Promote Yourself
The New Rules for Career Success
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3.6 • 5 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
How people perceive you at work has always been vital to a successful career. Now with the internet, social media, and the unrelenting hum of 24/7 business, the ability to brand and promote yourself is more crucial than ever.
Schawbel shows readers how to navigate this new environment as an employee and lays out what managers are really looking for. Unveiling exclusive new research on the modern workplace, Schawbel breaks down the outdated mores of getting ahead and lays out a practical guide for building an outstanding career in an age of personal marketing, economic uncertainty and constant adaptation to new technologies.
Shedding light on the disconnect between Gen Y and their managers, and revealing new findings on the most important skills required for management roles, professional development at work, networking, self-promotion, and social media's role in the workplace, Promote Yourself also gives readers the most critical skill necessary today: an awareness of their unique strengths and how to differentiate themselves.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Though branding expert Schawbel's (Me 2.0: 4 Steps to Building Your Future) latest book comes packaged with abundant praise from personal-improvement experts (Stephen Covey, Jack Canfield, Gretchen Rubin), his own advice, while reasonable, doesn't contribute much to the existing conversation. At the age of 26, Schawbel had had success with his "Personal Branding Blog," which led to a Fast Company feature, a book deal, and speaking and consulting jobs. This book is aimed at newly-graduated or early-career millennials. Schawbel sympathizes with young people, who are not, he claims, being effectively prepared by their schools for the real world. But companies need young entrepreneurial types collaborative, passionate and smart if they're going to succeed; and young people need to make themselves indispensable. In a colloquial, buddy-to-buddy tone, Schawbel covers topics including: using your existing job as a springboard to a better one; understanding the new rules of the workplace; pursuing continuing education; using social media appropriately; and getting promoted. He stresses the need to work within the system, focusing on ways that corporate life can be used to your advantage. While encouraging, the dull tone and familiar advice will make this book a tough sell.
