cultural fit & career success

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CULTURE Breean Miller [email protected] breeanmiller.com

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A short presentation I delivered to DePaul University communications students about the significance of cultural fit for career success.

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CULTURE Breean Miller

[email protected] breeanmiller.com

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HEALTH BRAND GROUP Family-Owned 10-20 Employees Consulting / Agency Flat & Collaborative Room for Growth

TEENY IMC FIRM Female-Owned 3 Employees Agency w/ Multiple Clients Hierarchy w/o Leadership No Growth Potential

NEW NON PROFIT Non-Profit 3 Employees Competing Priorities No Leadership No Growth Potential

SOCIAL MEDIA CONSULTANT Female-Owned 3 Employees PR Firm Dictator-Style Leadership

B2B STARTUP 150 Employees Frat Party Atmosphere Shifting Priorities Little Direction

SMALL BUSINESS 3 Employees Customer-Centric Competing Priorities Relationship Building

VARIOUS LARGE COMPANIES Top Down Communications Training over Learning Management over Leadership Hierarchy over Collaboration Distinct Job Roles & Functions

My work experience…

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CAREER PATH?

choose your path

go to school

pay your dues

climb the ladder

receive what’s

promised

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53% of young college graduates are unemployed or underemployed

- Associated Press

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67% of companies are having a hard time filling skilled labor positions

- Payscale

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EVOLVING CAREER DYNAMICS

Evolving Economy

Entry Level Opportunities?

New Career Fields

Evolving Employer Dynamics

Evolving Need for Specific Skillsets

Technology Disruption

Freelance Workforce

College ≠ Career

Job Tenure

Perpetual Intern

Knowledge Revolution

Lack of Qualified Candidates

Evolving Education

System

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Autonomy

Work-Life Integration

EVOLVING CAREER DYNAMICS

Focus on Culture

Evolving Employee Needs

Purpose

Mastery

Flexibility

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CULTURAL FIT OVER QUALIFICATIONS

Soft skills and shared values are

driving differentiation for

job seekers.

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What’s your favorite movie? What’s your favorite website? What’s the last book you read for fun? What makes you uncomfortable? These are the top 4

interview questions asked in 2012.

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CULT URAL FIT

Over 50% of U.S. employers rank “cultural fit” as the most important factor in an interview.

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#2 job seekers rank company culture as their second-highest

priority, after salary

- Glassdoor

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“There is nothing more important for a business than hiring the right team. If you get the perfect mix of people working for your company, you have a far greater chance of success. The first thing to look for when searching for a great employee is somebody with a personality that fits with your company culture. Most skills can be learned, but it is difficult to train people on their personality.”

- Richard Branson

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1 2OUT OF

people won’t last more than 18 months at their job, mainly due to a mismatched cultural fit

- Good.co

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70% This percentage of the workforce simply shows up and does enough to get by.

- Gallup

of employees are not engaged at work

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EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT Engagement is caused not by goodwill, but by the architecture of the underlying system of management used to run the business.

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FRONTIER SETTLERS

Flexible, yet extremely competitive.

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FAMILY DYNASTY

As traditional as apple pie.

INTERGALACTIC EXPLORERS

Creative, social and innovative. Traditional and structured.

LARGE-SCALE MILITARY OPERATION

MOUNTAINEERING EXPEDITION

Competitive, yet flexible.

NUCLEAR FAMILY

Family-like atmosphere with a clear hierarchy.

SPACE COLONY

Creative and nurturing work environment.

COMMANDO UNIT

Like a boot camp minus the workouts.

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Good.Co PERSONAL ARCHETYPES

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Based on my personal archetypes, I can see if I’m a good cultural fit for certain employers. I’m a 56% match with Accenture.

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And I’m an 86% match with Acer.

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THE TOP TRAITS of FUTURE LEADERS are SOFT SKILLS!

EMPATHY Being sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of others

VULNERABILITY Owning up to one’s limitations and asking for help

HUMILITY Seeking to serve others and to share credit

INCLUSIVENESS Soliciting and listening to many voices

GENEROSITY Being liberal with time, contacts, advice and support

BALANCE Giving life, as well as work, its due

PATIENCE Taking a long-term view

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FURTHER READING & RESOURCES

•  Start With Why, by Simon Sinek •  Creative Intelligence, by Bruce

Nussbaum

•  Linchpin, by Seth Godin

•  Maximize Your Potential, Jocelyn K. Glei

•  Lean In, by Sheryl Sandberg

•  ChangeThis.com

•  Fast Company

•  Levo League

•  Good.Co

•  99U

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Don’t try to stand out from the crowd. Avoid crowds altogether. “ ” - Hugh MacLeod

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