by John G. Self | Mar 19, 2021 | Career Building, Career Networking, Career Transition/Outplacement, Job Search, Strategic Networking
Due to WordPress technical difficulties, the video blog will not embed properly. To watch this video blog, visit our YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/2Y0n9wfo4m8 If you wait to begin networking for your next job until you have been terminated, you have waited too...
by John G. Self | Feb 9, 2021 | Career Building, Career Networking, CEOofYou, Job Search
https://youtu.be/jXWvsbUB9q8 Got A Minute? There is a respected executive in a medium-sized regional market. Local colleagues know who she is and are aware of her accomplishments, but she is just another face in the crowd at state or national meetings. She...
by John G. Self | Feb 8, 2021 | career advancement, Career Networking, Career Transition/Outplacement, Millennials
It is Monday morning. Got A Minute? More than 95 percent of America knows Tampa Bay won the Super Bowl last night. Knowing the outcome was not a word-of-mouth phenomenon. The game, after all, was broadcast across the US. People around the world followed the action on...
by John G. Self | Jan 21, 2021 | Career Networking, Career Transition/Outplacement, Early Careerists, Job Search
The movie Goodnight and Good Luck focused on CBS news star Edwin R. Murrow who was transforming from a radio icon to the new medium of television in the early 1950s. https://youtu.be/c0JtazWFits One of the songs from the movie, “TV Is the Thing This Year,” sung by...
by John G. Self | Jan 4, 2021 | career advancement, Career Management, Career Networking, CEOofYou, Job Search, Military Career Transition
Think about it, your dream job is at stake. You encounter the senior partner leading the search at a noisy cocktail party at a professional association conference. Other executives hover nearby hoping to snag an introduction. He asks, “Who...
by John G. Self | Oct 18, 2020 | Career counseling, Career Management, Career Networking, Career Transition/Outplacement
The number of stories about executives who were doing a good job and who felt secure until a merger closed or the deadly pandemic emerged and spread are too numerous to count. For those of you who have not been laid off, my best advice is to not get too...