by John G. Self | Jun 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
LinkedIn’s promise of promoting professional networking is falling short of the hype. The platform is a victim of its own growth — the good, the bad and the ugly. Networking 3.0 will show you how to overcome the noise from sales pitches, carnival barkers...
by John G. Self | Nov 16, 2017 | Career Management, Career Networking, Social Media
CHICAGO — LinkedIn is a powerful career management tool if you know how to use it. Think of LinkedIn as a global billboard that is free. That is how my very market savvy friend, Ron Thomas of Strategy Focused Group in Dubai, describes this professional networking...
by John G. Self | Nov 15, 2017 | Career Management, Social Media
LISTEN ON iTUNES It is hard to convince a candidate who has not been in the job market for three or four years that the dynamics of finding a new position really have changed. But change they have. The real challenge for someone who advises senior executives, notably...
by John G. Self | Jun 29, 2017 | Career Management, Career Networking, Social Media
If LinkedIn is a large, powerful global billboard for very cost-effective career brand promotion, then what must a user do to take advantage of this intriguing platform? I have written about this subject several times over the years including a post on Tuesday, but...
by John G. Self | Jun 28, 2017 | Career Management, Podcast, Social Media
Today we welcome Ron Thomas, Managing Director at Strategy Focused Group. Ron shares with us his story, a journey from a small town in South Carolina to one of the world’s most extraordinary cities. He shares how LinkedIn was instrumental to...
