The Voice of Job Seekers

As we dive deeper into the gig economy, each job seeker will accept several roles. Our roles as contractors and entrepreneurs, we must embrace our roles as negotiators. We will need to remain in negotiating mode for the longevity of our careers. To help us embrace this role, Kwame Christian, an attorney will help. He is the host of the American Negotiation Institute and negotiation expert. If you...

Today's job search requires you to keep both hands on the wheel. Any passive approach to finding opportunities fails. It doesn't work. You must remain engaged throughout your career or face significant challenges shifting gears. My friend Hannah Morgan, is back to talk what is not working in your job search. We discuss her article from last fall and recently on her blog and solutions to help your...

Try different strategies to achieve different results. The same old strategies yield the same results. Most job seekers would rather do what is easy than what is challenging. It's easier to applying to 100 job board announcements in a month.  It's harder to have 15-20 meaningful person-to-person conversations in a month's time. I would love to hear your thoughts in one of three ways: Call and leav...

For a long time, I have wanted Tony Chatman to come on my show. We have talked about many ideas over the last two years, but finally, a topic both of us are passionate about made it easy to start finalizing.  This was recorded live in front of an audience of three as well as a Facebook Live stream (more people engaged the conversation via Facebook). I would like to thank the First Christian Church...

Once again, Janine Truitt of talentthinkinnovations.com and Chris Fields of ResumeCrusade.com joins me for a roundtable discussion. We banter about a trend where many are getting more degrees than what's valued by employers.  We would love your thoughts on the topic. Here are three ways you can participate in the discussion:  Call and leave a voicemail at 708-365-9822, or text your comments to the...

Last week, I traveled to the University of North Georgia to present a talk about "Unconscious Bias."  I recorded it so I can share it with you at least a part of it. I talk about how it affects everyone in their career, life, and workplace.  This is an important topic to me as it affects the job search. In the end, I hope we can create amicable and responsive dialogue to take out bias in the job s...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! Very few job seekers who are students, graduates, careerists, or career-changers get a great career start. This episode will be an exception as we dive deep in getting a great start or rebooting your career. I have two co-hosts this week: Janine Truitt of TalentThinkInnovations.com and Christ Fields of Resume...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! This new season of episodes will probably differ than all others to date. This episode features a book recommendation from Wendy Enelow (my guest this week), and co-founder Louis Kursmark, and 60 other presenters.  Modernize Your Job Search Letters, Get Noticed…Get Hired is a compilation of sample job search...

In this special edition, I am interviewed by Anthony Quinones of the podcast, "Your Point of Q." He was kind by inviting me to talk about the myths of job search and how it's holding job seekers back.  As always, you can tell me what you think in this episode in one of three ways: Call and leave a voicemail at 708-365-9822, or text your comments to the same number Go to TheVoiceofJobSeekers.com, p...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! I was fascinated by articles discussing the Blendoor app. It was developed and founded by Stephanie Lampkin was able to get venture capital funding for it. The Blendoor app is a blind recruiting tool  eliminating features used to screen candidates from "unconscious bias." I consider this a game changer especi...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! Sean Leslie from Payscale is my guest this week to discuss the new Payscale report, " You're not the Boss of Me – Trust in the Workplace ."  Sean is the Senior Content Strategist at Payscale who first report the survey results. Love to hear your thoughts on the show. There are three ways to reach me: Call and...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! The more disability rights, and gender and race pay disparities are discussed, the better it is for all. Job seekers who are affected can achieve fair chances and equity to manage the full  arc of his or her career. Tom Spiggle, founder of Spiggle Law, focuses in on discrimination. He is my guest for the show...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! We know networking is essential to success in business and career management. It should be a staple in your career strategy, but I know it's not for everyone. I think the book, The Etiquette Edge; Modern Manners for Business Success by Dr. Beverly Langford is perfect for those who are struggling with networki...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! Women desire to differentiate themselves through making an impact with their ideas. There are innate character traits women have keeping them from speaking up. Gia Ganesh is a  career strategist who help mid-career professionals discover and move into meaningful and fulfilling work. What are you career develo...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! I started noticing then following Good Hire a while ago. I loved their voice on employment  discrimination and the ex-offenders reentering the workforce. If you have been listening to this podcast for awhile, you know I champion the "Ban The Box" campaign—very related to how Good Hire is helping ex-offenders...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! When I like a job search blog, I like to let you know about it. If you haven't heard of Career Metis, then I encourage you to listen to this show and then head on over there. The blog founded by Nissar Ahamed is  likely to give your job search a boost. I found Career Metis a long time ago, but in the last 15-...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! This week I decided to share with you my interview on Ryan Rhoten's "Brand New You" show. I thought it was a great conversation and some  may have missed it, so I am republishing it this week. Ryan was my guest last spring as we talked about Personal Branding.  As always, I would love to hear from you in one...

This week we will tackle resume for those who are pursuing new opportunities and want to know  the current trends in resume writing. This is also "Update Your Resume" month so I thought this was a good time to publish a show about resumes. I bring back my friend Melissa Cooley, a certified advance resume writer, who helps me dissect the resume trends and look back at some of the differences since...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! It's time to get your strategy ready for your graduate job search or your next opportunity. Need some guidance. I got you! Torin Ellis, winner of Top Recruiter (toprecruiter.tv) is back with his new book, Rip the Resume: Job Search & Interview Power Prep ! What are some of your resume and interview challenges...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! Some career organizations are celebrating, " International Update Your Resume Month!" Since resumes are one of many documents needed for your career success, I thought this was a good time for a show on grammar. Emails, business letters of kinds, and social media updates require good grammar. Today's guest is...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! For this last summer episode, this is a recent interview with Margo Wickersham who has a Blab show. Originally, she was going to have Hannah Morgan on her show. However, at the last minute, Hannah couldn't do it so Margo called me to fill in. It was a great decision because we had quite a robust conversation...

For this week's episode, Stacie Parker is back to discuss how she job seekers discover find purpose. As a career practitioner, many people want help in finding a job, but don't know his or her target career. Most of us rely on strategies requiring specific career intentions starting with what you want to do. Stacie provides some practical exercises to help you achieve career clarity. I would love...

The Voice of Job Seekers - Unemployed, Underemployed, Unappreciated Job Seekers Welcomed! Two weeks ago, Payscale.com released survey results on underemployment. They report 46% of Americans feel they're underemployed. I encourage you to go the site to read the survey for yourself as it breaks down the following:  most common job titles of the underemployed most common job titles of the underemplo...

I've been wanting to do a show to prepare young people to be job ready for a while now. It is critical that teens learn the processes and skills to get a job. Youth unemployment last year increased to more than 20 million as the skill gap becomes more defined. Natascha Saunders is a Youth Career Coach who will help us understand how to prepare young people to be job ready. Let me know your thought...

It's summer, and once again Aaja Corinne is back to share her summer fashion and brand advice. I always enjoy these shows as we provide some light-hearted commentary to help boost your personal brand. To add your voice or comments to the show you can: 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: mark@thevoiceofjobseekers.com 3) G...