GET HIRED! Grow. Lead. Live. - Softcover

Hal Eastman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0972388346 ISBN 13: 9780972388344

Publisher: Peregrine Images, 2013

Synopsis

Finding the right job, keeping it, advancing, and eventually achieving a leadership position is difficult, especially in challenging economic times. However, Hal Eastman retains an upbeat belief it is still possible, but that your success is highly dependent on an enterprising job search and on utilizing the very different skills needed at each career stage. These valuable and pragmatic insights, based on actual executive experience, cut through the theoretical chaff of much of today s how to business literature. From graduates looking for their first jobs to unemployed job seekers, new managers, and even CEOs, there s something here for everyone, whatever the current stage of a career. You ll also find sage advice on leading a balanced life, even in times of economic challenge and unprecedented change, with their accompanying job stresses. All of this makes this little handbook highly worthwhile reading.

About this title

About the Author

Hal Eastman is a native of the Pacific Northwest and a graduate of the University of Puget Sound and the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He enjoyed a thirty-year business career, starting with Boeing and Ford Motor Company and later holding management and leadership positions in industries as diverse as forest products, specialty chemicals, biotechnology, scientific supplies, and wireless communications. During this time, he was president of two large public companies, Fisher Scientific and McCaw Cellular (today AT&T Wireless), and founder of two small businesses. Eastman was also involved in several major public company mergers and acquisitions, and led their operational integration. He later served on a number of corporate and non-profit boards. He resigned his executive management positions at age 55 to pursue fine art photography. He has since enjoyed an arts career specializing in dance photography, including the publication of three books, Natural Dance, Dancessence, and Dream Riders. Eastman lives in Boise, Idaho, with his wife Jacque and has a photography studio in Carmel, California.

Review

GET HIRED! GROW. LEAD. LIVE. is well done. I agree with what you ve said. --Ed Whitacre, former CEO of AT&T and General Motors

GET HIRED! GROW. LEAD. LIVE. provides a good deal of helpful advice and does it in a straightforward manner. --T. Boone Pickens, CEO, BP Capital

This is a terrific little book! Reading it will make you a better job candidate or executive. --Gerry Roche, Chairman Emeritus, Heidrick & Struggles executive search firm

GET HIRED! Grow. Lead. Live. has been named a Benjamin Franklin Digital Award SILVER HONOREE by the Independent Book Publishers Association. The Benjamin Franklin Digital Award honors innovation in electronic publishing... Awardees are chosen for exceptional content, design, and use of technology. Congratulations! --IBPA press release, May 6, 2014

GET HIRED! Grow. Lead. Live. covers four career stages: getting a job, getting promoted, moving into management and becoming a leader. Eastman knows what he is talking about. He was in business for nearly 30 years, working at Ford and Boeing, McCaw Communications and Boise Cascade. He learned in each place, so his examples ring true. In the section on getting a job, for example, he covers how to design your ideal job, target an industry and companies, make contacts, differentiate yourself, handle an interview and persist. If all that fails, Eastman tells you how to think about starting your own company. Once you get in an employer's door, Eastman shows how to climb the ladder, become a leader, and finally how to have a good life. --Nancy Napier, Executive Director of the Centre for Creativity and Innovation, Professor of Strategy and International Business, Boise State University, Idaho Statesman, Three books on tactics for landing a job, building a life. February 12, 2013

This new book offers pragmatic advice coupled with wonderful insights from a top executive who has lived an eclectic, harmonious and fulfilling life. From newly minted graduates to mid-career professionals and everyday job seekers, this book transcends mere job search and delves into the art of living during challenging times. Hal Eastman masterfully describes classic approaches to career development while weaving a tapestry for those interested in much more than a job. This Boise-based writer has created a book worth sharing with anyone interested in their own career or in assisting other people chart their life journey. --Dr. John Luthy, President, The Futures Corporation, The McAnaney Report, April 2013, Issue 19

Edition details

• Publisher: Peregrine Images
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0972388346
• ISBN 13: 9780972388344
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 125