"It's Nothing Personal, It's Just Work: A Strategy Guide to Job Transitions, Interviews, and Offers" is a comprehensive guide designed to help professionals navigate the complexities of career transitions with confidence and strategic clarity.
Whether you're currently employed and planning your next move, actively job searching, or starting a new position, this book provides actionable frameworks and proven strategies to help you succeed at every stage of your career journey.
This interactive career management toolkit serves as the digital companion to the book, transforming concepts into actionable tools you can use immediately. The toolkit includes:
Aniekan Akpaffiong is an IT leader, educator, and advocate for resilient, future-ready careers in the age of artificial intelligence.
The author of the career management book It’s Nothing Personal, It’s Just Work: A Strategy Guide to Job Transitions,, Interviews, and Offers, Aniekan combines deep technical expertise with a passion for helping others navigate career and technology transitions with confidence.
With years of experience implementing solutions at Fortune 500 companies and SMBs, Aniekan has led both projects and people: managing teams of consultants, systems engineers and database administrators; driving technology strategy; overseeing reporting; and participating directly in hiring and growth planning.
Aniekan has taught more than 5,000 learners and led dozens of projects across cloud management, machine learning, and AI through roles at Amazon Web Services and Hewlett Packard and Hewlett Pack-ard Enterprise, and has created well-regarded cloud networking courses on Udemy.
Holding 9 of the 12 AWS certifications, including all current AI and Machine Learning certifications, Aniekan is recognized for technical breadth and practical insights Aniekan has also presented at multiple technical conferences, sharing expertise on cloud, AI, and technology careers.
Aniekan enjoys teaching, technology, gardening, and traveling in that order.
The toolkit is organized into three main sections that align with the book's structure:
Strategic planning and preparation while you're still in your current role. Covers chapters 1-9 with tools for career positioning, skill development, and network building.
Tools and frameworks for conducting an effective job search and excelling in interviews. Covers chapters 10-18 including interview preparation, offer evaluation, and salary negotiation.
Strategies for successful onboarding and making an impact in your new role. Covers chapters 19-25 with first 90 days planning, stakeholder mapping, and career momentum tools.
Each section contains interactive worksheets and tools that correspond to chapters in the book. You can work through them sequentially or jump to the section most relevant to your current situation.