Seth Godin, GenY, Career Brainwash

Seth Godin, GenY, Career Brainwash Today Im doing my first Habitat for Humanity project in New Orleans! I just read this on Penelope Trunks blog and thought is was intriguing/brilliant.  Penelope is announcing a webinar where shell be at Seth Godins house (pretty cool!).  Heres what Seth says about careers and GenY: My take is that [generation Y] is the last one that will be as totally brainwashed by the system, by the schools and by companies and by society to believe that the industrial age (and compliance) is their ticket to the carnival. The smart ones will see that and play a different game, and the sooner they realize how bad the scam is, the faster theyll recover. WOW. Some interesting points: We are all brainwashed, including GenY (even though they are the tail end) Schools and companies and society are brainwashing us Compliance to the industrial age is not good were blinded by whatever their promise is Look for the different game perhaps a different way to manage your career (income security?) and start moving forward in that direction Link to Penelopes webinar is here. Seth Godin, GenY, Career Brainwash Today Im doing my first Habitat for Humanity project in New Orleans! I just read this on Penelope Trunks blog and thought is was intriguing/brilliant.  Penelope is announcing a webinar where shell be at Seth Godins house (pretty cool!).  Heres what Seth says about careers and GenY: My take is that [generation Y] is the last one that will be as totally brainwashed by the system, by the schools and by companies and by society to believe that the industrial age (and compliance) is their ticket to the carnival. The smart ones will see that and play a different game, and the sooner they realize how bad the scam is, the faster theyll recover. WOW. Some interesting points: We are all brainwashed, including GenY (even though they are the tail end) Schools and companies and society are brainwashing us Compliance to the industrial age is not good were blinded by whatever their promise is Look for the different game perhaps a different way to manage your career (income security?) and start moving forward in that direction Link to Penelopes webinar is here.

The real truth about the people you work with

The real truth about the people you work with Empathy is one of the key signifiers of workplace success. Exhaustive research shows that when businesses fail, it is often because leaders have stopped focusing on understanding different types of environments  and instead remain insulated in their own domain. And the Harvard Business Review shows that  empathy is key to successful product design.   To leverage empathy as a  competitive advantage, The Fortune 500 obsesses over personality type. Young, promising executives take  a test  to discover their own personality type and they receive training to understand personalities of those around them. But theres also a slew of other kinds  of behavioral  research that helps you understand  what your co-workers are doing and why. Here are some of my favorite examples: Givers are at top and bottom of the ladder. I have  said many times that in order to be successful you  need to help other people. Adam Grant, professor at Wharton, adds an interesting twist to the idea of being kind at work:  givers are not only the most successful people, they are also the least successful ones.  They are found on the very top and the very bottom of the career ladder. Takers and matchers are in the middle. Men are rewarded for faking  an 80-hour work week. There are a lot of ways to get out of doing work. Delegate. Cut corners. Overestimate the time a project will take. The list is endless but the results are the same: you get credit for carrying a huge load while doing a lot less work. And those people who are adept at faking long hours get  the same promotions as their workaholic counterparts. If those people are men. Women are much less likely to fake long hours and instead, women ask for accommodations, such as shorter hours and less travel. And women are penalized for asking. Of course. The child prodigies are suffering.   A major downside of being a prodigy is that everyone expects you will grow up to become a genius. But the skill of being a child prodigy is qualitatively different from the “skill” of being a creative genius. Child prodigies master an adult domain that has already been invented and defined, whether it is perspective drawing, mathematics, chess, tennis, or music. On the other hand, the adults we classify as creative geniuses are individuals who have invented or discovered something new, something that changes their domain. (So for those of you feeling the need to wallow in schadenfreude, your time has come: those little upstarts suffer once they realize how shallow their talent really is.) Your peers are  in intimate relationships  with each other. Men are likely to mentor women they want to sleep with, and this is probably good for women, as long as they dont capitulate. (Women have more power when men want sex  from them. Duh. But heres the research.) The people most likely to find a lover at work are those with unusual work schedules. Wondering who it is? When laughter breaks out in a group of people, each one will instinctively glance at whichever other individual they feel closest to in that group. This is a good way of spotting who is secretly sleeping together at work. People in their 40s are a wreck. All of them. For one thing, our salaries top out around age 40, but thats just the time when our financial needs ramp up, often to pay for college. On top of that, most creative breakthroughs happen in our 30s, and our lowest point in the happiness scale is at age 46. This is true for apes, also, which makes researchers think we are biologically set to have a slump in middle age. However our 50s  arefor people in a wide range of culturesa time of re-calibration, when they begin to evaluate their lives less in terms of social competition and more in terms of social connectedness. So all those people who are getting kicked out of the company for being too old are about to start feeling a lot happier. Senior executives have open networks. The number-one predictor of success is how open your network is. If you spend time with people who all know each other, you are not exposed nearly to the level of ideas as someone who spends time with a wide range of people from different walks of life. Its a spectrum:  the further to the right you go toward a closed network, the more you repeatedly hear the same ideas, which reaffirm what you already believe. The further left you go toward an open network, the more you’re exposed to new ideas. (Good news is you can get this type of power network even if you hate networking.) People who wear the same thing every day have good focus. Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg are both known for a repetitive wardrobe, and their laser focus on their companys product. These  men, and others, have said they dont want to use their brain power to choose what they will wear each day. And thats an explanation people are increasingly open to when their co-worker seems to never change clothes. (And its why, when you see me in 1000 pictures wearing  my vest -that I have four of so I always have a clean one  for  the city and a full-of-leaves  one  for the farm   you can conclude that Im just being my regular old high-performing super-focused self.)  However theres a difference between having ten of the same outfits for ten days and having one outfit for ten days. The biggest difference, of course, is smell. Gross, yes, but also a good way to understand your co-workers because you can smell  their mood. Really. People reveal their thinking patterns  with their eyebrows. Mac Fulfer, an expert in jury selection,  says your eyebrows match with certain personality traits. For instance, he shows how people with straight eyebrows appreciate facts, ones with curved arches learn best from real-world applications, and those with angled brows like to be in charge. This type of emotional intelligence is  a key factor for being able to construct a career that works for your life. The more you are able to understand people around you, the more you are able to get what you want from them. And, done right, striving to succeed at work makes you a better person: Because if  you assume your co-workers  are thinking good thoughts, its likely that they will think good thoughts about you.

