Her number one goal is to help YOU talk your way to the top.
While traveling the country, Dickie Sykes saw a great need to help college students with job interviewing and public speaking skills. “I just saw too many people who didn’t express themselves well and it had nothing to do with how academically smart they were. Some bombed interviews; others did not advance up the corporate ladder because of poor public speaking skills,” states Sykes. College students and many older people go to interviews or business presentations totally ill-prepared to sell their VP, which stands for value proposition and not for very important people. In today’s economic climate, performing due diligence is crucial. The first task must be research. Job candidates, understandably, have become fearful, frustrated and fretful. They send out tons of resumes chaotically without having a strategic plan-of-action. Steven Greenberg, publisher of Jobs4pinto.com said: “The thing to avoid is thinking by sending out a ton of resumes, you’re looking for a job. You’re not.” Sykes couldn’t agree with Greenberg more.
Dickie Sykes, a former construction executive is the CEO of DGS Consulting LLC. It specializes in job interview, business presentations and public speaking training. Before founding her company, Sykes was Vice President of Diversity and Community Affairs for an international construction management firm in New York City. She participated in numerous business presentations and interviews where billion dollar projects were at stake. Under her leadership, the company awarded over 900 million dollars to small and ethnically-diverse businesses.
As the unemployment numbers kept going up Sykes felt compelled to act. She knew her company could develop a top-notch, how-to job interviewing product to help college students, and those who may be starting over after twenty years. The company launched ‘Yes You Can Still Find a Job: The Gold Standard of Job Interviewing” on audio CD late last year.
Since then the accolades have kept coming in, from political leaders looking for the latest and greatest job interview techniques for their constituency to project executives who haven’t interviewed in years. “Your job interviewing on audio CD covered every topic I can think of and has prepared me for a job interview,” said Frank Daniti, project executive. United States Congressman Gregory Meeks said, “When it comes to the power of words, Dickie Sykes is superior in her field.”
Dickie has lectured at colleges and bookstores. She has also been interviewed by 11Alive News, Blog Talk Radio and Clayton State University, profiled by Professional Women in Construction and featured in Genesis1 Magazine and appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine.
Nothing gives her more pleasure than hearing people talk about the confidence and motivation they have after listening to, acting upon and practicing the techniques on “Yes You Can.” Individuals who improve their communication skills gain confidence in almost every other area of their lives. “Every person’s life has a unique story,” said Sykes, “and our product helps them understand how they must tell that story to sell their unique skills and talent to a potential employer.”
What can you do to help lower the unemployment rate? Purchase ‘Yes You Can’ for someone in your community, church or family today. To learn more about the company or to purchase its how-to products call 404 567-5790 or log onto www.dgsconsultinglllc.com. Korean Americans, log onto http://korean.dgsconsultingllc.com.
Bloggers continue to connect with her at http://askdickie.dgsconsultingllc.com. Follow her on Facebook and http://twitter.com/DickieSykes. Dickie will be speaking in May at the ‘Women Who Rule the World” panel discussion at the Hilton in Atlanta, GA.
One dollar from every CD purchase will be donated to the American Red Cross/Haiti until June 12, 2010.