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The Critical Path Career, Action is Fuel, Jobs (Microsoft, Blue Origin, Bechtel)

The Critical Path Career, Action is Fuel, Jobs (Microsoft, Blue Origin, Bechtel)

Micah Piippo
August 04, 2024

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Welcome back to Beyond Deadlines newsletter—a free perk for people looking to improve in Planning and Scheduling. Each week, we provide tactics, prompts, jobs and food for thought. We want you to succeed today, tomorrow and throughout the rest of your career.

Before we jump in this week I wanted to share with you that my book is now on preorder here. If you enjoy Beyond Deadlines this is a great way to show your support.

The Critical Path Career is the essential guide to achieving success in Construction Planning and Scheduling.

What You’ll Discover Inside…

Specific Career Advancement Steps: Navigate through the distinct stages of career progression, including getting a raise, securing a promotion, and finding a higher-paying job.
26 Interview Questions with Sample Answers: Prepare for your next big interview with confidence using expertly crafted questions and answers designed specifically for planners and schedulers.
34 Impact Ideas: Implement practical ideas to make a significant impact in your role, enhancing your value and visibility within your organization.
Become a Top 1% Planner or Scheduler: Learn how the very best differentiate themselves from the crowd.

Identity fuels action, and action creates habits, and habits are part of a practice, and a practice is the single best way to get to where you seek to go.

Seth Goden, The Practice

Fun Audio Experiences for the Whole Family

Limiting screen-time is often at odds with your kids enjoying their favorite films and series. But not with Popcorn Brainstorm! Jokes & Trivia for Kids, the chart-topping Kids & Family podcast from Netflix. Featuring trivia, games and jokes about Netflix films and series, Popcorn Brainstorm is an audio experience that keeps everyone in the family connected, entertained and having fun.

Listen to episodes about Leo, Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, The Dragon Prince and many more!

If you don’t choose what you want, someone else will choose for you.

Your career will be impacted exponentially by what you focus on, what you choose to learn, and how you spend your time.

Having a set of goals or a directional course is the first step.

It’s ok if these change as you change as a person.

Updating Your Resume

Copy and paste this prompt into ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude.

Act as a seasoned Career Coach with expertise in resume optimization.

Analyze the provided job posting and recommend updates to the attached resume to ensure it aligns closely with the job requirements and highlights relevant skills and experiences effectively.

Draw from examples of successful resume revisions that have led to job interviews for similar positions. Structure your response with a clear comparison of the job posting and the resume, highlighting areas for improvement, and include specific suggestions for revisions.

Maintain a supportive and encouraging tone throughout your response. Before you begin ask me 3 questions to help improve your answer.