A Conversation with Dan Schawbel: Workplace Trends, Gen Y, and the Importance of Self Promotion in Your Career
April 29, 2015
Hosted by Alise Cortez, PhD
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The importance of finding a niche to serve in today’s marketplace cannot be overstated. In fact, entrepreneur and author Dan Schawbel recommends everyone be known for one big thing. In his case, Dan began his career out of college working at EMC, and quickly realized he could be the voice of the Millennial or Gen Y generation. This realization led him to write Me 2.0 and then Promote Yourself, which are international best sellers that clearly speak to an audience hungry for career advice. Recently, Dan founded and directs Workplacetrends.com to provide the Human Resources Community research and advisory membership services. In this conversation with Dan, we’ll cover the gamut of his own career and hear his perspective on current workplace trends, Gen Y, and the importance of self promotion in your career.
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Alise Cortez, PhD
Dr. Alise Cortez is affectionately referred to as “The Anti-Undertaker” as she awakens the often otherwise “walking dead” to discover and nurture their passion, inspiration, and purpose in life and at work. She is one part Chief Purpose Officer and Management Consultant specializing in meaning and purpose, and one part Inspirational Speaker, Author, and Radio Host. Having developed her expertise within the Human Capital / Organizational Excellence industry over the last 20 years, today she is focused on enabling organizations to lead from purpose and create cultures of meaning that inspire impassioned performance, energizing engagement and fulfillment, while encouraging a devoted stay within the organization. For individuals, she also facilitates the online Catch Fire global community and various retreats to enable people hungry for a more meaningful and purposeful life to discover and create it for themselves.
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