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Graduates, the Skills Gap is Real

Graduates, the Skills Gap is Real
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We have been hearing about the skills gap for a long time and studies in the past address the lack of what employers want. Payscale released a skill gap study detailing the disconnect between managers and recent graduates regarding their preparedness for employment after entering the workforce, and which skills managers are most likely to consider absent or deficient. Please go to Payscale’s website to view and download their report!

I discussed this two months ago with Rich Thompson, Adecco North America Chief Human Resource Officer. He also said one of the biggest challenges employers have is the skills gap. It is evident according to the study and organizations; graduates are not ready to present themselves as proficient in business oral and written communication. Lydia Frank from Payscale is with me to discuss their skills gap study specifically as it relates to college grads.

Have you been turned down for a position because you lacked skills? Talk to us. Here’s how you can participate in the discussion:

  1. Call and leave a voicemail at 708-365-9822, or text your thoughts to the same number
  2. Go to TheVoiceofJobSeekers.com, press the “Send Voicemail” button on the right side of your screen and leave a message
  3. Send email feedback to mark@thevoiceofjobseekers.com

Lydia Frank (@lydia_west)

Lydia Frank was in episode 68 last year, and most recently on episode 111. I bought her back to discuss the latest study conducted byPayscale.com. Lydia is the Senior Director of Marketing for Payscale and salary negotiation columnist for Money.com. Her media contributions include TechCrunch, Havard Business Review, The Huffington Post, and CBS News.

  • The study focuses on the value of skills gap and identifies skills that affect pay in a positive way
  • Industry specific expertise will differ especially in the technical fields
  • The study focused even more of graduates
  • Writing proficiency and public skills are lacking–perhaps due to technology
  • Personal communication does not carry over to business communication
  • More proof and assessments. More frequently, the first two interactions with a company would be a telephone interview and a skills assessment
  • Great work by blogging is valid social proof and differentiate from the competition
  • We talk about how critical thinking affects the need to assess. Questions around critical thinking often evaluate how a job candidate thinks about solving a problem
  • Employers want to see the work and his or her process
  • Lydia discusses how a diversity of thinking and the background of the team is important–does he or she complement the team? Not just diversity of people
  • The study looks at the skills gap by U.S. region

Need help with your career goals, directions, or efforts? Do you need coaching or instruction? I am here for it!

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

I would still like to help self-published career professionals promote their books. If you’re interested, find more info here.

About Mark Anthony Dyson

My name is Mark Anthony Dyson, and I am the Founder of The Voice of Job Seekers. I am a career advice writer, but more importantly, I hack and re-imagine the job search process.. I've worked with hundreds of job seekers one-on-one helping them to construct a narrative and strategy that appeals to hiring managers and recruiters. I present at colleges and organizations, and facilitated many workshops including my volunteer effort through a Job Lab. I write and create useful job search content on this blog and write career and workplace advice for blogs such as Glassdoor, Payscale, Job-Hunt.org, Prezi and more. Media Feature highlights: Forbes, Business Insider, NBC News, Glassdoor, LinkedIn's #GetHired, and NPR Freelance writer and content contributor: Glassdoor, Payscale, job-hunt.org, The Financial Diet, RippleMatch.com and more. Contact me to contribute career, job search, or workplace advice for your site at markanthonydyson@gmail.com.

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Personal Branding for College Graduates

Personal Branding for College Graduates
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For college students, building, managing, and marketing his or her personal branding efforts can be quite complex. It’s possible that grads will  change jobs up to an average of 20 times during their career. But you know what, that is OK to experiment and try different things. My guest and fellow podcaster Ryan Rhoten as done it himself. Through the advice he shares, he tells his story of graduating from college with the intention of building and flying planes.

Are you clear and intention about your personal branding efforts? I would love to hear from you in one of three ways:

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: mark@thevoiceofjobseekers.com
3) Go to TheVoiceofJobSeekers.com and press the “Send Voicemail” button to leave a message online

Personal branding with Ryan Rhoten - The Voice of Job Seekers podcast (1)

 

Let me tell you a little more about Ryan. He is a personal branding and online reputation strategist, founder of the podcast “Brand New You,” all found at RyanRhoten online. By the time this aired, Ryan had already reached out to me to be a guest on his podcast. Little did he know he was already on my guest wish list. He has been featured on Forbes, The Muse, and Mashable as well as speaking at various conferences such as FinCon.

