Soft Skills Series: Career & Self Development - Geoff “DeafGeoff” Herbert, ‘05

Syracuse University Gradcast

Career and Self-Development is defined as: Proactively develop oneself and one’s career through continual personal and professional learning, awareness of one’s strengths and weaknesses, navigation of career opportunities, and networking to build relationships within and without one’s organization. In this episode, we hear from Geoff, “DeafGeoff” Herbert, ‘05, about his career and self-development as a student and professional.

Syracuse University alumnus, Geoff “DeafGeoff” Herbert, ‘05, is a New York Emmy-nominated reporter and SEO Lead for syracuse.com | The Post-Standard, where he's worked since 2010. He has also been a DJ for more than 20 years known as "DeafGeoff," and previously worked at Syracuse radio station Hot 107.9 (WWHT-FM) for six years. He was born with a profound binaural hearing loss, gives motivational speeches about growing up with a disability/different ability, and is known on Twitter (@deafgeoff) for lipreading Jim Boeheim during Syracuse basketball games.

Herbert grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Syracuse University's Newhouse School in 2005. He now lives in Syracuse with his wife and two children.

Career readiness is a foundation from which to demonstrate requisite core competencies that broadly prepare the college educated for success in the workplace and lifelong career management. Career readiness is made up of eight career competencies that all employers want, regardless of industry or discipline: Career and Self-Development, Communication, Critical Thinking, Equity and Inclusion, Leadership, Professionalism, Teamwork, and Technology.