Jason Shen: Looking for a job? Highlight your ability, not your experience
Jason Shen: ¿Buscas empleo? Resalta tu capacidad, no tu experiencia
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.
relacionados con lo que estudiaron.
are no longer the rule,
only a quarter of college graduates
solo un cuarto de los graduados
that relates to their degree.
relacionado con su carrera.
but two degrees in biology.
sino con dos títulos en biología.
I am neither a doctor nor a scientist.
no soy doctor ni científico.
and photosynthesis
del ADN y la fotosíntesis
for a career in technology.
una carrera en tecnología.
from sales, marketing, strategy,
ventas, marketing, estrategia,
of Product Manager
de Jefe de Producto
by Google and several other firms
y varias otras compañías
al mercado hacía poco,
de mi solicitud de trabajo
de cabo a rabo
which included my analysis of the business
que incluía mi análisis del negocio
working on two of those ideas
trabajando activamente en dos de esas
or overlooked at first
que fueron ignoradas al principio
un gerente de ingeniería
by both Twitter and Facebook
that would sell for 19 billion dollars.
luego se vendió por USD 19 000 millones.
in the 20th century are failing us
en el siglo XX nos falla
on people with incredible potential.
con un potencial increíble.
and machine learning
y aprendizaje máquina
in many occupations
de muchos trabajos
human labor in others.
la labor humana en otros.
to do jobs we've never done before
con hacer trabajos que nunca hicimos
and strategies we need
with leaders across many sectors,
comuniqué con líderes de muchos sectores,
y trabajos de investigación
talent experiments.
sobre el talento.
para tener en cuenta;
in the same places we always do --
en los mismos lugares de siempre:
universidades famosas,
the same results we always have.
when the cash-strapped Oakland Athletics
Atléticos de Oakland, cortos de dinero,
who didn't score highly
like runs batted in,
de carreras al bate
to help the team score points
de ayudar a su equipo
outside of sports.
fuera del deporte.
and Research at Pinterest
one of the most diverse
de los equipos más diversos
in Silicon Valley
that no one type of person
no solo un tipo de persona
to look beyond major tech hubs
de los lugares tradicionales
experiencia laboral,
called Headlight,
llamada Headlight,
an opportunity to shine.
una oportunidad de brillar.
and plays have auditions,
tienen ensayos,
to demonstrate their skills
que demuestren su talento
from 85 years of employment research,
de investigación sobre contratación,
of success on the job.
predictores de éxito laboral.
and ask them for their key insights.
y pregúntale qué puede determinar.
for a new product.
don't wait for an employer to ask.
que un empleador te lo pida.
your unique skills and abilities
tus capacidades y talentos
resume and cover letter.
y carta de presentación.
to label a candidate a job-hopper
a alguien de poco comprometido
short stint on their resume;
donde estuvo poco tiempo;
to ignore identical messages from students
aplicaciones idénticas de estudiantes
was black or Asian instead of white.
o afroestadounidenses en vez de blancos.
a special needs track as a child.
para niños especiales.
mi maravillosa curiosidad,
my parents into a meeting,
a mis padres a una reunión,
had been complications at birth
si había sido un parto complicado
with a school psychologist.
con el psicólogo del kindergarten.
our family situation.
we lived in the attic
vivíamos en el ático
with mental disabilities.
con discapacidades mentales.
to make ends meet,
para mantenernos,
to spend time with kids my own age.
pasar tiempo con chicos de mi edad.
that an understimulated five-year-old boy
de 5 años con pocos estímulos
in a kindergarten classroom
en un salón lleno de niños
una visión global de alguien,
will always be flawed.
siempre van a estar errados.
experience with ability,
experiencia con capacidad,
for the safe, familiar choice
con la opción segura y familiar
for someone who could be amazing.
para alguien que puede ser genial.
of outdated hiring practices
abandonen las prácticas anticuadas
of identifying and cultivating talent,
de identificar y cultivar el talento,
by learning to tell their story
aprendiendo a contar su historia
are seen for what they're truly capable of
a las personas por lo que pueden hacer,
to realize their full potential.
de lograr su máximo potencial.
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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