Are you future-proofing your career? Are you being seen and heard in a crowded job marketplace?
Many people run into a career-halting trap. Engrossed in work with heads hunkered downwards, many don’t spend time building a professional development plan or forging relationships that could lead to easier career transitions.
This edition of How the Executive Job Finds You features Jennifer Davis, a marketing executive, creative growth strategist, and game-changing innovator. A customer evangelist and advocate, Davis builds diverse, high-performing teams and uses her expertise to in B2B marketing strategies to “build better businesses”.
Her expertise spans startups to Fortune 500s to include Amazon Web Services, Honeywell, Planar, and Intel. Her book, Well Made Decisions, is expected from New Degree Press in August 2021.
Davis walks the walk when it comes to articulating one’s value proposition. She credits strategic career planning and fostering a healthy network of mentors. Only twice has she had to “convince a stranger” to hire her over the course of her career.
Jennifer Davis’s career-story is an inspirational reminder we can “own our own careers” by creating and adjusting career plans to avoid feeling stuck. Jennifer’s example demonstrates that we have control over our own career destinies.