23 Tips for 2023

Posted On 17 Jan 2023

23 Tips for 2023

17 Jan 2023
Happy New Year!

Candidate Resource, Employer Resource, EST10 Team, News & Events

Happy New Year!

Well, here we are in 2023! Let’s make this year count! After the last three years, I think we deserve it!

As a kick-off to the year, we have the EST10 team’s most passionate and debated 23 tips for 2023!

Here we go…
  1. Say a sincere goodbye to 2022! Lockdowns, shutdowns, who?
  2. Be career healthy! Rid yourself of toxic career-limiting thoughts. Go for what you want this year!
  3. Bring back manners! Say please, thank you, be gracious, show appreciation, be patient in traffic (a wave of thanks- old school!), hold the door open for someone… you get the drift!
  4. Shake hands and hug! Yep, I said it! We are humans, and we need it! One handshake can open relationships, seal deals, prevent loneliness… and even stop wars.
  5. Hello, eye contact! Let your eyes speak your thoughts!
  6. Less texting and more verbal conversations with full sentences!
  7. Less emojis and more real emotions and words to express how we feel- verbally!
  8. While innovative communication technology assists us in our daily lives, it can also negatively impact our ability to use English correctly. Let others marvel at our emails, reports and memos!
  9. I had to include this tip from last year: Stocktakes are happening everywhere right now. So, stocktake your career. What has been your career highlight so far (consider why, how)? Where to from here, and what are the skills gaps to get you there? Write a career plan with goals for the year (yawn, I know… but it’s a map with navigation tools! Thank you, career Siri!). Without it, you may end up like Alice in Wonderland, asking the Cheshire Cat which road to take!

    Alice: “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”.
    The Cheshire Cat: “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to”.
    Alice: “I don’t much care where”.
    The Cheshire Cat: “Then it doesn’t much matter which way you go”. Don’t be Alice!

  10. Be curious! Ask questions, and don’t accept what the media or social gossip says in forming your truth. Go deeper!
  11. Get into the uncomfortable zone. Be comfortable with the unknown.
  12. Take a good look at well-being and make it your priority and responsibility, not someone else’s.
  13. No more self-sabotaging. Just when you are nearly there, you repeat the same mistake, action, or behaviour. You have been here before, but not this year!
  14. Own your feelings and emotions, don’t let others hijack them!
  15. Smell the roses and gardenias, in fact, every flower that crosses your path.
  16. Speak out loud to an animal, your pet or a random cat, dog, bird, or even the skinks or bees (just not spiders). It is even better if someone hears and catches you in the act. It is liberating if you let it be! And if you are really brave, make the next conversation be with a plant or tree!
  17. Be a little foolish; Relax, laugh loud and often, and at yourself more than others.
  18. Be willing to change your opinions and views. Time regularly tests how accurately we look at life. Changing your view isn’t being non-authentic. You might stay your ‘old’ self, but a stubborn one, inflexible or outdated etc.
  19. Master communication. It’s becoming a lost skill! Practice by listening and being present. Understand the message, not the words or sounds and learn how to reflect, not react!
  20. Be a doer, not a complainer.
  21. Make decisions for the future, not just the now.
  22. Eat your veggies first. Do the task now that you really don’t want to do! Learning to delay gratification feels so much better when dealing with the unpleasant first.
  23. Get more sleep. It is better and cheaper than botox!

“New year is the glittering light to brighten the dream-lined pathway of future.” – Munia Khan

About the author
Roxanne Calder
Managing Director

As Founder and Managing Director at EST10, Roxanne has an all-encompassing role that includes building and growing the business, as well as actively recruiting and consulting.

After completing a Bachelor’s Degree at Monash University, Roxanne began her recruitment career with renowned recruiter Julia Ross. From there, Roxanne worked in HR and recruitment with a number of global players and boutique businesses throughout Australia, the UK, Singapore and Hong Kong for over 20 years. She has been responsible for managing large teams and projects, implementing RPO models, managing and assisting businesses to an IPO and assisting companies in setting up their recruitment teams and processes.

Following completion of her MBA at the Australian Graduate School of Management, Roxanne launched EST10 in July 2010. In doing so, she hoped to combine the flexibility and high touch service levels of boutique agencies with the structure and strategy afforded to larger firms. Roxanne believes in high-touch, high-care consulting and is always on the lookout for consultants that share this vision of recruitment.

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