Career errors : straight talk about the steps and missteps of career development / Frank Burtnett.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]Description: x, 240 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781475807509
  • 1475807503
  • 9781475821185
  • 1475821182
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 371.10023 23
LOC classification:
  • LB1775 .B876 2014
Contents:
Entering, reentering, and moving about the world of work -- The initial steps : finding, acquiring, and moving into the first or any job -- Achieving career satisfaction and dealing with the occasional crisis -- Winding down and exiting career.
Summary: "The book begins with a comprehensive examination of the career development process and why these eight phases must be understood in order for career satisfaction and success to be achieved. This analysis is followed by a meticulous treatment of 25 things members of the workforce 'do wrong' or 'don't do' in pursuit of our career ambitions. Conducting an effective job search, dealing with job loss or termination, and how best to prosper in the workplace, are among the subjects included. Throughout the book, the author sets life-work balance as a paramount goal and outlines strategies about how this illusive objective can be achieved."-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-234) and index.

Entering, reentering, and moving about the world of work -- The initial steps : finding, acquiring, and moving into the first or any job -- Achieving career satisfaction and dealing with the occasional crisis -- Winding down and exiting career.

"The book begins with a comprehensive examination of the career development process and why these eight phases must be understood in order for career satisfaction and success to be achieved. This analysis is followed by a meticulous treatment of 25 things members of the workforce 'do wrong' or 'don't do' in pursuit of our career ambitions. Conducting an effective job search, dealing with job loss or termination, and how best to prosper in the workplace, are among the subjects included. Throughout the book, the author sets life-work balance as a paramount goal and outlines strategies about how this illusive objective can be achieved."-- Provided by publisher.

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