A strategic approach to creating job security in today’s economy, fully revised to address consumers’ anxieties and provide a solid plan to gain control of their fears and careers.
Remember when workers stayed with one company until retirement? Well, the rules have changed. There’s a different type of job security in today’s work world, and you get it by taking control of and actively managing your career. Executive careermanagement consultant Pam Lassiter teaches the five best strategies for achieving long-term work success, from marketing yourself while benefiting others to creating new jobs rather than looking for traditional ones. Lassiter’s proven advice will show you how to stay competitive and surpass your professional goals.
These are some of the questions at the forefront of the modern job-searcher’s mind. And they are thoroughly and thoughtfully answered with all-new chapters in the 2011 edition of What Color Is Your Parachute?, the best-selling job-hunting book in the world for more than three decades—in good times and bad.
A longtime fixture on best-seller lists, from New York Times to BusinessWeek, What Color Is Your Parachute? has sold more than 10 million copies and has been translated into 20 languages around the world. Its life-saving information is updated each year to cater to the specific requirements of today’s job market.
Career guru Richard N. Bolles leads job-searchers to find meaningful work. He asks, WHAT skills do you most love to use? WHERE—in what field—would you most love to use them? And HOW do you find such jobs without depending on agencies, ads, and online postings?
This book is not only about finding a job in hard times. It’s about finding your passion. In the words of Fortune magazine:
“Parachute remains the gold standard of career guides.”
What happens when nine-to-five turns into nine-to-eleven? How do you outmaneuver the office Underminer? Is it appropriate to have a cocktail at a company lunch? How do you get reservations for a restaurant with an unlisted phone number? What do you do when your boss throws a stapler at your head? As Page Six Magazine recently noted, bosses are "going from mean to monstrous--and making The Devil Wears Prada look like a love story." What's an office drone to do? Call on Save the Assistants, the addictive and insightful guide to workplace sanity by Lilit Marcus, renowned assistant expert.
On your first day at work, you learned how to answer the phone and turn on the computer. But four years of college hardly prepared you for the coffee-fetching, back-stabbing, and you-should-have-done-it-yesterdays of office life. Save the Assistants is here to help you not only survive your job, but ultimately get the career you want.
What Are Employers Really Looking for? It's Not What You Think.
More people than ever are applying for the same few jobs. Surfing job boards and submitting a dozen résumés a day just doesn't work. The 6 Reasons You'll Get the Job shows you exactly how to tailor your pitch and stand out from the crowd so that you get hired.
Talent alone will not get you the job. The short list of candidates all have the ability to do the work, so what makes the difference? Whether employers know it or not, intuitively they are always looking for a candidate who meets or exceeds each of six qualities:
Presentation
Ability
Dependability
Motivation
Attitude
Network
These qualities may sound familiar, but you'll be surprised at how employers judge them. You'll discover how to promote these six qualities to your advantage so employers take notice. You'll also learn proven strategies for finding jobs in the Hidden Market while your competition is still waiting by the phone. By mastering a few simple, often overlooked techniques, you'll get noticed by the person who has the power to hire you now.
Your Body at Work is a guide to seeing past the words that fill the hallways, conference rooms, and e-mails of your workplace, and to deciphering the hidden meanings that lie behind them. Through real-life examples from the world of business, and with background from the science of communication, you’ll learn to sight-read colleagues and use your own body language to your best advantage. You’ll find out:
How a co-worker’s hands, much more than her words, tell you how she felt about your presentation
Why gestures at a meeting are more memorable than words
When a shrug of the shoulders can mean the difference between “job well done” and “job could be better”
How to train a nosy boss to back off—without uttering a single word
What your shoes and your hair may be saying about your commitment to the job
Why you’ll find more smiley-face stickers in cubicles than in corner offices
David Givens has been a consultant to some of the biggest companies in the United States. With his expertise, he’ll help you look past the words so you can really read your workplace.
According to lore, a vampire cannot enter your home without an invitation. Putting a spiritual spin on this well-known, mythological rule, Claudia Cunningham pioneers a powerful strategy for dealing with freeloading friends, suffocating spouses, harmful habits, and other "vampires" who drain the heart, mind, and spirit.
This fun, humorous, and indispensable guide—based on spiritual principles the author used to battle dependency—teaches how to cope with toxic relationships and beliefs. Learn how to take personal responsibility for your life and detect vampires with the light of truth. Arm yourself with honesty, humility, and clarity. Practice self-reflection, prayer, and meditation to establish strong boundaries. With an arsenal of self-knowledge and confidence, you'll be equipped to defeat any Draculas coming your way.
