why your career cares about your dating skills

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

andrew.hatfield@redhat.comhttps://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

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Thanks!Any questions?You can find me at:

◇ @andrewhatfield◇ andrew.hatfield@redhat.com◇ https://au.linkedin.com/in/andrewhatfield

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