Entries in outplacement (10)
Career Management Organizations and Other Career Support Services: What to Look For and What to Avoid
Don Straits , Tuesday, February 14, 2012 at 5:12PM This post was orginally meant for my alumni group at Washington University. I was responding to a question from a fellow alumnus who asked about the different services. I got a nasty dialogue box saying my post was too long.....so I am posting this to my blog for all to see. So here it is. Hope it is beneficial:
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.
Are you a Timex Watch in a Digital World?
Don Straits , Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 3:36PM This post continues to reaffirm how imperative it is for executives to adapt to the new career paradigm. Every day, without exception, I talk with executives who just don't get it. The net result is they are out of work, out of touch and will be left out in the cold.
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."
Executives Should Think Like Teenagers to Drive their Careers or Lead Organizations
Don Straits , Friday, September 25, 2009 at 10:35PM When I was a college professor, I used to conduct creativity exercises with students, focus groups, and corporate leadership teams. The exercise was simple. I held up a paper click to the group. I asked the participants to write down as many uses for the paperclip that they could possibly think of in a period of two minutes. Two rules: 1. quantity was more important then quality and 2. don’t judge the merit of your idea.