KCSpeaks

Time flies when you are busy blogging. 2014 has been a busy year in workforce development. In workforce development news, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) passed and became law and suddenly we are getting ready for the next big thing in the industry. While you have been studying up on the newest changes, there may have been things you may have missed in the blogosphere. To wrap up 2014, I am going to catch you up on all the things you may have missed on KCSpeaks.   The Softest Hard Thing http://kcspeaksout.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-softest-hard-thing.html Back in March, I was bringing to light one of the hardest things for job seekers. It is not the hard job search skills like résumé development, but rather it is the thing that gets people in the door. The soft skill that is so hard for people is asking for help. Everyone knows people that have difficulty asking for help. It is not any different for job seekers. Anyone that has worked in workforce ...

Recently, I was unplugged. Not by choice, but by virtue of a sequence of mergers, acquisitions, poor customer service, and inexperienced talent that resulted in my life without the modern necessity of the internet. On top of this, my computer broke. Readers, you may find yourself laughing at this, thinking that I am crazy, but soon I found out how necessary these items are. I just want to make a disclaimer that I am completely aware that this is a first world problem and it does not compare to problems like finding clean drinking water or surviving in a country riddled with war, but our modern society now demands these items to function day to day. No sooner did I become “analog” or “acoustic,” but I immediately had a need for a computer and the internet. I suddenly found myself deciding how to access a computer, where to access the internet, and I started making decisions about my day to day based on this.   For me this experience was a moment in time, but to so many job...