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Get the Job! Dress to Impress This Summer

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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.

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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

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by Mark Anthony Dyson

Why are Green Accounting Careers so Hot?

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If you’re interested in having an impact on the environment, and you like accounting, maybe green accounting careers are interesting enough for some of you.

The show today is another collaboration with DeVry University (@devryuniv) to broaden your future career options. My guest is Professor Joyce Barden, CPA, who teaches at DeVry University and the Keller Graduate School of Management in Phoenix, Arizona. Thanks again to DeVry University for choose this podcast to promote green accounting careers!

I would love to know if green accounting would be a major you would seriously consider? Here’s how you can share that with me:

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As always, career professionals that leave feedback please let me know if it’s OK to read your responses during the show, and I will include a link in the show notes to your site.

Here are some highlights of our conversation:

Professor Barden explains the differences between traditional accounting (she calls it the language of business) and green accounting
Those aspiring to green accountant careers must advise his or her clients or employers on sustainability and the environmental impact of what their decisions are based on
Green accounting careers are likely to be found where the sun prominently appears like Arizona, California, and New Mexico
Green accountant specialists work with a wide range of teams and team members just like most accountants
Cost reduction as it impacts the environment is a main focus of the job
Students with a desire for green accounting careers must offer value to employers, able to advise employers or clients how to be environmental effective, and not just a number cruncher. Successful job candidate needs to approach potential employers as a consultant and business advisor
State governments and fraud and forensics agencies could be a great source for internships and green accounting careers
Professor Barden recommends working part-time at first
Adaptability, flexibility, and writing are in-demand soft skills, ones that CEO’s are demanding
Companies are looking for diversity, consider the role and skills companies want. Can you solve the puzzle since there are so many collaborative partners, and put together input from everyone?
Employers looking for candidates in green accounting careers want to see more passion with the value he or she brings to the table. The successful candidate has to “run their own race.”

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by Mark Anthony Dyson

Beyond.com Wants to Send Job Leads to Your Phone

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One of the latest trends that will dominate the job hunt/recruiting industry is mobile technology. Job boards are looking to innovate in a number of ways such as engaging users through mobile and putting job leads in the hands of top talent. Beyond.com is one of the top job boards in the employment space. This year, Beyond.com partnered with TextRecruit, a platform that integrates text messaging directly into the recruitment process. They want to put job leads through to your phone right now.

My guest, Joe Stubblebine, Vice President of Talent Solutions with Beyond.com, is the Technology expert and facilitator of the TextRecruit partnership. We discuss how sending job leads to your phone (or maybe your Apple Watch) will enable you to engage leads in a more timely way.

How do you use your mobile device(s) for your job search? I would love to hear from you in one of the following ways:

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Here are some of the highlights of our discussion:

Beyond has about 500 talent communities and 45 million passive and active members
Joe connects with employers to help them recruit to job seeker talent
He states a few challenges they see in the industry regularly, 1) Getting visibility and in front of more job seekers, and 2) matching the right job with talent
Advertising had changed dramatically from years ago when companies paid $75,000 for a newspaper ad to compete against other job boards to get job leads to talented job seekers
Beyond.com conducted a survey that resulted in finding 83% of job seekers respondents are utilizing their phone and tablets for their job search. 73% specifically reach for their tablets. 85% that use both phone and tablets still apply for jobs on their laptops
Joe mentioned the Beyond.com app has 2.5 million downloads, as he also mentioned Jobber which works like Tinder, and the Hidden Job app (shout out to Chris Russell, guest on episode 65)
Joe was impressed that Pepsi’s goal is 0 days to hire and feels the texting initiative brings Beyond a step closer to shortening hiring time
We talked a little bit about a potential “Dick Tracy” experience with the Apple Watch ability to receive text
I asked him if Meerkat and Periscope (both are video streaming apps) would also be an engagement tool for job search and job seekers. Listen to why Joe feels it may be a double-edged sword

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