Tips for Work and Life with Andrew LaCivita

Andrew LaCivita
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Career coach and best-selling author Andrew LaCivita shares insights on leading a rewarding career and fulfilled life.

  1. How Much Your Lack of Skills Costs You Every Year

    5d ago

    How Much Your Lack of Skills Costs You Every Year

    Most people spend a lot of time thinking about what they want. A better job. A bigger paycheck. More freedom. But very few people ever stop to calculate the cost of not getting it. Not next year. This year. And the year after that. And the year after that. That's what got me thinking. What if the biggest expense in your life isn't something you're paying for? What if it's something you're not doing? In this week's lesson, I'm walking you through a simple exercise that will completely change how you think about your career, your growth, and daily choices. Because sometimes the most expensive decisions are the ones that don't feel like decisions at all. If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings:   1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my four books related to career development, interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter (X), TikTok, Threads, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

    12 min
  2. How to Make Your Job Search Easier and Faster

    Jun 16

    How to Make Your Job Search Easier and Faster

    If your job search feels harder than it should, it's probably not because you're underqualified, bad at interviewing, or missing the goods. It's more likely… 👉 You're asking each step of the job search to do too much. Choosing the perfect role before understanding the possibilities that exist or how to evaluate them. Eliminating companies before having conversations. Using a résumé to explain your lovable personality and leadership style. Re-selling skills during interviews instead of explaining the results you'll help the company achieve. Explaining what you want during negotiation instead of focusing on what they get. You get the idea. Each step has a purpose. When you overload those purposes with extra expectations, the entire process gets heavier and slower than it needs to be. That's exactly what I break down in this week's lesson. I'll show you how to simplify each stage of the process so your job search becomes clearer, more effective, and a whole lot easier to manage. If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings:  1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my four books related to career development, interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter (X), TikTok, Threads, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

    23 min
  3. How to Win a 30-Minute Interview with the Hiring Manager

    Jun 9

    How to Win a 30-Minute Interview with the Hiring Manager

    Sometimes an interview is an hour. Sometimes it's several rounds stretched across multiple days. And sometimes you finally get time with the hiring manager… and the calendar invite says 30 minutes. That's when many job seekers make the same mistake. They think I need to cram everything in. So they start walking through their résumé, overexplaining their background, stacking story after story, and trying to prove every qualification they've ever had. But that's not what a 30-minute interview with the hiring manager is about. The hiring manager is not trying to memorize your entire career history. They're trying to make a few key decisions quickly: Do I like this person? Do they fit our team and environment? Can they help us achieve our goals? What will they actually be like to work with? Today's lesson covers THE 4 areas you absolutely must win when you only have 30 minutes with the hiring manager. Because when the interview window is short, quality beats volume every time. If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings:   1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my four books related to career development, interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter (X), TikTok, Threads, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

    14 min
  4. How to Read Interviewers to Know What They're Thinking

    Jun 2

    How to Read Interviewers to Know What They're Thinking

    One of the biggest mistakes job candidates make is thinking the interview is only about what they say. So they spend all their time preparing answers and trying to sound impressive. Meanwhile… The interviewers are reacting, signaling, judging, connecting, disengaging, leaning in, checking out, growing skeptical, getting interested, and making real-time decisions based on how they feel. Most job candidates never notice any of it. They walk out thinking, That went pretty well. Then they never hear back. Ouch. Strong candidates don't just answer questions. 💥 They read people. They understand what's going on inside the room while the interview is happening. That's what I'm going to help you do in this week's lesson. Sorta like giving you Coach Andy's X-ray interview goggles. If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings: 1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my four books related to career development, interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter (X), TikTok, Threads, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

    28 min
  5. Signs a Company Is Healthy or Headed for Layoffs

    May 26

    Signs a Company Is Healthy or Headed for Layoffs

    One of the biggest mistakes professionals make is assuming that because a company is hiring… the company must be healthy. Uh, sadly, no. Sometimes they're putting fresh paint on the walls and didn't bother to patch the concrete underneath. Today, I have a short, but powerful lesson on how to evaluate whether you're joining a company that's going up… Or is sinking, but just doesn't know it yet. Of course, no one has a crystal ball. But as your dear ole' Coach Andy likes to say… I can see around corners because I know what to look for. In the next 5+ minutes, you too will have my see-around-the-corner goggles. Just ask a few questions and you'll know whether their needle is moving up or down. Smart professionals don't just evaluate the job. They evaluate the future of the company offering it. If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings:   1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my four books related to career development, interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter (X), TikTok, Threads, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

