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10 Attributes of a Powerful Personal Branded Career Voice

10 Attributes of a Powerful Personal Branded Career Voice

 

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All of us have a voice, a brand, and a signature. We leave it everywhere we go, and it is reflected in everything we do.

The patterns we’ve developed, the way that we speak to friends and family, and whether we’re timely or not in part defines us. I leave kitchen cabinets open frequently, so my wife can tell if either my sons or I were there. We have ways of leaving our personal stamp.

Your voice has a similar effect. It is not always a physical voice, but it is one that resonates in a way that people either relate to or reject. Employers will relate to your career voice not just because it experienced, but it fulfills the voice that is missing from their team. Spewing numbers and relaying figures have its place, but how it makes them feel is more important for long term needs.

Your career voice has elements that cannot be taught or trained. As I said in episode 26 of the podcast, employers cannot train or serve up great personalities. They hire people who epitomize those attributes on the first, when he or she as the new employee walks in the door as I suggest in the following:

1. Confidence

You speak as if you’ve done, seen it, and can do it time and time again. You don’t have to say you have 15 years of experience. Your accomplishments reflect that already.

2. Failure was a stepping stone

You see as an opportunity, not an impediment. There is an element of faith in navigating the fires and seeing through the smoke that helps others get on board with you.

3. Your thoughts are your own

You can be confident but also speak quotes from people you read, memorize, and recite whenever there is a moment to perform. Not you. You have internalized your experience into practical advice, experience to learn from, and willing to serve without fanfare.

4. There is nothing fake about your self-deprecating humor

You are comfortable in sharing an honest view about your personal short-comings. There is something endearing about self-deprecating humor.
5. Tactful though you disagree

This is a double bonus when you can disagree with a tempered calm voice. You are trying to offer a correct and balance perspective than focusing on the wrong. You know that the information, but not the person is a problem at first.

6. You respect everyone

This works well for you because it is your heart and not a technique read in a book. It is true that it can be taught, but it is a part of your voice already. It is a rare quality that ensures respect in return.

7. You practice what you preach

When others hear you talk, though they may differ, know that what you say is reflected in your walk. It breeds trust from others and inspires collaboration.

8. Consistent and a constant positive message

Others you network with can count on you sharing resources that will help you. If its hard to be positive, you need to change your thinking, and not necessarily change your position. A low place plus humility produces many positive thoughts and ideas to help…someone else.

9. Empathy

You’ve walked in the shoes of others who are struggling and become the voice of reason. When people are frustrated, it is you who can channel and voice people’s concerns. In a company big on customer service, you are an asset to their business.

10. Your voice calms the storms

Your voice is the one that disarms anxiousness and offers people temperance. In fast paced workplace environments this becomes a key attribute especially when it comes to diffusing the bomb before it goes off, you are the go-to-person. You understand people’s fears and tears, and you can foresee people related issues sometimes before they arise.  You understand the power of reasoning in helping others gain perspective.

These 10 signs are things that come with your package upon delivery. It may not have a tracking number, nor a table of contents, but it is branded and clearly yours. As the employer unwraps your career package and recognizes your career voice, what do they feel upon hearing it?

What does your career voice say about you?

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.

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How to Identify and Create Your Career Voice

How to Identify and Create Your Career Voice

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Many job seekers lack a voice in his or her job search for many reasons. Whether he or she lacks confidence, or afraid of rejection, employers will not hire a person who lacks an identity. This is not your voice box or your vocal chord. This is your identity.

Your resume will lack a target, results, and accomplishments without it. Your interviews will not unveil any true depth of knowledge or competency. Your network will not know the opportunities you want.

Most people write their resumes, or respond to interview questions without their own voice. Yes, you can read many articles, and listen to a lot of advice, but without your unique voice, it’s hard to get hired. 

That is why you must create your voice. The one in the making for many years.

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There are several things needed for this creation, and keep in mind, we are not talking about a physical voice…yet:

 

1) Patience

It takes time to create a voice for your job search and your career journey. Whatever that distinct message that comes from you will have a pattern that evolves from experiences molded from your victories, trials, and travels to and from the unknown.

 

2) Knowing your range

We don’t know our limits, but we understand our skill set limitations. Just think of singing voices and each person has a different range. Mick Jagger didn’t have to have Jackie Wilson’s voice to be successful, but he had to be the best Mick Jagger possible. 

Your voice must be distinct in order to accomplish your career goals.

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3) Your voice is in everything you do

I read and re-write resumes that have no voice. The person has obviously either 1) have regulated him or herself to the job descriptions given to them over the years or 2) he or she wrote whatever another person dictated. That’s why you may be the one whose resume sounds like small booklet of clichés:

 

” A dynamic and enthusiastic engineer with a proven track record…”

“An excellent and proactive change agent…”

“A proven leader who is an authority…”

If you want to be remembered, you must be identifiable and stand out:

“Thrived as a roll-up-my-sleeves, hands muddied, but conscientious floor supervisor who would rather show than tell.”

Do you think this guy stood out from the crowd? You bet he did.

 

4) What you don’t say 

Your actions say so much more than what your physical voice does. Your online reputation is a great example of how your voice is everything you do.  You don’t have to remind people of who you are and what you represent. It is reflected in the search results.

 

5) Choice of words  

Using words and phrases that use profane or caustic language tell a lot about people. If you constantly offend or alienate others by your words, then that is whom you are. The proverb, “What a man thinketh, so is he” comes from the same moral and philosophical place our choices originate. If you want to change the results and the repercussions of your words, you have to change your thinking.

 

If you fail to create a voice for your job search and your life, it will be difficult to enhance the quality of your career journey. Do you have a career voice? What do you want it sound like? If you need help, let me know.

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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.

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I moderated a panel on Wealth Management for executives by Black Enterprise Magazine in October 2023 in Miami.

I was interviewed on Scripps News show, “The Why!” 4/13/2023

I talked with John Tarnoff and Kerry Hannon of “The Second Act” podcast about job searching after 50 in October 2022.

I was on “The Career Confidante” podcast to talk about “boomerang employees” and “job fishing” in June 2022.

Making Job Search a Lifestyle With “Dr. Dawn Graham on Careers,” SiriusXM Ch. 132, Wharton School of Business May 2021

In May 2020, I talked with LinkedIn’s Senior News Editor Andrew Seaman on “#GetHired” Live.”

Beverly Jones, host of the NPR podcast “Jazzed About Work,” invited me back to talk job scams, job search trends, and AI tools in April 2024

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