Career and Job Search Advice Misleads Underrepresented Job Seekers

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Career and Job Search Advice Misleads Underrepresented Job Seekers. As an underrepresented job seeker, minority, Black, brown or Indigenous professional, it can be difficult to find job search and career advice that recognizes your unique perspective. As a result, it’s important to understand that a lot of the mainstream and general career advice offered, might not really apply to you.

Your experience as an underrepresented job seeker brings additional complexity that’s not always acknowledged. In your job search and career you are likely to face bias and discrimination, though these topics are rarely discussed.

In this video:

0:00 Introduction
0:15 Emmanuel, the international student who couldn't get a job interview
0:50 Why mainstream career advice doesn't apply to underrepresented job seekers
1:10 How career advice discriminates and misleads underrepresented job seekers
1:36 This video's purpose is to empower underrepresented job seekers
2:10 Problem 1: assuming a level playing field
3:55 Problem 2: making you feel like it's your fault you can't get hired
4:55 why a great resume does not guarantee you will be interviewed
5:10 Problem 3: ignoring your unique challenges
5:22 The unique experiences of underrepresented job seekers
6:18 Have you ever felt misled by more mainstream career advice? Comment 'misled'
6:29 How to take back control of your job search and career
6:44 Tip 1: take the good advice while being a skeptic too
6:53 Give yourself permission to adjust the advice if it doesn't consider your unique situation
7:20 Tip 2: go beyond the first search results
7:50 Support your point of view and underrepresented content creators
8:08 Tip 3: stop expecting the same outcomes
8:18 Deviate from frameworks and processes if they don't serve you
8:49 Remember there is nothing wrong with you
9:05 Stop trying to fit a generic framework
9:07 The international student, Emmanuel was following generic frameworks and started to feel bad about himself
9:44 The international student, Emmanuel, was facing bias in the process
10:43 The international student, Emmanuel gains support from the community
10:53 Emmanuel uncovers hiring bias
11:20 Emmanuel creates and action plan and gets hired
11:26 Closing

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I want to help you get the job of your dreams, no matter your race or where you’re from. I know first-hand that racism shows up in the workplace in lots of ways. It’s the hiring manager who uses the n-word. It’s the colleagues who make off-colour remarks. It’s those vague but powerful prejudices that run like currents below the surface of office politics.

It's wrong. But so is perpetuating the dishonesty that bias is history. So I’ve taken everything from my personal and professional experiences to create content that confronts bias head-on, to empower underrepresented professionals and BIPOC people.

I’m an award-winning University Instructor, MBA, Chartered Professional in Human Resources (CPHR) and Senior Certified Human Resources Professional (SHRM-SCP) with over 15 years' professional Human Resources experience.

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