Cig To Changing Careers (Complete Idiot's Guide to) - Softcover

Charland, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0028619773 ISBN 13: 9780028619774

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, 1998

Synopsis

Rather visit your nosy mother in-law than go to the office? Wish you could put your dreams to work? Got the pink-slip blues? This book contains everything career-shifters need to know for planning a successful change. Readers learn how to assess their skills, decide if they're ready to start again, and determine what choices and lifestyles are best for them. Common misconceptions about changing careers are addressed as well as the hazards of advanced degrees and other special challenges. Contains expert advice on targeting marketable and transferable career skills, conducting a job search in today's economy, and surviving during the transition period. Loaded with exercises, case studies, and anecdotes from successful career changers.

About this title

About the Author

William Charland is an employment counselor and consultant who conducts a popular series of seminars on career change and retraining issues. Mr. Charland's previous books include Career Shifting: Starting Over in a Changing Economy and The Heart of the Global Village.

From the Back Cover

Youre no idiot, of course. Youre well respected in your industry, a master at meeting deadlines, and even loved by your colleagues. But when it comes fo finding a job you love going to every day, you feel like youve been given an impossible assignment. Dont give up yet! The Complete Idiots Guide to Changing Careers provides the tips, professional advice, and guidelines that can help make a reality out of that new job youve only been dreaming about. In this Complete Idiots Guide, you get-

Edition details

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0028619773
• ISBN 13: 9780028619774
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352