Good Futures professional development programme for the charity sector University of Manchester Careers Blog

Good Futures professional development programme for the charity sector University of Manchester Careers Blog About the programme Good Futures is a new collaboration between three national charities: Family Action, The Terrence Higgins Trust and Thera. It is a professional development programme offering paid two year jobs in one of the above charities, including rotations around different teams and services. Twelve jobs are available. Additional detail from the advert on W4MP (source of all the quotes below). The programme has been designed to give trainees access to frontline experience combined with professional and management development. It aims to ensure progression by enabling participants to work across their organisation, and by making the most of a strong peer group and powerful professional networks. Trainees will experience a 2/3 year journey involving 3 phases during which they will be encouraged to own their own journey and discover new ideas. At the end of Years 1 and 2 the formal part of the programme, involving among other things the completion of the Health and Social Care Diploma Level 3, will end, and the focus will shift to preparing trainees to apply for first level management jobs in their organisation through a mixture of coaching and mentoring. Salary £18k for the first year rising to £22k for the second year. Start date November 2013 What they are looking for We are looking for applicants who want to work in frontline service delivery in the charity sector and believe they can become future managers of those services. We are looking for people with the right motivations and attitude and will place a higher value on these attributes than experience. Applicants will strive to achieve better outcomes for service users, be willing to grow and be prepared to challenge as well as be challenged. They should have the drive to serve but also to lead to get the best out of people. Finally candidates should be creative, helping our charities compete and win new business by bringing fresh ideas and entrepreneurial energy. They are not asking for a degree, instead they are deliberately leaving the eligibility open. Good Futures is actively seeking a diverse applicant pool where candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We have planned for an application process which will accommodate a wide range of people, placing value on potential and ability rather than experience. Applying Applications have been open from 1st August.   No closing date is stated on the Good Futures website, but according to the advert on W4MP the closing date is October 1st and interviews will take place in October.   I recommend applying as soon as possible in case they decide to close applications early if they get a lot of interest dont leave anything to chance! The method of application is to send a personal statement of no more than 500 words explaining who you are, why you think you are right for Good Futures, and why you think Good Futures is right for you. You also need to send two short testimonials from people who have seen you in a working or educational environment. That 500 word statement is obviously crucial!   You need to demonstrate everything they are looking for and give them a sense of your personality and commitment .   It needs to be unique if it could describe someone other than yourself it wont do the job! If you would like someone to look at a draft use our services for Applications Advice or Help by email. All Graduate Charities jobs

