The Four B's that Determine Whether You Should Take the Job

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The Four B's that Determine Whether You Should Take the Job

Congratulations!  After an interview (or six!), you’ve finally been offered that new job.  Or perhaps you’re testing the waters – updating your LinkedIn profile and telling your network that for the right gig, you might be available.  But how do you know whether the job you’re considering is worth taking?  Here are the four B’s that can help you determine that.

1.      Budget

A compliance department cannot operate without a proper budget.  One of my friends describes her program as being put together with “bubble gum and duct tape.”  That is not a tenable situation, and the inability to afford travel, training programs, and enough staff to make the program work means one of two things: either the company isn’t really dedicated to compliance, or its financial situation isn’t good enough.  Either way- skip a job in a company without a decent compliance budget.



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PODCAST: How to have a Wildly Successful Career in Compliance- on the Compliance Perspectives Podcast!

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PODCAST: How to have a Wildly Successful Career in Compliance- on the Compliance Perspectives Podcast!

How much do I love the Compliance Perspectives Podcast?  Completely.  How much fun was it to be interviewed by Adam Turtletaub talking about how to have a Wildly Successful Career in Compliance?  Fantastic fun!  We cover:

  • Why creating a successful compliance career comes from the determining what you want to do

  • Whether it’s time to stay where you are, rise and grow, or change industries or jobs

  • Once you have a goal in mind, what to do to get busy. 

  • Why spending 10 minutes a month learning about an industry you want to potentially join can be enormously helpful

  • The value of planning

  • The importance of raising your profile

  • What to look for when interviewing and

  • How to negotiate a job offer

Here's the link - Enjoy!  http://bit.ly/2JyFIIN

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So, how’s your day?

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So, how’s your day?

“I’m so stressed.”  “So busy.”  “I’m overwhelmed.”  All day long we’re asked, “How are you doing?”  It’s not really that the other person wants to know.  It’s a greeting – a polite way of beginning a conversation.  Because this is a rote question, we typically have a rote answer.  Most of the time, the answer is negative.  We don’t even think about what we’re saying.

 

But we should.

 

By answering in the negative, you’re continually reinforcing a state you don’t want to be in

 

When you tell others over and over again that you’re stressed, overly busy and overwhelmed, you reinforce it to yourself.  Words have power.  You’re telling your conscious and subconscious mind that you’re in a bad state, which is reinforced every time you say that you’re stressed.  You will therefore begin to notice more and more the stressors in your life to reinforce your point of view – you’re stressed!

 

What can you do about this situation? 

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