Unpaid carers do an amazing job looking after the needs of family and friends.
That can be crucial to the lives of those with physical health issues. Not forgetting people whose care is important on #WorldMentalHealthDay and beyond.
Although caring is demanding, carers may even have paid employment which fits around their volunteer work.
Take a look at the video to be inspired when you use examples of caring skills when applying for paid work. Leave a #Like too, if this helps you and the people you know.
We could be a top politician, or a middle manager: in either case losing a job puts us under a mountain of #stress
Beyond the #anger at losing something that mattered to us – and the worry about paying the bills – there could be worries about not being good enough to find something else.
But before we make any life changing decisions we should be smart and spend time being #calm .
Giving ourselves that breathing space means we are mindful of our own state and better equipped to choose what we want to do next.
Meditation can help achieve that mindful state and create space for clarity. Even six minutes spent focused on our wellbeing makes a difference, whoever we are.
Interested?
Then visit my link for a guided meditation promoting calm.
#nationalcarersweek is about putting carers and their skills on the map
Our skills are developed from every part of our life, not just paid roles.
Ahead of National Carers Week, it is worthwhile mapping the key skills unpaid carers build up over time.
Careful Communication – keeping services providers family and friends informed of how they can help.
Thoughtful Teamwork – collaborating with others to get the right results at the right time.
Practical Problem-solving – finding out what isn’t working well and deciding on the best solution.
When the time is right we can draw on those skills when we apply for a new job role.
It makes sense to use the STAR model within job applications to show how these skills reflect the quality of our results, after we take action to accomplish an important task, against the backdrop of a challenging situation.
If you want to make STAR part of your next job application follow the links to some wide-ranging examples of the STAR model.
Some thoughts about self-care for #Internationalworkersday
If you have spent any time with people who are unpaid carers, especially in the margins of their day job, you will have heard someone say something similar to this.
Since #Carersweek is also coming up in June it is a good time to think about the value of self-care.
Why?
Because if we aren’t meeting our own needs, we aren’t going to be in good shape to look out for others.
So, every bit of nurturing we do for ourselves is an investment we make towards our care for others.
Leave a Like on the #YouTube #Short if this reminder helps. You might also be interested in no-cost / low-cost inspiration for your next job search, if so follow the link below
There are several options after receiving feedback following a great job interview
After planning our next career step and performing well at an interview we might earn an opportunity to be of greater service. We then have a choice:
Accept the employers’ offer (it is exactly what you wanted).
Decline the employers’ offer (you know you can do better).
Learn why there was no offer and take action to improve interview performance (if you simply hear nothing back they aren’t a reliable employer).
Here’s a YouTube Short reminding us that it takes time to ensure we are making the right choice (the one closest to our goal). Please leave a Like if this reminder is helpful.
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