A Great Way to Learn – Teach Your Mistakes

One of the unexpected benefits of blogging and creating my CandidatesChair site was how much I learned from sharing my own mistakes.

I made some whopper mistakes and they have proved to be the best lessons for fellow candidates.

In addition to giving us a few good laughs, sharing my mistakes have saved my fellow candidates a boatload of time and potential embarrassment (like the time I forgot the name of the person who made the referral).

The benefits of teaching were greater clarity on how to fix my mistakes and spot other ones.

In teaching, you put things objectively, which is a good start. When you add the dialogue with fellow candidates, it makes for an excellent finish.

You don’t need your own blog to teach your mistakes. You can share at networking meetings with fellow candidates, offer to teach a seminar, answers questions on LinkedIn, submit a post to an existing blog, or participate in a discussion in a LinkedIn group.

I found that giving a seminar and writing blog posts are the best methods to give you clarity - as you are required to clearly layout your information.

Here’s the surprise benefit: When other candidates share their mistakes. Like me it is a mix of bonehead moves and things you wish people would have told you beforehand. Regardless of what it is, it’s all pure gold as it’s what really happens day-to-day when you search. (In fact, if it was not for the sharing of these fellow candidates, there would not be a CandidatesChair!)

A recent mistake: Just because you connect with someone on LinkedIn, does not mean they are on your contact list (e-mail or phone). I’m running late to a meeting, I look in my contacts to call them – rats! I’ll e-mail them – double rats!

Good luck this week.

Mark

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