Opportunities and Challenges
- Quick Look at the Job Market
- Technology Impacted the ICT Sector and Mutated the Jobs
- The Skills Challenge – Hybrid Roles
- Technology Agency Recruiters Use and Exploiting the Technology Recruiters Use
- Creating the Conversation(s) you want to have
A Quick Look at the Job Market
- Seek says - “a record year for job ads”
- Solid increase in these industry sectors : 🔸 Education🔸 Health care 🔸 Farming 🔸 Conservation 🔸 Mining 🔸 Energy 🔸 Sports 🔸 Recreation
- Double digit decline in these sectors – 🔸 Financial services 🔸 Engineering 🔸 Trades 🔸 Services 🔸 Manufacturing 🔸 Transport 🔸 Logistics
Technology Changed Hiring
Impacted the ICT Sector
- Emerging digital technologies need rapid development. Ex: Cyber
- Connected economy needs project and change mangement
- Changes in workplace roles need teamwork, design
- Automation of manual processes needs industry specialists to diagnose
Transformed Roles interlock with unrelated functions
- Combining skill sets never found in the same job before
- The purchase of Tableau by Salesforce merges two hybrid skills: data visualization and customer relationship management.
Skills Challenge – Role Transformation
- Human Skills
- Digital Building Blocks
- Business Enabler
(Only 1/5th of workers can claim skills in all three categories)
Challenge & Opportunity for the Mid Career Seekers – which skills to add to the portfolio?
Of interest to Project Managers will be the emergence of Business Enabler skillset
Business Enabler Skills – the project manager needs to be able to –
- Act as a connective tissue, between people with disparate skills and roles
- Close technological, knowledge and communication gaps
- Function as a set of bridges between roles, workers, teams and domains
- Inform R&D with consumer, marketplace and business insights
- Apply creative power of digital science, to the overall business enterprise
- Unlock, add, and communicate the value of digital technologies
Technology Recruiters & Hiring Managers Use
"Google is the New Resume!"
Creating conversations you want to have using the cover letter
Essential Criteria or Critical Success Factors
- Analytical and quantitative skills
- Effective communication skills
- Commitment to leadership, teamwork and inclusion
- Ability to organize and multi-task
- Intellectual curiosity and problem-solving skills
- Strong work ethic and results orientation
- Industry knowledge and market awareness
Useful Seeker Sites
- https://www.glassdoor.com
- https://learning.linkedin.com/blog/top-skills/the-skills-companies-need-most-in-2019–and-how-to-learn-them
Reverse Hiring
- EXPERT360 https://expert360.com/expertise
- Freelancer https://www.freelancer.com
- 99Designs https://99designs.com.au
- WePloy https://www.weployapp.com
- Found https://found.careers
Other Job Sites
- https://www.ici.net.au/blog/the-best-20-australian-job-and-career-sites
- https://www.jobsjobsjobs.com.au
- https://jobsearch.gov.au/job/search/advanced
- https://www.jobseeker.org.au
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About Eilleen Shields
Eilleen Shields is Principal Partner of Shield Talented Professionals, a Proactive Recruiting Partner and Job Ready Coach with expertise in ICT, Project Management, Training and Recruiting