I Don't Know What I Want,but I Know It's Not This - A Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work - Softcover

Julie Jansen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749925256 ISBN 13: 9780749925253

Publisher: Piatkus, 2004

Synopsis

A disturbingly large number of people today are unhappy with their work. In this helpful book, career coach Julie Jansen addresses this work-dissatisfaction epidemic. Using career assessment quizzes and personality exercises, Jansen helps readers understand their present work or career situation, discover the type of work for which they're best suited, and learn how to create the changes they need. Filled with real-life examples and including a useful resource section, this guide provides the inspiration and know-how to implement positive career change.

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About the Author

Julie Jansen provides coaching and consultation to individuals and companies, helping them to be successful in their work. She has been featured in publications such as Selling Power, Working Woman, Information Week, Motivated to Sell, Smart Money and WSJ.com Career Journal, and has been published in the US National Business Employment Weekly. Julie is a frequent speaker for associations, non-profit groups and corporations throughout the United States. She lives in Stamford, Connecticut.

Review

“Is it possible to improve an already wonderful classic? Apparently it is, because that's exactly what Julie Jansen has done. This book could have saved me years of frustration at the start of my career!” —Jon Acuff, New York Times bestselling author of Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Work & Never Get Stuck  
 
“A superb guide for career changers that will definitely improve your life. Jansen provides the tools, insight, and support you need to evaluate yourself and to develop and implement an effective action plan to move on to a job you will love or at least like a lot.” —Robin Ryan, bestselling author of 60 Seconds & You're Hired

“‘Life-changing’ is a bold claim. But with its inside-out approach to career creation, this book can be exactly that!” —Bryan W. Mattimore, bestselling author of 21 Days to a Big Idea

“A solid resource for people who know they don’t like what they do; it might also be a wakeup call for others numbed into job complacency.” —Publishers Weekly
 
“A must-read for anyone who is working and feeling dissatisfied, unfulfilled, or unhappy with their current work situation.” —Paul Tieger, bestselling author of Do What You Are

“I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This is the perfect guide if you want to find gratifying work but aren't sure how to get started...Jansen includes lots of quizzes and questions to guide your look inward, but the best part of the book is the explanation of the answers, which helps translate your unique attitudes and values into a meaningful career...Her handbook is a smart way to get going in a new direction.” —BookPage

Edition details

• Publisher: Piatkus
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749925256
• ISBN 13: 9780749925253
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 270