The Creative Career

 

 Generations in the Workplace [17:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (1940)

“Before you go to a foreign country, what do you do? You study the land. You study the heritage. You study the culture. Who are the tribal leaders? What do people wear? What do people do? And I think millennials need to study the workplace they’re going into.”

—David Stillman

We’ve all heard a lot about the “millennial” generation. In this interview with David Stillman, co-author of The M-Factor: How the Millennial Generation Is Rocking the Workplace, learn about the main drivers that shape this generation (based on extensive research), and how the workplace is changing.

Main drivers generally include:

1. The role of parents
2. Entitlement
3. The search for meaning
4. Great expectations
5. The need for speed
6. Social networking
7. Collaboration

Learn more at generations.com.

 

 The Nine Personality Types - Differing Personalities at Work [9:32m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (2103)

Elizabeth Wagele, co-author of The Career Within You: How to Find the Perfect Job for Your Personality, discusses the nine personality types based on differing personal motivations—and how discovering your own personality type can help you find the career that’s right for you (or work with others in the career you already have).

The nine personality types include:

• - The Perfectionist: motivated to make improvements
• - The Helper: motivated to meet other people’s needs
• - The Achiever: motivated to attain a successful image
• - The Romantic: motivated to express individuality (I’ve decided that I fall into this camp)
• - The Observer: motivated to acquire knowledge
• - The Questioner: motivated to reduce risk
• - The Adventurer: motivated to explore possibilities
• - The Asserter: motivated to set clear boundaries
• - The Peace Seeker: motivated to maintain inner calm

Check out The Career Within You: How to Find the Perfect Job for Your Personality to find out which career/personality type you fit into.

 

 Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door - an Interview with Best Selling Author, Harvey Mackay [14:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (3146)

Harvey Mackay is certainly a role model for those who are looking to create a successful, creative career for themselves. His business has 600 employees, and  it does 100 million dollars worth of sales out of Minneapolis, Minnesota. He’s a nationally syndicated columnist—his writing appears in 60 newspapers. He’s had three number one New York Times best sellers, 10 million books out around the world in 80 countries, and he’s been speaking to fortune 1,000 companies once per week for the past 23 years.

Not a bad list of accomplishments.

Harvey Mackay has all kinds of practical advice for those who are facing the job market in this 15 minute podcast interview.

Show Notes

• - There are 14.8 million Americans out of work; 6.3 million have been looking for jobs for more than seven months, up from one million five years ago
• - The average college graduate today will have 10-14 different job changes in his/her career by age 38, and 3-5 different career changes (federal bureau of labor statistics)
• - There are an average of 6-8 people lined up for every job

Mackay’s books include:

• - Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive: Outsell, Outmanage, Outmotivate, and Outnegotiate Your Competition (New York Times #1 best seller for 54 weeks)
• - Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt: Do What You Love, Love What You Do, and Deliver More Than You Promise (New York Times #1 best seller)
• - Dig Your Well Before You’re Thirsty: The Only Networking Book You’ll Ever Need (New York Times best seller list)
• - Pushing the Envelope: All The Way To The Top
• - We Got Fired!: . . . And It’s the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us
• - Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You

Learn more at harveymackay.com.