In recent days, an unusual event in the world of sports has gone viral; The New Zealand National Team player, Mikayla Moore, scored three own goals in her team’s 5-0 defeat against the United States National Team, something that has undoubtedly put her continuity in the team’s process for the next few years on edge. matches. Like what happened with Moore, in the world of work there are mistakes that can cost you continuity in the company where you work or if you are looking for a promotion, it may be compromised.
Here we tell you what actions you should avoid if you want to leave a good image in your work to achieve things in the future:
Act arrogantly as if you had all the knowledge:
As a collaborator you should not fall into the error of having arrogant attitudes. If you have this reputation, a hostile environment will be generated both with your colleagues and with your superiors.
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Be silent:
As part of the company, you should always have a proactive attitude and not wait for your boss to look at your results or proposals. You should look for the opportunity to present ideas and share personal triumphs, which indirectly contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the team you are in.
Be defensive
According to Ralph Specht, an expert in Corporate Culture, having an attitude of evasion or defense whenever a comment is received can be counterproductive. You must have criteria and this implies that although you do not always have to respond affirmatively to any suggestion or comment, you must seek the well-being of both the individual and the team.
Do not leave the comfort zone:
Not doing things different from what you are used to in a job can trigger both personal and corporate stagnation. Experts recommend preparing in different areas that allow professional growth and with it the proactive capacity within the work team, that is, not staying in the comfort of previously acquired knowledge, but exploring different areas.
If you manage to avoid these mistakes, despite having made them at some point in your working life, your work within a company will have a lot of value, there will be no failures and the fulfillment of objectives will be a reality.
The Forbes Spain list lists nine aspects that can compromise your permanence in a selection process.
According to Forbes Spain magazine, “there are decisive aspects that will determine whether or not the person responsible for hiring you grants you a personal interview”, including the curriculum you present, either for a new job or a scholarship.
Good impressions are always decisive when you are looking for a job. Your resume is the cover letter that, depending on its content and style, will be the key to capturing interest in front of a potential
Here are the mistakes that, according to Forbes, “will send your CV to the trash”:
Typos and grammatical errors: Watch out for your wording! The way you write about yourself and your experience will provide positive or negative clues to the recruiter. If your resume has typographical or spelling errors, it could be seen “as a lack of interest that can be shared by the person responsible for reading your resume and arranging a job interview,” says the magazine.
Inappropriate links: ” There are jobs that may require an account in a social network, it is preferable to omit it if your profile is not suitable for the position, “is recommended in the publication. Social media is a double-edged sword. These can play a bad game if you publish content that is not related to your work portfolio or that is not liked by the employer.
‘White’ lies: Recruiters are cautious in their work; their task is to find the profile that firmly fits the vacancy. For this reason, do not exaggerate or deceive with skills and knowledge that you do not develop to the required level; You must “be honest and show a willingness to learn and expand your experience.”
Salary Information: The publication advises that this aspect should preferably be addressed during the interview, since “information about the salary of the jobs you perform or have performed is totally unnecessary and may discourage our potential hires.”
Ridiculous typography: Don’t try to ‘aesthetically’ impress the recruiter with your resume unnecessarily. If the position you’re applying for doesn’t require a high level of design, you can “use the simple fonts that come by default in Word,” using a font type that’s not readable or exaggerated can rule you out as an option, Forbes says.
Do not mention our skills or experiences: Use dots or bullets that locate important dates and facts about your experience in previous positions and projects. Forbes recommends that this “information does not go in a single block where the person in charge of interviewing you has to search to get useful data from an alphabet soup.”
Include what we don’t know how to do: Today, companies value the willingness to learn, but they do not seek to find an applicant who ‘sells’ in a negative way and highlights knowledge that he lacks. “Let’s not confuse being honest and, where appropriate, acknowledging lack of experience with mentioning everything we don’t know how to do,” the publication suggests.
Nonsensical format: In general, most sectors require a resume that has an attractive but readable and simple presentation. Using a more ‘creative’ design is especially used “for designer or publicist positions, it can be a point in our favor”.
Include totally irrelevant experiences: Keep specific points in your career that relate to the position you’re applying for. ” Adding experiences that do not contribute anything to your candidacy subtracts, and can mean the landing of your resume in the pile of no, “concludes the Forbes note.
Looking for work is ‘a job’ that requires organization, coherence and discipline. Not only is it enough to have an updated resume, you also need to focus your job search and use some ‘rules’ to start calling you.
The compose with Marcela Rojas, race coach and Headhunter, who also works at Mar Coaching Atelier and Empodera Talento Humano. She shared the mistakes people often make when trying to employ themselves.
Mistakes you should not make when looking for a job
1. Looking for a job when you don’t have a job:
“Many immerse themselves in their working lives, disconnecting from friends, former colleagues and bosses. Then, when for some reason they are out of work, they start from scratch to look for a job and did not take advantage of the time being employed to create relationships, to do Networking, investigate what you are asking for and how the market in which you operate is moving to cultivate your next work steps,” Rojas warned.
