Career Adventurer's Fieldbook : Your Guide to Career Success / Stephen Coomber, Stuart Crainer and Des Dearlove

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The idea of a career has changed forever. Our parents might have expected to work for three different employers in their working lives. We can expect to work for at least ten. Or only one. Ourselves.But as free agency and career-hopping have become the norm, career advice has stayed static, rooted in ideas of the 'perfect' career and company loyalty. Until now.The Career Adventurer's Instant Calmer will become the career advice first choice for a generation. It offers a complete self-managed process for understanding your life goals, your material and spiritual needs and your strengths as a person and worker. Instead of offering a single career solution, the book presents the reader with a journey, an adventure, where career and life become intertwined.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Introduction
• 1 The Great Adventure--Why it starts with you (p. 1)
• 1. First, Think (p. 2)
• 2. Who Are You? (p. 9)
• 3. Skills Sorting (p. 23)
• 4. What Do You Value? (p. 27)
• 5. What Do You Love to Do? (p. 32)
• 2 Reconnaissance & Research--Mapping uncharted territory (p. 43)
• 1. Striking Out for Base Camp (p. 43)
• 2. Finding Your Everest (p. 49)
• 3. Are You Fitting Comfortably? (p. 57)
• 4. Networking (p. 69)
• 6. Traditional Methods for Jobseekers (p. 89)
• 3 Opening Doors--Making your first move (p. 95)
• 1. Resume Writing (p. 95)
• 2. The Covering Letter (p. 110)
• 3. The Interview (p. 116)
• 4. Coping with Psychometric Tests & Assessment Centers (p. 138)
• 5. Show Me the Money (p. 142)
• 4 Thriving in the Job Jungle: How the world of work can work for you (p. 155)
• 1. Settling into Work (p. 155)
• 2. Mentoring (p. 166)
• 3. Office Politics (p. 178)
• 4. Getting Along (p. 183)
• 5. Performance Appraisals (p. 191)
• 6. Balancing Life & Work (p. 197)
• 5 Moving Up, Moving on: Knowing when to stay and when to say goodbye (p. 217)
• 1. All Change (p. 217)
• 2. Taking Stock (p. 219)
• 3. Life-Long Learning (p. 230)
• 4. Exit Stage Left (p. 236)
• 6 The Road Less Travelled--Living the life of the free agent (p. 255)
• 1. Free Enterprise (p. 256)
• 2. Have You Got the Right Stuff? (p. 261)
• 3. Building Your Business (p. 276)
• 4. The Entrepreneur Within (p. 296)
• 7 Winding Down?--Retiring to a new adventure (p. 307)
• 1. Last Stop, All Off (p. 308)
• 2. Part-Time Retirement (p. 311)
• 3. Phased Retirement (p. 313)
• 4. Gray Power (p. 320)
• 5. Enjoying Old Age (p. 322)
• 6. Retirement Financial Planning (p. 327)
• 7. You are What You Leave Behind (p. 332)
• Afterword (p. 338)

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