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Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success (2013)

by Dan Schawbel(Favorite Author)

3.43 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1250044553 (ISBN13: 9781250044556)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

St. Martin's Press

review 1: What a shitty book. I was hoping to get some perspective and strategies for positioning oneself for career advancement in a workplace that's changing quickly. What I got was a hokey collection of seeming blog articles written by a self-proclaimed expert that's comfortable with making broad claims with laughable "research" to back them up. Let me save you a few hours of reading: If you want to become successful, do what I did and write a blog. Become an expert and write a blog. Become known to the world by writing a blog. Blog. Stop reading this and blog!
review 2: Dan Schawbel's highly-rated collection of tips for ambitious employees is pretty good, but it's not perfect - at times, it seems just like common sense. And it has a bias towards the new, up-a... morend-coming employees, the young millenials who are in their first or second job and need that extra bit of career advice. People like myself.But the thing is, if you're passionate about what you do, if you're driven and ambitious and determined to get your way then most of this stuff comes naturally. You feel an urge to improve yourself, to learn as much as you can as quickly as you can and to apply it whenever there's an opportunity.Dan covers all of this, but he also covers more - how to network both internally and externally, how to deal with difficult situations and, most importantly, how to avoid stagnation in the workplace. I'm not going to lie to you, it takes a lot of work to put his advice in to action. Unless you're already doing it.That's why this is a useful read for any professional of any age - if you're driven enough, you're probably doing a lot of this stuff already, but you'll still pick up hints and tips here and there. If you're not driven enough, it'll inspire you to be the change you want to see. less

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