Mark Babbitt and his coauthor Chris Edmonds wrote their latest book, Good Comes First, to challenge companies to lead by doing what’s right for employees and not the status quo. You want to find a company that practices “good” ahead of the agenda as a job seeker, right? Mark is my featured guest on today’s show.

And I share an episode of “#JobSeekerNation” and my co-host, Jack Kelly, and our guest, Nickquolette Barrett. We discuss the things we learned about employers and workers since the beginning of the pandemic.

Included in this episode is a short clip of another podcast and web show where I was a guest called “Who Ya Know – Job Networking Show.” A big thanks to Trevor Houston, Foster Williams, and Mark Elder for hosting my appearance and asking great questions.

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 [email protected]

More about Mark: 

Mark Babbit, CEO of YouTern and President of WorkIQ, says you have an opportunity to find work you care about. Mark has been on the podcast several times over the years. He is constantly working on making the workplace better for everyone. He has been featured in Forbes and The Wall Street Journal, and many other news outlets.

Conversation highlights: 

* Company cultures haven’t changed. Mark and Chris became more frustrated that we were sending people out into the job market only to have them become disappointed and frustrated and, and they couldn’t find the right culture for them.

* People are leaving good jobs because they’re not good for them or their souls or their values.

* It’s good for job candidates to ask, “Why is this position open?” Companies often are not honest about their answer so the candidate can decide what’s best for them.

* A quote from our conversation, “One of the things that we do and I, and we realize it’s risky given that I am. And so is my coauthor, an old white guy is we, we call today’s business leaders out on the carpet, and we say they are afflicted with “Boomer Male Syndrome (BMS), and that they’re leading how they led in 1979.”

* Mark says that leaders need to start defining what their values are and not just saying, “…oh, well, one of our values is integrity.” Well, what does that mean? They’re 19 different answers to the define integrity question. Probably pretty important to define what that means.

* He talks about how Human Resources hasn’t practiced or enforced diversity, inclusion, and equity. He says that “…HR has been guilty of this for decades. We don’t fix our diversity problem. We start yet another program that’s going to take on the issue. It doesn’t do anything, but it makes us look good.”

This year, besides the audio through the podcast, and the video on my YouTube channel, I will provide the transcript for those I mentioned and their featured conversation.

This week, Jack Kelly and I talk about what he sees as the future of work.

Also, I will feature a short clip of one or both of my live stream shows, #JobSeekerNation, and The Modern Job Search Checklist. On both fronts, there are guests on our panels.

So we’re talking about an hour of content each week.

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 [email protected]

More about Jack Kelly

In this episode, I feature my conversation with my boy Jack Kelly, Compliance Recruiter, entrepreneur, CEO of WeCruitr.io, and Forbes Senior Careers Contributor. He talks a lot about the Future of Work, especially when it comes to job search. Jack and I co-host #JobSeekerNation, our live stream show.

Here are discussion highlights:

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How vastly job search has changed from two years ago to the point within two ago.

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Job search advice and strategy are changing at a rapid rate.

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How #TheGreatResignation became an empowering movement across the world

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How mask mandates will change where people will work

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The future of job search is remote and makes a case for why it is

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I love his point, and this quote, “The defining characteristic of a company and they articulate to their workforce what’s happening in a very empathetic, compassionate and intelligent way. You know, not demanding, not being stern, but just talking to people like they’re human beings and sharing.

As promised, the transcript of this conversation will be made available this Thursday.

Since I was on other podcasts, video, and radio shows, I will feature them throughout the year like I did last year. Sometimes at the beginning of the show, sometimes at the end. We’ll see what this year will bring.

I’ve also recorded some bonus interviews containing some business and leadership topics. Many of you decide to venture out in addition to your daytime job or job search. I think that’s a great movie, and I want to help.

In the meantime, here’s a clip from The Modern Job Search Checklist. Hannah Morgan, the CareerSherpa, and a multiple-time guest here on the podcast and I discuss the “Hidden Job Market.” Our views may surprise some of you. I will link to the entire episode so enjoy and let me know your thoughts.

Welcome to the ninth year of “The Voice of Job Seekers.” Thank you for making this podcast a staple in your career and life, and many career professionals use it as a resource for their clients and students.

