Kevin Shaffer on LinkedIn: #opentowork (2024)

I'm happy to share that yesterday, I finished my third week in my new role as HR Communications Manager at Jefferson Health/Thomas Jefferson University!I'm grateful to be doing exciting work for a wonderful (and extremely unique) organization after a long job search. If you're still out there in the trenches, I'm sorry it's happening to you. You didn't deserve any of it. If there's anything I can do to help, shoot me a message.My job search took over 8 months. Here's how it looked by the numbers:Apps Submitted: 70Recruiter Calls: 20First-Round Interviews: 14Mid-Round Interviews: 9Final Round Interviews: 3Positions Cancelled During Hiring Process: 2Karaoke Contest Winnings: $100Job Offers: 1

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If you work in internal communications or employee experience, ICology is the best-kept secret in the field. Kristin Hanco*ck and Chuck Gose work tirelessly to build an amazing community - last week's conference in Chicago was a fantastic time with a top-notch lineup of speakers. Regardless of your industry or your level of experience, check out Camp ICology. If they're in your neck of the woods, I promise you'll have a blast and learn a ton.(Plus, the snacks are first-rate.)

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As of today, I’ve been laid off for the second time in 18 months.I’ll keep this short, as it never seems like there's much to say in the aftermath of this sort of thing.Thanks to my coworkers at Qurate Retail Group. If you’re hiring, especially for business services, there are roughly 400 ex-QRG team members starting another job hunt today – sharp, driven people with bills to pay and mouths to feed who will be an asset wherever they go. I’m especially grateful to my teammates in IT Communications for being a joy to work with, day in and day out. (And for giving me an undying love of The Great British Baking Show.) If you’re hiring remotely or in the Philadelphia/New York region and are looking for an #internalcommunications professional who can tell your story, manage your projects, and inspire your employees to take action, my email address is in my profile. I'm #opentowork – let’s talk about what’s next.

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As a longtime library lover (seriously, I spent hours in my hometown library growing up,) I'm excited to see that Honeywell is giving $1 million to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library for a Data Visualization Lab in our headquarters city. Congratulations to everyone who made it happen!

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Proud of Honeywell's first place win for our video featuring Small Business Innovation Fund grant recipients.

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As an #internalcomms professional, we're always looking for new ways to tell a story, to answer a question.How about a list of rules?This XKCD strip tells you what your life would be like if you suddenly found yourself 100,000 times taller - by giving you a list of safety rules you'd have to follow. (Watch out for low-flying meteors!)A fraction of the language and real estate of a written article. Exponentially greater impact.https://xkcd.com/2412/

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If you're in the communications business, take a few minutes to check out this year's Edelman Trust Barometer - the pandemic has had a huge impact on public trust in institutions. (If you're in a hurry, page 6 is the Cliff's Notes version.)https://lnkd.in/d4AMdWc

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For dozens of small business owners in our headquarters city, grants from the Honeywell-founded Charlotte Center City Small Business Innovation Fund are helping them make the changes they need to survive – and thrive – during COVID-19. #socialimpact #corporatecitizenship #futureshaper https://lnkd.in/dWkEYbB

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I was reading some of Alexandria Bellivan, M.S.'s posts when I started thinking:How can people from #entertainment, nonprofit, and other non-corporate backgrounds (like me!) learn more about the business world?✅ Here's what’s worked for me:Your hobbies are possible, at least in part, because of a business - one that you may not know much about at all.So, follow those businesses and sectors. (Hint: The secret code words are "supply chain," “acquisition,” and "investment".)🎥 Are you a Netflix fan? Understand what it means for the entertainment industry when a subscription platform brings more aspects of content creation, production, and distribution in-house.🎭 Broadway fanatic? Learn who invested in your favorite shows, who owns and rents out the theaters, and which shows are recouping their investments. (Only after I left show biz did I truly realize that Broadway is just Silicon Valley with more singing and dancing.)🎮 I’m a video game nerd – that’s a multi-billion dollar business. Where are consoles made? Who makes and publishes games to what platforms?The corporate world can be intimidating – so learn from material that interests you.

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