HR SHOULDN'T GIVE ADVICE ABOUT ANYTHING; JOIN MY LIVE Q+A Call Thursday @ 12 PM re: on Hidden Job Market; STOP Wasting Time bc Time = $$$; LFG!

Simply put Human Resources should have very little to do with humans. They don't like Humans. It's about damn time we talk about what HR's function is (and btw I've been speaking about this since I'm 22 and I'm 51)- and it's not helping you. It's helping the company. Their job is to prevent you from making the money you want, getting the title you want, having the career path you want with promotions, and they're THERE when they lay you off 3 weeks after they hired you away from a job you loved with lies. HR has a LOT to do with the horrible culture of a firm. You can feel it over a zoom. They love when you trust them and tell them you're struggling with a co-worker. They LOVE when they hang up the zoom and they email your manager to tattletale. THIS IS YOUR HR Department. Think your CEO thinks they're terrific? Nope. They think HR is there to deal with with everything below them - especially Employee Relations which leads to terrible culture.

CEO's think of their HR Director as a bitchy SAHM who can't manage their time and gossips all day. That's what most CEO's think of HR. They'll never have a real seat at the adults table. They're stuck at the kids table and you're going to pay for it in the way of missed opportunities, failure to receive promotions, and being paid what you should be paid.

SO IF YOU'RE TAKING ADVICE ON LAYOFFS OR HOW TO FIND A JOB FROM HR I will warn you - they aren't there to help you. They're there to move you along and they'll get back to whatever work they have - you must keep this in mind. I recently read something on LI with terrible advice - THEY NEVER EVEN MENTIONED HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO CALL UNEMPLOYMENT TO FIND OUT THE DETAILS OF WHEN YOU CAN APPLY - NEWSFLASH: NOT EVERYONE RECEIVED 5 MONTHS SEVERANCE. WHEN WILL PEOPLE WAKE UP?!?!!?

A lot of people have written to tell me to have a podcast so if you want to join a podcast with me - you can join a live call. If you don't want to join a LIVE call you can read my posts but failure to take action to MOVE from reading the posts to engaging with me LIVE for a Q+A and finding out what is really going on WILL NOT MOVE YOUR JOB SEARCH. I can't share all of that here but I can let my freak flag fly on a call.

How do you move your job search? Move your fingers to JOIN THIS CALL Thursday at 12 PM EST. Can't make it - I'll let you know when I have the next one but it WON'T BE THE SAME TOPIC. This week is the Hidden Job Market.

Click to join the workshop at 12 PM EST Thursday February 23rd: 
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Complacency scares the hell out of me, especially in job search and careers where you guys/gals aren't in charge - your corporate HR is in charge. Think you matter? You should matter more to yourselves than your company matters to you. It's time to get your acts TOGETHER. :)

Most of you are super complacent. I was complacent in 2001. I didn't think that a meltdown could happen. It did and it took a few years for me to recover. I thought recruiting would never struggle.

What a fool believes- cue the Michael McDonald (Doobie Brothers I know I know!)

Until 2001 I was I was intimidated by economic data. Once you get your a$$ kicked and you bury your head in the sand and you wake up to a financial disaster - you never forget it. You change. You pay the price. I am FLUENT in the economics of today and it's not all the stock market folks. I am comfortable and can keep up with CFO's that I work with and they assure me I understand what I'm talking about (phew!)

As a result, I see things differently than most of you. I've shared so much here to prepare you for what some of you are dealing with now - please pay attention - this isn't going to get better and no one will come save you. YOU MUST prioritize yourself. Your financial goals. Your money. Your salary goals. All of it! NOW!

The people you're reaching out to will disappear - the colleagues who are virtually holding your hand on LinkedIn - they won't be around - the folks who are feeling badly for you - same. People you're asking to help you send your resume around? They simply won't do it because they don't have the power.

You can ONLY rely on yourself. If you do - then join my call on Thursday at 12.

If you're looking for the easy way out - let me tell you - easy street is over. All of the FAANG companies (yes I know that isn't the acronym anymore chillax), are struggling to deal with their shareholders who WANT MORE LAYOFFS. If they're struggling with all their cash - what are the other companies going to do when the going gets tough.

Please make the time to join me. I'm busy as hell so we'll be on the call for one hour. If you can't join - let me know. If EST lunch is hard for you LET ME KNOW. I'll try to schedule something next week for folks who can't join tomorrow.

Let's do this - this is my 3rd recession and I know how to navigate this ship. I won't give you dumb advice ever. #GOGOGO #youvegotthis