more concentrated in service occupations than those with no disability (19.0 percent, compared with 17.2 percent). Workers with a disability were also more likely than those with no disability to work in production, transportation, and material moving occupations (13.9 percent, compared with 11.8 percent). Persons with a disability were less likely to work in management, professional, and related occupations than those without a disability (33.7 percent, compared with 40.3 percent).

The proportion of persons employed in government was slightly higher for persons with a disability than for persons without a disability in 2018 (14.1 percent, compared with 13.4 percent, respectively). A larger share of persons with a disability were self-employed than were those with no disability (10.2 percent, compared with 6.1 percent); a smaller share of workers with a disability were employed as private wage and salary workers (75.5 percent) than those with no disability (80.4 percent).

Information provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Intercultural Management:

Key to Success in Hospitality & Tourism

by Bisk

F Delaware North Companies Parks & Resorts at KSC, Inc. Mail Code DNPS Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899

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We seek genuine individuals for our Loews Hotel jobs who are able to engage and delight our guests by providing Four Diamond AND MORE service.

“We should all learn how to understand and reduce our own unconscious bias.”

or decades, business experts have preached that diversity and inclusion drive business success. This is certainly the case in the hospitality and tourism industry, which relies on face-to-face interactions to satisfy and delight guests, support employees and encourage business growth. It should come as no surprise that two of the top four businesses on the 2019 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity are hospitality firms.

In all companies, “diversity and inclusion is now a business strategy, not an HR program,” writes talent expert Josh Bersin. “It is a topic all CEOs and business leaders should take seriously, and we should all learn how to understand and reduce our own unconscious bias.”

Management has a pivotal role to play in diversity and inclusion efforts. Hospitality leaders should be able to see the world through a cultural lens that helps them bring out the best in individuals and teams. With the proper perspective, they can embrace differences as strengths.

Cultural dexterity may become even more critical moving forward. Research by the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation says that almost 20% percent of Generation Z, which represents the next wave of U.S. workers, speak more than one language. Also, nearly twothirds of African-American, Latino and Asian members of Gen Z have a positive attitude toward hospitality careers, believing “the industry has popular companies or brands, has good diversity in the workplace, and offers good benefits and perks,” according to a recent report.

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Learning Leading Practices

Education programs such as the Advanced Specialized Certificate in Intercultural Management offered 100% online by the University of Notre Dame are designed to help professionals understand different work styles — including their own. Cross-cultural communication skills are studied and practiced.

“The future challenge won’t be technical skills, but intercultural communication skills. People from different nationalities have layers or dimensions of differences,” according to a Notre Dame article. “Intercultural communication involves considerations of cultural identity, communication, collective or individual efforts, time, nature and power.”

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Nationality is one of many dimensions of culture. Others include age, race, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

The Broad Impact of Intercultural Management

Intercultural understanding has an impact beyond managing a diverse workforce at hospitality and tourism organizations. It can also improve the guest experience, which is critical for business success.

“Appreciation and respect for multicultural diversity and a good understanding of cultural differences is the starting point to manage effectively diverse employees and to provide (through them) diverse guests with excellent service enriching their cultural experience,” according to a paper published in the Journal of Intercultural Management.

On a broader scale, advancing intercultural management and diversity in the hospitality field is a key to fostering cultural relationships worldwide, notes Latinas in Business: “The industry presents a unique opportunity to learn new cultural experiences for both employees and tourists. … In the hospitality industry specifically, where customers are sourced from across the globe, a diverse workforce allows employees to bring a stronger cultural insight and understanding of the clients they are serving.”

Embracing Intercultural Management

Notre Dame offers these six tips for managers seeking to improve their intercultural acumen: • Research cultural norms of people you may interact with • Listen and observe when talking to people from other cultures • Ask questions if you are unsure about something • Accept that you may make mistakes along the way • Demonstrate self-awareness, understanding and empathy • Ask open-ended questions.

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How To Be Happy and Stay Happy

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by Long Yun Sian

are always asking and searching for answers on how to be happy. Aristotle once said, "We are what we repeatedly do. Happiness then is not an act but a habit."

If you want to be happy and stay happy you need to remember you have to work at it. Work at being happy?

Yes. Everything that is worth having needs effort from you. That includes happiness. How to be happy and stay that way? Well, by constantly practicing being happy.

Learn from your mistakes, adjust and work at it again. I liken the pursuit of happiness to a series of continuous short races that never ends.

It is hard work but if you have the wisdom to see how it all adds up, you may just find your nirvana or heaven whichever the case maybe.If you want to be happy and to stay happy, you need to cultivate. That means see yourself nurturing the habits that brings happiness to you. You may not succeed everyday in doing it, but this pursuit of perfection is what will contribute bit by bit you being happy and staying that way. What are some of the things you can do then on how to be happy and stay happy?

Giving

Here we are not just talking about charity. Giving involves a lot more. It means giving up bad habits. What are the bad habits that bring you stress? Give up on these habits. Are you disorganized? Being disorganized in all aspects of your life may deprive you a lot of happiness you are seeking. Once you learn to give up bad habits you will gradually become happier.

