Comments on: How to take the stress out of career advancement http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/stress-out-of-career-advancement/ Advance Your Business Analysis Career Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:08:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laura Brandenburg http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/stress-out-of-career-advancement/comment-page-1/#comment-9072 Laura Brandenburg Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:13:05 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=3673#comment-9072 Jill, Thanks for sharing your story! It sounds like you are doing a great mix of things that will take your career forward and definitely are not "stuck"! As far as the job, it might be helpful (if not a full consolation) to think of that interview process as a 2-way street. It sounds like they weren't super clear on the role, which misled you in your preparation a bit. So you might ask if you were successful, do you still think it would have been a good fit? And use this information to help guide you through your next interview...which will come! Good luck with your job search and thanks for being a reader and a purchaser! Jill,
Thanks for sharing your story! It sounds like you are doing a great mix of things that will take your career forward and definitely are not “stuck”! As far as the job, it might be helpful (if not a full consolation) to think of that interview process as a 2-way street. It sounds like they weren’t super clear on the role, which misled you in your preparation a bit. So you might ask if you were successful, do you still think it would have been a good fit? And use this information to help guide you through your next interview…which will come! Good luck with your job search and thanks for being a reader and a purchaser!

]]> By: Jill LaFranca http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/stress-out-of-career-advancement/comment-page-1/#comment-9068 Jill LaFranca Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:41:57 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=3673#comment-9068 Hi Laura, Firstly, thank you for all you do to help us BAs out there. It's very helpful to have some support and know I am not on my own with the challenges I face. I have been out of work for four weeks now but apart from full-time job hunting, I am trying to use my time wisely and increase my knowledge which in turn will increase my confidence. My confidence got really knocked a couple of weeks ago when I had a second interview for a BA position. I really really wanted it, but was faced with a case interview. I had never had one before and I was very nervous. I found as much advice about them on the internet as I could find and got 4 frameworks ready for any scenario. However, I failed! I was apparently too rigid in my business thinking and I did not perform well in the calculations one. I was not prepared enough as it was an IT analyst position and they were testing me as if I was going to be a financial/strategic analyst. Although I've always had strategic awareness, it was not to this degree. I purchased your book, Professional Development for Business Analysts: How to Achieve Your Career Goals, which has been a great inspiration. I have not read it all yet, but working through it. And as a result of what I have read so far, I have recently joined the IIBA UK chapter and have volunteered to help the chapter. I am just waiting now to hear from somebody to see in what capacity I can help. I am hoping it will be something outside of my comfort zone which will force me to learn something new and at the same time give something back to the chapter. Kind Regards, Jill Hi Laura,
Firstly, thank you for all you do to help us BAs out there. It’s very helpful to have some support and know I am not on my own with the challenges I face. I have been out of work for four weeks now but apart from full-time job hunting, I am trying to use my time wisely and increase my knowledge which in turn will increase my confidence. My confidence got really knocked a couple of weeks ago when I had a second interview for a BA position. I really really wanted it, but was faced with a case interview. I had never had one before and I was very nervous. I found as much advice about them on the internet as I could find and got 4 frameworks ready for any scenario. However, I failed! I was apparently too rigid in my business thinking and I did not perform well in the calculations one. I was not prepared enough as it was an IT analyst position and they were testing me as if I was going to be a financial/strategic analyst. Although I’ve always had strategic awareness, it was not to this degree.

I purchased your book, Professional Development for Business Analysts: How to Achieve Your Career Goals, which has been a great inspiration. I have not read it all yet, but working through it. And as a result of what I have read so far, I have recently joined the IIBA UK chapter and have volunteered to help the chapter. I am just waiting now to hear from somebody to see in what capacity I can help. I am hoping it will be something outside of my comfort zone which will force me to learn something new and at the same time give something back to the chapter.

Kind Regards,
Jill

]]> By: Business Analysts - Becoming Promotable | pmStudent http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/stress-out-of-career-advancement/comment-page-1/#comment-6090 Business Analysts - Becoming Promotable | pmStudent Sat, 10 Jul 2010 12:48:01 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=3673#comment-6090 [...] prepare, and implement. Do you apply these techniques to your career? I wrote a blog post about how to take the stress out of career advancement and the basic message was, just take one small step. And then take another and another and another. [...] [...] prepare, and implement. Do you apply these techniques to your career? I wrote a blog post about how to take the stress out of career advancement and the basic message was, just take one small step. And then take another and another and another. [...]

]]> By: Laura Brandenburg http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/stress-out-of-career-advancement/comment-page-1/#comment-6061 Laura Brandenburg Wed, 07 Jul 2010 13:07:07 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=3673#comment-6061 Ryan, Learning to do something does take inspiration and those that can inspire themselves to take action will end up further ahead than those who rely on others. This is a great point. Thanks for the comment and the link -- great article on how to inspire yourself! Ryan, Learning to do something does take inspiration and those that can inspire themselves to take action will end up further ahead than those who rely on others. This is a great point. Thanks for the comment and the link — great article on how to inspire yourself!

]]> By: Ryan McKergow http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/stress-out-of-career-advancement/comment-page-1/#comment-6052 Ryan McKergow Wed, 07 Jul 2010 02:42:04 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=3673#comment-6052 Hi Laura, Your blog reminded me of another blog I just read that relates to this topic --> http://blogs.hbr.org/tjan/2010/07/learning-to-inspire-yourself.html It about learning to inspire yourself, so as you put it, you can do something! I strongly agree with you that it is so easy to not do anything because you feel more comfortable not changing. However, if you do actually do something (take the leap and inspire yourself) the rewards far outway the fear. Thanks for the blog :) Hi Laura,

Your blog reminded me of another blog I just read that relates to this topic –> http://blogs.hbr.org/tjan/2010/07/learning-to-inspire-yourself.html

It about learning to inspire yourself, so as you put it, you can do something! I strongly agree with you that it is so easy to not do anything because you feel more comfortable not changing. However, if you do actually do something (take the leap and inspire yourself) the rewards far outway the fear.

Thanks for the blog :)

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