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Graduates undervalue communication and critical thinking. Employers want more of it. My guest today, Jeff Kavanaugh, explains how graduates can prepare for the job market. Jeff addresses much of this in his new book, Consultant 2.0. If you want to know more about his book you can go to his website.
How are you preparing for the job market?
I would love to hear your thoughts in one of three ways:
- Call and leave a voicemail at 708-365-9822, or text your comments to the same number
- Go to TheVoiceofJobSeekers.com, press the “Send Voicemail” button on the right side of your screen and leave a message
- Send email feedback to [email protected]
About Jeff Kavanaugh:
Senior Partner at Infosys, a $10bn global IT consulting firm. He is also an adjunct professor at The University of Texas at Dallas. He has been featured on Fast Company, Huffington Post, and Tech Crunch.
Here are some highlights from our discussion:
- People with little experience should seek relevant internships
- It is a credible data point and learn to apply real world examples and stories
- Critical thinking demystified requires you to restructure your thinking– calls for rigorous application and logic
- During interviews, state your conclusion first and support with 3-5 sub points
- We discussed how imperative it is to use inductive logic to communicate your thinking
- Knowing your audience, research, understand their experience, dig deeper
- Show respect in researching the company and interviewer
- Phrases, stories, adjectives are clues to the interviewer your willingness to connect and relate
- We discussed studies showing employers value work ethic, professionalism, competency
- Absorb the publications you read outside of college work. Read publications such as Wall Street and the Economists
- After reading, write a 500-word blog post on what you’ve written over 2 or 3 years. Collecting 20 or 30 articles over time may catch the attention of prospective employers
- Employers look for how a job candidate will frame their stories and answers. The right answer is secondary to how it’s analyzed and broken down by logic
Do you need job search coaching or instruction?
I am here for it! Use my contact information above to inquire about individual or group coaching. You can also sign up for my weekly newsletter at the top of my page.
About Mark Anthony Dyson
I am the "The Voice of Job Seekers!" I offer compassionate career and job search advice as I hack and re-imagine the job search process. You need to be "the prescription to an employer's job description." You must be solution-oriented and work in positions in companies where you are the remedy. Your job search must be a lifestyle, and your career must be in front of you constantly. You can no longer shed your aspirations at the change seasons. There are strengths you have that need constant use and development. Be sure you sign up to download my E-Book, "421 Modern Job Search Tips 2021!" You can find my career advice and work in media outlets such as Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Glassdoor, and many other outlets.