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Do You Have Standout Skills?

Eat Your Career

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

As a trainer , I have a pretty extensive training catalog. Some people wonder what the common thread is. Sure, my training all falls under the general umbrella of “professional development.” But other than that, my topics of interest span a wide range. Only recently have I been able to articulate the common thread myself: I believe that all of my courses focus on Standout Skills —a term I recently coined to describe a particular kind of professional skillset.

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6 Strategies to Influence Others in the Workplace

Eat Your Career

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

In the simplest terms, influence means, “the ability to have an effect on someone or something.” So, if you think about it, this concept has very broad application. It doesn’t necessarily define the kind of effect, or who you have an effective on; and it’s not just reserved for people in certain roles at certain levels. In my experience, we ALL want to have an effect on our surroundings; we want our work to be meaningful and our voice to be heard.

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Beat Procrastination! Get Unstuck & Get Things Done

Eat Your Career

AUGUST 28, 2023

Even the most ambitious professional can fall victim to procrastination—endlessly putting off important things that eventually pile up and come back to haunt you. When this happens too often, it can create disastrous career consequences. Instead of feeling guilty and criticizing yourself, it’s helpful to evaluate what’s causing your behavior. You can then put better systems into place to avoid these things in the future.

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Artificial Intelligence at Work: How Office Professionals Can Build A.I. Skills for the Future

Eat Your Career

AUGUST 28, 2023

Like the rest of the world, I’ve been fascinated by the recent emergence of Artificial Intelligence into the mainstream of work life. Over the past few months, we’ve all watched in amazement as hundreds of new A.I. tools have flooded the market. These programs can refine and even create brand new images, videos, presentations, written content, data analysis, and more.

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Maximize Your Potential! How to Leverage Your Skills FULLY in the Workplace

Eat Your Career

APRIL 3, 2023

If you feel underutilized in the workplace, you’re not alone! This is such a common complaint, and it’s easy to see why. Most people have a wide array of talents and interests, but most jobs have only a limited set of duties and responsibilities. Even if you’re overworked, you may still be underleveraged! The good news is that you can change the situation using your voice and your influence.

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Shifting the Mindset Around Learning at Work

Eat Your Career

MARCH 1, 2023

A few years ago, I met someone who asked me what I did for a living. So I told him: I was a professional development trainer and I work with companies to help elevate employee performance, he said, “Oh man! That sounds awful!” I was SO shocked. I had never gotten a response like that. In fact, most people think my job sounds really fun, and it is! Obviously, this person had some bad experiences with workplace training.

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How to Use Mindset Management to Achieve Your Goals

Eat Your Career

JANUARY 3, 2023

We all know goals are important. Setting them is one thing, but actually achieving them is something else entirely! While you may be excited about your goals right now, it can be easy to lose focus and motivation. Planning and preparation can only take you so far. To really improve your chances of success, you also need to actively manage your mindset. .

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Quiet Quitting Isn’t New (and It’s Not Helpful)

Eat Your Career

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Well, I guess we have to talk about it. If you’ve been paying attention to the news and social media over the past two weeks, you’ve undoubtedly heard the term “quiet quitting”. For some unknown reason, this concept has gained a lot of traction lately, but don’t be fooled. It’s not a new idea. It’s also not an especially helpful addition to the very necessary conversations being had around work/life balance, boundaries, and the monumental shifts happening in the workplace as a result of the pand

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How to Hide Your Age in a Virtual Interview

Eat Your Career

AUGUST 15, 2022

This video is an excerpt from a live Q&A session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video is available in the Career Success Library. “How do I get around showing my age in a virtual interview? I’ve submitted a resume that includes the last 16 years (two jobs at my current employer) and I am getting initial interviews.

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How to Master the Necessary Skill of Professional Detachment

Eat Your Career

JULY 11, 2022

As a career coach, I believe everyone should love their work. After all, the average person spends about one-third of their lifetime on the job. It’s not only much more enjoyable when you’re doing something you care about; it’s also a lot easier to accept that time commitment when you’re invested in the work. But it IS possible to care too much —and believe me, I know how dangerous that is from firsthand experience.

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How to Master the Necessary Skill of Professional Detachment?

