How To Get A Job You Love 2017/18 edition - Softcover

Lees

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0077179544 ISBN 13: 9780077179540

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK), 2016

Synopsis

The nation's much loved careers guide book is back! How To Get A Job You Love is a blueprint for anyone looking for work or planning a career change. Whether you're looking for your first job, a graduate or an experienced professional, this book will guides you through the process accompanied by a series of exercises to help you decide what kind of role suits you. New Features in the 2017-18 edition include: * The changing nature of jobs and careers - including the ever-growing 'hidden' job market * A wealth of practical tips to help you understand the kind of work that would suit you best - and how to find it * Everyone's obsessed with finding their dream job - how realistic should your expectations be? * Are you currently feeling over-worked in an organisation where there's little scope for progression and everyone's experiencing job fragility? * Developing career 'agility' -reinvent yourself as the market demands "When I read John's writing, two things happen. First, I feel as if he's standing right there, personally advising me. And second, I always come away thinking over the issue in a new way. It's a rare, but very useful, gift."Sarah Green, Associate Editor, Harvard Business Review "This book is an excellent guide to enable students and professionals to understand themselves and apply this knowledge to create fulfilling and impactful careers in today's global employment market. The exercises within are a great combination of pragmatic and reflective and we have utilised these to support our MBA students, from a diverse range of international and professional backgrounds, to define the milestones and actions they need to achieve careers success." Yasmina Mallam-Hassam, Careers Consultant Team Manager, Imperial College

About this title

About the Author:

John Lees has been involved in the training and developing of recruitment specialists since the mid 1980s, from both public and private sectors. He undertook an advisory role to the RN careers service, and has provided help for Army personnel beginning civilian careers.

He was Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants (IEC) until 1993 when he left to become a Director of TGA, an employment research and careers advisory company. In 1999 he decided to go it alone and now runs his own human resources consultancy, specialising in career management and developing new tools to help with difficult career change decisions.

John writes and speaks widely, and amongst his regular commitments acts as an online careers “guru” for lifebyte.com.

John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (FCIPD) and Fellow of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (FREC).

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0077179544
• ISBN 13: 9780077179540
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336