I heard a great presentation by Edward Hernandez in Denver last week which was quite interesting. He was talking about one of my hot topics at the moment, employee engagement. I thought I’d share with you an additional observation which I believe is much more important than it first seems:
As the economy rebounds, companies will be reluctant to hire full-time employees. Fairly obvious, right? But this has broad implications.
Nobody likes a braggart. But there are times where you need to promote yourself – to your boss, to potential customers, to future employers. How do you promote yourself in a way which doesn’t come across as shameless and inauthentic?
Here’s the trick: You promote in a way which is well-founded, or where promotion isn’t the primary message.
I’ve talked about Career Plan B before, but I’d like to be clear about what this concept is. “Plan B” is what you’ll do if your expected career path doesn’t go as you’d like. There’s several ways this might happen:
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My job search hit a speed bump this week when I was informed that I’m no longer in the running for a job as a leader in a local software company. The logical side of my brain can handle this, of course, because I know that it takes a lot of contacts, applications and interviews in order to land a job.
I feel incredibly lucky this week, suspiciously looking over my shoulder waiting for the other shoe to drop. I’ve made significant progress on both my job searches: as a business strategy leader, and as an organizational coach.
I’m finding out some fascinating things about managing your mental state during the job hunting process. Here’s just a few:
I was in a networking meeting this morning with HR people who are job-hunting, and I had a chance to do an exercise with them that you might find useful.
It’s been an exciting week on the job-hunt front. The best news is that I was able to speak with people at two companies which provide coaching services to corporate clients. One of them sent me a job application on the spot, which I sent in yesterday. I was reasonably pleased with how I was able to demonstrate significant coaching and business expertise to bring value to this company and their clients.
There’s a number of things that I’m learning through this:
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