What Are You Reading?

What Are You Reading?

I’m sure you’re like me in that you want your physician to keep up to date on new treatment theories and practices for specialty.. Yet to talk to so many people as I do, self described professionals often do very little to stay current on technique or business requirements. Let me offer you an example from my own work.

In 1971, I started working for an employment agency filling jobs for technology professionals. The hot technology being sought was OS/COBOL and BAL. We were New York focused which meant you worked with banks, brokers, insurance companies and the consulting firms that supported them. Generally hiring focused on technical skills competency with nominal consideration offered to business knowledge. Today, my work is focused on a completely different set of skills and business knowledge because technology has shifted and the market demands business knowledge.

Even the mechanism for delivering resumes to clients has changed radically. Whereas once we mailed resumes, then delivered them by messenger and then fax, now email is the prevalent technology.

Although my clients will teach me what I don’t know, I still take time to read business publications and employment websites. Two services you might look into are www.tradepub.com and www.zinio.com.

Tradepub allows you to sign up to receive free business publications based upon your profession and demographics. All magazines I receive are free.

Zinio offers free delivery of magazines to your inbox. I read Red Herring and US News & World Report this way.

I also read many magazines on their website where complete or abridged versions of current issues are hosted.

What are the trade publications that serve your industry? If you don’t know Google to find an answer and see if you can get a free subscription to it or read it online. If you’re like me, you need to stay current to the shifts in the currents in order to stay competitive.

Jeff Altman
Concepts in Staffing
jeffaltman@cisny.com

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, is Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm, He has successfully assisted many corporations identify management leaders and staff in technology, accounting, finance, sales, marketing and other disciplines since 1971. He is a certified leader of the ManKind Project, a not for profit organization that assists men with life issues, and a practicing psychotherapist.

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