Sherri Carpineto

If you want the right candidates to apply for a job, list the salary.

It’s not a game show.

It’s not let’s make a deal.

It’s not you tell me first what you want, like we’re in kindergarten.

Just list a REASONABLE salary range. Your recruiters are overworked looking at hundreds of applications….

Why waste their time or a candidates, only to find out the salary is nowhere close.

It’s not that hard to be honest, transparent and real.

Competitive pay. What IS that? Competitive to who?

And 50k-300k isn’t a real range

Do better.

Be a good human

PS: Happy to have free consultations to see if we’re a good fit for coaching. I work with professionals as they find their paths and their value

CVS is laying off nearly 3000 people.

Edwards life Sciences just laid off 500.

Beth Israel Lahey hospital in Boston is laying off an unspecified number.

Hershey is laying off 1% of their workforce.


It’s not just the tech industry.

Companies are looking at cost-savings by uprooting lives.

No one is safe or immune from layoffs.

Nope, not even you over there who is doing a fantastic job and who gets praise.

Having your resume updated, your LinkedIn profile sparkling, and always networking doesn’t make you disloyal or less of a hard worker.

It makes you smart and prepared.

Many of us aren’t actively looking for a new job. But I’ll always take a call from a recruiter to say hi and see if I can help them.

Because you never know if I’ll need help.

Networking is most effective when you don’t need something.

Read that again. Updating resumes, networking, having calls is way more effective when you aren’t in panic mode.

Advocate for yourself

Be a good human

#layoffs #careers #jobsearching #opentowork

I got a job offer on a Monday.

Then another on Friday




And a final one the following week last year.

A year ago this July after months of searching for a new job after being laid off, and taking care of my ailing dad and husband in between, I received a job offer.

Within a 2 week span I received 3.

I had accepted the first offer before the others, it felt right AND I knew I could make an impact with great leadership. I was fortunate my long fight ended with options when for a long time I wondered if there would be any at all.

I had days, sometimes weeks of despair. I had times that I looked at my resume, professionally done and all, that showed all the impact I made

and wondered WHY I was invisible.

In the end my perfect resume was invisible.

My (at the time) great LinkedIn profile was invisible

But I still had a voice. I had a chance to write my story on LinkedIn.

I had the ability to network, to build a community, to find strategies that don't consist of update your resume for every job you apply to worked. (hint: I never did)

For someone who is naturally an introvert who, like anyone in a job loss situation, doubted herself, that's HARD. Networking is HARD.

That's why I've made it a point to help other laid off jobseekers when time allows

and to help those employed looking for change with coaching

The process is imperfect. The steps are imperfect. The jobs are imperfect

and so are we as candidates.

It's about knowing your non-negotiables, highlighting the strengths in a way that matters and networking hard.

And also knowing some of it IS just luck and timing.. because I did it all “right“ and it took months for it to pay off.

If you're looking for a new job and getting nowhere it's likely not you.. it's the process.

But that doesn't matter, you still need/want a new job.

and neither do the recent job report numbers.

Keep going.

Be a good human

#jobs #jobseekers #womenempoweringwomen #workingmoms

My manager yells every single day. Not just demanding, full-on yelling. Berating. Demanding daily emails with work updates.

What did I get myself into?



I remember thinking that. It was our national kick-off meeting in Georgia, and my first day at my job.

I called my husband in tears. “What did I just get myself into, I asked, rather rhetorically.“

My manager was angry. He yelled. He demanded some send him daily lists of projects. Then he critiqued them.

And while he and I got along well somehow, I saw how he treated my colleagues. I always wondered if I was next.

I wasn't next. Eventually he was fired and thus started my long line of managers (a total of 9 -- I think in my 15 years)

But I learned an amazing lesson from him. I learned the type of manager I did NOT want to be.

I learned that being outcomes driven and setting expectations mattered.

But communicating in a decent manner and empowering your teams to communicate when they disagreed is more important.

I learned that developing high performing teams is imperative. To push for excellence.