What company matches your values? What company show they care about their employees? How did your company pivot to ensure your employees’ success during the pandemic? Job candidates care about being accepted wholly at work. Are employers creating a workplace where everyone is accepted?

Scott Behson has been on my podcast several times since 2016. On Amazon, his book, “The Whole-Person Workplace: Building Better Workplaces Through Work-Life, Wellness, and Employee Support,” will be out on Aug. 17, 2021. He wrote the book to suggest to employers how they can adjust to the new world of work. You can also read the entire show transcript here.

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 [email protected]

About Scott: 

Scott Behson is a professor of management at Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has a doctorate in Organizational Studies and blogs at Fathers, Work, and Family. He is a regular contributor to the Harvard Business Review, Time, Wall Street Journal.

Discussion highlights:

* He says the book addresses the question, “…how can employers managers, HR types build better workplaces that work for everybody and help employees in their whole lives? Like recognizing that they’re not just like, they don’t just exist from nine to five. And they don’t have a piece of themselves at work. Like they’re a whole person.”

* Since this is the era of #TheGreatResignation, people realize their dissatisfaction is with their workplace conditions affecting how life is lived.

*  We can no longer treat our careers as a separate part of our lives.

* We must manage and control how our careers influence our lives and how our lives interact with our careers.

* Scott also asks, “How do we make sure that this whole person who works for me is, is okay, is well, is not stressed and anxious?

* And we can maybe help them with some of their responsibilities, priorities stressors, challenges they face in their lives.”

 

 

 

 

Throughout the pandemic, I did a few guest podcast appearances, spoke a few times at events, co-host two live stream shows (well over 30 shows), and a lot of writing. My mission is clear: Help as many job seekers find jobs. I want to share part of this journey with you as the job search is constantly changing without an end in sight.

But, as far as “The Voice of Job Seekers,” I will be on hiatus until Sept 12.

I decided to publish a montage of my appearances on podcasts and live streams.

If you like my message and mission, sign up for the free e-book, and join the secret Facebook group and the Saturday meet-up. But you can only participate in the FREE meet-up if you sign up for the e-book (oh yeah, you get a newsletter, too).

Here are the shows and the links where you can listen or view the entire show so that you’ll hear the shows (the pictures above are not in order):

Hilary Sutton

podcast: Hustle & Grace

Episode: How to Make a Job Transition in 2021 with Careers Expert Mark Anthony Dyson

 

Host: Jack Kelly

podcast: WeCruitr podcast

Go to WeCruitr podcast

 

Host: Dr. Pawan Argawal

Live stream: Empowerment Talks

Episode: 13 Strategies To Get The Most Out Of Your Salary Negotiation by Mark Anthony Dyson

 

Host: Sonal Bahl

Live stream: Supercharge Friday

Episode: Modern ways to supercharge your job search & career and Q&A with Mark Anthony Dyson

 

Host: Brad Minton

Podcast: Your GPS Career

Go to: Your GPS Career 

 

Host: Monique Betty

Podcast: Tuesdays With Coach Mo

Episode: Job Search: It’s Not an Event, It’s a Lifestyle

 

Dr. Dawn Grahm

Podcast: Dr. Dawn on Careers

Episode: Making the Job Search a Lifestyle 

Many of you want to do more interviews than one every now and then or every few months. If you’re scarcely getting interviews, this show provides a few strategies to do so as well as finding remote work. As many of you know I co-host a LinkedIn Live with friend and mentor, Damian Birkel. He had an emergency this week so I recruited Claudia Miller to be a guest co-host for an episode.

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 [email protected]

More about Claudia Miller:

She is the host of Roadmap to the Executive Suite, a show for Driven professional women who want to learn how to accelerate in their careers and be in leadership positions (Director, Sr. Director, VP, C-Suite, etc) and want to learn how to navigate the space both professionally and personally. You can download her podcast from all major podcast directories.

Here are some highlights from our discussion:

Here are a few highlights of the show:

🤓 How to find remote work jobs without them being advertised as such

🤓 We helped one of our listeners, Debria, with some interview advice

🤓 Job search and the mobile experience. Being able to job search only using the phone

🤓 The importance of updating your resume and customizing it to positions

🤓 Is a visual resume necessary? Is it the future? Both Claudia and I weighed in.

