Karen Silins

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Companies – Your RTO Should Be Carefully Considered!

This post got quite a bit of play on LinkedIn, so I thought it would appropriate to share it with clients and potential clients on my blog: Companies should carefully consider “why” they feel the need to make every employee return to the office five days a week. This is far more about “controlling people” […]

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Stop Treating Employees Like Resources, and Start Treating Them As Humans!

  If you treat your employees as if they are a “cost” or “resource” and not as a human, or don’t care about them except as a potential source of revenue, you hamper your company’s ability to be successful. Treat your employees the way you would treat your most valued client and watch your company

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Resume Tip

Resume Tip: Always put your best information, that applies to the job you are pursuing, first. I see a lot of resumes that have a first bullet of “Answered Phones” or something similar. However, the third or fourth bullet point will be things like “Sold $4,500,000 in product, 127% over goal” or “Manage $2,000,000 in

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Should You Automate Your Job Search with AI?

In an answer – NO! I am definitely a proponent of AI in many areas, including research, but always caution to trust but verify what it gives you. However, it creates disaster for the job seeker, HR, and the Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS). From having numerous resumes and cover letters now looking eerily similar or

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Time Management Tip: Try Time Chunking

People often ask how I organize my time since I have a bit of a crazy schedule. From owning a full-time business, to public speaking, to being my church’s choir director, to volunteering and/or holding board memberships on multiple committees/boards around the Kansas City area, and helping out on my church’s website and social media,

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How Long Should You Have To Consider A Job Offer?

I saw an article today discussing how long you should take to consider a job offer, and wanted to put forth a few thoughts.  First, never be pressured on the spot at an interview to take a job, that is a huge warning sign that something is wrong in the organization.  If they can’t wait for a

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Adapt well to changing plans and priorities and deal comfortably with ambiguity: Who Writes This Stuff?

Well, this should NEVER be in a job ad: “Must adapt and deal comfortably with ambiguity.” However, I have been seeing it quite a bit in recent years.  Particularly since COVID.  That isn’t an excuse to put such a statement in a job ad.  Certainly, this occurs in a workplace occasionally, but ambiguity is defined

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Forbes Coaches Council Expert Panel Post: Coaches Share Some of Their Best Ways to Find and Convert Leads

Always appreciate being published in Forbes Expert Panel Columns, Forbes, Forbes Coaches Council My contribution is as #6: Website Traffic:  My largest source is a tie between referrals and website traffic. I recommend asking prospects permission to email details of your discussion, along with pricing. It makes follow-up easier and eliminates the potential for erroneous

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Forbes Coaches Council Expert Panel Post: 18 Things Coaches Wish They Had Known in the Beginning

Thanks for another feature in your Expert Panel Column Forbes, Forbes Coaches Council My contribution is #15: There’s Value In Building A Custom Process For Yourself And For Each Client There’s significant value in quickly establishing a client process that blends information from certification courses with your style and method of work. Then, tailor that

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