Bridging the Career Experience Gap with Moe Abbas

Today I am absolutely ecstatic to be joined by entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of Acadium, Moe Abbas. After starting his entrepreneurial career in landscaping and then construction, Moe and his business partner were inspired to revolutionize the job education and training landscape by founding Acadium. Specializing in assisting people to launch careers in digital marketing for free, Acadium pairs business mentors with trainees allowing them to learn on the job and earn valuable education and certifications as they transition into a new career. As Moe shares his step-by-step strategies for closing the experience gap and landing your dream job, our hope is that today’s episode will inspire you to reach your most Magnificent, BADASS potential - whatever that may be!Tune into Episode 43 of Cure For The Common Life to hear more!In this episode you will learn: Some background on Moe Abbas (1:50) How Moe got started as an entrepreneur (2:40) What Moe learned from his first companies (4:37) How Moe became a self-made millionaire (8:08) What changed when Moe decided to balance purpose with profits (8:50) The story of how Moe pivoted to start at the bottom in a new industry (9:30) How Moe and his business partner were inspired to create a global scale job training system (10:10) How Acadium links businesses with trainees (12:35) Why effective marketing is so important (15:19) Why the key to success is knowing how to market yourself (17:15) How Moe’s company helps people train for and start a new career for free (19:41) How Acadium gives power back to small businesses (21:56) Why traditional education no longer works (22:25) The alternative Acadium offers (23:00) How to uncover what you want to do professionally (23:29) How businesses are removing degree requirements (26:00) What employers are looking for (26:49) Why health matters (28:35) What happened when Moe got fit (30:15) Why your energy matters (31:05) How to to find Moe on social media and get involved with Akadium (32:10)Let’s Connect!WebsiteTwitterFacebookInstagramConnect With Moe Abbas:www.acadium.comwww.instagram.com/realmoeabbas/See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.