Jason Shen: Looking for a job? Highlight your ability, not your experience
Jason Shen: تبحث عن وظيفة؟ سلط الضوء على قدرتك، وليس خبرتك
TED Resident Jason Shen uses data and technology to help leaders identify talent. Full bio
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that has to do with their college major.
لها علاقة بتخصصهم الجامعي.
are no longer the rule,
لم يعودوا القاعدة،
only a quarter of college graduates
ربع خريجي الجامعات فقط
that relates to their degree.
علاقة بشهاداتهم الجامعية.
but two degrees in biology.
I am neither a doctor nor a scientist.
أنني لم أصبح طبيبًا أو عالمًا.
and photosynthesis
الحمض النووي والتركيب الضوئي
for a career in technology.
في مجال التكنولوجيا.
from sales, marketing, strategy,
من بيع وتسويق واستراتيجية،
of Product Manager
by Google and several other firms
which included my analysis of the business
لعمل المقاولات
working on two of those ideas
or overlooked at first
by both Twitter and Facebook
that would sell for 19 billion dollars.
التي بيعت مقابل 19 مليار دولار.
in the 20th century are failing us
on people with incredible potential.
أناسًا بإمكانات لا تصدق.
and machine learning
in many occupations
human labor in others.
في مهن أخرى.
to do jobs we've never done before
وظائف لم نقم بها قبل
and strategies we need
with leaders across many sectors,
تواصلت مع مدراء في العديد من القطاعات،
talent experiments.
in the same places we always do --
في نفس الأماكن المعتادة
the same results we always have.
when the cash-strapped Oakland Athletics
عندما عانى فريق أوكلاند من ضائقة مالية،
who didn't score highly
like runs batted in,
to help the team score points
في تسجيل نقاط
outside of sports.
and Research at Pinterest
one of the most diverse
من أكثر فرق العمل تنوعا
in Silicon Valley
that no one type of person
لا يوجد نوع واحد من الأشخاص
to look beyond major tech hubs
عن مراكز التكنولوجيا الكبرى
called Headlight,
an opportunity to shine.
and plays have auditions,
to demonstrate their skills
from 85 years of employment research,
لمدة 85 سنة،
of success on the job.
and ask them for their key insights.
ونطلب منهم مدنا بالأفكار الرئيسية.
for a new product.
don't wait for an employer to ask.
لا تنتظر من صاحب العمل أن يطلب.
your unique skills and abilities
resume and cover letter.
سيرة ذاتية وطلب العمل.
على أنه ينتقل من وظيفه لأخرى بشكل مستمر
to label a candidate a job-hopper
short stint on their resume;
على سيرهم الذاتية.
to ignore identical messages from students
الذين يتجاهلون رسائل طلابهم
was black or Asian instead of white.
a special needs track as a child.
على أنني من ذوي الإحتياجات الخاصة
my parents into a meeting,
had been complications at birth
with a school psychologist.
our family situation.
we lived in the attic
with mental disabilities.
ذوو إعاقات عقلية.
to make ends meet,
to spend time with kids my own age.
مع الأطفال في عمري.
that an understimulated five-year-old boy
من العمر خمس سنوات يفتقر إلى التحفيز
in a kindergarten classroom
will always be flawed.
experience with ability,
for the safe, familiar choice
for someone who could be amazing.
من الممكن أن يكونوا مذهلين.
of outdated hiring practices
لا يعملون بطرق التوظيف البدائية
of identifying and cultivating talent,
by learning to tell their story
عن طريق التعلم ليرووا قصصهم
are seen for what they're truly capable of
حسب قدراتهم
to realize their full potential.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jason Shen - Entrepreneur, talent expertTED Resident Jason Shen uses data and technology to help leaders identify talent.
Why you should listen
Jason Shen is the co-founder and CEO of Headlight, a performance hiring platform, creator of The Talent Playbook, and has been featured in the New York Times, Fast Company, Quartz and The Atlantic.
He serves on the board of directors for the Presidential Innovation Fellows Foundation and runs The Asian American Man Study, an annual survey of American men of East, Southeast and Asian descent.
Prior to Headlight, Shen was a product manager at Etsy, a 2013 Presidential Innovation Fellow under President Obama, and the cofounder of a Y Combinator-backed startup called Ridejoy.
Shen holds a BS and MS in Biology from Stanford University, where he was captain of the 2009 NCAA championship-winning men’s gymnastics team. In 2014, he set the Guinness World Record for most number of Aztec push-ups completed in one minute.
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