A Roadmap To Career Success: 25 Tips For College Bound Students - Softcover

Bendt, John G

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0979070716 ISBN 13: 9780979070716

Publisher: Career Mentor Press, LLC, 2018

Synopsis

This book teaches high school and college students how to do career planning right. It reads like a personal conversation with a mentor to provide a big picture view of how to achieve happiness, fulfillment and success in one's work life.   A Roadmap To Career Success is a journey that starts with a process to help students select an interesting occupation that is a match for their talents. It continues with instruction on the role competition plays in the workplace, and how to develop skill advantages to gain a competitive edge to win the job you want. The last leg of the journey explores ways to market oneself and to find and assess job opportunities. The book's 25 Tips give students a valuable head start to be able to compete successfully in a fast paced, competitive global world. 'If I only knew then what I know now', captures the spirit of the tips.

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About the Author

John G. Bendt has held sales and marketing management positions with Fortune 500 companies in the paper, pharmaceutical and food industries. As a member of senior management, he has led national sales and marketing staffs. John has also worked as a management consultant, advising clients in various industries with regard to strategic business planning and marketing and sales strategy. He has written career planning articles for education publications, and conducted career planning seminars for middle and high school students. John lives in Minnesota.

Review

John Bendt s, A Roadmap To Career Success, is a goldmine of career achievement tips, techniques and tools all young people should know, but few do. Consistently applied, this book will help young people find the right career, and establish competitive advantage in the job marketplace. Bendt s forty years of solid business experience serve to make the book practical, realistic and credible. It reads like a personal conversation with a mentor. Buy a copy for your ninth grader.  I m buying copies for my grandkids and any other kids with whom I come in contact. --Roger E. Wenschlag, Human Resource Development Consultant & Trainer, Minneapolis, MN 

A Roadmap To Career Success is packed with information for anyone preparing for a successful work life. From early exploration of potential careers through skill building to job attainment, the 25 tips provided in this text are sure to create a successful scenario for high school and college students looking toward their working futures. I wish all early high school students could have this information in a format like this that is easy to read, understand, and implement. This text will bring clarity, decrease anxiety, and generally provide insight necessary to career success. This is definitely a book I will recommend to students and clients. I ve already passed it on to my high school freshman daughter! --Elisabeth Bennett, Ph.D. Associated Professor, Gonzaga Universiity Licensed Psychologist, Washington State 

'Technology is affecting all of us on a daily basis.  The rate of change is on an exponential scale, and we must all adapt to be successful.  Career planning has never been more important for youth today.  Emphasis should be given to building basic hard and soft skills that will allow you to adapt to changing conditions.  A Roadmap to Career Success is a straight forward approach to identifying your strengths and understanding how to acquire and improve skills for a career in a field that is interesting, challenging and rewarding to you.  If you love what you do, it's not work.  Taking a few minutes to read the 25 tips will put your career on the road to your desired destination.  Enjoy the ride."  Daniel O. Adams, Michanical Engineer & Consultant to Medical Device Companies, Minneapolis, MN -- Inventor on 45 U.S. Medical Device Patents, Former Vice President of Research & Deeelopment, Boston Scientific, Vice President Research & Development, ev3, Inc.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Career Mentor Press, LLC
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0979070716
• ISBN 13: 9780979070716
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 82