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A Publication of WorkTogether Talent Consulting (formerly WorkMonger)
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One of the assumptions we often make about ambitious people is that eventually, they’ll want to manage others.
But that isn’t always true.
A great teacher may want to keep teaching. A talented fundraiser may want to keep fundraising. A strong recruiter, analyst, designer, or program leader may want harder problems to solve, more influence, and better compensation—without wanting direct reports.
That doesn’t make them less ambitious.
It may simply mean they know where they do their best work.
Organizations can unintentionally create a problem when management becomes the primary path to advancement. We promote excellent individual contributors into roles that pull them away from the work they love—and sometimes from the work they’re uniquely good at.
Not every career should look like a ladder.
Strong organizations find ways for people to grow in responsibility, impact, expertise, and compensation without requiring everyone to become a people manager.
Sometimes the best way to develop great talent is to help people become even better at the work they already do best.
Together,
John
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Global employee engagement just hit its lowest point since 2020, and the steepest drop is happening among managers, not individual contributors. Gallup’s data shows manager engagement fell from 31% to 22% since 2022, closing the usual gap with the employees they lead. Why it matters beyond morale: engaged managers are the strongest predictor of whether teams actually adopt AI tools.
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Career Corner: Ask a Recruiter
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How to navigate interviews with an AI interviewer
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If you’re preparing for a first-round interview or screening, there’s a chance that AI will be conducting your interview instead of a recruiter. Employers who are utilizing AI screeners typically do so to save time and money while considering significantly larger applicant pools than in prior recruiting cycles. How employers leverage AI interviews will vary, but in general here are best practices to consider:
- Study the target job description and anticipate first-round interview questions (AI can do this for you). The AI interviewer will be “listening” for matches between the language you use and the language found in the job description.
- Prepare and practice answers in advance, with a focus on clarity, concise storytelling (1-2 minute long answers), and examples that ALWAYS align back to the job description. AI does not allow for nuance or follow-up questions, so if you tend to speak in generalities or are long-winded, you won’t benefit from a human interviewer giving you grace or asking probing questions. Leveraging a framework like STAR (situation, task, actions, result) will help you achieve your goals of maintaining focused, concise answers.
- Practice answers again, with a focus on how you communicate. Make eye contact with your camera lens, avoid filler words and long pauses.
- Anticipate and plan for nerves. You may miss a human interviewer’s ability to help break the ice and put you at ease or to redirect the conversation if you’re getting off topic. If you know that you tend to get nervous during interviews, or just take a while to warm up, avoid scheduling an AI interview as your first conversation of the day. Call someone you trust and chat about the role and make some small talk before logging into your AI interview.
If any of these strategies sound familiar, it’s because I write about them when advising job-seekers on how to prepare for ANY interview. As always, I’m wishing you luck with any interview this job-seeking season.
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Originally as Harlem RBI, DREAM has grown to annually serve more than 2,500 youth across East Harlem and the South Bronx through a network of seven PreK-12, extended-day, extended-year DREAM Charter Schools and community sports-based youth development programs. They are looking for a new Network Director of Curriculum and Instruction: STEM who will be responsible for developing, codifying, and supporting the implementation of a rigorous, vertically aligned K-12th Grade STEM curriculum. The ideal candidate is a STEM expert who has 8+ years of education experience with a record of achievement for all children and 3+ years of school or network leadership experience.
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The Texas Education Agency is the state agency that oversees primary and secondary public education in the state of Texas. TEA is seeking a dedicated Staff Counsel for LEA Investigations to help strengthen accountability and ensure every Texas student has access to a high-quality education. The Staff Counsel will support efforts to resolve complex compliance matters and support special investigations that safeguard educational integrity. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in legal work including report writing, complaints, investigations, dispute resolution, or compliance monitoring.
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TrulyHired is a quick, easy, and tailored job board that specializes in providing job seekers with educational equity roles at impact-driven education organizations. Here are a few of the amazing jobs we have available. Check them out and apply if you're interested!
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