Ever considered giving in? Do you hold on to opinions that you hide as principles and are too egoistic to let go?

Give in; you do not always need to win an argument. You do not always need to be the car in front in a traffic jam.

You will soon learn when you give in; you do not lose but stand more to gain.

Give out, yes by this it means charity. Help someone in need and do not judge who is worthy of your help. Help a rich person who is in need. Sometimes people think there are people unworthy of our help. The practice of giving to gain happiness is one that helps us learn about detachment.

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In all that you think, say and do. Make sure there are as congruent as possible. A lot of times, what you preach to people and what you practice is different. When what you think, feel and do is not in line you will not find happiness.

Even if you do, it will not stay that way.

Think good thoughts. Do not scheme behind people's back and think good of people. Think how you can help people rather than plot for selfish goals. Avoid telling lies, gossiping and harsh speech. The Chinese has a saying loosely translated that says, "Sickness comes in through the mouth, trouble come out from the mouth." It means we become sick from the things we ingest and we get into trouble with the things we say. Ask yourself, do you speak the truth? Do you speak gently? Say things that will help others? And speak at a proper time and place? Do good things and be of good conduct. It can be as simple as not getting intoxicated, being organized, not procrastinating or even waking up early to get your life organized. Small things like these add up to being happy and staying that way.

How to be happy and to stay happy is a cultivation that takes time. It cannot be overnight and it is not one that you do and forget. Take small steps, you will stumble but if you keep at it, eventually you will feel happier and stay that way longer.

Long Yun Siang or Long, as he is popularly known runs http://career-success-fornewbies.com with his wife Dorena as their way of paying it forward. Their website provides tips, tools and advise for newbies pursuing career success.

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My ambition is to be myself and be heard.

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Because we know you have goals of your own. And we’re here to help you achieve them.

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Connecting Your Career Dots

by Tim Urban

areers used to be kind of like a 40-year tunnel. You picked your tunnel, and once you were in, that was that. You worked in that profession for 40 years or so before the tunnel spit you out on the other side into your retirement.

The truth is, careers have probably never really functioned like 40-yeartunnels, they just seemed that way. At best, traditional careers of the past played out kind of like tunnels.

Today’s careers—especially the less traditional ones—are really not like tunnels. But crusty old conventional wisdom has a lot of us still viewing things that way, which makes the already hard job of making big career path choices much harder.

When you think of your career as a tunnel, it causes an identity crisis in anyone who doesn’t feel sure of who exactly they are and who they’ll want to be decades from now—which is most sane people. It enhances the delusion that what we do for work is a synonym for who we are, making a question mark on your map seem like an existential disaster.

When you think of your career as a tunnel, the stakes to make the right choice seem so high that it explodes the feeling of tyranny of choice. For perfectionist types especially, this can be utterly paralyzing.

When you think of your career as a tunnel, you lose the courage to make a career switch, even when your soul is begging for it. It makes switching careers feel incredibly risky and embarrassing, and it suggests that someone who does so is a failure. It also makes all kinds of multi-faceted, vibrant, mid-career people feel like they’re too old to make a bold switch or start a whole new path afresh.

But conventional wisdom still tells many of us that careers are tunnels.

As the icing on its shit cake—on top of helping us yearn for things we don’t actually want, deny yearnings that we feel deep down, fear things that aren’t dangerous, and believe things about the world and our potential that aren’t accurate—conventional wisdom tells us that careers are a tunnel to help us daunt the shit out of ourselves unnecessarily.

Connecting the Dots

Today’s career landscape isn’t a lineup of tunnels, it’s a massive, impossibly complex, rapidly changing science laboratory. Today’s people aren’t synonymous with what they do—they’re impossibly complex, rapidly changing scientists. And today’s career isn’t a tunnel, or a box, or an identity label—it’s a long series of science experiments.

Steve Jobs compared life to connecting the dots, pointing out that while it’s easy to look at your past and see how the dots connected to lead you to where you are, it’s basically impossible in life to connect the dots of the future.

If you look at the biographies of your heroes, you’ll see that their paths look a lot more like a long series of connected dots than a straight and predictable tunnel. If you look at yourself and your friends, you’ll probably see the same trend—according to data, the median time a young person stays in a given job is only 3 years (older people spend a longer time on each dot, but not that much longer—10.4 years on average).

So seeing your career as a series of dots isn’t a mental trick to help you make decisions—it’s an accurate depiction of what’s actually happening.

And seeing your career as a tunnel isn’t just unproductive—it’s delusional.

Likewise, you’re limited to focusing mainly on the next dot on your path—because it’s the only dot you can figure out. You don’t have to worry about dot #4 because you can’t anyway—you’re literally not qualified to do so.

By the time dot #4 rolls around, you will have learned stuff about yourself you don’t know now. You’ll also have changed from who you are

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now, and your Yearning Octopus will reflect those changes. You’ll know a lot more than you currently do about the career landscape and the specific game boards you’re interested in, and you’ll have become a much better game player. And of course, that landscape—and those game boards— will have themselves evolved.

