Pamela Skillings
The age of the employee is over. No matter whom you work for or how many stock options you own, the future of your career is ultimately up to you. - Pamela Skillings
"Are you willing to spend the rest of your working life in corporate purgatory? If now isn't the right time to make a change, will it ever be? You've already wasted enough time. Stop trying to love the job you hate. Stop trying to convince yourself that you don't deserve more. Stop making excuses and make a change."
Pamela Skillings is a successful entrepreneur, a certified career coach, and the author of Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams, a career guide for entrepreneurs and other renegades. Pamela walked away from the security of a six-figure job and a twelve-year corporate career to start her own business in 2005. Her company, Skillful Communications, provides consulting and coaching on communication and career development issues for organizations and individuals.
Talking Points: What Peter Clayton asked Pamela Skillings
- Tell us a little bit about your personal journey...
- If you go to Pamela's web site - escapefromcorporate.com and click on the press tab, you'll find an A list of publications and bloggers have helped to promote Pamela and her book NYT Forbes, CNN, Reuters, Newsweek, Guy Kawasaki, Bob Sutton, Scoble - you've been all over the radio and YouTube. Pamela, this was your first book. How did you accomplish this?
- Escape from Corporate America was published in 2008, and we're dealing with a very different situation. You could replace the word "escape" with "nuked" - especially in the financial services industry and it would probably be closer to the reality of 2009. So I'd like to approach our conversation today from that pov.
- Yes I hated my job my boss and my life. However My 401K is now a 101K I was so busy trying to keep my job that I did nothing to plan for losing my job.
- I know you interviewed a number of people in this situation and would appreciate your sharing some of their stories.
- What is the most common mistake you've found with people who've been blind sighted by a layoff?
- Tell us about you consulting business specifically about the services you offer as a career coach.
- Additional advice you would like to share with the recently terminated?
Pamela's Linkedin Profile (One of the best I've seen...)
Summary
I am an author, consultant and career coach who walked away from the security of a twelve-year corporate career and a VP job to start my own business in 2005. My company, Skillful Communications, provides consulting and coaching on communication and career development issues for organizations and individuals.
I am also the author of Escape from Corporate America: A Practical Guide to Creating the Career of Your Dreams (Random House, May 2008). The book offers inspiration and advice for corporate professionals who feel stuck in a career rut and seek more fulfilling work and has been featured in The New York Times, Newsweek, Publishers Weekly, and other publications.
As a career coach, I specialize in career change strategies and frequently lead workshops around the country on career topics. I am also a writer and editor for About.com and other publications.
Specialties: Career Coaching, Executive Coaching, Public Speaking, Training, Writing, Marketing Strategy, Copywriting, Marketing Communications, Branding, Online Marketing, Journalism, Editing
About Peter Clayton
Peter Clayton, Producer/Host, is an award-winning producer/director of radio, television, documentary, video, interactive and Web-based media who has created breakthrough media for a wide array of Fortune 100 clients.
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