Presented by Dan Janes (@dljanes) from 42Six Solutions.

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TECHNOLOGY
FOR
LUDDITES:
WORK-
RELATED
SKILLS IN
TECHNOLOGY

2. ARE YOU A LUDDITE?
LUDDITE: (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia):
The Luddites were a social movement of 19th-century English textile
artisans who protested – often by destroying mechanised looms – against
the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt were
 Internet leaving them without work and changing their way of life. The movement
was named after General Ned Ludd or King Ludd, a mythical figure
 Wikipedia who, like Robin Hood, was reputed to live in Sherwood Forest.
 Computers
• “I can’t get a job because I’ve been replaced by
 Technology automation, computer, machine, etc”
 People
• “Technology is promoting unemployment”
• “This is how I’ve always done this job”
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3. THE BIG PICTURE
PROFIT! Businesses invest in technology to increase their margins,
and successful employees find ways to leverage technology and
relationships to improve margins for an employer.
Consider the following statements:
 Discourse
• “The typewriter killed penmanship”: Result, exponential rise of legible words
 Medicine being communicated and political upheaval.
• Has television “muffled creativity, discourse and interaction?”: Result, it
 Finding ourselves
commoditized and democratized entertainment versus theater and film.
• Does having a GPS really impair our sense of direction — or does it helps
millions of people get to their destination. Result, applications like Yelp! are
bringing a resurgence to small businesses.
• “Texting diminished our language skills and our vocabulary?” or does it teach
brevity and focus.
• Are our memory capacities actually being weakened by Google? I have enough
memory to 1) ask for empirical evidence of that; 2) Remind you that Google has
allowed us to access and learn far more than we might have forgotten;
• Does the ephemeral nature of social media, like Facebook and Twitter, create
stunted relationships and damage our attention span? OR does it create
relationships with people whom we would otherwise not know and create a
tool for social democratization.
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4. PURPOSE OF TECH
Technology must serve the purpose of the business. Technology
does not exist for the sake of technology.
• Companies inject technology into the workplace to increase profit
 Public speaking margins and remain competitive in the rapidly evolving marketplace.
– Technology is critical to your employer and your employment
 Project
management
• Information systems enable automation, create a competitive
 Team leading advantage, and minimizes data and work redundancy
 Computer skills
• Mobile workforce – cellular phones, laptops, VPN, email,
telecommuting, wireless internet, internet conferencing.
• Collaboration across time, space, and organizational boundaries.
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5. THE IMPORTANT STUFF
 The Hype Cycle
 Slope of
Enlightenment
 Productive
Technology
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6. WORK-RELATED SKILLS
IT IS NOT ABOUT TECHNOLOGY, IT IS ABOUT APPLYING IT TO
WORK-RELATED SKILLS! Employers want people who are
motivated to become a better employee. Think about which skills
will make you more competent in the position you are applying and
 Public speaking
be able to talk about recent books, conferences, videos, or groups
that have improved your skills.
 Project
management
• RESEARCH
 Team leading
• INFORMATION HANDLING
 Computer skills
• TECHNOLOGICAL ABILITY
• COMMUNICATION SKILLS
• ORGNIZATION SKILLS
• INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
• PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
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RESEARCH
JOB SEEKERS SHOULD POSSESS THE ABILITY TO
SYSTEMATICALLY FIND RELEVANT INFORMATION
THROUGH RESEARCH NOT BECAUSE THEY WANT
A RESEARCH JOB, BUT IN ORDER TO DO
EFFECTIVE SEARCHES FOR THE DATA NEEDED BY Ability to find
A PARTICULAR ACTIVITY. relevant information
 Research the company. Google
 Internet search – company, market, tools, customers
Library
 Memorize their mission, check out their stores,
observe their customers, talk to existing employees In-person
 Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn discussions
 Check out YouTube and Google Image Search
LinkedIn
 Interview Questions – Quora
 Have others posted interview questions you should
expect to see?
