CareerFormulas-MasalaAndrea

𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐆 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐞 🫣" | 𝐄𝐩. 𝟕𝟏
𝐔𝐧𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞: 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐏𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲)💸😮‍💨

"There's a special kind of magic trick 🎩✨ that happens in offices everywhere, and it goes something like this: you stay two extra hours to finish a project, nobody asks you to leave, everybody assumes you'll be there, and then, at the end of the month, those hours simply vanish into thin air. P**f. Gone. 💨

Not on the payslip, not in a bonus, not even acknowledged in a passing "thanks for staying late" email.

Just gone, like your enthusiasm circa week three of the job. 📉

Welcome to the wonderful world of unpaid overtime 🌍🙃, where your time is apparently worth exactly zero the moment the clock hits a number your employer finds inconvenient. ⏰..."

https://amcareerformulas.blogspot.com/2026/09/unpaid-overtime-because-passion-doesnt.html

Thank you, LinkedIn News Europe, for inviting me to take part in this incredibly relevant discussion! 🙏

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 🧠

I used to gauge my productivity by how packed my schedule was. Back-to-back meetings, responding to every request, and keeping every door open made me feel busy. However, that didn’t equate to true productivity. Being busy and being effective are not synonymous, and mistaking one for the other can lead to burnout.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭. 🙎‍♂️

While hard work is still essential, talent without effort leads nowhere. However, hard work without a clear direction can lead to quicker burnout. ↗️

𝐘𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲'𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞: 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬!😳

That's the primacy effect: interviewers form a lasting impression fast, then spend the rest of the conversation confirming it.

🎯What do hiring managers actually check?
1️⃣𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: the STAR-L method. Brief situation and task, most of your time on the action you took, a strong close with a number.
2️⃣𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭: pull the top responsibilities from the job ad and mirror the company's own language.
3️⃣𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠: a 2-3 second pause before answering reads as confidence, not hesitation.

💰Then, when the offer comes: Never anchor first; ask for the budgeted range.

𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐩.🚀

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"Hiring hasn't stopped; it's become pickier, more local, and more about specific skills. People waiting for the whole market to open up ("auto-reply" mode) will keep waiting. People who figure out where the actual openings are will move faster. Globally, unemployment is staying flat at around 4.9%. That might sound like good news, but it's hiding some real problems: job quality isn't improving, inequality is still high, and the job market is exposed to more risk from the economy, demographics, and new technology. About 408 million people worldwide want work but can't find it, and youth unemployment is at 12.4%, with around 260 million young people not working, studying, or in training. The situation also looks very different depending on where you are. In wealthier countries, an ageing population means fewer new workers are entering the market, which is keeping unemployment stable even though few new jobs are being created. In poorer countries, the workforce is growing fast, but productivity isn't keeping up, so more jobs are being created, but many of them are low-quality. Even within one country, things can vary a lot: in Canada, unemployment in Ontario was around 7.6% in late 2025, while in Quebec it was only 5.4%. Job postings are also down..."

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𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛!

It's a different game now: a conversation, a first impression, and (whether you like it or not) a live audition, all at the same time. Yet most candidates still walk in prepping like it's a written exam from 2015, rehearsing answers nobody's going to ask.

📢𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 - 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
🗓️𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 - 𝟏:𝟑𝟎 𝐏𝐌 𝐂𝐄𝐓 (𝟑𝟎 𝐦𝐢𝐧)
🎙️𝐋𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬

We'll cover:
→ How to decode what interviewers are actually asking (it's rarely the literal question)
→ Answers that don't sound like everyone else's "team player who thrives under pressure"
→ Body language, tone, and the small signals that shape a hiring decision before you finish your first sentence
→ Real examples because theory is nice, but live practice is better

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐣𝐨𝐛 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐨𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐳𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 "𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟," 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐞'𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮.