The Young Professional's Guide to the Working World


Book Description

College does not teach you how to be successful in the working world. There is no course or textbook that explains how to create the fulfilling careers many aspire to. The Millennial generation is 80 million members strong and each year more than 1.5 million enter the working world with little to no idea of how to succeed. While companies spend millions of dollars scrambling to learn more about Millennials and adapt their work cultures to fit this generation, there are remarkably few resources dedicated to teaching young professionals the traits and techniques that will help them succeed in an ever-changing and always-challenging corporate environment. The Young Professional's Guide to the Working World fills this void, offering relevant advice to young professionals seeking to build a strong career foundation. A fellow Millennial, McDaniel draws on personal experiences from the beginning of his own career to illustrate key lessons. The Young Professional's Guide to the Working World provides important insights on the topics essential to success within the first 5–10 years of any corporate career, including: How to get promoted faster and drive results not matter what your industry or job title The 25 attributes all successful young professionals possess How to avoid being a DOPE (someone who Disses Opportunity, Potential & Earnings) The keys to becoming a STAR in your career (someone who is Savvy, Tenacious, Adaptive & Resourceful) How to create and implement a career blueprint plan, the right way Leveraging mentoring to ensure career success




The Young Professional's Survival Guide


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A nationally recognized expert on professional ethics uses pungent real-world examples to help people new to the work world recognize ethical situations that can lead to career-damaging mistakes—and prevent them. Gunsalus offers questions to ask yourself, sample scripts to use on others, and guidance in handling disputes fairly and diplomatically.




The Young Professional's Guide to Managing


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One of the hardest challenges in anyone's career is transitioning from being a employee responsible solely for one's own work to a manager responsible for others' performance. New managers face the stress of giving up control while needing to drive results through others. Many of the more than 80 million members of the Millennial generation are facing the challenge of managing others without a guide to success specifically tailored to them. The Young Professional's Guide to Managing fills this void with a mix of relevant tips and stories, and a connection to rich online resources. It is an essential guide for all new managers and emerging leaders, providing important insights, including: How to successfully transition to being a manager, from the very first day The 10 skills all young professionals must develop to thrive as STAR managers Managing people of different generations How to hire, develop, and lead teams to incredible results Advanced strategies for young managers, including how to fire underperforming employees and how to squash office politics.




Navigating the Career Jungle


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Navigating the Career Jungle emphasizes the cornerstones of excellence, truth, honesty, ethics, hard work, respect, and continuing self-improvement for those wishing to experience success in their professional lives. As a young professional you just don't know what you don't know. Early on in your career, there may be a lack of realistic expectations in part due to popular culture that highlights the glamorous side of career growth without also showcasing the importance of hard work. This book is a guide that provides concepts to establish best practices in achieving career success.




Find Your Perfect Job


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Learn the Insider Secrets to Find Your Perfect Job! Successful business executive and attorney shares everything he learned about the real world of job searching and careers in this complete guide for young professionals. Written in a concise, highly readable style, the author pulls no punches, giving you the inside scoop and telling you what the other career books are afraid to! Use this book¿s revolutionary system to identify and land your dream job! Find out: ¿ How to create a comprehensive profile of the best job for you ¿ How to get around HR gatekeepers and reach the hiring manager ¿ Invaluable resume, interview, and networking tips ¿ The differences between business school and law school ¿ What law school and being a lawyer are really like ¿ The NUMBER ONE question to ask yourself to identify your Perfect Job This book is different than the other job-search books! > Most job-search books are written by career counselors with little or no outside professional experience. In contrast, the author of this book draws upon his 17 years of successful professional experience and personal career development, including completion of business school and law school. > This book is tailored for young professionals: everyone from college students to professionals in their 20s and 30s who are trying to find the best job for themselves. The author has personally confronted nearly all of the job-search questions and situations young professionals face in the modern era and shares all the answers with you.




Polished


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Mentors are a huge part of the success of many people. They offer real life information that schools often don't teach when it comes to building your career. Polished is that - a mentor in a book that gives young professionals advice through the author's past experiences, advice given to him, and observations of others' success stories. The lessons learned are provided for the readers to give them information to carry as they begin walking down the path of their career. It's like a message in a bottle giving tips on professional conduct, dressing, networking, and many other facets that lead to your professional success no matter your career choice. The information provided will guide you toward success if you work in a fast food restaurant or working your way up the corporate ladder.




REPLY ALL...and Other Ways to Tank Your Career


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Frieman, host of the "Modern Manners Guy" podcast on the Quick and Dirty Tips network, wants to help his fellow young professionals navigate the waters of office life and create a hazard-free career. His approach alternates between the buddy-buddy and tough love approach: "Say it with me: The world doesn't owe me anything." Complete with tips from celebrities and successful businesspeople, such as the cofounder of Warby Parker and the owner of Magnolia Bakery, the author covers job interview etiquette, the art of making a good impression, the best way to handle a first day on the job, dealing with co-workers and office politics, socializing at work, handling social media at work, not losing it at work events, business travel etiquette, and workplace relationships.




Look Out Above!


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What a map is to the adventurer, Look Out Above! is to the motivated business professional - an essential guide. Your effectiveness at work, as well as your ability to stand out while fitting in, will increasingly depend on your ability to contribute, write, present, pitch ideas, lead, and advocate, an ability valued in the workplace. Written with clarity and humor by a young professional and a seasoned executive, Look Out Above! distills these workplace skills to their essence, relates them to real-world applications not taught in undergraduate and graduate business schools or in company training, and presents them in one concise volume.Whether you're working with a for-profit or non-profit business or within government, and whether you're working for others or running your own business, the skills you hone here - and the personal transformation that follows - will serve you throughout your career, wherever you go, and whatever you do.




Learn. Work. Lead.: Things Your Mentor Won't Tell You


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So you've Leaned In, now what? In today's world, women's career success relies on much more than just taking advice from a mentor, knowing how to network, and being proactive. Young professional women have to learn how to analyze career decisions for themselves and figure out what to do when their decisions don't work out. Learn, Work, Lead: Things Your Mentor Won't Tell You is a cutting-edge career and job search guide that will teach you those skills and give you the tools to navigate successfully in a gender-biased workplace. It will show you how to plan your career now so that you will be chosen to lead in the future. Coaching on how to analyze career decisions and make the best choices even when your solutions differ from your mentors' advice. Guidance on how to succeed even when you're faced with problems that no one could predict. Tools to develop your optimal career plan. Lessons from top business leaders' career war stories.




GenXpat


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Designed to help young, internationally and culturally mobile professionals achieve the personal fulfillment they need to succeed in their international careers.