Workbook slides from my Future Career Toolkit based on my LinkedIn Learning course - "Future proofing your data science career" https://bit.ly/futureproof_datascience
2. Future Career Toolkit
VOICE + ANTENNA + MESH =
FUTURE SUCCESS
1. VOICE - defining your own brand
2. ANTENNA mapping what you do to what is happening in the world
3. MESH finding and sharing with people who share your interests
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3. Future Career Tool #1 VOICE
OBJECTIVE: Define your uniqueness
What qualities make you stand out?
What skills and experience make up your personal brand?
Keep in mind: your VOICE will change and evolve over your work life
EXERCISE
Pick a favorite movie, book, TV show, game current or from your
childhood
What do you like about it? Write down 2-3 aspects that you relate to
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FAVORITE TOPIC
4. Future Career Tool #1 VOICE
OBJECTIVE: Define your uniqueness
What qualities make you stand out?
What skills and experience make up your personal brand?
Keep in mind: your VOICE will change and evolve over your work life
EXERCISE
Pick a favorite movie, book, TV show, game current or from your
childhood
What do you like about it? Write down 2-3 aspects that you relate to
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FAVORITE TOPIC
MOVIE: Blade Runner 2049 Future culture, technology
BOOK: Rise and Fall of Nations Economics, global business
6. Future Career Tool #2 ANTENNA
Research 1-2 sources for topics from VOICE exercise
Pick a range of sources, media, channels
Assign a frequency how often will you check?
Tracking culture, business, society, politics, technology
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Voice
attribute
Source Description Frequency
7. Future Career Tool #2 ANTENNA
Research 1-2 sources for topics from VOICE exercise
Pick a range of sources, media, channels
Assign a frequency how often will you check?
Tracking culture, business, society, politics, technology
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Voice
attribute
Source Description Frequency
Future
culture
Futurism Newsletter, Web site Daily
The Futures
Agency
Webinars Periodically
Tech MIT Tech Review Web site, print mag Weekly, quarterly
BBC Click YouTube, Twitter Weekly, twice a day
Global
business
Bloomberg Tech TV show Weekly
Marketplace Podcast Daily
9. Using criteria defined in the VOICE exercise, do a LinkedIn search for
groups/people in your areas of interest
Pick 3 people based on shared interests send a connection request
(add 5 people a week!)
Find one group to join based on your VOICE topics
Future Career Tool #3 - MESH
CRM tools
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10. VOICE continually reflect on what makes you unique
know that it will evolve
ANTENNA be diligent about monitoring information
sources and finding new ones
MESH add five people a week to your profile reach
for them when you are ready to move to your next job
Putting it all together
VOICE ANTENNA MESH
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