Mark Hershberg is the author of Career Toolkit: Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You. He is the CTO of Stynt, an innovative, tech-driven healthcare staffing platform that enables clinicians and hiring facilities to connect and transact directly. Mark has spent his career launching and developing ventures in start-ups, Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, and academia. At MIT, he helped launch the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, also known as the “career success accelerator." At the Harvard Business School, he created a financial education platform used in prominent business schools. Mark completed his Bachelor of Science in Physics, Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT, where he also currently serves as an instructor.

Mark joins us today to discuss accelerating your and your employees’ careers. He provides insight on current trends in the job market and job seekers’ perception of work. He explains what “firm” skills are and why you need to complement your technical skills with them. He also details how to be seen at work without putting the spotlight on yourself and underscores the importance of upholding ethics in the workplace.

“There are other skills you need in leadership roles: communication, negotiating, team-building. But these skills aren’t just for executives—they’re for everyone in the company.” - Mark Hershberg

This week on Mastering Overwhelm:

• What drives Mark’s passion for helping others develop their careers
• The Great Resignation and trends in the job market
• How people are rejecting the old mindset about jobs and working
• The factors that attract job seekers to a company
• How COVID-19 shifted workplace and working culture
• The exponential impact of firm skills on technical skills
• How to ensure you’re seen at your job without taking the spotlight
• Networking versus nepotism and the benefits of corporate politics
• Becoming the lazy manager
• Handling sexual harassment and abuse in the workplace

Resources Mentioned:

• Book: Survival of the Savvy: High-Integrity Political Tactics for Career and Company Success by Rick Brandon
• Book: The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever by Michael Bungay Stanier

Connect with Mark Hershberg:

• The Career Toolkit
• Stynt
• Book: The Career Toolkit: Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You
• Stynt on LinkedIn
• Stynt on Facebook
• Stynt on Twitter
• Mark Hershberg on LinkedIn
• Mark Hershberg on Instagram
• Mark Hershberg on Facebook
• Mark Hershberg on Twitter

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