Tips for Work and Life with Andrew LaCivita

Does your resume say, "Hi, my name's [whatever your name is]. I'm a [whatever you are]?" Or, does your resume say, "Hi Ms. Recruiter. This is how your company is about to change—for the better? You've been waiting for me. I'm here now." You might be wondering, Coach, how am I supposed to say the latter if I don't know what the company wants? To which I'd say, "You do know. You're just prolly not spending any time thinking about it. And, likely not spending any time writing that in your resume." It's easy breezy when you know what to think, how to think, what to ask yourself, and where the answers to the questions you just asked yourself go on the resume. You guessed it because I'm a pleaser not a teaser. It's all in today's podcast on how to add more power to your resume! If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings: 1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my three books related to interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

I'm not sure when it happened, but somewhere between the time I was born and today the world started operating at Mach speed. On the one hand, I'm not quite sure how I survived as a child without a cell phone, walked to the park, played with my friends, and managed to make it home alive all by myself. Now, it's hard to be alone anywhere, without accessibility, with hundreds of thoughts racing through your head of all the things you need to do for all the people for whom you need to do them. Oh, I haven't even gotten to the work stuff yet. Oy! I don't think I need to keep going for you to get my drift. Are you feeling as overwhelmed as I do? Amiright? We have entirely too many demands on our lives. What's worse, is most of them—at least the corporate-related ones—are ineffective if not flat out unimportant and unnecessary. How can we manage it all? Focus on getting the right things done quicky? And, work toward the goals that really matter to us? Well, I got a little somethin' to help you with that! If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings: 1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my three books related to interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

I got a great question last week from Adam, one of my mainstays at the Live Office Hours Thursday shows. He asked about handling multiple projects. As someone who has several products (stuff I sell and service), mediums I use to share myself with you (YouTube, blog, books, social media, etc.), and other vehicles I use to reach my goal of becoming the #1 career resource for you, I'm offering my tips on how I'm able to work on all these efforts every day! Check out the little behind-the-scenes mechanics of what makes my little company run smoothly in today's podcast on how to successfully work on multiple projects at the same time! If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings: 1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my three books related to interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

If you're job searching, you are likely working harder than you should…at the wrong things. You might think you're working hard on your search. You might think you're slacking. Regardless of which camp you're in, 99% odds tell me the problem that's slowing your job search is the same. No matter who you are or what you do or where you do it, if you just do this ONE thing, your job search results will improve. Pinky swear. 1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my three books related to interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

I know. Most people think cover letters are stupid. That's because they don't look for the beauty in them and what they can do for you. Seek and you shall find. You won't need to look far because I wrapped the three best cover letters to have and give you the templates and explanations and how-tos in today's podcast. If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings: 1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my three books related to interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

Some questions are better than others to ask employers in a job interview. The ones that get right to the heart of what the employer needs and how you're going to satisfy those needs is what will set you apart from other job seekers. Join me for today's lesson as I teach you what those questions are, how to use them, and what to say during your interviews so you get hired! If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings: 1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my three books related to interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

Did you know there are 8 pieces of information recruiters want to know as soon as they look at your resume? They look right there at the top and want those questions answered as quickly as possible. They're a pesky bunch, so they get annoyed easily when they can't find what they're looking for. It even seems like they hold it against the innocent job seeker too. What'dya say we help you avoid that this week by helping you understand what that information is, where is goes, and how exactly to format it? Join me for today's lesson on the 8 items to put at the top of your resume to get more job interviews and let's get you, well, more job interviews! If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings: 1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my three books related to interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

Ever have a job you didn't like? Or were totally bored with? Maybe you liked your job in general, but had some tasks that were mundane or uninteresting. We've all encountered this no matter who we are. The big difference between the people who manage and the people who don't has more to do with the way they approached the task. I often say, "Your success has more to do with where you place your attention than your ability." When you're faced with mundaneness, you can max out the experience or you can mail it in. Join me today to get my take on the skill, yes, the skill, I've built to handle these situations. In fact, I use this skill to handle ALL my situations… If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings: 1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my three books related to interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

Here's your offer. Let's be generous. "100K," says the employer. You're thinking whaaaa? Did I bomb the interviews, but they somehow are showing mercy by giving me an offer? Now what? We'll, if it's a lowball offer, you can totally crush it with my ultimate question. (Not to get sidetracked, but here's that video from a year ago. Maybe you can watch that later.) If it's more in the ballpark-ish, but you're a little bit bruised by the fact it ain't raining dollar bills, you can make a counteroffer. Please don't make a counteroffer by citing market pay of which there is no such thing and the employer doesn't care about. This is the equivalent of saying, "I just want more money because I do." Please don't make a counteroffer because you're moving to a big city where everything is four times the price. The cost-of-living index means nothing more than a food label. Please, pretty please, don't make a counteroffer by citing you deserve more because you have skills. So does everyone else. Their resumes totally say so. And no one ever lies about that stuff. Make a counteroffer with a lucid, rational, well-thought-out argument that gets the employer's eyes off your cost and staring at your value. Learn how today! If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings: Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. Grab any of my three books related to interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

How's the job search going? "I love job searching," said no one ever! How about Coach gets you some tips and tricks and techniques and metrics to make it all better? Today's podcast is about why we get unhappy in our job search, how to fix that, and, while we're at it, get our mojo back. Most of all, it's about how to approach your search so you know what to do, what to avoid, and what to track to know you're on the right, uh, track! And, as a bonus, because everyone loves bonuses, I offer up two of my favorite formulas to run your search! Let's do it… If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings: Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. Grab any of my three books related to interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy