The Voice of Job Seekers

Mark Anthony Dyson ★ Career Writer ★ Speaker ★ Thinker ★ Award-winning Blog & Podcast! ★ "The Job Scam Report" on Substack! ★ I hack and reimagine the modern job search!

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Why Trashing a Current Employer on Facebook Makes Your Personal Brand Unhirable

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Chandra Lee has loads of hiring nightmares, and she will share a few with me this summer. This episode is intended to help you intentionally build a strong online personal brand despite any past lapses in judgment. One of the easier things you can apply right now is to stop sharing negative stories about your employer, coworkers, or work products.

Chandra Lee (@ChandraLee) is the founder and managing partner of Lee Integrations, LLC. She has worked with many companies, brands, and clients including celebrities. She works to assist others to extend his or her personal brand and relationships worldwide with the goals of enhancing their business and personal networking.

What do you think about negative sharing about your work situation? We’d love for you to share you thoughts.

Here are three ways you can add value to our conversation:

1) Leave a voice mail or text message at 708-365-9822. Let me know if I can share it on future shows

2) Email me: [email protected]
3) Go to TheVoiceofJobSeekers.com and press the “Send Voicemail” button to leave a message online

Those of you who are career professionals can receive the additional bonus by leaving your blog and I will link to it.

Chandra says that in her business, you have to be an avid user of the product to garner serious consideration

 

    • She regularly screens potential candidates through their social activity to see if their personal brand fits her company’s goals
    • One candidate that we highlight regularly complained about her current employer on Facebook
    • This person went into detail about work situations, bosses and coworkers and continually called them names
    • As Chandra viewed this person comments, she pictured herself being talked about in a couple of months if she hired her
    • As intense as the complaints continued especially around the holidays, the complainant (the now former candidate), posted that her boss gave a $5,000 and an iPad
    •  Employers like Chandra look for fit regardless of the resume quality, accomplishments, and achievements. And also see if they have a strong and respectable personal brand
    • Although she continued to complain throughout her career changes on Facebook, she also continued to experience job search challenges
    • She is constantly committing career suicide primarily due to her derogative comments on social media. She doesn’t understand the full power of social media. He comments have caused her jobs and opportunities despite “high-level” skills
    • Chandra recommends showing your personality, volunteer work, and positive comments and resources to strengthen your brand

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20 Questions to Inspire Close Career Management

20 Questions to Inspire Close Career Management
20 questions
Career management is that second job you’ll always have. It’s laborious like doing laundry for a family of four. It takes diligence like checking your closet and basement for a useful book you read ten years ago. If you want to prepare for the next bottom to fall out of the economy, you’ll need to manage your career as closely as your health (and many of us even closer).
So I would like you to entertain the below 20 questions to stimulate and inspire thoughts about things you can do now. Today. After reading this article go do something that will ready you for your next career move. Note that these questions in no way answer specific problems in career management, but they do bring awareness to potential pitfalls (I also digress a bit too).
1. With all of the QUALITY free learning resources available, why can’t you create a basic Linkedin page with a photo?
2. And why is your Linkedin page photo taken with your wife, dog, husband, children, co-workers, parents, far away, one-eyed or with sunglasses? Linkedin is NOT Facebook!
3. What do you have against asking for referrals? What do you against giving referrals? Or encouragement? Or endorsements?
4. Ever noticed networking with the same self-absorbed, self-centered and self-serving people get the same results? #Justsayin’
6. Was your  last “informational interview” an interrogation, Spanish inquisition or a useful conversation?
7. Have you stopped managing your career since you started your new job in October?
8. Ever noticed that “canceled” is spelled correctly with one l and not “cancelled (U.S. only)?”
9. Did you know that your spouse has a network too (he or she may be a career management nut)?
10. Did you know that you can negotiate compensation and benefits even if you don’t have a current job?
11. Does talking matter more than listening to a conversation, job search, interview, and/or networking event?
12. What is the purpose of an objective statement? Why do you still have one on your resume?
13. Does the lack of race diversity concern you from your last panel interview?
15. Did your job search start after your last “performance appraisal” or “performance review?”
16. What skills do you possess with more than 75-90% proficiency? Are they highlighted somewhere on the top 30% of your resume?
17. Did you know mom, dad, brother and sister have professional networks too (they may be career management nuts)?
18. Are you sure that follow-up email you sent after your last interview will be enough to be remembered by an employer?
19. So what if the company only has five employees?
20. And why isn’t that A+ graduate paper on your personal website devoted to your job search? Or reference on Linkedin with a link to the site where it is posted? Or anything that displays proof of your competence. Or greatness.

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Get the Job! Dress to Impress This Summer

Get the Job! Dress to Impress This Summer

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Dress to impress

It’s summer, and you want to impress without going broke or breaking your personal brand. You’re a professional, and every impression counts during your job search or next opportunity. How you present yourself can create second chances at a career you desire. Once again, I invited Aaja Corinne (@aajacorinne), a fashion signature expert, to give us some short but useful advice that can make a difference.

What is your fashion faux pas? Here are three ways you can add value to our conversation:

1) Leave a voice mail or text message at 708-365-9822. Let me know if I can share it on future shows

2) Email me: [email protected]
3) Go to TheVoiceofJobSeekers.com and press the “Send Voicemail” button to leave a message online

Those of you who are career professionals can receive the additional bonus by leaving your blog and I will link to it.

Aaja gave us practical advice on the signature look back on episode 80. She has appeared in JET magazine and WVON 1390, as well as some well-known clients such as Babyface. Here are some highlights from our conversation:

  • Wear white anytime, not just on Memorial day
  • Break up a white outfit with color that will flatter you
  • Great places to shop for savings – JCPenneys, Marshalls, K&G (for men), TJ Maxx, Burlington Coat Factory, Rossi Dress for Less (Women)
  • While you’re in line, use your smartphone to find coupons. Many stores will honor them on top of existing sales
  • What’s not good for your brand: Ill-fitting clothing, unpolished shoes, high hemline, untucked shirt, flip-flops (professional events), exposed bra straps, low-cut shirts, overly tight clothing
  • Dress for industry job standards: Be conservative, know your respective industry, and wear what complements your personality
  • Find out and wear colors that flatter you. Wear what you look best in color undertones

Have you subscribed to this show on iTunes? If you haven’t, please do so. iTunes is a great place to write an honest review and increase the show’s visibility. Enjoy listening to the show. Let us know what you think.

Do you need help with resume writing or career direction? Do you need coaching or instruction?I can help.

Also, join our Linkedin community! You’ll enjoy some of the insights shared by community members and other career pros!