Career Dreams


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This career-oriented dream workbook will take you on a trip through prompts, tips, and checklists with the intention of turning your passion into a clearly-orchestrated plan. In this workbook, you will find an invaluable tool for making your dreams more than dreams. It’ll be there for every job interview, every networking opportunity, every promotion, and any day-to-day situation that might come up. You want the career of a lifetime and we want to help you get it.




How to Quit Your Day Job and Live Out Your Dreams


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Learn to let go and achieve the life you ve always dreamed...




Escape from Corporate America


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Does your corporate career leave you stressed out, burned out, or just plain bummed out? You’re not alone. The good news is that there’s a way out–and you’re holding it. Written by career expert and corporate escapee Pamela Skillings, Escape from Corporate America inspires the cubicle-bound and the corner-office-cornered to break free and create the career of their dreams–without going broke. With no-nonsense advice and unflagging humor, Skillings shows you how to • assess your job’s “suck” factor–from terminal boredom to boss from hell • identify your true calling–brainstorm fantasy careers and test-drive your dream jobs • develop your Escape Plan–set goals, figure out your timing, and evaluate your finances and health insurance options • find jobs that don’t bite–entrepreneurial corporate environments, energetic start-ups, the nonprofit sector, and flexible work options • be your own boss–explore entrepreneurship and freelancing, assemble an advisory team, and start a business while you collect a paycheck • follow your creative dreams–learn how to make time for your artistic passion and develop a plan to quit your day job • overcome any obstacle–deal with fear, doubt, negative people, and other bumps along the road Plus, Skillings shares success stories from dozens of corporate escape artists, including celebrity TV chef Andrea Beaman, Cranium CEO Richard Tait, and many others. Full of practical strategies and fun-to-follow exercises, Escape from Corporate America will help disgruntled office workers everywhere find more meaningful, fulfilling careers.




You Got the Job!


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Let's face it, the job search process isn't an easy one. Finding new career and the job search employment landscape are ever changing. The challenges in job searching, alone, can be a daunting task. Because of these employment hurdles, finding expert advice to help in the employment process is crucial. "You Got the Job! Turn Your Career Dreams into Reality" will help you immediately turn your job search goals into reality by helping you to get your dream job. "You Got the Job!" is a detail oriented, step by step, proven guide to unlocking the job search process and to advance your career. Based on over 15 years of Executive Recruiting experience and employment process knowledge, Angelo Giallombardo brings his career counseling knowledge to you in order to maximize your job search, and land the job of your dreams. Angelo can relate to the career professional, on many levels, including searching for a job. He knows what it's like to be in desperate need to find a job, search for employment, send in tons of applications, to answer interview tough questions, and to ruin the chances of getting the job by making a crucial mistake in the job search process. He also knows what hiring managers and potential employers are looking for in a job candidate. He's worked closely for 15 years with Fortune 500 companies to help them find the best possible candidate for their job opportunities within their company. Because of this inside information working with hiring managers and also his experience working with over 40,000 job candidates, he knows what it takes to impress the hiring managers in order to get the job. This book is a must have resource for job seekers and career professionals to help get the job and advance their careers. It will walk you through the crucial steps in the job search process by: - Showing you a proven method to get the job you've always wanted - Developing the correct mindset and perspective in the job search process - Helping you focus on your strengths in the interview and employment process - Giving you proven resources to build the best possible resumes and cover letters - Helping you to get your resume selected by the hiring manager as a top candidates - Helping you to maximize your job searching efforts - Finding job opportunities that are not publicly advertised - Networking with career professionals on LinkedIN and other online social media platforms to maximize your job search - Helping you learn how to secure the interview with the hiring manager - Showing you how to master the employment interview process - Showing you proper interviewing skills, abilities, and follow up - Giving you tips and strategies for how to secure several job offers at once. https://www.centralcandidates.com/




WorkParty


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First, we leaned in. Now we stand up. In this “much-needed combo of real talk, confessions, and lessons learned along the way” (Chelsea Handler), Jaclyn Johnson—the founder and CEO behind Create & Cultivate, the fastest growing online platform for millennial businesswomen—offers a rallying cry for a new generation of women who are redefining the meaning of work on their own terms. Jaclyn suffered a massive blow in her early twenties. She was on an upward career climb and confidently moved across the country for a job—and then, was abruptly let go. Attempting to turn that closed door into an open window, she launched a company with a trusted business partner. Soon after, she discovered said business partner had made detrimental decisions to the company without her knowledge. Before she knew it, she was in the throes of a brutal business partner break up. She was only twenty-four. Determined to bounce back, Jaclyn overhauled the mess that was her life and by the time she was in her early thirties, she had sold a company and launched the much-buzzed about Create & Cultivate platform—and advised and invested in multiple million-dollar projects at the same time. So, how did she do it? In WorkParty, Jaclyn shows how she turned distrust into determination, frustration into fuel, and heartache into hard work—and how you can, too. With stories from leading female entrepreneurs including Christene Barberich (co-founder of Refinery29), Alli Webb, (creator of Drybar), Morgan Debaun (founder of Blavity), Jen Gotch of Ban.do, Rebecca Minkoff, and Kendra Scott, you will learn the tips and tricks from the best in the business while cultivating the passion and happiness you need to succeed. “This is the book you need to take your career to the next level—on your own terms” (Refinery29).




