I came across this interesting article in my Google News feed for the keywords "work" and "career". It reinforces some of the points I have made here in Career Opportunities about planning and executing your own personal PR campaign by telling stories.

Check it out!

'Stars' are visible without the aid of a telescope - Bizjournals.com

Bizjournals.com, NC - I was catching up on some casual reading over the weekend and I noticed that the same people seemed to appear on the pages of every magazine I flipped through. It occurred to me that many of these celebrities weren't any more talented than their peers--they just seemed to have the right publicist.

It can be like that at work, too. Often, the same people seem to be on all the major task forces and committees. Their peers wonder why these colleagues seem to get all the choice projects, while they toil in the same roles year after year. Are these stars more competent--or do they do a better job of managing their own publicity? ...

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(Via work career - Google News.)

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