Professional Background of Steve Shannon
Principal, Quinby Skylur Incorporated
Delray Beach, Florida
Steve
Shannon works with professional
men and women who want to find a better paying job and other professionals who want to make
more money where they are currently employed. He offers introductory free resume and cover letter critiques. Career Training. Interviewing, Salary Negotiating, Self-marketing; and how to engage in principle-centered networking are center stage.
Steve
brings to the Career Development Profession more than 30 years experience as a
senior communication division manager, profit center COO, and group
facilitator. His strengths are principle-centered networking and self-marketing.
He
served as Vice President and General Manager of broadcasting and cable television
divisions for the owners of Better Homes and Gardens Magazine (The Meredith
Corporation), a 28 year relationship, and two other family-owned media
companies.
For
the past 18 years Shannon
has delivered Internal Career and Personal Development; Outplacement;
Spouse/Partner Relocation; Pre-Retirement Planning, and Training-The-Trainer
assistance.
Most
recently Steve served 10 consecutive years as Contract Manager of the Career
Development
Center
for Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (A United Technologies Company) on their South
Florida campus, West
Palm Beach, FL. Other client companies include Eastman KODAK; 3M; National Car Rental; Corning
(Steuben Glass); and Philips Components.
“Steve, I just
received a call from Oklahoma about
the F119 inspector job. They liked what they saw and will be calling me back
for a proper interview. You did good! Once again thank you for the help,”
J.H., Pratt & Whitney, Saudi
Arabia. [He got the job!]
Experienced
in speaking and facilitating before and with business and non-profit groups in
person and on radio and television, Shannon
has designed and presented career-oriented train-the-trainer programs and
profit-enhancing "How-To-Communicate" invitational seminars.
A
percent of Shannon's
practice is devoted to offering pro bono services in lieu of paid advertising. Referrals
and personal recommendations drive his business.
“Overall, a huge turnaround from
where my life was a month ago, and your advice and motivation were a huge help
to me in getting here [THE job she wanted],” recent University of Miami U. Grad.
Steve
Shannon graduated with
distinction from the University
of Arizona -Tucson.
He holds a B.A. in Communications (Speech) and Journalism. He attends and
contributes to national and international professional development programs,
seminars, symposiums, and meetings.
He
is a former director of the Palm Beach Chapter of the
Society For Human Resource Management (SHRM) that recently honored him as Professional Member of the Year; associated with the South Florida
Manufacturers’ Association; Coaching South Florida, and he is a member of international Career Management Alliance.
Steve
and his wife, Laurine, are full time residents of Delray
Beach, Florida
where they have lived for the past 20 years. They have four adult children and four grandchildren.
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