The Invisible Professional: How To Stand Out In Today’s Job Market

By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

“To do such a thing would be to transcend magic. And I beheld, unclouded by doubt, a magnificent vision of all that invisibility might mean to a man — the mystery, the power, the freedom. Drawbacks? I saw none.” ― H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

Griffin, the main character in Wells’s book, may have believed there were no drawbacks to being The Invisible Man, but for you plotting a career, being “invisible” should now be considered malpractice for any serious professional.

After all, the person who gets ahead isn’t always the smartest or the one who works the hardest, although those are great qualities to have. People get ahead by being alert to opportunity. Sometimes, they are internal to your organization. Usually, they are external.

Unless you plan on lurching from job search to job search, applying for jobs (isn’t that fun!) and wading through applicant tracking systems and AI that decides whether you should be interviewed, you need to take proactive steps to cut the line and become “the chosen one” proactively.

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