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2. Communicate that you are looking for a job:
According to the expert, many people, out of “shame to feel in a position of vulnerability and maintain a strong image”, do not share with their contacts that they are open to new job options or that they are unemployed.
On some occasions, that next job opportunity may be known to a friend or family member. Of course, people should approach it from “openness to change and not as a complaint.”
3. Apply to everything you see:
Sometimes, despair and need can lead people to apply indiscriminately to different types of job offers, positions and sectors outside their knowledge.
“This is like throwing bottles with messages of help to the sea; They create a short-lived sense of hope as you submit the resume, but over time it creates too much frustration, as you may not be called for a job, you’re not ready for.”
Rojas added that in these situations people can feel much worse and “professional self-esteem goes to the floor, when in reality it is the strategy that is failing.”
Other things you shouldn’t do:
Lying on a resume or in the job interview.
Do not leverage your social networks to expand your job search.
Keys to making looking for a job a success
We do not want to discourage you, on the contrary, we want you to find a better job. The portal also received, from the Head hunter and career coach, the necessary points to make your job search more effective.
Get to know yourself professionally and you will transmit your value offer accurately.
Prepare an ‘impeccable’ resume, organized and that reflects why it would serve for the position to which you are applying.
Explore the job market and focus on the industry or sector of your interest.
The job is more than assured, you just need to sign or receive a call with the formal offer, what could go wrong? Until you sign the contract nothing is assured. This is a premise that all candidates for a new job opportunity must keep in mind. There are specific situations or errors that, as childish as they may seem, end up with hiring at the least unexpected time.
For example, posting the wrong message on social media could be enough for the recruiter to refrain from signing the contract. Although each Internet user has the freedom to share what they consider on social networks, you should be careful with content that puts your reputation or that of the company that wants to have your services at risk.
Debating the political, social and economic situation is not bad, as long as it is from respect, more in the digital sphere. Therefore, avoid rudeness or confrontations because there is no similarity in opinions. Companies are looking for candidates who “respect diversity, who have an open mind and who listen to all kinds of opinions, because today many companies expect their teams to have a culture of inclusion and respect, which values the essentials of the human being,” says Elive Riveros Trujillo, director of People, Organization and Culture of HDI Seguros.
“The candidate must ensure that he carries with him the right message that he wants to convey, that is appropriate to the job, sector of the industry and even types of company in which he wishes to work” –Yamile Pardo Morales, Director of Human Talent and BDO in Colombia.
If your profile is private, you can share the content of your liking without so much prevention. For Juan Pablo Castillo, Director of Corporate Affairs at Sodexo, social networks are a “totally personal environment and it is not appropriate to invade this space or the private life of candidates as a filter for hiring, the objective is to find someone with specific characteristics, do the required tests. “
On your social networks, skip comments and content that incite hatred and include:
-Racism
-Sexism
– Xenophobic
-Slander
-Violence
Another mistake that can be made – both for candidates and employees – is “when you talk better about the brand, product or service of the competition than about the company to which you apply or where you work, which can be considered as an unfair act and depending on the internal work regulations and policies of the company, it can be considered a major lack,” says Yamile Pardo Morales, director of Human Talent and BDO in Colombia.
Regarding the photos and images published, you should be careful if your profile is completely public. In networks that were created for professional and labor dissemination purposes, “photographs, images or pieces that project professionalism must be published,” adds Pardo.
Stacks with personal references!
Many things can happen for a hiring to be reversed. For example, that a last-minute reference does not give the best impression of the candidate, that the applicant does not respond in a timely manner to calls or appointments from Human Resources or sudden changes within the organization.
The case of personal references is special. Many people get rid of the references in their resumes and end up not validating exactly what the candidate expected, denying or not recognizing aspects of their passage through another job. “A bad reference of a candidate can put at risk their continuity in the selection process, for this reason, only those who are able to really value the quality of this person’s work should be the only one who dares to express any information about him or her. Otherwise, the damage that can be done to a person in a hiring process is enormous,” warns Riveros.
Do not lie to your recruiters, they can intuit the availability of hiring the candidate and your level of adaptation through photos or publications you make during the selection process. In addition, discovering that the candidate for the position did not tell the whole truth or made it up will detract from the credibility of his profile.
“The most important thing is to feel identified and happy, contributing their skills and serving within it, behaving as an internal and external ambassador of the brand” -Yamile Pardo Morales, Director of Human Talent and BDO in Colombia.
“For companies, it is essential to be able to obtain first-hand information from the candidate, especially when what they publish on networks is generally accessible, since any personal opinion can affect the sector for which they are applying or worse, the company in which they are applying. This can be perceived as synonymous with not wanting to enter the company and that is why the candidate could not participate in any selection process with it, “says Riveros.
In addition to feeling inspired by the possible company where you would work, you must fully contribute your skills and project yourself as an “internal and external ambassador of the brand”. “The issuer must be aware and consistent in applying to the companies with which he is philosophically aligned, because this will allow him to grow in a stable and progressive way. The information you prefer to publish should depend on the image that the professional wants to project and there you must be a skilled digital communicator, “concludes Pardo.