Eat Your Career

JULY 11, 2022

As a career coach, I believe everyone should love their work. After all, the average person spends about one-third of their lifetime on the job. It’s not only much more enjoyable when you’re doing something you care about; it’s also a lot easier to accept that time commitment when you’re invested in the work. But it IS possible to care too much —and believe me, I know how dangerous that is from firsthand experience.

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PIP vs. PDP: What’s the Difference?

Eat Your Career

APRIL 13, 2022

We can probably all agree: Business abbreviations are the worst! When you don’t know what they mean, they sound like random letters thrown together to make some people feel superior and leave the rest of us feeling totally confused and ignorant. The professional development world is full of abbreviations too, and they can be just as confusing. PIP and PDP are two common abbreviations that cause a lot of confusion.

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Navigating Increasing Complexity at Work

Eat Your Career

APRIL 5, 2022

It’s no secret that the working world is more complex today than it’s ever been in the past. Everything is fast-paced, highly advanced, unpredictable and interconnected, which makes your job much more difficult. With so many constantly moving parts to navigate through and around, one wrong move can create an enormous wave of negative ripple impacts!

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Is HR the Enemy?

Eat Your Career

APRIL 4, 2022

I’ve been working in the professional development arena for a long time now. I started my business in 2009, and it’s funny how much has changed—and how much has stayed the same. One thing that has always been true is this: People really mistrust Human Resources. It’s always surprising (though, at this point, it shouldn’t be) just how much people resist the idea that HR might be able to help in certain workplace situations.

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How to Develop a Growth Mindset

Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Psychologists distinguish between people who have a fixed mindset and those who have a growth mindset. The latter is considered important for resilience, adaptability, and overall success in life and work. For modern professionals, a growth mindset is especially essential. Without it, you will likely struggle to deal with many aspects of life, including change and adversity—two common characteristics of today’s working world.

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The Problem with Employer Created Professional Development Plans

Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Throughout the course of my work as a career coach and professional development trainer, I’ve helped hundreds (if not thousands) of people to create their own PDP (or professional development plan). If you’re not already familiar, you can learn more about what a PDP is here. I am a big believer in taking ownership of your career. That’s why I recommend that everyone create their own PDP, even if your manager or employer has created one for you.

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The Value of Planning When Plans Go Awry

Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

This video is an excerpt from a live training session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video (“The Basics of Flexible Planning”) is available in the Career Success Library. The article below summarizes the video content. “ Plans are nothing. Planning is everything.” This is a quote from Dwight D. Eisenhower, our 34th president here in the United States.

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3 Project Management Practices to Improve Your Daily Work

Eat Your Career

JANUARY 17, 2022

It’s no secret that I’m passionate about project management. One of the reasons I love this field of study is because it’s just so darn useful. A lot of project management practices have broad application; they can be used for managing many aspects of work, far beyond projects. In fact, the following three project management practices are techniques every professional can benefit from knowing, and they have the power to dramatically improve your daily work life. 1.

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Your Best Investment is Always YOU

Eat Your Career

JANUARY 11, 2022

In the early part of my career, I worked in the financial services industry. We talked a lot about investments. One of the fundamental principles with regard to investing is that you always want to consider the “return.” That means, what do you expect get back ? You weigh that against the cost of the investment to determine if it’s a smart move. This concept applies to all kinds of investments, big or small, financial or otherwise.

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Exploring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Why You Need Them & How to Define Them

Eat Your Career

JANUARY 4, 2022

As a professional, you have almost certainly heard of Key Performance Indicators —the quantifiable metrics that prove whether or not you’re performing successfully within your role. While the terminology is commonly used in the working world, it is not well understood. For many roles, KPIs are vague or (even worse) completely undefined. Without clear, agreed upon KPIs, your chances of success are greatly diminished.

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The Basics of Flexible Planning

Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Planning is an essential part of success, and it’s a popular topic this time of year. But, as we all know, life is anything but predictable these days. So how can we create plans for the future when everything is fluid? The solution is a technique known as “flexible planning.” While this concept has gained traction in the project management world recently, it also has much broader life and career applications.

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Looking for a Promotion? 3 Ways Managers Evaluate You

Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 25, 2021

This video is an excerpt from a live training session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video (“Get that Promotion! Strategies for Career Advancement”) is available in the Career Success Library. The article below summarizes the video content. Let’s discuss the things that are being evaluated when you’re going for a promotion.

