Managing Your Career - Softcover

Rich Levin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0751327182 ISBN 13: 9780751327182

Publisher: DK, 2000

Synopsis

This guide helps the reader to make an informed, personal choice of the right career. In an easy-to-use format, it describes the factors which influence people's working lives, thus providing them with the means to take control and achieve that longed for career change.

About this title

From the Publisher:

No matter how much or little work experience you have, managing your = career effectively takes clear thinking and careful planning. The KISS Guide to Managing Your Career is filled with expert advice on pursuing a career change, navigating a job search, succeeding in the workplace and much more. Features of the book include:

- more than 400 pages, fully illustrated with photographs and drawings

- colorful sidebars, boxes and icons throughout

- dozens of worksheets, exercises and references to additional resources

- definitions of key career management terms

- comprehensive glossary

- appendices of relevant books and web sites

The Keep It Simple Series is the new standard in how-to books! Written by leading experts, each KISS book is designed to help readers build confidence from the start, and learn gradually and thoroughly to the very last page. Much more than introductions to various subjects, these inspiring and innovative guides are the ones that readers can trust.

From the Author:

Let’s face it, feeling frustrated, unfulfilled or directionless in your career can be a painful experience and drain enjoyment from your life. Few other situations are as awful as being dissatisfied with your work life and clueless about how to change it.

I wrote The KISS Guide to Managing Your Career for people who want to take charge of their work life, once and for all. My goal in putting this book together was to present clear, effective guidelines to help you plan your career; identify the right work situation; design and pursue important changes; and achieve a lasting sense of career satisfaction.

Reading The KISS Guide to Managing Your Career is meant to feel like spending time with an experienced career counselor and coach. My role is to train you to run your career like a Five-Star General with a mission. I’ll help you discover your career profile, match it with your personal goals and evaluate your options for short- and long-term career benefit. I describe dozens of tactics for navigating the job market and landing the work situation that’s right for you. And, I offer lots of tips and tools for succeeding in the workplace by managing your career—and yourself—strategically.

The KISS Guide to Managing Your Career is exceptionally reader-friendly, with breezy text and a lively visual format that lends itself to skipping and dipping around. I’m sure you’ll go back to it again and again.

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About this edition

• Publisher: DK
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0751327182
• ISBN 13: 9780751327182
• Binding: Paperback