So Good They Can't Ignore You


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In an unorthodox approach, Georgetown University professor Cal Newport debunks the long-held belief that "follow your passion" is good advice, and sets out on a quest to discover the reality of how people end up loving their careers. Not only are pre-existing passions rare and have little to do with how most people end up loving their work, but a focus on passion over skill can be dangerous, leading to anxiety and chronic job hopping. Spending time with organic farmers, venture capitalists, screenwriters, freelance computer programmers, and others who admitted to deriving great satisfaction from their work, Newport uncovers the strategies they used and the pitfalls they avoided in developing their compelling careers. Cal reveals that matching your job to a pre-existing passion does not matter. Passion comes after you put in the hard work to become excellent at something valuable, not before. In other words, what you do for a living is much less important than how you do it. With a title taken from the comedian Steve Martin, who once said his advice for aspiring entertainers was to "be so good they can't ignore you," Cal Newport's clearly written manifesto is mandatory reading for anyone fretting about what to do with their life, or frustrated by their current job situation and eager to find a fresh new way to take control of their livelihood. He provides an evidence-based blueprint for creating work you love, and will change the way you think about careers, happiness, and the crafting of a remarkable life.




Major in Success, 5th Ed


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With so much at stake during college, students need smart and inspiring advice to help them excel. Now in its fifth edition, MAJOR IN SUCCESS reaches out to undecided freshmen and sophomores in search of a major that suits their interests and career ambitions; shows near-graduation students how to bolster their résumé and ace the interview to land their first real job; and presents innovative strategies for tackling the six biggest fears that hold students back. Revised edition of the best-selling guide for college students looking to discover their passion and make the most of their college years. Includes updated resources and websites, the latest job market research, and new student success stories. Named a "Best Book" by the New York Public Library. Previous editions have sold more than 120,000 copies.




Career Choreography


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America’s Most Successful Career Developer shows you how to secure personally suited jobs and achieve your professional goals by following easy and effective steps. Renowned talent agent, author, and career counselor Ken Lindner has written a game-changing plan of action to enable you to identify, find, and secure the job, position, or profession that’s uniquely suited for you. For over thirty-five years, Lindner has skillfully used these same choreographies and strategies with thousands of successful individuals, including such broadcast journalists as Lester Holt, Mario Lopez, Robin Meade, Liz Claman, Ana Cabrera, and Nancy O’Dell. If you need a new job, if you’re stuck in an unsatisfying profession, entering the workforce for the first time, or aspiring to enjoy enormous success in your current position, Career Choreography will show you how to o identify and achieve your goals and dreams, and objectively recognize the skills and experiences needed to attain them; o craft the wisest and most beneficial career steps; o develop a rock-solid, reliable mindset and skill-set foundation; and o make your heart sing by achieving a true life and work balance. Career Choreography will equip you with the strategies, insights, and wisdom to empower you to accomplish huge and sustained career success.




Handbook of Career Studies


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The Handbook of Career Studies brings together, for the first time in a single work, a comprehensive scholarly treatment of the major topics within the growing field of career studies. Drawing on the expertise of leading international scholars in each area of career studies, editors Hugh Gunz and Maury Peiperl have assembled a consummate set of writings, defining the field with a breadth of coverage and integration of topics not found elsewhere. From a view of the history of the field and a map of its elements to a set of essays about the future of careers and work, this volume provides the most complete reference available on the role of work careers in individual lives, institutions, and industries. Key Features • Offers a comprehensive history and structure of the field: Building on previous work done in the discipline, the editors and contributors take a fresh look at the origins and current structure of career studies. • Presents the most complete review of research available: An unparalleled set of prominent global contributors describes the state of work in their areas of expertise as well as offering a glimpse at future trends. • Extends subject area knowledge to other disciplines: By linking career studies to a wider set of disciplines through critical essays, this volume thoroughly explores future directions for career research, policy, and practice. • Includes an endorsement and critical comments on the state of the field: Edgar H. Schein, widely acknowledged as a seminal contributor to the modern field of career studies, provides a Foreword and a critical Afterword. Intended Audience This Handbook is an invaluable reference work for students, academics, and researchers in the areas of Careers, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Social Psychology, Counseling, Sociology, and Organization Studies as well as for human resource practitioners interested in the state of knowledge of the field.




Refuse to Choose!


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Identifies seven personality types that share a common quality of having numerous unrelated interests, explaining how to prioritize and pursue multiple goals simultaneously in order to enjoy a successful and varied life.