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Have You Been Pigeonholed at Work? What It Means and What To Do

Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 19, 2021

This video is an excerpt from a live training session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video (“Get that Promotion! Strategies for Career Advancement”) is available in the Career Success Library. The article below summarizes the video content. Pigeonholed generally means that people have assigned you to a specific category.

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How to Work With (and For) Difficult People

Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Let’s be honest: The workplace is full of difficult people! You aren’t going to “love” everyone you work with or for, but you still have to find a way to create productive working relationships with them. Otherwise, work can quickly turn into a stressful—even traumatic—situation, which can ultimately damage your performance, reputation, and long-term career opportunities.

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Get That Promotion! Strategies for Career Advancement

Eat Your Career

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Date : Wednesday, September 29. Time : 11:00 AM Pacific / 12:00 PM Mountain / 1:00 PM Central / 2:00 PM Eastern. So you want to advance your career? Better get in line…you’re not the only one! Of course, if you’d rather jump to the front of the line, there are certain things you can do to position yourself as the perfect person for that promotion. Earning your next big career move requires more than just wanting it.

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3 Ways to Deal with an Overwhelming Workload

Eat Your Career

AUGUST 10, 2021

This video is an excerpt from a live training session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video (“Overcoming an Overwhelming Workload”) is available in the Career Success Library. The article below summarizes the video content. So, you have an overwhelming workload, you have too much on your plate, not enough time to handle it all.

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ELEVATE Admins is a Best Seller (Thanks to YOU!)

Eat Your Career

APRIL 22, 2021

In case you missed the big news: My newest book, ELEVATE Admins: How to Raise the Bar and Achieve Excellence in Your Administrative Career , was released earlier this month. I’m thrilled to report that it quickly hit the #1 spot for its category on Amazon! This is all because of YOU, the amazing Eat Your Career community. I can’t thank you enough for the support you have shown me, not only with this new book but throughout the past decade.

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The 3 Essential Functions of Time Management

Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

“What is time? If nobody asks me, I know; but if I were desirous to explain it to one that should ask, plainly I know not.” St. Augustine. When it comes to professional development, time management is one of my most passionate areas of study (and most enjoyable topics to teach ). In some aspects, it’s actually quite philosophical. After all, as St.

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Communicating with Confidence

Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Communication is a complicated, multi-faceted skillset required for professional success. Unfortunately, it’s a tough one to master. More important than what you say is how you say it. All too often, messages are muddied because of insecurity, self-doubt and nerves. People don’t hear the words because the delivery is so distracting. Confidence has the power to enhance your communication in dramatic and surprising ways.

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Secrets to Achieving Work/Life Harmony (Webinar)

Eat Your Career

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of “Secrets to Achieving Work/Life Harmony.” Webinar Description: You have a “professional” life and a “personal” life, right? But ultimately, it’s all just life, isn’t it? So, how do you balance it all? How do you make sure one side isn’t getting all the attention while the other side suffers?

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Secrets to Achieving Work/Life Harmony (Webinar)

Eat Your Career

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of “Secrets to Achieving Work/Life Harmony.” Webinar Description: You have a “professional” life and a “personal” life, right? But ultimately, it’s all just life, isn’t it? So, how do you balance it all? How do you make sure one side isn’t getting all the attention while the other side suffers?

2020

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Taking on More Work Due to Downsizing? Want to Ask for a Raise? Read This!

Eat Your Career

OCTOBER 27, 2020

A common question I’m hearing lately goes something like this: My organization has recently downsized and now I’m doing more work covering for some colleagues who were laid off. I think I deserve a raise, but is that a reasonable request given that we just had to let people go? This is a great question…and a tough one to answer. When it comes to compensation, a lot of factors come into play.

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Leading Without Authority: Tips for the “Unofficial” Leader (Webinar)

Eat Your Career

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of Leading Without Authority: Tips for the “Unofficial” Leader. Date : Wednesday, September 16, 2020. Time : 11:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Mountain | 1:00 PM Central | 2:00 PM Eastern. Sign up for the Eat Your Career Newsletter to receive registration information: [link]. Leadership is not reserved solely for those who have formal leadership titles.

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Is Your Job in Danger?

