Recession, downturn, and unemployment. It is hard to watch or read the news without hearing these discouraging terms. Whether you are graduating college or grad school soon and are looking for a job or you have already graduated (perhaps many years ago) and are floundering to find ANY level position in your field of interest, this is a scary time for job searching.
Just five years ago you could simply go to a career fair or apply to some jobs in your hometown and you would most likely have the choice between multiple options. The job market is not like this anymore though and you need to work hard to land a job that will actually put an advanced degree to use.
I’ve pulled together six of the best TED talks from Jonathan Fields, Chris Guillebeau and others that can help you survive this economic downtown, help you build a life around doing what you love, and learn to embrace your fears for the future.
(If you don’t have the time now to watch some or all of these videos, I hope you bookmark this page for the future and watch them eventually. I don’t just recommend these in a passing manner. If I would have watched these when I was in college who knows how different and more fulfilling my work life would be.)
Change How You View Your Career in Just 90 Minutes
I’m going to leave the text of this post short, so you can watch some of these great presentations. (If you are reading this post in an email or through RSS, you can view the videos by viewing the original post or clicking the links below.)
Jenny Blake - The Career in the Age of the App
Jenny Blake is an author, blogger, life coach, former Googler and yoga teacher. She blogs at Life After College and just recently published the book Life After College - The Complete Guide to Getting What You Want.
Charlie Hoehn - The New Way to Work
Charlie Hoehn has worked with NY Times best selling authors Ramit Sethi, Seth Godin, Tucker Max, and Tim Ferriss.
Jacob Cass - Building a Personal Brand
Jacob Cass, a prolific graphic designer in New York talks about how building a personal brand and effective use of social media got him out of some interesting debacles in life.
Chase Jarvis - Setting Your Ideas Free: The Grand Experiment
In this TEDx talk, renowned photographer Chase Jarvis shares his ideas about working through creative fears and setting your ideas free.
Chris Guillebeau - Fear and Permission
Chris Guillebeau travels the world and writes for a small army of remarkable people. This talk is about crocodiles, killer whales, writing your own permission slip, and changing the world.
Jonathan Fields - Turning Fear Into Fuel
Jonathan Fields talks about how to turn fear from a source of anxiety and paralysis into fuel for action and achievement.
Which one was your favorite? Are there any other videos, presentations, or resources you would recommend to help recent college graduates land a job?
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Hi Caleb,
First time I’ve visited your site. I’m a big fan of TED videos, one that I’ve liked that fits your theme is Ali Carr-Chellman’s video on gaming re-engaging boys in their education.
These are great videos I’ll definitely be sharing.
Bryce
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/ali_carr_chellman_gaming_to_re_engage_boys_in_learning.html
Thanks Bryce. I haven’t seen that video before and it was great!
I found you from a friend of my on Facebook. I consider myself blessed by this. Your blog is Awesome. I have watched your videos and am impressed because they are TRUE! THANK YOU for compiling such a great blog.
Donna Merrill
Thanks for the kind words Donna.
Caleb- You are off to a great start and I wish you all the best in your new adventure.
You have an authentic voice and I look forward to following your success. Please add
me to your email list.
Thank you Audie! I have added you to the list.
Love Charlie’s “Free Work” concept. I think I’ll go search for some free work interns !
Cool collection Caleb !
(see the alliteration I did there ?)
I esp. like Charlie Hoehn, because I have NEVER heard of that one - I totally agree with his approach - getting yourself out there and doing work for free is the new way to build your resume.
Filling out a standard form is what you gets a menial McDonalds Job, or Verizon in this case
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