{"id":15652,"date":"2021-04-12T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/?p=15652"},"modified":"2021-04-12T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T09:00:00","slug":"would-you-hire-this-person","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/blog\/would-you-hire-this-person","title":{"rendered":"Would you hire this person?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sydney Williams<\/a>, the global director of brand marketing at GE, recreated her resume detailing her broader life skills. This is what she wrote:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do everything you do, but I do it with one hand.<\/em><\/strong> Literally. I hold onto what's important with all the strength I have in one hand, while juggling the 1M daily tasks of life in the other. I ruthlessly prioritize. Every day, I grow stronger and more efficient as a result.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think ten steps ahead.<\/em><\/strong> Each day is a 50+ piece Jenga puzzle that I manage with skill, strategy and luck.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I maintain positivity, while my patience is pushed to the limit.<\/em><\/strong> My team has meltdowns, emotions run high, new challenges arise daily. I lead with compassion, listen to debate and encourage resolution through compromise.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I adapt.<\/em><\/strong> I take whatever life throws at me and adapt to be the leader that's needed\u2014typically on little sleep, with little time. Past roles include but are not limited to: teacher, chef, nurse, barber, garbage woman, builder, driver, hostage negotiator, seamstress, engineer, translator, swim instructor, therapist, stylist.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I lead with empathy<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong> My team comes first and foremost. I work for them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I fight ferociously<\/em><\/strong> on behalf of them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I communicate powerfully and prolifically.<\/em><\/strong> I focus on clear, results-oriented communication to drive change.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I prioritise integrity and honesty.<\/em><\/strong> Anything less is unacceptable.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am in a constant search for a better way.<\/em><\/strong> You can find me iterating on everything from process improvements to product development to communication tools. Creativity is fundamental to my job.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I value collaboration.<\/em><\/strong> Teamwork is key to my success. I forge and foster relationships between diverse groups of people in order to support, elevate and maintain life among my team.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do it all with very little \u201cThank You\u201d<\/em><\/strong> and wake up each morning to do it again because of my capacity to find the joy and love in my work.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impressive stuff! I bet if you saw this CV it would hit the top of your consideration list. But how and where did Sydney Williams develop these amazing life skills?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At home, as a new Mum of two boys aged under 3. Which sums up why mums are ideal employees for just about any position. But here's the reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A report by the Australia Institute<\/a> estimates there are almost 400,000 Australian stay-at-home mums aged between 25 and 44 who want to go back to work but can't get a job because nobody will hire them. Yep, that's right, nobody wants to hire a Mum<\/a>. And that thinking, I reckon, really does need to change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

400,000 Australian stay-at-home mums aged between 25 and 44 who want to go back to work but can't get a job because nobody will hire them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[836],"capabilities":[],"class_list":["post-15652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring-insights"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t