Eat Your Career

AUGUST 17, 2020

As a career coach, I often work with people when they’re dealing with an expected job loss. They’ve either been terminated for cause, laid off, or asked to resign. In any case, it’s never an easy situation. Most people tell me they were blindsided—they had no idea! Yet, after some time spent reflecting, almost everyone realizes there were signs along the way, and they simply missed them or ignored them.

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Ready for Anything! How to Practice Proactive Career Management (Webinar)

Eat Your Career

AUGUST 2, 2020

Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of Ready for Anything! How to Practice Proactive Career Management. Date : Wednesday, August 19, 2020. Time : 11:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Mountain | 1:00 PM Central | 2:00 PM Eastern. Sign up for the Eat Your Career Newsletter to receive registration information: [link]. The working world is unpredictable.

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The Art of Career Crafting (Webinar)

Eat Your Career

JUNE 30, 2020

Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of The Art of Career Crafting. Date : Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Time : 11:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Mountain | 1:00 PM Central | 2:00 PM Eastern. Sign up for the Eat Your Career Newsletter to receive registration information: [link]. No job is perfect. However, there are almost always things you can do to make an imperfect job a little closer to perfect.

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How to Focus with an “Open Door” Policy (Video)

Eat Your Career

MAY 24, 2020

This video is an excerpt from a live Q&A session with Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video is available in the Career Success Librar y. A participant asks: My question is about how to take time for professional development in the midst of a busy work day. I work in a school and my desk is located in the front office suite.

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Task vs. Project: What’s the Difference? (Video)

Eat Your Career

MAY 20, 2020

This video is an excerpt from a live training webinar hosted by Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video and worksheet are available in the Career Success Library. The topic of this webinar was, “How to Speak the Language of Project Management.” In this excerpt, Chrissy explains the difference between a project and a task (two things which are often confused!).

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How to Speak the Language of Project Management

Eat Your Career

MAY 3, 2020

Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of Career Advancement for Administrative Professionals. Date : Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Time : 11:00 AM Pacific | 12:00 PM Mountain | 1:00 PM Central | 2:00 PM Eastern. Sign up for the Eat Your Career Newsletter to receive registration information: [link]. Project management is an entire field of study in and of itself.

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What’s the Difference? Career Advancement vs. Career Progression (Video)

Eat Your Career

APRIL 27, 2020

This video is an excerpt from a live training webinar hosted by Chrissy Scivicque, Career Coach & Corporate Trainer. The full video and worksheet are available in the Career Success Library. The topic of this webinar was, “Career Advancement for Administrative Professionals.” In this excerpt, Chrissy explains the difference between two important terms: Career Advancement and Career Progression.

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Career Advancement for Administrative Professionals (Webinar)

Eat Your Career

MARCH 31, 2020

Join us for this month’s free webinar on the topic of Career Advancement for Administrative Professionals. April is Admin Appreciation Month! Consequently, this month’s webinar is devoted to administrative professionals. If you’re not an admin, you are still welcome to attend. However, you may find more benefit from some of our past webinars available in the Career Success Library.

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Adjusting to the New Normal: How to Cope with Rapid Change

Eat Your Career

MARCH 22, 2020

Wow. A lot has happened in just a short period of time. It’s enough to make your head spin, right? In the past two weeks, the world as we know it has dramatically changed in response to the COVID-19 virus. Many professionals are now working from home for the first time with little to no preparation. In some areas, schools have also closed, which means these same folks are trying to care for their kids and prevent them from falling too far behind in their studies.

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How to Stop Complaining About Work (and Why You Need To)

Eat Your Career

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Not long ago, I wrote an article on the topic of chronic complainers. It focused on how to deal with these kinds of folks because, let’s be honest, no one likes a whiner. And yet, it seems most workplaces are crawling with them. But then it dawned on me…What if (dare I say it) YOU are the pesky complainer in your office? Ouch. Sure, we all have complaints—about work, life, you name it.

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The Vanishing Executive Assistant? My Response

Eat Your Career

JANUARY 23, 2020

Last weekend, the Wall Street Journal published an interesting (though highly controversial) article titled, “ The Vanishing Executive Assistant.”. And WOW, did it cause an uproar in the admin community! I’m pretty sure that was the author’s intent so, well done…? This is my response to that article and my defense of the Executive Assistant role. Admittedly, I am biased.

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