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, September 22, 2017

Job Search News, September 22, 2017

Your job search could use these articles and resources so enjoy! I’ve 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…

Start with your why

Before you start making your escape plans from your current gig, there are several questions you should ask. There are too many stories making rash and hurried decisions about future plans without the uncertainty of how the change will feel. Hannah Morgan provides six questions you should ask yourself before you leave your current job. Don’t forget you can’t do this by yourself without the help of others who can support you.

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Navigate the hidden job market with these tips

Yes, the job market is reporting solid numbers below 5%, still, you’re looking for the right opportunity and not just anything. Instead of spending your time on job boards, learn to look for unadvertised and unposted opportunities. Much of the article aren’t telling you secrets you have learned from blogs like this one.  Your network is the best job search commodity you’ll need to build and build up. We can’t state how important your engagement is in doing your part in helping others.

This is how you navigate a career change

Angela Taylor broke through the arduous Google hiring process to get an HR job.

She took some free online courses.

Moved to take community college courses

Volunteered to learn some coding on her own for work.

Angela took classes at Stanford University.

Google authorized 20% of her time to work on coding projects and eventually, made her way to become an engineer for her company. Learn the whole story here.

 

 

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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This Season of Episodes on The Voice of Job Seekers Podcast

This Season of Episodes on The Voice of Job Seekers Podcast

I am excited to announce the Fall lineup for The Voice of Job Seekers podcast. Feel free to share this newsletter with friends, clients, students, family and whomever else will benefit. Most of the show’s guests for this fall are listed below.  There are more, but I will keep you waiting.

The lineup is subject to change. This list is not in order of appearance:

 

The Voice of Job Seekers Podcast - Susan Rooks

Susan Rooks (The Grammar Goddess)

Susan was on last year’s show and is back. Her business experience as a trainer and educator has taken her around the world. We will be exploring business writing as it pertains to your brand.

The Voice of Job Seekers Podcast - Thea Kelley

Thea Kelley

Thea is the author of “The Complete and Quick Guide to a Winning Interview” reviewed by Forbes as “Excellent!” She has coached and guided thousands throughout the year. She came through a recommendation by Wendy Enelow who was a guest last Winter.  She was the first guest of the season. Listen to our show here.

The Voice of Job Seekers Podcast - Scott Behson

Scott Behson

Scott is a Professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University and often seen on CNN and the Wall Street Journal. The Trump Administration has a few things to say about parental leave (particularly Ivanka Trump), and Scott gives us his perspective how it will affect job seekers and career changers.

The Voice of Job Seekers Podcast - Sheila Caldwell

Sheila Caldwell, ED.D 

Sheila is an educator and advisor to the President on Diversity and Inclusion at the University of North Georgia. For many college campuses, students are looking for ways to mitigate bias as many of them are affected by intentional and unintentional bias at school and eventually in the workplace. We discuss how students find strategies and places to combat bias.

The Voice of Job Seekers Podcast - Susan P Joyce

Susan P. Joyce

Susan is one of the pioneers of the online career advice space. She is one of the world’s experts on online reputation and career advice writers. It’s likely if you’re a career practitioner then you’ve used Job-Hunt.org and WorkCoachCafe.com as resources. We will discuss personal SEO and “Defensive Googling” as it pertains to your career. Our last conversation is still relevant. If you want to hear our last chat, then click here to listen.

Diane Phillips

Diane is the co-author of “Finding Yourself a Job in 30 Days.” She has more than three decades of helping job seekers and consulting with Fortune 100 executives. We discuss how to make your best work collateral for your job search among other things.

The Voice of Job Seekers Podcast - Chris Fields   The Voice of Job Seekers Podcast - Janine Truitt

Chris Fields and Janine Truitt

Chris and Janine are standout voices in the Human Resources world, speakers, trainers, and writers. If you want an idea of how we roll, listen to this episode from last Winter.

Victoria Crispo

Victoria is the Manager of College and Professional Outreach at Idealist.org, one of the best nonprofit job boards by Forbes. IdealistCareers is the careers blog for the site.  Victoria discusses the changes at the site.

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 Sept 8, 2017

Job Search News Sept 8, 2017

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

Your job search could use these articles and resources so enjoy! I’ve 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…

There’s still a talent shortage?

Not only the unemployed who are looking these days. People are desiring to change careers or come from out underemployment. This could be tough when there are 100 to 1 job ratios in non-technical fields. Other than having and creating a robust network, there is the part where employers say the skill shortage is the real problem. The growing underemployment continues as an spoken epidemic. Listen to this three minute audio from NPR.

When the time is right…

Your brand is on fire when opportunities come to you, but it’s not the right one. Happen to you? Well, it will, and when it does, consider advice from this Washington Post article! There’s a way to be tactful and still be thought of in case you need to pass on this job.

This is hot in job search this week!

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Through Jobscan, you can upload your resume and scan it for similar Applicant Tracking System patterns to help you find the best job match. On their site they state:

“We have researched the top systems used by thousands of companies, and built our algorithm based on the common patterns among them.”

What’s not hot and could be hindering your perceived value in LinkedIn…

Do you have titles in your LinkedIn summary and not a sentence highlighting value? Argumentable? Perhaps. Consider who is not looking for titles without having to guess your uniqueness.

This article makes a great argument for the one sentence value offer,

“…right is key to not only getting “found” on the platform, but also to enticing potential clients and customers to want to learn more 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.