You can also watch the show on YouTube or if you want to see more than one of  “The Moder Job Search Checklist” LinkedIn.

The last show will live on May 18 as a montage of a few of my guest appearances on other podcasts since last September. Those of you who subscribe to the newsletter will also have access to the Job Lab this summer and the live sessions. If you want to catch the LinkedIn live stream shows, be sure to connect with my profile.

The new series of podcasts will begin on September 14.

I know some of you enjoy reading the “Job Seeker Nation” yearly reports from Jobvite. The report will help job seekers with their selection of tools to use to reach employers and appeal to recruiters and employers among other intel to inform their job search.

I hosted on behalf of my LinkedIn live stream show, “#JobSeekerNation”  the two people who worked on the report on my LinkedIn live stream Amber Ferrari, Marketing Manager, Communications and Sales Support, and Kerry Gilliam, VP of Marketing at Jobvite, as guests to talk about the 2021 report released last week.

I encourage you to download the report.  You can watch the video on LinkedIn or my YouTube channel.

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 [email protected]

The report covers many areas.

A few of them you might find interest in:

How job seekers shifted and pivoted to find jobs

Why were some job seekers were unsuccessful and their challenges

The new job search includes remote working and those who are ready to go back to the office

How are recruiters working with potential candidates

How more job seekers are desiring to work for companies truly promoting and changing to a diverse working culture

Here a few results of their survey that interested me:

Nearly 1 in every 3 workers report that they or someone in their immediate family have gone without food for 24 hours in the past month due to a lack of food or money.

Workers with children (49%) are most concerned with losing a job.

53% of surveyed workers have or plan to have a second source of income outside of their current job, compared to 36% in February 2020.

Employers need to embrace COVID-19 safety measures and diversity initiatives, as both significantly influence workers’ decisions to accept or reject a job.

The pandemic has led to longer workdays, with signs showing it’s affecting employees’ well-being.

Recruiters should consider how lack of access to adequate technology or Wi-Fi negatively impacts a worker’s participation in a video interview.

42% would reject a job offer if the company lacked diversity or clear goals for improving diversity in hiring.

These were very eye-opening and concerning stats as we as career professionals need to understand the conditions of the people who seek us out for help. While some or mildly affected or unaffected by the economic impact, many more are affected by the mental health concerns exposed by the pandemic.

Two more shows left in this season of the podcast. I will continue to bring you help on LinkedIn with my shows, the bi-weekly newsletter (and the Job Lab for newsletter subscribers only), and the articles.

On May 4, my guest will be Claudia T. Miller, career coach, and May 18 will be a montage of my guest appearances on other podcasts since last September. The new series of podcasts will begin on September 14.

You’ve heard many of my guests, and I advise you to take control of your career. Laurie Ruettimann tells you how to in her latest book, “Betting On You: How to Put Yourself First and (Finally) Take Control of Your Career.”

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 [email protected]

More about Laurie:

Laurie is a consultant and advisor to CEOs, CFOs, and CHROs who want to fix work. She speaks around the country on all things HR (Human Resources). She is also a podcaster and a writer.

Highlights from our conversation: 

😎COVID has exposed broken systems but shone a light on what was going on in the marketplace

😎We talk about how we can’t go back to the things that we wrong

😎People can live on less social and money.

😎Professionals will ask in an interview, “How did you treat people during the pandemic?”

😎Control your career by creating more choices: Time, attention, and attitude.

😎Laurie describes “professional detachment” as treating their job like a client.

😎Being scared doesn’t help to make the best decision. Take small steps rather than large ones.

😎”Practice in the small moments.”

 

Three more episodes until my summer hiatus.

April 20

May 4

May 18

The new episode of the podcast will start on Sept. 14. But since you know me, content is constant writing on a few career platforms, new videos on my YouTube channel, and two LinkedIn Live streams.

I will continue the newsletter on a once-a-month basis during the summer after May 18. Or, if there is something major, I will send out a special one.

 

Well, this was a show takeover.

That’s right. For the first time since I published the show, you will not hear my voice. Not even in the intro.

It’s just one episode. It’s not a mistake.

Job Search Secret Weapon has taken over one episode. I’ll forgo the usual jargon for this show only. Let me introduce these women who are fervently at work serving job seekers with high-quality services and content. They will offer solid job search advice while parsing the trends of the times.

