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Episode 78: Striking the Employer's Eye: A New Approach to Job Seeking · Voices for Voices®

• 0:00
  Justin Alan Hayes: Introduction Welcome to the House of You.
• 0:05
  Justin Alan Hayes: The rapid evolution of technology, coupled with companies downsizing and, in turn, operating in a lean manner, doing more with less employees, has led to a more competitive job market.
• 0:20
  Justin Alan Hayes: The days of simply applying to a position on a company's website and receiving a job offer after the screening and interview process are long gone and will not return.
• 0:33
  Justin Alan Hayes: For example, it was common not long ago to have secured several job offers prior to your college graduation.
• 0:42
  Justin Alan Hayes: In fact, my own sister, who is four years older than I am, was one of those lucky people.
• 0:49
  Justin Alan Hayes: Today, it is as important as ever to not only acquire an education in a growing field and build an easy to read resume for human resources, hr and associated hiring managers, but to market yourself to your potential employer at each touch point resume, LinkedIn, interview address, confident communication, business cards, etc.
• 1:20
  Justin Alan Hayes: Including an up-to-date portfolio with samples of your work from previous professional or volunteer relevant roles or from key class projects completed.
• 1:32
  Justin Alan Hayes: This is of extreme importance because you are not the only person applying an, interviewing for a position.
• 1:40
  Justin Alan Hayes: A position, whether right or wrong, that you will be compared to your competition in every conceivable way.
• 1:48
  Justin Alan Hayes: You may be thinking to yourself hey, I am a college student, so shouldn't the fact that I am earning an education in a growing field be enough to be hired?
• 2:00
  Justin Alan Hayes: In very rare instances, yes, but if you are earning a marketing degree and apply for a position requiring a marketing degree, you have to assume that you are not the only person interested in the position who has earned a marketing degree.
• 2:15
  Justin Alan Hayes: There are thousands of colleges and universities in the United States of America alone, with many offering similar degrees, so it would be unwise to think you should be offered the position on education alone.
• 2:30
  Justin Alan Hayes: What do you need to do in order to have the best shot at the positions you apply to?
• 2:36
  Justin Alan Hayes: You need to find the distinguishing characteristics that set you apart from other job applicants.
• 2:43
  Justin Alan Hayes: While many of the job applicants for a position may have the same education you do, many may not have your distinguishing characteristics.
• 2:54
  Justin Alan Hayes: Some ways you can distinguish yourself from other potential job applicants while you are a student and or job seeker are to lead a class project instead of running the clicker, volunteering your spare time, or join a school club relevant to your major or toastmasters to fine-tune your presentation skills.
• 3:16
  Justin Alan Hayes: This is by no means an all-inclusive list of all professional related clubs or the only ways to distinguish yourself.
• 3:25
  Justin Alan Hayes: Merely a few suggestions to help get you in the right frame of mind.
• 3:30
  Justin Alan Hayes: In the end, it is ultimately up to you on how much time and effort you want to put in.
• 3:37
  Justin Alan Hayes: If I could turn back the clock, I would have spent more time preparing than I did.
• 3:42
  Justin Alan Hayes: I just wasn't in the right frame of mind or have the knowledge that I had to find ways to separate myself from other potential job candidates Potential job candidates that just the other day I was sitting next to in my market research class finishing up a group project on a local business.
• 4:03
  Justin Alan Hayes: Treat others with respect, but also keep in mind that after your training or school is completed, you will be each other's competition.
• 4:14
  Justin Alan Hayes: It is with that in mind, through feedback from Dr Eric Terry at Miami-Dade College Hialeah campus, I have included additional content in this second edition that will not only teach you but test you with five real-world case challenges many years in the making.
• 4:34
  Justin Alan Hayes: At the same time, a performance review preparation worksheet can now be found at the end of chapter 6, house Maintenance.
• 4:42
  Justin Alan Hayes: The inclusion of this new material in additions throughout the following pages now provides a 2019 lens with the House of you.
• 4:51
  Justin Alan Hayes: The House of you will lay out, brick by brick, how to get started in your quest to position yourself in the best light for a prospective employer.
• 5:01
  Justin Alan Hayes: You will additionally learn what areas in the workforce, planning and maintenance are within your control, what areas are outside of your control, and the importance of knowing the difference.
• 5:13
  Justin Alan Hayes: The House of you also includes activities at the end of many of the chapters to help you get started while the content is still fresh in your mind.
• 5:22
  Justin Alan Hayes: I hope you enjoy the House of you as much as I enjoyed writing it.
• 5:27
  Justin Alan Hayes: My goal is to help you along each step of your career journey, primarily with knowledge gained from my 15 years of education and professional experience.