    6 min
  6. Use This Analogy When Choosing Your Job Interview Stories

    May 10

    Use This Analogy When Choosing Your Job Interview Stories

    I want to discuss one of the most important decisions you make in a job interview. It happens before you ever start speaking. It's not how you tell your story. It's which story you choose. Most candidates default to the example they like the most. The one they're most proud of. The one that feels the most impressive. But that's not what determines whether it lands. The story that sells you best is the one that fixes what's hurting them right now. When you choose the right story, your value becomes immediate and obvious. You don't have to work as hard to explain it. You don't have to hope they connect the dots. They see it. In this week's lesson, I share a powerful analogy that'll help you identify which story will score highest in an interview so you can make your impact clear from the start. If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings: 1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my four books related to career development, interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter (X), TikTok, Threads, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

    5 min
  7. Want to Beat the ATS? Stay Out of It

    May 5

    Want to Beat the ATS? Stay Out of It

    Most job seekers think they need to beat the ATS. Optimize the résumé. Match the keywords. Play the system. That's the wrong goal. You don't beat the ATS. 👉 You stay out of it. Because the applicant trashing system is not designed to hire you. It's designed to filter you out. And when you rely on it, you're putting yourself in a low-probability game. Most people aren't even reviewed. Not rejected. Invisible. What does dear ole' Coach Andy always say… Companies don't hire people. Systems really don't hire people. People hire people. Why do you think while you're doing your best Resume Pez Dispenser imitation with the ATS, companies spend their time hiring through referrals, recruiters, and direct outreach? Even if you're perfect, the system flattens you like a job-candidate pancake. Keywords. Titles. Dates. That's all it sees. Not your judgment. Not your leadership. Not your ability to solve problems. I know applying feels productive. But it's not progress. It's just activity. The people who get hired? They don't sit in the system. They get to the people. If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings:   1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my four books related to career development, interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter (X), TikTok, Threads, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

    25 min
  8. How to Turn Interview Questions Into Proof You Know the Job

    Apr 28

    How to Turn Interview Questions Into Proof You Know the Job

    Let's talk about something most candidates completely miss in interviews. 👉 The questions they ask. I'm not talking about whether you ask questions. Most people know they should. I'm talking about how you ask them. Because here's generally what happens… You wait until the end. You ask something safe. Something generic. "Can you tell me about the culture?" "What's the work-life balance like?" [Insert buzzer sound here like the one your Coach Andy makes on Thursdays at Live Office Hours.] And now you don't get another interview let alone an offer. And you think you're doing the right thing. But you're not helping yourself at all. You're actually signaling the exact opposite of what you want. You're signaling that you don't really understand the job. Because strong candidates don't ask questions to gather basic information. They ask questions to show they already understand what matters. 👉 They use questions as proof. [Insert kaboom sound here. 💥] That's the diff. When you do this well, your questions stop sounding like curiosity and start sounding like experience. That's when the interviewer starts thinking This person gets it. That's what I'm breaking down in today's Tuesday Tips lesson. I'll show you how to ask questions that position you as someone who already knows the job, not someone trying to figure it out. 👉 Listen to Ask Interview Questions That Prove You Know the Job! If you'd like to build a great career and lead a rewarding life, check out some of these other places where I share my teachings:   1. Check out the milewalk Academy, my coaching and training site, for freemiums and premiums. 2. I have hundreds of educational and inspirational videos on my YouTube Channel. 3. Grab any of my four books related to career development, interviewing, hiring, and goal setting. All can be found on my Amazon Author Page. 4. Follow me on Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter (X), TikTok, Threads, and Facebook. 5. Stay in touch with me in your email inbox by joining my newsletter here! --Andy

    19 min
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