The Most Successful Job Interview Tactic - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career

The Most Successful Job Interview Tactic - Personal Branding Blog - Stand Out In Your Career Having coached the full range of job seekers, from entry-level candidates to C-suite executives, I learned the one job interview tactic that makes the difference between success and failure. This same tactic works for coaches and consultants who want to build a larger practice, secure more clients and do it more quickly. The true genius of this tactic comes from Anthony Parinello, the author of the best-selling book Selling to VITO: The Very Important Top Officer. Tony has written about this technique as the foundation of successful selling to executives at the top of their organizations. If you don’t know Tony’s work, go to http://www.vitoselling.com and grab the free download and enjoy meeting this world-class sales trainer. There’s a profound similarity between selling to CEOs and interviewing for a job. The same fundamental truth is key for building your professional practice. The common thread between selling and interviewing is this. Who you think YOU ARE is the key to success (or failure). Success is not in the hands of the person with whom you are speaking, nor is it in the product, service or skill set you believe you represent. Per the Carnegie Institute of Technology, 85% of the decision to hire you is based on your personal traits. Only 15% of the decision is based on your skills, experience or proof that what you do is better than other people who are competing for the position. How does the interview or potential client learn about or experience your personal traits? Largely through how they see you relate to yourself. Self-respect, self-worth and a self-positive attitude are what you must convey in an interview. Why? Your attitude about yourself is like a cold. It’s contagious. If you believe you that you are lucky to have the interview, you are likely to lose the job or the deal. If you believe the recruiter, hiring manager or prospective client is lucky to have the interview: you are likely to lose the job or the deal. If you see the interview as a meeting of two people with equal business stature â€" you are going to succeed. Of course this does not mean that you can do the same work as your interviewer or prospect. Why would they need you to do that? Equal business stature simply means you share the same profound interest in successfully accomplishing the goals of the job. It means you are someone who is bringing a solution-oriented mindset, resourcefulness, ingenuity, and commitment. See the next interview you have as an exchange of like-minded people, equally interested in addressing the challenges of the position that needs to be filled. Don’t court, cajole, or toady; don’t undersell or overpromise. Show up ready to engage in a business conversation, where your focus is on the problems that need to be solved â€" not simply on what you have or haven’t done in the past. Simply put: show up ready to engage with clarity and confidence.