Job Search Secret Weapon: 

Virginia Franco is the founder of Virginia Franco Resumes and a five-time award-winning executive resume writer.  She is also the host of her podcast, “Resume Storyteller.” She is also a past president of the National Association of Resume Writers.

Sarah Johnston, the founder of the Briefcase Coach, is helping many job seekers with their resume writing, LinkedIn strategy, job search strategy, and interview preparation. She is a past “LinkedIn Top Voice” for careers and job search.

Adrienne Tom is the founder of Career Impressions: Executive Resume Writing and Job Search Strategies and is a 31x award-winning resume writer and “LinkedIn Top Voice 2020” for careers and job search.

Highlights from their conversation: 

Build on a target list. Doing 20 to 40 hours of market research to set up for success. Think thoroughly about every possibility.

Different is better than better. What can you differently from your competition?

6 of 10 users use LinkedIn for industry insights.

Job search is a muscle you’ll need to work on and strengthen constantly.

Professionals are now changing jobs every two to four years.

Soft skills and transferable jobs are critical right now in changing industries.

Bridge jobs are also used to help transition to your next career change. It helps you stay fresh and meet people.

Consider how you position your story around your bridge job and how you’ll use it to change.

Clubhouse is evolving and useful to meet people.

Customization of your resume is no longer an option. “It’s a must.”

Be ready to address how you did during the pandemic. Show you were resilient and persevered.

I am fortunate to have Tristan Layfield on the show to talk more about today’s job search and how it is experienced through Black Professionals’ lives. Many of the long-standing challenges for Black professionals are exacerbated by the COVID pandemic and the civil uprising last summer. This is one way to keep the momentum and exposure of equality issues resolved in the new workplace.

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 [email protected]

Let me tell you more about Tristan:

He is the founder of LayfieldResume.com, a service helping professionals with resumes, cover letters, career coaching, and the like. He is a LinkedIn Top Voice for 2020 in job search and careers and featured in Black Enterprise and The Muse.

Here are a few of our discussion highlights: 

✊🏾 A large percentage of Black workers are essential workers and at greater risk of exposure.

✊🏾 1 of 5 Black workers can work from home, much lower than other groups

✊🏾 Black people will need to strategize differently when it comes to finding a diverse company.

✊🏾 Understand better at applying effective strategies so it will feel like progress

✊🏾 Developing networks, mentors, boosters, and sponsors can optimize a job search.

✊🏾 Many times Black people are not connected well to corporate connections.

✊🏾 Relationships are essential to creating resources from networking.

✊🏾 We discuss whether or not if it’s worth working for companies that exclude Black or Brown people.

✊🏾 Employers should spend more money recruiting Black by going where Blacks are, such as HBCUs (Historically Black Colleges and Universities).

If you haven’t read my Medium column exclusively about the plight of the black professional job search experience, go here to read.

Many of you know I co-host a weekly LinkedIn Livestream show on Wednesdays. We were fortunate to have author Dr. Dawn Graham as a guest as we tackled career change questions (or as Dawn says, “Switchers.”).

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 [email protected]

 

Jack Kelly, CEO of WeRecruitr.com, and my co-host of our weekly Wednesday Linkedin Live show. If you want to see it live and participate in the chat, find my LinkedIn page, you’ll find the show. Jack is a Forbes senior contributor writing career-related news and job-search advice several times a week.

Dr. Dawn Graham is the author of “Switchers: How Smart Professionals Change Careers and Seize Success.” She is the host of the national Sirius XM show, “Dr. Dawn on Careers.” She is also currently a Careers Contributor at Forbes and Wharton Business School Career Director at the University of Pennsylvania. Oh yeah, she’s also a licensed psychotherapist.

Here are highlights of our discussion: 

2020 was a wake-up call and had a stark realization being a star performer isn’t enough.

Dawn said that taking baby-steps each day rather than taking big leaps leads to pivot success.

Job seekers need to hear advice and investigate rather than force apply strategies, not effective for them.

Shift away from being reactive and be proactive. Create your own opportunities.

The best routes to changing careers take time.

Small steps ensure clarity, but missteps are inevitable.

Creating a demand for your work through contract or part-time opportunities is a catalyst for “switching.”

Mental health is important more than ever and noticeably beneficial when it’s addressed