KCSpeaks

Each year Labor Day in the United States marks the end of the official summer season and kicks off fall activities like going back to school, pumpkin picking, and leaf peeping, but Labor Day is not just a day for Americans to eat one last hamburger on the grill. Labor Day is a celebration of the American worker. The United States Department of Labor’s website indicates that the day is “a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American Workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.”   ( https://www.dol.gov/general/laborday/history ) People whom work in America have built a country from the ground up. Regardless of your job in America, a worker has contributed to the economy in this country. From farmers to carpenters, office workers to retail sales clerks, each worker in America has made an impact. This includes workforce d...

I have been paying attention to successful people lately and it seems that there is one thing that both successful job seekers and successfully employed people, including workforce development professionals, have in common.   The big “O” stands for organization.   Organization is the key to success for everyone. If you look online, you can find many ways to organize all aspects of your personal and professional life. If you go to the store, you will find hundreds of products designed to keep some aspect of your life organized, so it should not surprise you that you will find that successful people are organized.   For a job seeker, this is a subject that should be discussed as part of the advising process. It is important to ask the job seeker how he will be staying organized during the job search. Will he be using traditional paper log record keeping or will he be recording his job search online through an app? How about tasks and meetings? Will a paper...