Entries in career management (5)
Video Resume Explosion: A Career Industry Perspective
Don Straits , Saturday, May 29, 2010 at 5:29PM I am a member of Career Directors International CDI, an outstanding organization of professional resume writers and career coaches. Today I wrote a post for their members addressing Google's announcement of launching a Video Resume Site. In many circles, video resumes are misunderstood, but they are the wave of the future. I have copied my post to CDI below. It is provocative and controversial. My intent is to motivate and serve the careers industry. I wanted to share this post with the general public so that they can better understand the role of video resumes in the new career paradigm. I welcome your comments.
How Branding Cost an Executive His Job
Don Straits , Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 3:15PM I enjoyed a long conversation with Ben Paramore a few days ago. This is a talented executive who really understands today's new business and career paradigms. He started building his brand about three years ago, and about a year ago he launched his blog. He has had great success and has had many of his posts featured in major internet publications. The problem is he didn't tell his boss.
Webster's New Definition of "Consultant": Unemployed Executive
Don Straits , Monday, January 25, 2010 at 3:56PM For many years, when an executive loses a job, in order to show that they are still engaged in business, they create a consulting firm...albeit a firm of one. Nothing new here. However, over the past several months, with the recession and huge number of senior level executives in the job market, industries are overrun with consultants.
Unfortunately, the word "consultant" has almost become a pejorative. A common definition can be heard everywhere: "A consultant is someone who steals your watch and tells you what time it is."
EMERGENCY ALERT: Many Executive Careers Will Be Coming to An Abrupt End
Don Straits , Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 3:55PM WOW, sounds like a hurricane warning. Maybe a Fox News Alert announcing impending doom. But trust me, this is real. I have been in the leadership development arena for 18 years, and I have never seen anything like what is currently going on in the marketplace.
Regardless of your corporate position, whether you are currently a CEO or an emerging executive, you could find yourself without a career if you fail to heed my warning. I realize I have been hammering this in my blog over the past couple of weeks—but it is of such paramount importance I cannot emphasize it enough. I’ll warn you in advance, this is going to be a long post, but it just might save your career from certain peril….now and in the future.
"What we have Here is a Failure to Communicate."
Don Straits , Friday, February 6, 2009 at 2:12PM The title of this post comes directly from the movie "Cool Hand Luke." It is a sentence that has become ingrained in our lexicon of language. Its meaning is unfortunately pervasive throughout our society, and maybe, it is more pronounced in the fabric of our society than ever before.