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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How to Stand Out to Impress Employers

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Many career coaches, resume writers, and people who are helping you find jobs are telling you how important it is for you to stand out. Most advise becoming an expert and having a brand. You can google and find many success stories of how people won jobs and business using that strategy. Chandra Lee (@ChandraLee) of LeeIntergrations is my return guest to explain how her company helped a client make a living and thriving as a leadership consultant and thought leader. You can use the strategies that Chandra shares to apply to your job search or new business.

How are you planning to stand out from the crowd? How are you planning to continue that throughout your career? I would love to hear your thoughts in one of the several 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: [email protected]
3) Go to TheVoiceofJobSeekers.com and press the “Send Voicemail” button to leave a message online
Those of you who are career professionals can receive the additional bonus by leaving your blog, and I will link to it.
Here are some of the highlights of our discussion:
If you want demand as an expert in a field, you need to show that you are that expert, and this can be done online
He had worked as a leader of a couple of organizations but had no real training experience or record
Chandra’s team and their client began a blog for him to share original brand of leadership advice
Through consistent posting on Twitter and Instagram, they added pictures as social proof of him living out his advice (critical to his brand). He regularly published  to his blog and over time attraction a lot of traffic
Quotes were added into his social media posts (his own and of famous leaders) and after a length of time he was in demand as a leadership speaker for some huge companies
One of the companies he spoke to was the executive board for Chik-a-Filet
Chandra emphasized how much patience and consistency is important to be seen as an expert
She also stated that potential clients or employers need evidence that you can do what you teach or say
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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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How Can College Career Centers Thrive with Don Philabaum

How Can College Career Centers Thrive with Don Philabaum

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Don Philabaum

Career centers want to students to own their career destiny, and use the center’s plentiful resources. Parents are encouraged to disengage once their son or daughter land on campus. Many alumni associations are at a crossroads in understanding their role to help current and soon-to-be-graduates. These are few of the points of discontentment and contention that echo throughout this universal discussion.

Don Philabaum is the author of CHANGE IT! Create a Career Centered College Culture. He has solutions of how to build a community to help increase student engagement and career success. Don is the founder of TalentMarks.com and has been involved in building online communities since 1996.

Are you a career center professional frustrated with the system? Are you a student that want to use the career center but find it too boring? Are you a parent who does not see the value in the system? This episode is for you!

I’d love your feedback in these three ways:

Blog: TheVoiceofJobSeekers.com (Use the send voicemail feature)

Email: [email protected]

Voicemail: 708.365.9822

Below are the highlights from our discussion:

    • Don stated that career training should start before college with parents setting the expectations, elementary school, junior high and into high school. Colleges can start reaching out to students upon recruiting them. Have them take the strengths finder, behavior and personality tests and other assessments
    • He shared that the entire community (parents, administrators, career centers) should be involved in the process.  Don referred to the NACE study stating that students do not engage the college career centers. I also  shared that at a recent college workshop that the room had upper-class men only. No freshman!
    • I asked Don did he think that parents misunderstand the role of college career centers. Colleges do not encourage parents to get involved, and they don’t want the “helicopter parent” to be engaged, and stay back
    • Alumni play a major part inspiring students and validate the career centers’ usefulness. LinkedIn has a great tool to unite students and alumni of the same college. Facebook has a similar tool to unite alumni and students together
    • Alumni associations should ask, “What kind of business are we in?” and “What kind of goods and services do we deliver to our customers?” The alumni associations must deliver relevant information to the college
    • I asked Don to explain his thoughts cited in his book that career centers should charge (additional to tuition) for advance career services to help students have a better career center experience
    • Listen for Don’s response as I inserted that career service professionals may need to have additional training to provide relevant and adequate help to students

I think that CHANGE IT! is a MUST READ for career services professionals. Don present  ideas that point where colleges must go; an entity by entity business model structured so that engagement is prioritized. Career service professionals are then trained to advise competently , coach and empower students and alumni for now and future job searches.

    Career center/service professionals, what do you think of this interview? How are you increasing student engagement? What are your challenges in reaching students?
    Please comment below. Or feel free to use the contact information above and I will read your comments on air. You can also use your computer mic when you press the “Send Voicemail” button to your right.

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 is the Future of Work (as an Independent Contractor)

This is the Future of Work (as an Independent Contractor)

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DeVry University’s Career Advisory Board along with MBO partners produced a survey this month entitled, “The Successful Independent Contractor: A Workforce Trend for the Future.”  This survey revealed the attributes of successful the independent contractor worker. By 2020, it is projected that one of two professionals will be either full or part-time contract workers (also known as 1099 employees).

The intent of the survey was published to capture traits of successful professionals who thrive as 1099 workers. What does it take to work as an independent contractor employee? Alexandra Levit and I discuss how to on the show.

Alexandra Levit (@alevit) is one of my favorite career and workplace experts. She is an author, speaker, consultant, and a frequently quoted in all major publications and career websites. Money magazine recognized her as, “Career Expert of the Year,” Northwestern University “Emerging Leader of the Year,” and she is a Career and Workplace Consultant to the Obama Administration.

Here are some of the highlights from our discussion:

  • Reasons Baby Boomers are great candidates as an independent contractor and in most cases a win-win for the candidate and employer
  • Traits such as communication, strong reputation, flexibility, and organizational skills emphasized as the other studies have, and are critical attributes to stand out
  • Baby Boomers are looking past the age of 65 and looking at opportunities will take them past retirement
  • The study suggests that the job success rate will rise because a fit will be a negotiation of what works for both parties. We delve into the importance of learning the art of negotiation
  • Suggestions on how Baby Boomer job seekers can start to take control of their search, in a way, that makes him or her an attractive contracting candidate
  • The importance of a strong off-line network, and taking on-line relationships off-line for assurance

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.