Jeff Havens is a speaker, author, and professional development expert who tackles leadership, generational, and professional development issues with an exceptional blend of content and entertainment. He is a contributing writer to Fast Company, Entrepreneur, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal; and has been featured on CNBC and Fox Business. For more information, or to bring Jeff to your next meeting, contact Donna Buttice at Platinum Speakers Agency at 630.330.7533.
For several years I have presented How to Get Fired! on college campuses across the country, where I try to help college students prepare for their professional life by telling them everything they shouldn’t do once they apply for and then receive a job. Tucked into my suggestions that they should show up drunk, write…
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People often ask me how to introduce a guest speaker, and as usual, I take the backwards approach. Watch this video to find some great tips for speaker introductions and I promise the audience will love you, then quickly forget about you because they are so excited for the guest speaker, thanks to your awesome…
I know you hate writing your newsletter. You didn’t even want to do it in the first place. Someone said, “Hey, would you mind helping out with our newsletter?” and you thought that saying “Yes!” would be a great way to showcase your enthusiasm and work ethic and maybe help you get a promotion. Then…
In between speaking engagements I spend the majority of my time reading my old blog posts on JeffHavens.com. What? You don’t? Well, you should, especially if your parents are forcing you to find a job. I’ve got some great tips and tricks that will keep you on your parents’ couch well in to your 40s!…
Leave a comment with a creative caption for this photo and you could win a copy of my book How To Get Fired! Don’t worry, I won’t send you the one I chewed on. Make sure to comment by 10pm on October 9th, 2013. Click here to read the rules and entry requirements! This…
Ordinarily when it comes to issues of generational supremacy, I’m not particularly partisan. I’m 35, comfortably wedged between the Boomers and Millennials and thus incapable of deciding if I am actually a young or old person. On the one hand I still listen to modern music, but on the other hand I write my texts…
I love it when my job is done for me. It doesn’t happen often, but when it does it’s soooooo worth it. I owe a giant debt of gratitude to Jon Ferguson, who saw me present for the Cleveland Browns a year ago and was then kind enough to write me the following email. I…
People often tell me I’m one of the most energetic speakers they’ve ever seen. My friend Cathie on Facebook wanted to know how I speak for so long and so fast. Watch this video to find out! Be the first to know when I upload a new video by subscribing to my YouTube channel!…
So recently I came across the most hilariously horrific post-networking follow-up letter I have ever heard of. It’s probably legendary by now, since as far as I can tell the only things that go viral on the Internet are bad rap parodies and stories of idiots being idiots. In case you haven’t seen it yet, …