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INFORMATION HANDLING
MOST BUSINESSES REGARD THE ABILITY TO
HANDLE AND ORGANIZE INFORMATION TO
PRODUCE EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS AS ONE OF THE
TOP SKILLS EMPLOYERS WANT.
Logical Thinking
 Organize yourself first!
Google Docs
 Organize your desk (and your desktop)
GMail
 Organize your job search – it is your most important Calendar
information handling role right now
 Resume(s) Tasks
 Skills and jobs where you can make a difference for
a company
 Submit your application
 Follow-up and keep notes
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TECHNOLOGICAL ABILITY
MOST JOB OPENINGS WILL REQUIRE PEOPLE WHO
ARE COMPUTER LITERATE OR KNOW HOW TO
OPERATE DIFFERENT MACHINES AND OFFICE
EQUIPMENT.
Information
 You do NOT need an IT degree! Technology Skill
 Identify the tools being used by a business during your
research
 Discover how you would apply those tools to the
business you are applying
 …and get a GMAIL account!
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COMMUNICATION SKILLS
EMPLOYERS TEND TO VALUE AND HIRE PEOPLE
WHO ARE ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR THOUGHTS
EFFICIENTLY THROUGH VERBAL AND WRITTEN
COMMUNICATION.
Getting your words
 Technology is just a medium to convey YOUR message understood
 How are you using technology to convey your
value? Facebook
Twitter
 KEYWORDS! It is how employers find you on places like
LinkedIn. LinkedIn
 YOUR message is that you can leverage whatever tools
necessary to communicate the EMPLOYER’s message to
their CUSTOMERS!
 A REMINDER – YOUR PICTURES AND WHAT YOU
SAY ARE IMPORTANT AND THEY CAN AFFECT
SOMEONE’S PERCEPTION OF YOU!
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ORGANIZATION SKILLS
ORGANIZATION IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO
MAINTAIN A HARMONIOUS WORKING
RELATIONSHIP IN THE COMPANY AND THE
OPPOSITE, DISORGANIZATION COSTS MONEY.
Efficiency
 Windows and Google Docs (Folders and Directories)
 Outlook and Gmail (Tasks and Calendar)
 Interviews – Folders and Paper are clean, not folded,
crumpled, marked
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INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
IT IS ESSENTIAL TO POSSESS THE SKILL OF
COMMUNICATING AND WORKING WITH PEOPLE
FROM DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE.
 Communicating online – Getting along with
LinkedIn, Email, Facebook, Twitter others – IT’S
 What does your grammar look like? Not just your ABOUT PEOPLE!
correspondence, what about the notes you sent Proofread
coordinating the interview time?
Ask your community
 Find people to communicate with!
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PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
EMPLOYERS PREFER TO HIRE PEOPLE WHO ARE
WILLING TO IMPROVE BY LEARNING NEW SKILLS
TO KEEP UP WITH DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
WORKPLACE.
Career
 Investment in Yourself is Investment in the Company Advancement
 Interview Questions – Internet
 Brag about your education and what you have done
YouTube
to improve yourself (it does not have to be classical
training) Library
Salespeople!
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14. TO RECAP
• RESEARCH
• INFORMATION HANDLING
 IT IS ABOUT
PEOPLE
• TECHNOLOGICAL ABILITY
 IT IS ABOUT
MAKING YOU
BETTER • COMMUNICATION SKILLS
 IT IS ABOUT YOUR
• ORGNIZATION SKILLS
MESSAGE
• INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
• PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
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ONE LAST POINT…
TECHNOLOGY HAS CHANGED INTERVIEWING
 Website
 The interviewer will ask you about their website!
Troubleshoot and
test before your
 Practice, practice, practice – mirror vs video interview!
 Improve your communication skills via tech
 Phone and Video interviewing – Skype, Google Video,
Computer-based webcam interviews
 Treat it like an in-person interview – no distractions,
dress professionally, etc
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