Liz Ryan

THE TEN PILLARS OF FEAR-BASED MANAGEMENT 1. Attendance policies for salaried employees 2. Stack ranking 3. Bell curve performance reviews (limiting the # of folks who can be excellent, above average, etc). 4. PIPs 5. Insubordination as a concept (much less a disciplinary issue)

TEN FALSE & DAMAGING BELIEFS ABOUT JOB SEARCH 1. Your job as a candidate is to please the interviewer and everyone else you interact with as on your job search. Be agreeable and docile, above all. If they want you to complete an unpaid assignment at home, go all out to make sure your assignment is the best one they receive. 2. Don't ever bring up the topic of compensation. If they want to hire you, they'll offer you the salary they feel is appropriate. 3. If an employer wants you to meet them on short notice, do it. If they want you to take tests and assessments, do it. If they want you to travel long distance for an interview, pay for the trip yourself. 4. Don't ask any challenging questions at the interview - you're lucky to be there. 5. If an employer wants to contact your references before they've even had a conversation with you, it's fine. Your reference-givers' time is less important than employers getting what they want. 6. You might pick up signals during the recruiting process that the organization isn't a great place to work. Ignore these signals. 7. Be sure to let the interviewers know you are a hard worker with infinite availability and no commitments outside of work that you can't break. Let them know that you'll do anything they want you to do if they hire you. 8. Feel free to share any personal information an interviewer asks you for. They're considering hiring you, so they deserve to know whatever they want. 9. Whatever the job offer is, take it. You might not get another one. 10. Remember, employers are mighty and you are just another candidate, so do what you're told and above all, don't think you're anyone special. If these beliefs don't sit right with you, hurrah! You understand that you are not just a cog in someone else's machine. You understand that you deserve a job that values your talent and experience. I'm about to teach my course Get Your Dream Job 2026, to help people who are ready to step out of the traditional job-search box get the jobs they deserve. Join the early interest list here: form.jotform.com/261189031749159

HOW DO I EXPLAIN WHY I'VE BEEN UNEMPLOYED FOR SO LONG? Q. Hi Liz, I'm in my eighth month of full-time job searching. Before I got laid off, I worked for fifteen years straight without a break but I've had interviewers ask me why I've been out of work for so long. It's because I haven't found a job yet, obviously. The question seems to come from a disapproving place, like, "What's wrong with you such that you haven't gotten hired yet?" How should I answer this question? A. It's a very bad question to ask - in fact, it's none of an interviewer's business what you've been doing since you left your last job, as the answer has nothing to do with your skills or experience. But if you get the question you still have to answer it, so here's how to think about that question and how to respond. You worked for fifteen years without a significant break. That's an incredibly long time. The key to answering an unfortunate (and let's face it, inappropriate) and intrusive question like, 'Why have you been unemployed for so long?' is to reframe it in your mind long before the interview - starting right now - so by the time you hear that question you'll be calm and centered, and the question won't rattle you. It won't rattle you because you'll know that people sometimes do and say things without really thinking about them - we've all done that - and sometimes they say things that are impolite. Here's the reframe: I've had a great career so far. I got laid off and took some time to regroup. I didn't choose to get laid off but when it happened, I took the opportunity tor recharge and reevaluate my path. ------------------ Here's how this new outlook might emerge in an interview: THEM: Why have you been unemployed for so long? YOU: You know, I'd never taken a career break since I started working fifteen years ago so when our division was eliminated, I knew it was time for a pause. I'm very glad to have had the opportunity to stop and look at my career path and decide where to go next. I recommend that sort of reflection for everyone! --------------------------------------------- Eleanor Roosevelt famously said that no one can make you feel inferior without your consent, and this issue is the perfect example of that. Once you reflect on the fact that you never signed up to start working at a young age and work straight through to retirement without a pause - and that it would be absurd to expect anyone to do so - you won't feel indignant about that question anymore. I'm about to teach my course Get Your Dream Job 2026, to help 100 people get the jobs they deserve by learning my non-traditional, empowered Human-Voiced Job Search approach. Here's the link to join the early interest list: lnkd.in/eQMna9V9

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Your goal is not to please the interviewer – it’s to get the interviewer off the script and using their brain I’m about to teach my course Get Your Dream Job 2026. I’ll show you step-by-step how to get the job you deserve. Get on the early interest list here: form.jotform.com/261189031749159

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HOW DO I DEAL WITH JOB SEARCH REJECTION? Q. Hi Liz, how do I keep my spirits up in a job search when I keep getting rejected? A. First -- let's talk about what rejection actually is, and what it isn't. Applying for a job and not getting an interview is not rejection. Going on interviews and not getting advanced to the next stage is not rejection. None of that is rejection. Think about it this way. If you went on a first date and the energy wasn't right, or the person didn't call you back -- is that rejection? No. You went on a date. It wasn't a great date. That's all. The recruiting process is broken. Very, very badly broken. I come from that background -- I'm an HR leader of a thousand years. The applicant tracking system is 1980s technology, keyword searching. To conclude that they didn't interview you and that's a rejection is like the old saying: holding a grudge is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to get sick. They don't have the power to reject you. They're no one. They're a first date. You are the CEO of your career. Nobody else gets to make you feel bad. You are mighty, and getting more powerful every day - but you have to feel your power before anyone else will see it. I'm about to teach my course Get Your Dream Job, to show 100 people a different way to get the job they deserve - a human, empowered and dramatically more effective way than the traditional job search approach. You can join the early interest list for Get Your Dream Job here: form.jotform.com/261189031749159 Rock on, Liz

Got a job search or career question you could use help with? Join me tonight, Wednesday, May 6 when I'll be answering questions on YouTube Live, starting at 7:00 pm ET. Bring your career, job search, entrepreneurial and work/life questions and situations and we'll brainstorm together. Here's the link to join: lnkd.in/eSNsb-CC

TEN SIGNS YOU ARE BRAINWASHED 1. Despite your years of work experience, you still think any company that hires you is doing you a favor

Q. Hi Liz, have you heard of a situation where a terrible boss realized later that they were melting down and mistreating their employees, and apologized after the fact? Does this ever happen? A. Yes, it happens, but it takes time. I am aware of situations where a manager reached out to a former employee to apologize for their bad behavior, but the apology came five or 10 years after the bad behavior. When we are in fear, we tend to block out and completely forget our worst words and actions. That’s why I so often hear from people who say, “Can you believe my abusive ex-manager wants to have lunch and catch up, now that they’ve left the company? I wouldn’t have lunch with them if they were the last person on earth. They treated me terribly and are the reason I quit!” It may take years for that manager to remember their dark period, if they ever do. Folks, what is your experience with this phenomenon?

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