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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Job Search News for September 1, 2017

Job Search News for September 1, 2017

It’s Friday and your job search news continues!!

Your job search could use some additional resources so I’ve compiled a few of them. I’ll read them, and you can feel free to comment on them in any form you’d like including leaving a message on the “send voicemail” button on your right. I’ll try to keep it short, fresh, and informative. If you have some I need to know about, tweet me @MarkADyson!

Career Resources From Around the Web…

This too will pass! 
The job search is hard and daunting for anyone. This executive shares her experience and solutions. Hang in there!

#winning
This entrepreneur is winning! Last year he raised his employees’ salary to $70,00. Although there were few bumps in the road, it has smoothed out to where other biz owners positively took notice.

#Let LinkedIn work for you
LinkedIn is not a static website, and your profile is not a brick holding it up. There are new and dynamic tools to help your job search and career development needs.

This is hot in job search! Career Clusters?

Everyone has a different way to describe themselves and what they like to do. This survey lets you rate activities you enjoy, your personal qualities, and school subjects you like. Then you can see which career clusters are a match for your interests.

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No, it doesn’t take brown nosing!

This article provides a good list of how to get promoted. This article doesn’t include all of the secrets nor does it apply to all situations. At least you know how people today are advancing in their jobs. I also note it doesn’t address pay negotiation, but it doesn’t have to.

What’s not hot in job search– but you need to hear it!

Don’t become so enamored by the low unemployment numbers as the job search process is still slow and it ultimately sucks! Before you start to expect a smooth parachuting to your next opportunity, you’ll need to read this. When you earn more than $60,000 (if you’re laid off or if you quit), your job search can take more than six months. This article on LinkedIn gives you a detailed account of someone who landed a job, but the challenges are daunting.

 

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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Job Search News for August 18, 2017

Job Search News for August 18, 2017

Here are some good reads of job search news for this week from around the web. I think I’ll keep the “job search” articles coming every Friday. I’ll read them, and you can feel free to comment on them in any form you’d like including leaving a message on the “send voicemail” button on your right. I’ll try to keep it short, fresh, and informative. If you have some I need to know about, tweet me @MarkADyson!

 

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It’s happening all over the world

The company releases the annual report, reveals gender gap, like this trouble at the BBC!  

Age – Unconscious Bias 

Lawsuits are popping up as the nation’s workforce ages and as many longtime workers claim that they are deliberately targeted for such reductions. Although it’s hard to prove ageism, we all know it exists in generous proportions. Older workers can see the patterns, yet it remains a gray line that’s hard to see or detect and needs to be looked at carefully.

 

This job search trend is hot! 

 

If there is any doubt what separates you from other job candidates–it is your personality. Read how to woo companies using text to reach out to potential candidates! There are software companies producing ways to screen candidates before interviewing them. Then there are the companies who are using text as a first interview. Although the article gives only a peek at the process, it’s bound to be revised over time or obliterated.

This job search trend not so much! 

Many people are pretty passive or somewhat apathetic when it comes to inserting proper grammar in casual writing. Correct grammar is essential if you want to impress through social updates, emails, texts, and general correspondences. Susan Rooks (the Grammar Goddess) shares an article on correct punctuation. I try not to be the grammar police, but it’s so hard because sometimes I don’t know what people are saying. Here are her tips to improve punctuation in plain English!

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.