WeCruitr Podcast

Senior workers are experiencing the juniorization of jobs, erosion of middle management, relocation of jobs to lower-cost locations and an unconscious bias in the hiring process. In this LinkedIn Live, I am joined by Manny Rivera, an accomplished CMO, who has worked at big companies like Salesforce, Aon, AstraZeneca, PepsiCo, Kodak and Coca-Cola, to discuss how older workers are facing ageism and being pushed out of the job market.

Heading into a job interview is an important and stressful event. Even if you are the best at what you do, you cannot waltz into an interview without being prepared. In this LinkedIn Live, I share tips and strategies on how you can stand out and win the job interview.

American families face a confluence of financial challenges, including high inflation, escalating costs and mortgage rates that make it nearly impossible for young families to purchase a home. To make matters worse, an abrupt job loss could lead to a financial doom spiral. In economics, a doom loop describes a situation in which one negative economic condition catalyzes another negative condition, creating a third negative condition or reinforcing the first, resulting in a downward spiral.

Losing one's job can be an extremely difficult and emotionally taxing experience for many people. It can impact nearly all aspects of life. A downsized person can go through the gamut of emotions—shock, disbelief, sadness and anger. For those lacking a financial safety net, the job loss can be traumatic for the impacted person and their family. In this LinkedIn Live, Wendy Turner-Williams, the former chief data and artificial intelligence officer at Tableau, breaks the taboo of talking about long-term unemployment. Although she had a C-suite title, she did not find herself with a golden parachute. Turner-Williams, the sole provider for her family, is taking things into her own hands by building a startup company called TheAssociation.AI.

If you are a job seeker who has been through the painstaking process of interviewing lately and are wondering why it is taking SOOOOOOOOOOOO long, we have got the answers for you!

Topic #1: It’s prudent for businesses to continue the hiring and interview process during the holiday season. Job seekers can also take advantage of the fact that there will be less competition for employment during this time. Topic #2:The battle over return-to-office mandates has been waging for a while. As a sign of discontent and protest, some employees, like the trends of quiet quitting, acting their wage or Bare Minimum Mondays, have started “coffee badging.” This new workplace trend has emerged as a way for employees to meet their required in-office attendance policies, but avoid spending too much time there. Tune in to see how this can end badly for workers.

Americans are dealing with a multitude of difficulties: high inflation, rising costs of everything and mortgage rates that are at a level that make it nearly impossible for young people to purchase a home. In the current labor market, finding a new job is difficult, if you're a mid to senior-level professional. Additionally, the upcoming holiday season is notorious for a slowdown in hiring for this cohort. There’s a white-collar "richcession." Families are maxing out their credit cards and digging into their retirement funds to afford household expenses and enjoy one-in-a-lifetime experiences. The nation remains divided over politics. In this LinkedIn Live, we will focus on actively countering your anxious thoughts by managing what is in your control.

Employers are often reluctant to fire workers. They need to offer severance packages and risk having the employee accuse the company of discrimination or prejudice for letting them go. It’s among the worst, most uncomfortable tasks for a human resources professional or manager. Supervisors may want to avoid conflict with employees. Nudging them to leave of their own volition can be a way for companies to manage their workforce and reduce costs. In behavioral economics, a “nudge” is a gentle prompt that influences people’s behavior. It refers to how HR and business leaders can use gentle cues to encourage employees to behave in a specific manner—like investing in their pension, exceeding deadlines, participating in feedback surveys or pushing a worker out the door.

Benjamin Mena is a Cyber Security and Data Science recruiter that works to find talent with a high level of expertise, specialization and security clearance in sectors like aerospace, defense and intelligence for government contracts. In this LinkedIn Live, Ben and I will explore the “cleared space.” He will share strategies on how candidates can stand out among their competition and how content creation can help position you as an authority in your field.

In this LinkedIn Live, Jennifer Widerberg, a financial services technical recruiter, shares strategies to help you become successful in your job search. She speaks to the importance of career design—building a talent stack, which is a collection of skills that complement each other rather than a specialization in one skill. This is especially critical when market conditions push you toward a career pivot. The talent stack approach serves both job seekers and those that choose to go the solopreneur route.