Wednesday, August 11, 2010

A Lesson For You Kids Out There


Why not just start at the top?

From the Chicago Sun-Times:

Desiree Rogers named CEO of Johnson Publishing
Plans expansion for Ebony, Jet mags and cosmetics line
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August 11, 2010
BY SANDRA GUY sguy@suntimes.com

Desiree Rogers, President Obama's former White House social secretary, said Tuesday after being named CEO of Johnson Publishing Co. that she intends to expand Ebony and JET magazines' licensing and website presences, and grow the Fashion Fair cosmetics line.

Linda Johnson Rice, daughter of the company's founder who held the CEO title, will remain as chairman. The two women are good friends.

Rogers has no publishing experience, though she worked for a company 20 years ago that owned newsstands, and said she understands the workings of distribution, wholesaler relationships and positioning magazines to sell.

"I've been a generalist all of my career, focused on taking brands to the next level and integrating all of a company's functional expertise under one roof to move forward," she said.
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While doing my weekly unemployment diligence, I used my mad interweb search skillz to scour USAJOBS, Illinois WorkNet, Career Builder and Monster dot Com for this ad:
"Generalist Wanted to 'take brand to the next level'.
Must be expert in Microsoft Cliche 7.0".


Didn't find it.

And then I remembered that there is a Club

And I am not in it.

10 comments:

Denny Smith said...

I was in the corporate world for nearly 40 years. Corporate-speak never dies. That's how Buzzword Bingo got started.

I'd love to see Tea Party Bingo get started with "valuable prizes" for the participants:
"take our country back",
"socialist",
"God",
"patriot",
....yada yada yada....

lostnacfgop said...

Few of us are, DG. Maybe nobody "real" is in the club? And maybe it only looks good from the exterior view looking in through the glass, too . . . . just sayin'.

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Steve said...

One reason I don't go to class reunions any more. I'm just over hearing how so-and-so's son is being groomed to take over for daddy when he retires, or which granddaughter was gifted with an internship at a NY magazine for the summer.

I wasn't in the club back then. I didn't make it into the club since. I don't want to hear about it.

Cirze said...

You called it right from the start, Dg.

All she needed was the "social" word on her resume.

Wonder who she's doing (or done).

S

former White House social secretary
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US Blues said...

I'm in a different club, people in the "in" club don't even suspect we exist. Their ignorance, like big Dan's above, will be their undoing.

Serving Patriot said...

You might not be in "their" club, but I'm glad you started your own club right here.

Hang in there.

SP

Roket said...

It may very well be a very fine club, however, the membership requirements include but are not limited to the murder of ones soul. I prefer to keep my soul along with my integrity and watch the mouse circus from a safe distance.

Anonymous said...

I think the Boehner billboard should have as its caption the George Carlin quote:

"it's a big club...
and you and I are not in it."

(ok)

Major Mel Funkshun said...

"I don't care to belong to a club that accepts people like me as members." Groucho Marx