The fantastic website www.80000hours. com (which exists to help young, talented people work through their career choices) has compiled a lot of data to back this up: data on the fact that you’ll change, that the world will change, and that you’ll only learn with time what you’re actually good at. Popular psychologist Dan Gilbert also eloquently describes just how bad we are at predicting what will make us happy in the future.

makes the number of options exciting, not stressful.

And that’s all great in theory. But now comes the hard part.

Making Your Move

You’ve reflected and reflected and reflected and weighed and measured and predicted and considered. You’ve chosen a dot and drawn an arrow. And now you have to actually make the move.

We’re super bad at this. We’re frightened people. We don’t like icky things and making a bold, real-life step is icky. If there’s any ounce of procrastination susceptibility in us, here’s where it’ll show itself.

If you’ve decided on a life step and you can’t quite take it, it’s because the parts of you that don’t want to make a move are

Steve Jobs compared life to connecting the dots, pointing out that while it’s easy to look at your past and see how the dots connected to lead you to where you are, it’s basically impossible in life to connect the dots in the future.

Pretending you can figure out what dot #2 or #4 or #8 should be now is laughable.

Future dots are the worry of a future, wiser you living in a future world. So let’s focus on dot #1.

If we’re thinking of ourselves as scientists and of society as a science lab, we should think of your current freshly revised WantReality Venn Diagram as nothing more than an early, rough hypothesis. Dot #1 is your chance to test it out.

Hypothesis testing is intuitive in the dating world. If a friend were toiling over what kind of person she wants to marry but never went out with anyone, you’d tell her, “You can’t figure this out on your couch—you’ve gotta start going on dates, and that’ll teach you what you want in a partner.” If that friend then went on a solid first date and returned home to toil for hours about whether or not this new person was The One, you’d again have to correct her. You’d say, “There’s no way you can know that from just one date! You have to get some experience dating this person to learn what you need to learn to make that decision.”

We can all agree that this hypothetical friend is pretty nuts and is lacking a fundamental understanding of how you find a happy relationship. So let’s not be like her when it comes to picking our career. Dot #1 is a chill situation—it’s just a first date.

This is awesome news—because it makes it a lot less scary to draw an arrow on your map if it’s only an arrow to dot #1 of your future. The real cause of tyranny of choice is accurately seeing the sheer number of options you have in today’s world while delusionally seeing those careers as the 40year tunnels of yesterday’s world. That’s a lethal combo. Reframing your next major career decision as a far lower-stakes choice

ranked higher in your subconscious than the parts of you that do. Your conscious mind may have tried to assign lower shelf ratings to the parts of your octopus that lean towards inertia, but your yearnings have rebelled. You’re a CEO not in control of their staff.

To fix this problem, think like a kindergarten teacher. In your class, a faction of the 5-year-olds is rebelling against your wishes. What do you do?

Go talk to the 5-year-olds that are causing the trouble. They’re unpleasant, defiant simpletons, but they can still be reasoned with. Talk to them about why you’ve ranked them lower than others in the octopus hierarchy. Describe to them the insights you gained from your Reality Box reflection. Remind them about how connecting the dots works and about the chillness of dot #1. You’re the teacher—figure it out.

The older I get, the clearer it becomes that our internal battle as the kindergarten teachers of our mind is like 97% of life’s struggle. The world is easy—you’re difficult. If you find yourself continually not executing your plans in life and your promises to yourself, you’ve uncovered your new #1 priority—becoming a better kindergarten teacher. Until you do, your life will be run by a bunch of primitive, short-sighted 5-year-olds, and your whole shit will suck.

Trust me, I know.

If your inner analysis does call for a career leap to a new dot, I hope that at some point, you’re able to make the jump.

Article excerpted from the article How to Pick a Career (That Actually Fits You) on www.WaitButWhy.com You can read the article in its entirety (which I suggest you do, because it is both informative and entertaining) by clicking on this link: https://waitbutwhy.com/2018/04/picking-career.html

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Ever delay a phone call that needs your attention? An answer you owe someone? These are one of those things that clog your mind and adds stress to you without you knowing it.

Procrastinating on the matter will just add on pressure. No matter how difficult it is, just get it done. I think about the many occasions I have procrastinated on these calls. They were easy calls to make. The excuse, if you are like me it is always about it’s so easy it can wait. But meantime, it’s just at the back of your mind and you get stressed without knowing.

One way to relieve stress at work is to clear out these easy things.

It can also come in the form of a promise waiting to be delivered. Small but you said it and you wanted to keep to your word. For example, the price of a particular item a competitor charges which you promised to get back to a colleague. Just look it up, pick up the phone or drop that email. Done. You would have relieved stress at work without even knowing it.

4. The Follow Up

There will always be follow ups and next steps if you have meetings and discussions. Do not let the “follow up action steps” crawl up on you if you want to relieve stress at work.

After a work in progress meeting, start to do the list you are suppose to do, immediately.

Otherwise, before you know it the next meet is up.

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Working with Different Generations in the Workplace: What You Need to Know

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Tips for Working With Different Generations

With numerous generations commonly represented in today's typical work environment, it only makes sense that leaders and decision-makers should be adequately prepared to work with employees across generations.

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