Careermageddon (eBook)

Cracking the 21st Century Career Code

Marcia Lareau, Neil Patrick (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2018
304 Seiten
Forward Motion, LLC (Verlag)
978-0-9992062-1-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Your Career Survival Guide for the 21st Century:Most people today need one thing more than anything else to survive. A job. Yet world events are conspiring to make good, well-paying jobs scarcer and harder to retain.But no-one bothered to tell people about these new threats to their careers. Or what to do about them. Until now.If you have a job today, you need a plan for when you no longer have it. If you are looking for a job today, this book will show you how to get it, and more importantly how to sustain a career which isn't at the mercy of an uncertain economic outlook.Reactions to Careermageddon: Marcia LaReau and Neil Patrick have nailed it in Careermageddon. Careers have changed forever. They give the reader an in-depth explanation why and 21st century strategies to use in moving their careers forward. <br>Marc Miller President Career Pivot Austin, TX USA Careermagedon is not the average quick fix, self-help, self-improvement paperback. It's more like an action-packed blockbuster thriller for those that want to understand their working life better. Expect to be enlightened! <br>John Hanna, Managing Director, GDP Global Development, London. Our work environment has changed dramatically. Marcia LaReau and Neil Patrick explain how and why with remarkable insight. You must have a career strategy to keep on earning. And it's not your parents' career strategy. These career experts show you how to develop the strategy that fits your needs. We all need help with our careers. Your help is in this book. A great career guide.John Eldridge, author of Second Careers for Street Cops.' Vancouver, British Columbia. About the Authors:Dr. Marcia LaReau is the Founder and President of Forward Motion, LLC. She has helped hundreds of professionals resurrect their careers after a lay-off. Marcia has also carried out years of research into the software used today by more and more employers to screen job applicants. She writes and lectures extensively on successful job-search strategies. She lives in Hartford, Connecticut.Neil Patrick works as a business consultant to clients worldwide. Previously he worked for over 20 years in the financial sector, where he was a founding director of three start-up companies, including the biggest ever venture capital-backed start-up in the UK. He lives in Cardiff, Wales

Inhalt

Dedication . . . . iii

Foreword by Mark S. Babbitt . . . . xi

Preface . . . . xv

Acknowledgements . . . . xxi

Introduction . . . . xxv

Part One: Where are we and how did we get here? . . . . 1

The first thing you should know . . . . 1

We are committed to your success . . . . 3

Origins of the global jobs crisis . . . . 3

The Six Engines of Change . . . . 26

Lessons learned: Eight economic consequences . . . . 61

Four essential career concepts . . . . 75

Part Two: Career Management . . . . 79

Introduction to career strategy . . . . 79

Career design . . . . 81

Career groundwork . . . . 88

Finding jobs that fit . . . . 101

Ensuring your place in the jobs market . . . . 118

Career management review . . . . 127

Part Three: Jobsearch and Career Management Principles . . . . 129

New sets of skills for jobsearch and career management . . . . 129

Career management skills and tools . . . . 133

Jobsearch toolbox maintenance . . . . 141

Part Four: Toolbox Creation, Section 1—

Hard Tools . . . . 143

Cover letters and résumés . . . . 144

Part Four: Toolbox Creation, Section 2—

Soft Tools . . . . 163

Time-honored essentials for the interview process . . . . 164

Part Five: Steps to Implement Your Strategy . . . . 175

The role of recruiters . . . . 175

Applicant tracking systems and psychological profiling/testing . . . . 192

Quick career strategy review . . . . 204

Jobsearch implementation process . . . . 205

Troubleshooting the jobsearch process . . . . 208

Part Six: Managing Your Long-Term Strategy

(Life Cycle) . . . . 215

Career life-cycle management overview . . . . 215

Career life-cycle management: Process . . . . 217

How do I track change? . . . . 225

Part Seven: The most compelling story I’ve ever known . . . . 231

Glossary. . . . 237

Reference List . . . . 251

Index . . . . 259

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.2.2018
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Wirtschaftsrecht
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
• Schlagworte: Career • Career Change • Career Coach • career management • Cover Letter • Curriculum Vitae • Forward Motion • Future of Work • Gig economy • Interview • job help • job hunt • job seeker • LaReau • Patrick • Recruiter • Resume • Unemployment
• ISBN-10: 0-9992062-1-4 / 0999206214
• ISBN-13: 978-0-9992062-1-8 / 9780999206218