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Creating Demand and Staying Marketable While Remotely Working

Creating Demand and Staying Marketable While Remotely Working
Most professionals hope to move from opportunity to opportunity without many or long downtimes, but few put in the work. In future economies, it’s essential to make seamless employment moves for several reasons:
a. Employment bias is real today as employers prefer currently employed candidates to long-term unemployed.
b. It’s harder to gain traction in a job search without clarity as to where you want to go and do next.
c. People are quicker to refer those in their network than that outside of their network or unemployed.
Many stigmas go along with those who are unemployed for more than six months. Remotely working is more than just a temporary state of being. It is what you’ll need to navigate for some time and consider what you’ll career will look like from now on.
Many recruiters look for and prefer passive candidates. I had this discussion with Mark Jaffe, a widely-known recruiter.  In today’s job market, the executives who are stable and thriving and have their heads down are the ones that are being sought-after and sold on the idea of working for someone else.
  1. Understand how your work synergizes with your teammates.

You can serve your team by understanding how your work affects theirs. Initiating the discussion and adapting to different needs within the group makes you invaluable and intelligent, and empathetic if you knew their challenges.

  1. Document your remote journey.

Showing how you work can give you insight into how you can be better. Think about how it can help others on your team, your boss, and future hires. If you hone in on your work processes and achieve results, you can provide insight into how everyone else can add or benefit from your documentation. Your boss will also remain apprised of what you do and your job progress. The right communication can provide future opportunities for you.
  1. Show your work to the world.

Although you may not show propriety work product online, you can certainly document what you do. You can make PowerPoint slides to put on SlideShare and your LinkedIn profile. You can do this without promoting yourself as looking for a job and drawing interest in your expertise.
  1. Who loves your work?

The people who often become personal stakeholders who love your work will vouch for you. Once you learn who it is, strengthen your relationship with them, and help make their work valuable to you. They can also help make your good work’s value reach people above you and make your work known. Be the best publicist for yourself and your career.

  1. Create value-filled memorable conversations

If you aspired to a promotion, the conversations with company leaders are essential. When you’re helpful and responsive, it often creates opportunities later, but it also provides you opportunities to gain trust. The little things do count, such as an email to thank them for the conversation. If they advise you, thank them for it, and show you’ve implemented it.
  1. Anticipation will keep you waiting.

You desire to manifest acknowledgments and rewards for your work, but it will also make you feel as if you’re late and keeping you waiting. It’s hard to get noticed and create demand when everyone is remotely working. You’ll need to be creative and look for several ways to promote your work to coworkers and others of influence.

7. Create stories around your work.

Bob Dylan is considered one of the great songwriters of a generation, but rarely told stories around how he created songs. Conversely, Bruce Springsteen wrote and performed a play to tell stories behind his. In both cases, their songs themselves are stories and resonates with millions. In the same way, you want to increase your work’s reach, and it must tell a story that resonates with those who matter if you want your work to be remembered.
  1. Network with the best.

You may not have many friends, but it helps to have it co-signed by the best to create demand. This keeps doubters at bay, and your name is mentioned when you’re not physically in the room. Now that we’re remote, you can become a household name, but only one-at-a-time.
Changing careers will consume your life if you’re a realization when unemployment is sudden or imminent. Strategy, mindset reset, and planning take time and research. In 2021, you’ll succeed if you start planning for a career change today. There’s much uncertainty about what will happen for years from now.

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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Employment, COVID-19, Civil Rights and What’s Next

Employment, COVID-19, Civil Rights and What’s Next
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Phillis Rambsy of Rambsy Law comes on the show to discuss how the law may factor in remote work and COVID-19.

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

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– Send email feedback to mark@thevoiceofjobseekers.com

More about Phillis:

Phillis is the founder and owner of RAMBSY LAW PC—a law firm based in Nashville, Tennessee and serves clients in Tennessee, Kentucky, and the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia metropolitan areas.

Highlights from our conversation: 

  • Employers can lower your salary should you move to a smaller market. Long as the employer give you notice and cannot do it retro to cut your salary because you move to a smaller market.
  • We discussed whether or not Phillis thought it would be employer liability for someone catching a virus from work.
  • She does feel likely there will be cases of employees suing employers because of their knowledge of exposure.
  • Whether or not virus victims taking 6+ weeks to be considered as disability, possible shifts in-laws.
  • Phillis says if certain conditions are eligible for a reasonable request for protection in the workplace.
  • Although COVID affects Black and Brown communities at a higher rate, employers cannot ignore employment discrimination laws.
  • Phillis says you cannot ignore the race angle to the impact of the virus.

Look for one more episode to be published this month and one more December before my holiday hiatus.

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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Remote Work Sucks if Your Internet Lacks These Things

Remote Work Sucks if Your Internet Lacks These Things
Fret not, Ye of little download speed. It’s a fraction of your problems if you’re starting a new remote job. If you’re anticipating working remotely for the first time, then hang on. I’ll try to make this guide as useful and as short as possible.
It’s vital to your new job to have the least amount of tech problems.
You will have Internet problems. There are underestimated problems of the things you can prevent you didn’t expect.
  1. Security software
We can argue later what software to use, but something is better than nothing. Most cable services have a suite either built into their services or offer it as part of their proprietary services.
  1. A VPN (Virtual Private Network)
There was a time when a VPN was best used for traveling and remaining incognito in the land of free Internet anyone can access. With many people accessing the Internet from home during COVID-19 creates a haven for those looking to disrupt services.
  1. Your ability to control access.
Cable services and hotspots have control over who can use it. It amazes me how many people don’t spend the time complicating their passwords to control who’s in and who’s not. Anyone can be a predator looking for an opportunity to hijack someone’s service.
  1. A help desk contact. 
All of us need someone to help us troubleshoot problems from our home computer. Besides, numbers to our Internet services should also understand our routers and it’s range and limitations. Routers need to be exchanged for updated ones every few years, and less if upgrading speeds.
  1. The exclusive IP address for work.
Depending on your package, you may experience slower speeds because too many others need access simultaneously. Uploading and downloading at certain times is often problematic, especially while kids are at home. You can check this IRS page to see if you would qualify for a tax write-off for your Internet service for work.
  1. Mobile control and production
You can completely control your Wi-Fi access and functionality through the apps from your phone. You can also type documents and print them from your phone. Arguably, today’s phone is more powerful than your laptop, with applications for each function quickly assessable from your phone any place and any time.
  1. Video conference on immediate demand
There is a combination of other things on this list, limiting video conferencing at the drop of a hat. It is worth expediting the transition with help and testing before the need arises.
Remain vigilant of your Internet’s behavior during inclement weather
Your Internet can act upon sunny days as much as precipitous days. Mine acts up when there’s a lot of wind (I live in Chicago, the “Windy City”). My Internet provides a couple of alternative connections in my area when my home connection is affected. Know your options and how to connect so you won’t lose precious time when there are interruptions.
The more you know about your options, the more you can control your workflow and have solutions readily available. I know how frustrating it can be when things beyond your control happen, yet the answers are simple and somewhat anticipatory. Know your alternatives will make working remotely smoother, yet, problems are inevitable.

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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