And to develop that excellence? You help people achieve their goals, make sure teams feel a part of something bigger, have weekly check-ins, and a true open-door policy.

I learned that empathetic, human-centric leadership is NOT weak. Instead, it builds trust, loyalty, and a desire for teams to want to succeed and do more.

And I learned that when things go wrong, you take responsibility and you learn from mistakes, you don't point fingers. You develop a solid feedback process.

And when things are going well? You praise your team and don't take all the credit.

I learned from a bad manager, how to be a good one.

I'm still a work in progress, I always will be. It's taking the negative and turning it to positive that matters.

Be a good human


#leadership #learning #management #teams

Stop congratulating companies on the “good job” they did laying off people.

Why don’t we question why they’re laying off 1500 people before the holidays, like Spotify?

That’s great that Spotify admitted they hired too aggressively, most companies don’t admit it.

But third quarter revenue was up 11% to 3.6 billion.

So instead of having a conservative strategic plan including hiring, they mismanaged resources and now employees are affected.

It’s great that they’re offering 5 months of severance and health insurance, but employees don’t want good severance, they want to stay working.

So while it’s nice to see companies treating employees like humans in the layoff process (many don’t), why don’t we congratulate companies who are hiring, who choose not to do layoffs, who manage well instead of applauding those who do a “good job” laying off?

I worked for years in a company that has layoffs every year between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

Companies want their balance sheets to look good for year-end.

Let’s applaud management who is conversative in hiring rather than those who fire well.

Be a good human. Manage well.

PS: I’m aware many things are out of control like market conditions, inflation, war that can cause layoffs. But many companies do this year after year.

#layoffs #spotify #opentowork #leadership

Stop shaming candidates who ask about pay at the beginning of a job interview process.

Candidates are entitled to know if the job will pay the bills, provide enough for their families and is competitive.

It doesn’t make them greedy, money-obsessed, or with the wrong priorities.

If you’re not willing to be transparent about pay early in the process, don’t expect candidates to be transparent about their needs.

Don’t waste your time or theirs. Be transparent. Pay equally. Be a good human.

Do you ask about money early in job search process?

#payequity #salary #paytransparency #recruiters

I was laid off from my job.

After 15 years.






I got exemplary performance reviews.

I was well-liked.

I worked all-nighters to implement projects.

I worked while in labor.

I worked while my mom was dying.

Yet, poof… in a matter of seconds, my manager read from a script and told me I was redundant.

What does THAT mean?

I never heard from my manager or many of my co-workers again.

It was the start of the pandemic, kids were thrust in homeschooling, I had just put my 1 year old pup to sleep.

Sh*t. Now what?

I let myself mourn.

I let myself cry.

I tried to network, but I wasn’t ready.

Guilt.

The job market was intense.

I interviewed hundreds of times.

I was ghosted.

Jobs changed mid-interview process.

I went through 6-7 rounds of interviews only to have jobs put on hold.

I presented, did case studies, workflows.

I spent hours on resumes, interviews, research.

When I wasn’t looking, I was stressing.

It was a full-time job.

In the end, what worked?


Perseverance.

Grit.

Determinaton.

Developing an unwavering confidence in myself in the face of despair and failure.

When I lost my job, I thought I lost everything.

But instead I gained confidence, skills , and ability to showcase who I am and what I’m capable of.

I awkwardly fumbled through networking.

I wrote on LinkedIn every day.

I had a post picked up by Good Morning America.

I grew my network and personal brand.


Losing my job and being forced into growth was the best thing that ever happened to me.

I hated the journey, but love the results.


Jobseekers:

- Comment on posts

- Find “best of” lists of companies and follow them

- Find executives and comment

- Develop strong relationships with recruiters. Offer to help them.

- If you’re comfortable, post. 850 million chances for someone to see you

- Comment on posts of top people in your field

- Comment on 4 or 5 big accounts to get you noticed

But Do SOMETHING. Opportunity comes to those who make their own.

Be a good human. Believe in yourself. Build your network.

#networking #opentowork #jobsearch #recruiters #healthcare #jobseekers