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When looking to make a career move, look at how a role will impact your life. Consider: 1. Will you be comfortable in the location, whether that's working from home, moving to a new city or state, or region? Will you be happy there? 2. Does the organization do work you support? 3. Is there room for you to grow? 4. Will you benefit from the organization's culture? Money, medical coverage, benefits, etc. are all good and necessary things to have but you'll need more to be happy long-term in a role.
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Business Consultant
Kognitiv
Started 05/2022 to PresentCompany
What do you like about your job and the company?
Kognitiv offers training classes all the time. My manager encourages me to explore the areas that I'm interested in but I'm also encouraged to take the classes that will help my team. It's the best of both worlds! I get to learn more about the things I'm interested in and I also learn new areas of Workday that I might've ignored or assumed I wouldn't be good at. Our internal communications mean I'm also always learning from other consultants, my teammates, managers, and product leads. I can ask questions any time, day or night, and chances are someone will see it. They might not have an answer, but they might know a good place to look, or who I can ask. I also learn new things from our clients - when I was still on the client side, I had no idea there were so many different ways to structure a tenant to meet my needs. Some clients are new to Workday, and ask the questions I wish I'd thought to ask and some clients have been using Workday for years and are still building and growing. It's amazing to see Workday from so many different view points every day.
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I'm still becoming the person I'm meant to be but I've achieved and become more than I ever dreamed possible. I wasn't a cool kid and I certainly wasn't one of the smart ones either. Anytime something good happened I thought I "lucked out". College was when I first started learning who I am, but it's the years after college that really showed me what I'm made of and what success means to me. I'm able to comfortably provide for my family, I have the things I need and most of the things I want, and I work with amazing colleagues and for an amazing organization. I really wish I could show 13-year-old, 17-year-old, and even 30-year-old me where I am now.
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Jessica P
Talent Program Manager
Top Insider Advice
LinkedIn is the biggest professional networking platform. Many recruiters and talent specialists use LinkedIn to headhunt great talent for their roles and the profiles that get noticed are ones that are well put together. These profiles need to reflect your resume so ensure that there are no discrepancies. If you want your profile to grab the attention of recruiters and talent specialists, then ensure it is detailed. Talk about what you specialize in, what projects you've been working on, and what you're looking to do. This will help us to see if your experience aligns with roles that we are working on. LinkedIn is also a great site to network with professionals in your field, and you should never be shy in reaching out to people from companies you are interested in to see if the work environment aligns with what you are looking for. LinkedIn is a very powerful tool that should be utilized to its fullest!
Shaundar B
principal business consultant
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I knew in my early HR jobs that I was interested in how teams used technology in their daily work. I thought that because I didn't have a background in computer science that it was an opportunity that had passed me by. But, in continuing to do the work I was doing while volunteering for projects that were related to systems-use, I was able to gain valuable experience that, when given the right environment, I was able to parlay into a career move that was both invigorating and gratifying. I was good at Talent Acquisition, but I feel like I have finally found work that is really right for me. It fits my personality and my intellectual and emotional needs more than my former career as a corporate recruiter. And Kognitiv, with its remote work environment, also fits where I am in my life, allowing me to be available for my son when needed. If I hadn't continued to seek out opportunities related to where I thought I might want to be from where I was at, I might not have ended up here. Of course, there are all kinds of paths that can lead to gratifying work, but I think it is important to pay attention to what brings you joy in your work day and do what you can to increase that. Work is still work (they don't call it "work" for nothing), but when you are able to do the work that lights you up inside, you add a healthy dose of happiness to your life!
Dana N
Senior Functional Consultant, Advisory Services
Top Insider Advice
*We all have various skills, abilities, talents, and desires. In my perfect world, I get to employ those in a way that benefits both my professional career and the people I support. * I strive to be able to put forth good work, enjoy the process of doing so, and know that others appreciate the outcome. I want to feel fulfillment from my work because after all, consumes nearly 1/3rd of my adult life. * If you know you're good at something and enjoy doing it, work on being the best at it and determine how to love every minute of doing it. Then figure out a way to make it your actual career so you get to do it every day, and get paid for it!
