Decades, lifestyle changes in career expectations - Hardcover

Lynch, Edith M

9780814456033: Decades, lifestyle changes in career expectations

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ISBN 10: 0814456030 ISBN 13: 9780814456033

Publisher: AMACOM, 1980

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The information in this book is very valuable, the author uses questionnaires, surveys and numerous in-depth interviews that examine American workers' feelings. She has asked for and received answers from entry-level trainees on up to top managers, and has grouped respondents into seven age categories. The replies to her questionnaire and interviews have given a special insight into the similarity of feelings among people in various career levels and stages. In comparing this information with your own personal situation, you will find certain observations recurring and patterns taking shape. The cycles that emerge are illuminating and bring into focus ongoing changes in career attitudes and expectations. After reading the in-depth analysis of each ten-year time segment, you'll have a unique understanding of what to expect at each age-how to analyze your own career goals, how to learn what people working with you are feeling and experiencing, how to deal with the ever-present conflict of risk vs. security, how to avoid job hazards-and you'll know that you are not alone. You'll gain insight into how others have dealt with such problems s technical and personal aspects of learning a new job, job changes and their inherent risks, feelings of restlessness and un-productivity, dead-end positions, unforeseen mergers, different attitudes toward work, uncooperative bosses, and the Peter Principle. You'll be able to evaluate your present needs and anticipate your future needs-from the beginning of your career to your retirement years. Edith Lynch was president of American Employers Free Enterprise and vice president of the National Retail Merchants Association, and held a similar position with the American Association of Industrial Management. The following are a few examples of list she has for each age group:

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