The Right Job, Right Now: The Complete Toolkit for Finding Your Perfect Career - Softcover

Susan D. Strayer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312349262 ISBN 13: 9780312349264

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2006

Synopsis

The Right Job, Right Now effectively bridges the gap between "What do I want to do?" and "How do I do it?" by presenting a complete step-by-step plan for long-term career satisfaction using self-assessment, self-marketing, and a comprehensive job search and career development strategy.

Based on the author's Kaleidoscope Career Model, this book shows you how to take charge of your career and takes you, step-by-step, through the complete job search process including:

Career assessment - what do you have to offer and what do you want in return?
Taking action - searching for a new job, interviewing, and accepting offers.
On-the-job issues – answers to common questions from dealing with a bad boss to performance management
Using her unique and straightforward approach you will learn how to align your skills and abilities with your compensation and benefit needs and company culture preferences to find your career sweet spot – the qualities of a job that will allow you to perform to the best of your abilities and be rewarded accordingly. Your career sweet spot becomes the basis of targeting a job search, writing resumes, taking advantage of technology, interviewing effectively, and landing the perfect job.

Susan D. Strayer, SPHR, is a human resources professional, career development expert and freelance writer. As the founder of University and Career Decisions Susan works with individuals, companies and universities in career management and development; human resources and recruiting strategy and employment brand. Visit her website at www.susanstrayer.com.

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From the Back Cover

"Susan Strayer's smart strategies on finding the best-fit job can put any busy professional on the right path."
-Tory Johnson, CEO, Women For Hire

"The Right Job, Right Now is the first of its kind: a straight-forward, no nonsense guide and reference tool for those who understand that work should be fulfilling and not just the source of a paycheck. Read it from cover-to-cover or flip right to the sections that are most important to you. If your career is important to you then so will be this great new resource."
- Steven Rothberg, President and Founder, CollegeRecruiter.com

"This book should be dubbed, "The Jobseeker's Guide to the Universe." It is rich with practical advice, thought provoking exercises, and a common sense approach to find the right job, right now. I encourage you to break out the highlighter, write in the columns, and tab important pages so that you can use this as a touchstone throughout your professional career to find your true destiny."
-Bill Gaul, President/CEO Landmark Destiny Group

"The Right Job Right Now is the most comprehensive career book on the market. No other book covers all of you bases in a one-stop-shop. Susan is the consummate career professional and provides clear, honest advice for today's busy professional who has already wasted too much time trying to find the right job or career."
-Peter Veruki, Business Week Top-Ten Author

About the Author

Susan D. Strayer, SPHR, is a human resources professional, career development expert and freelance writer. As the founder of University and Career Decisions Susan works with individuals, companies and universities in career management and development; human resources and recruiting strategy and employment brand.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0312349262
• ISBN 13: 9780312349264
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320