Here are some highlights from our discussion:

    • As a college grad experiment and look at different careers. School is still the foundation in the real world
    • Many more options are available, nothing wrong with trying and moving on
    • Your brand evolves and changes…monitor and manage it
    • Ryan defines personal brand is who you are at the core. Personal branding is telling the world who you are, the value you offer mostly online
    • Putting  the real you online is as important so your personal brand and personal branding are congruent
    • High school and college students aren’t helping themselves in the way they come across online. College administrators are looking at your online activities
    • Clean up your social media profiles, delete updates considered “questionable”
    • All of your social media accounts should have the same professional pictures
    • Check all of the images on Google and work to get rid of the unflattering pictures. You may need to contact the website hosting the originals to ask him or her to take them down. Remove the ones you host on your profiles. Google ranks pictures by amount of times it is clicked on
    • Put more good content out there to minimize bad images or unfavorable content
    • Everyone should start their own blog – not necessarily your website. Medium, branded.me, and LinkedIn helps push content out
    • Think about the job you want, what you’re learning in school, and write about it. It’s hard but it is a way to stand out above the competition
    • Google loves videos and in-depth articles. Written, audio, and video are all popular and rank well. A WordPress blog is one of the top platforms to blog
    • Have a strategy when using any platform

Need help with your career goals, directions, or efforts? Do you need coaching or instruction? I am here for it!Also, join our Linkedin community! You’ll enjoy some of the insights shared by community members and other career pros!

I would still like to help self-published career professionals promote their books. If you’re interested, find more info here.

For the first time in 1 1/2 years, I am opening to career professionals to write guest articles. If you’re interested, you can go here for further topics and directions to submit.

About Mark Anthony Dyson

My name is Mark Anthony Dyson, and I am the Founder of The Voice of Job Seekers. I am a career advice writer, but more importantly, I hack and re-imagine the job search process.. I've worked with hundreds of job seekers one-on-one helping them to construct a narrative and strategy that appeals to hiring managers and recruiters. I present at colleges and organizations, and facilitated many workshops including my volunteer effort through a Job Lab. I write and create useful job search content on this blog and write career and workplace advice for blogs such as Glassdoor, Payscale, Job-Hunt.org, Prezi and more. Media Feature highlights: Forbes, Business Insider, NBC News, Glassdoor, LinkedIn's #GetHired, and NPR Freelance writer and content contributor: Glassdoor, Payscale, job-hunt.org, The Financial Diet, RippleMatch.com and more. Contact me to contribute career, job search, or workplace advice for your site at markanthonydyson@gmail.com.

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How Can Underemployed Job Seekers Adapt to the New Workplace

How Can Underemployed Job Seekers Adapt to the New Workplace
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The underemployed face major obstacles in this job market. It’s hard to count under-employed job seekers and many statistically blends with the unemployed. Under-employment is a major obstacle and epidemic in our country. More than ever, unemployed job seekers are entering a new workplace with stresses such as lower salaries and taking positions lower than their education or previous experience. This episode will help you with some strategies and mindset to help underemployed job seekers adapt.

If you are currently underemployed, or unemployed, and expect to take pay cuts or a position that is lower than your last this is an episode for you. You may have graduated from college, and the position you accept only requires a high school diploma, this episode should be helpful. Let me know in the comments if you are challenged in any of the above scenarios.

I’d love your feedback in these three ways:

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Email: mark@thevoiceofjobseekers.com

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Chaz Pitts-Kyser (@careeranista) is the founder and managing editor of Careernista.com, a diverse career site, with many contributors. She is also the author of Careeranista: The Woman’s Guide to Success After College. Chaz is quoted in many publications including Careerbuilder and Monster.

These are highlights from our discussion:

    • Chaz cited the numbers from the Employment Policy Institute 1 of 6 Americans are either unemployed or underemployed
    • People are regularly taking huge pay cuts going into their next position, and then add a side gig
    • One of the toughest adjustments is mental—coming off a long unemployment is hard to cope with the salary cuts, and downsizing their lifestyle
    • Unrealistic expectations, and a lack of research bring about problems outside of the workplace. Most Americans are spending more as they get more in salary, and do not consider spending less
    • We discuss ways the new employee (who has management experience) to work with managers that never managed someone with similar experience. How to not create a problematic situation in making suggestions respectfully
    • Chaz recommends expanding your vision to join committees that increase your exposure to show your experience and skills to more people throughout the company
    • We also discuss a few strategies that graduates and she help them by saying, “….your degree is not a magic wand.”
    • Chaz agrees that women adjust better to under-employment, but they do not negotiate. Even entry-level jobs are negotiable even if she recently graduated. Chaz’s book has a detailed chapter in her book about salary negotiation.

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About Mark Anthony Dyson

My name is Mark Anthony Dyson, and I am the Founder of The Voice of Job Seekers. I am a career advice writer, but more importantly, I hack and re-imagine the job search process.. I've worked with hundreds of job seekers one-on-one helping them to construct a narrative and strategy that appeals to hiring managers and recruiters. I present at colleges and organizations, and facilitated many workshops including my volunteer effort through a Job Lab. I write and create useful job search content on this blog and write career and workplace advice for blogs such as Glassdoor, Payscale, Job-Hunt.org, Prezi and more. Media Feature highlights: Forbes, Business Insider, NBC News, Glassdoor, LinkedIn's #GetHired, and NPR Freelance writer and content contributor: Glassdoor, Payscale, job-hunt.org, The Financial Diet, RippleMatch.com and more. Contact me to contribute career, job search, or workplace advice for your site at markanthonydyson@gmail.com.

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