These are the UKs top 10 cities for job growth - Debut

These are the UK’s top 10 cities for job growth - Debut Guest Post If you were an avid ‘New Year, new me’ campaigner last month, you may have found yourself looking for a new job. Job applications always soar as the New Year hitsâ€"in fact, CV-Library’s latest data confirms that applications rose by 55% this January in comparison to December 2016. But you shouldn’t feel disheartened by this statistic. As business confidence is so high at the beginning of the year, now is the best time for you to make the most of the abundance of job opportunities available, despite the competition. With that in mind, here are the top UK cities for job growth this January, certain to offer career development and success. 1. Birmingham Birmingham is currently the UK’s number one city for finding a job, as the city saw 50.4% month-on-month job growth. This city plays host to a number of industries, but the most significant are manufacturing and engineering which employ hundreds of thousands of people, and contribute tremendously to the national economy. But if you want to work in this flourishing city, you’re going to need to bring you’re a game. With the nation embracing the New Year, new me hype, job applications for Birmingham roles were up 68.9% in January. 2. Manchester Manchester ranks in second place for job growth, with number of vacancies increasing 47.7% month-on-month. If the London lifestyle is a little too intense or expensive for you, Manchester is your best port of call. Next to London, this city is the UK’s epicentre for business and financial and professional services, and is home to top companies such as Co-op Banking Group and RBS. If you want to land a role in this affluent city, you must make sure your CV and applications are on top form. Job hunters across the nation are recognising the value in this northern city, so much so that job applications were up 66% in January. 3. Leeds Leeds takes bronze for job growth this January as it has seen a vacancy increase of 47.5% month-on-month. This city is in the heart of the UK and its presence is certainly palpable. Leeds is the UK’s third largest city and is home to some of the biggest brands such as Asda Walmart, Sky Bet, and Marks and Spencer. The region boasts a £62.5 billion economy and a workforce of 1.37 million. Key sectors in this city include finance and business, retail, leisure, construction, manufacturing, and creative and digital industries. So if you’re looking for a job in a progressive and thriving city, Leeds could be the one for you. 4. Brighton Brighton is one of the UK’s financial powerhouses, and so it comes as no surprise that it saw 45.3% growth in jobs last month. Recent reports state that Brighton’s economy is set to be £91 million larger by December 2017 than it was three months after the EU referendum result. This suggests that Brighton is the place to be if you want career and financial success in 2017. Brighton regularly sees strong performance in its tourism and creative and digital media sectors, so if you’re looking for a role in these industries, Brighton is the place to consider. 5. Cardiff CV-Library’s data reveals that Cardiff experienced 44% job growth month-on-month. However, job applications were also high in January, standing at a 62% increase on December. This comes as no surprise as the competitive TV and film industry is huge in this small and sociable city. While the TV and film industry holds a great presence in Europe’s smallest capital, high-tech sectors such as digital, software design, and gaming remain relatively untapped, offering the perfect opportunity for anyone looking for a role in tech this year. 6. Liverpool Liverpool comes in sixth, seeing month-on-month job growth of 43.1%. This top UK city has one of the fastest growing regional economies. Key sectors within this thriving city include education, health, and retail, so if you’re looking for a job in one of these industries, Liverpool is the place to go. This northern city is home to some top employers too, including global business group and shipping company Bibby Line, and discount retailer TJ Morris. The Liverpool ONE leisure complex is also host to thousands of jobs, as it’s one of the largest retail developments in the country, with over 150 shops and stores. Make sure your CV is top notch when applying to work in this prosperous city thoughâ€"data also reveals that job applications were up a massive 68.3% in January. 7. Southampton January data reveals that jobs in Southampton were up 41% month-on-month. This vibrant city is home to some of the most famous household names in the UK, such as Cunard, Garmin, and BQ. Key sectors of strength in this innovative city are aerospace, business, professional and financial services, environmental technologies, and marine. If you’d like to work in any of these industries, you should take advantage of this high job growth. However, you need to make sure you showcase your edge in your applications as January saw job applications up 60.6% in January. 8. Portsmouth Portsmouth is another top UK city for job growth as it saw a 39.1% month-on-month increase in jobs. This city is an absolute hot spot for jobs at the moment as billions of pounds are being invested in infrastructure, amenities, and commercial developments. Job hunters alike are attracted to this transforming city though, as job applications were up 59.2% in January. 9. Edinburgh Scotland’s capital has experienced an impressive 37.1% month-on-month job growth. This city’s economy is among the strongest in the UK, and has a rich and creative environment, perfect for anyone looking to have a successful career. Top sectors in this economic hub include finance, technology and software, creative, life sciences, tourism, and retailâ€"plenty of choice! Make sure you spend some time perfecting your CV if you’re applying for a graduate job in Edinburgh though, as applications for this city were up 47.3% in January. 10. London Surprisingly, London ranks at the bottom of our list for job growth so far this year, but the UK’s capital still experienced a 35.8% increase in vacancies month-on-month. London’s most significant economic sector is the tertiary sector, home to financial and professional services such as broking, banking, and insurance. This city doesn’t stop there though. Our capital also hosts a high concentration of businesses in the creative and media industries, perfect for anyone seeking a fast-paced working environment. Feature image via Pexels Download the Debut app and get Talent-Spotted by amazing graduate employers! Connect with Debut on Facebook and Twitter Guest blog written by  Laura Slingo,  Digital Copywriter for the UK’s leading job board, CV-Library. For more expert advice on job searches, careers, and the workplace, visit their Career Advice pages.