why your career cares about your dating skills
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Why your career cares about your dating skills
Hello!I am Andrew HatfieldPractice Lead - Cloud Storage & Big Data @ Red Hat
You can find me at @andrewhatfield
[email protected]://au.linkedin.com/in/andrewhatfield
Is your degree enough?Today’s employers are less interested in your grade and technical ability and more interested in your soft skills.
Where have you invested?
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Humans need not applyJames Cameron was right, the robots are taking over
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“ 40% of Australian jobs at risk of disappearing
Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA)June 16th, 2015
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10 - 15
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What does CEDA say?5 Million Jobs 40% of today’s jobs 10 - 15 years
According to the think tank, more than 5 million jobs -- almost 40 percent of Australian jobs that exist today -- have a moderate to high likelihood of disappearing in the next 10 to 15 years, citing technological advancements as the reason. http://www.zdnet.com/article/40-percent-of-australian-jobs-at-risk-of-disappearing-ceda/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU
A video about robots taking human jobs made by a robot.
Just let that sink in for a moment
GPA 7 isn’t everythingIn fact, your grades are probably doing you more harm than good
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“If you are a straight 7 student, don’t even bother applying for a job here. You won’t get an interview
People skills matter
Skills companies wantTeam workThe ability to work as a team and cultural fit is often more important than your technical ability
Technical skills are easy to teach
IntrapreneurEmployers want staff who will take ownership and drive results through their own leadership
Leadership is taken, not given
NetworkingBeing able to find the right connection, add value first, build teams of people is an invaluable skill
Learn this and you can succeed anywhere at anything
Teamwork is about knowing people
◇ There are 4 major personality types◇ You typically have one dominant and a secondary◇ By definition, you will naturally get along with 25% of the
population◇ The rest you need to be mindful and deliberate
◇ Remember that person that annoyed you? They probably weren’t doing it deliberately - you just behave differently
Personality TypesSanguineFun, chatty, life of the party, “people person”, distracted by shiny, hates numbers
Florence Littauer
CholericNatural leader, extravert, egotistical, bullet points, passion, energetic, restless
MelancholicDetail oriented, planning, analysis paralysis, introvert, numbers, serious
CDO, like OCD but in alphabetical order
Opposite Sanguine
PhlegmaticPeace maker, easy going, inoffensive, hard to motivate but once done hard to stop, non confrontational
Why stand when you can sit?
Opposite Choleric
Not listening to what you say, but loves your shoes
Opposite Melancholy
Often wrong, but never in doubt
Opposite Phlegmatic
Intrapreneur:Be an entrepreneur within your job
◇ Builds networks internally◇ Takes assertive risks◇ Productises ideas and brings in addition
revenue
Just turning up and “doing your job” is no longer enough. Employers want to see additional value and reward those who make a difference
Find a way to make your boss look good and then let them take all the credit
“Intrapreneurs are dreamers who do. Those who take hands-on responsibility for creating innovation of any kind, within a business.
Gifford Pinchot 1984
It’s networkor no work
◇ No one is an island◇ You can’t accomplish anything without a team◇ Build your A-Team◇ Add value to your network first◇ Be a Go Giver
The world is getting smaller
6,689 millionReckon you could find a few people you could work with?
Want big impact?
Give without expectation
Add value firstGive more than
costBe sincere
Do you want to know how?It isn’t a secret - the keys to success are very easy and they’re not hidden
Mentoring
These three things are all you will ever need
Books Association
Thanks!Any questions?You can find me at:
◇ @andrewhatfield◇ [email protected]◇ https://au.linkedin.com/in/andrewhatfield
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