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by Mark Anthony Dyson

Still Not Convinced You Need an Online Presence?

Still Not Convinced You Need an Online Presence?

After a year, have you changed your mind about how an online presence enhances your job search?
There are no tricks involved. No tight rope to walk. You’re not putting on a show for others to see other than work. It would help if you created a demand for your work.

People who found work in my private group increased their chances of finding a job after investing time in their online activities. Posting, commenting, networking, creating articles and videos, participating in group chats, and more.

If your goal is to impress future employers, recruiters, and referrers, creating an online reputation helps. It would be best if you tried to impress friends who are working where you want to work. Or people you want to collaborate with on projects to advance or solidify your career. Or how about impressing someone who knows someone working in the industry who is hiring.

By building demand for your work creates a robust referral and search engine. Think personal SEO as I have presented how you can do that. It can trump Google and Bing when it comes to being found.

You can’t do it without networking or a two-prong approach of people getting to know and demand the need for your work.
If you’re not doing this, or haven’t started, then you’ll be behind.

You should bet on yourselves if you’re satisfied with your current job. Very few people are happy with the job they have for years to come. Stop waiting to lack job satisfaction. It might be too late.

You must keep your fishing line in the water to catch fish. But you must know the best spot to catch fish, and others will tell you where they saw a bunch. You’ll go where others are catching fish successfully. Or you can play the long game, which is finding where the vacant spots where there’s much fish. My wish is for you to play the long game.

It’s not too late for the 2023 job search. You’ve got a lot of work to do for 2021. Let’s go.

 

 

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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Career Branding: It’s Personal and About Using Video

Career Branding: It’s Personal and About Using Video
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In this week’s episode, I offer two perspectives about personal branding that are relevant to job seekers and today’s job search. Paris Cutler has helped hundreds of people reshape their career narratives to accentuate their strengths. My good friend, Marc Miller, offers video branding advice specifically for 50+ older workers, but I think applies to many others.

You are more than welcome to join the discussion. Here are three ways you can:

– Call and leave a voicemail at 708-365-9822, or text your comments to the same number

– Go to TheVoiceofJobSeekers.com, press the “Send Voicemail” button on the right side of your screen and leave a message

– Send email feedback to mark@thevoiceofjobseekers.com

More about Paris:

Paris Cutler owned a global cake company and hosted a national television show until she pivoted into career and business coaching. Her superpowers are building relationships and “enterpreneuring” professionals who are making a pivot in their careers. She is a Blue Ocean Strategist working with job seekers and entrepreneurs.

Highlights from our conversation:

🔑 Toxic bosses or being in the wrong job can have on people’s identity
🔑 People need to be reminded of their natural strengths
🔑 When you’re inside, it’s difficult to see your genius and how special you are
🔑 Paris shares how powerful word-of-mouth became the way she worked with Celine Dion
🔑 She also demonstrates  power of treating pro bono client the same as a paying client
🔑 We discuss serving being the top of mind
🔑 We agreed unemployed job seekers should look for opportunities to add value
🔑 Careerists can be #1 brands
🔑 She helps entrepreneur careerists, helps them look at themselves as a business
🔑 We discuss the importance of having a foundation in their branding and marketing
🔑 Paris reminds people of their natural strengths: “You’re inflow.” “You’re in genius.”
🔑 We discuss the challenges in marketing (she offers the introvert version)
🔑 How can you be an introvert and build a big brand? (Paris says one-by-one)
Paris’s YouTube video interview in its entirety.

More about Marc

His media features include CBS Money Watch, U.S. News and World Report, and Forbes.  His blog, Career Pivot, is a Forbes Top 1oo Best Career Website and has achieved several other best career website awards. Marc works with 40+ to help them pivot to a better job or as entrepreneurs.

🔑 Marc says video presentations will be the norm and is here to stay, so there needs to be a change of mindset.

🔑 You must exert the same energy for video than you do if you were in-person.

🔑 He recommends stretching as one way to improve posture while sitting.

🔑 The video experience you provide for your audience whether they are employers, recruiters, or coworkers matters.

🔑 Even if your first encounter is via video, will count as an impression for or against your personal brand.

🔑 Lighting is essential, but the sound is equally, if not, most important.

🔑 People are forgiving of video anomalies, but the deal breaker is poor sound.

🔑 50+ age group will need to accept video branding is essential as personal

🔑 Invest time with lighting and staging
🔑 Audio and lighting are as equally important
🔑 “What’s behind you will brand you”
🔑 Video is the normal real-life meeting we have – similar to meeting at a conference
🔑 Learn how to create short videos that deliver your message
YouTube video interview in its entirety.
Look out for two more episodes in the next two weeks. There will be a three-week break and then one show in December.

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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Modern Job Search Advice from Career Professionals

Modern Job Search Advice from Career Professionals
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Today’s show will be a potpourri of job search advice coming from several different voices in the career space. People are not just struggling with getting advice. They comprise of audiences with various needs. I am hoping this will serve various types of people, stimulate some creative views and thinking, and of course, find more opportunities.

You are more than welcome to join the discussion. Here are three ways you can:

– Call and leave a voicemail at 708-365-9822, or text your comments to the same number

– Go to TheVoiceofJobSeekers.com, press the “Send Voicemail” button on the right side of your screen and leave a message

– Send email feedback to mark@thevoiceofjobseekers.com

Those on the mailing list are offered the chance to participate in the Job Lab. If you want to join us on October 24, the last Job Lab for the year, sign up at the blog.

Here’s the show flow:

👂🏾I will play my NPR podcast interview on “Jazzed About Work” from mid-August, discussing LinkedIn.

👂🏾More about signing up for “421 Modern Job Search Tips 2021”.

👂🏾Wendi Weiner and I discuss LinkedIn and using it effectively, but mainly, we begin by discussing how executive job seekers can start getting back on track.

👂🏾Damian Birkel and I discuss some LinkedIn strategies to help you reach out to new people to add to your network and start a relationship. He offers strategies, including researching industry professionals before connecting with them, and how it makes it easier for you to forge a relationship with them.

👂🏾Ozias Washington offers insight into how college grads needed to pivot and perhaps need future job searches.

The extended versions of each interview are found on my YouTube channel.

More about Beverly 

Bev Jones is the host of the weekly NPR podcast, “Jazzed About Work,” housed at WOUB-FM as part of Ohio University. Bev is an executive coach and author of the book, “Think Like a CEO, Act Like an Entrepreneur.” The excerpt at the beginning was my 2nd appearance on her show.

More about Damian

Damian Birkel is a Career Expert and author of The Job Search Checklist. This is Damain’s second time on the show. He’s been featured in CNN, Wall Street Journal and NPR’s “All Things Considered.” He is a personal friend and is a mentor to me.

More about Wendi

Wendi Weiner (Wee-ner) is an Executive Resume Writer and Personal Brand Expert. Through her company, The Writing Guru helps C-Suite Executives with their career materials, including their LinkedIn Profiles.

More about Ozias

Ozias Washington is a career coach who, at the time, was working with Wheaton College students. He has worked with hundreds of students over the years, helping them plan for their careers after college. You can reach via LinkedIn.

I am updating my free e-book entitled, “421 Modern Job Search Tips for 2021.” I plan to release it to my email list on October 30, before everyone else will be alerted on November 13.

 

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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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