How to Get a Job You'll Love, 2009/10 Edition - Softcover

Lees, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0077121805 ISBN 13: 9780077121808

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Europe, Middle East & Africa, 2008

Synopsis

John Lees’ bestselling careers manual teaches you how to tap into your hidden talents and identify what type of career you really want. It helps readers to overcome some of the most common mental barriers that stand in the way of career change, and sets out a five-point plan of action which includes networking, job search strategies and successful interview techniques.Now in its fifth edition, How To Get A Job You’ll Love has been updated to include new resources and references.

NEW IN 2009/10 EDITION:

• Competency based interviews material in Chapter 12
• Revised Chap 9 on finding the right field of work
• Revised Chap 10 on making a complete career change
• Appendix 2 Case studies of clients who have been helped by the book
• Updated material on age discrimination
• New list of useful job sites

About this title

About the Author

John Lees has been involved in the training and developing of recruitment specialists since the mid 1980s, from both public and private sectors. He undertook an advisory role to the RN careers service, and has provided help for Army personnel beginning civilian careers. He was Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants (IEC) until 1993 when he left to become a Director of TGA, an employment research and careers advisory company. In 1999 he decided to go it alone and now runs his own human resources consultancy, specialising in career management and developing new tools to help with difficult career change decisions. John writes and speaks widely, and amongst his regular commitments acts as an online careers guru for lifebyte.com. John is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (FCIPD) and Fellow of the Recruitment & Employment Confederation (FREC).

From the Back Cover

Most people spend more time planning a car purchase, one annual holiday or their new kitchen than they do thinking about their career. Generally speaking, we're not good at career planning at all. It's staggering how many people drift from one job to another with no clear idea of the way their career is heading.

It's easy to think of career management as a crisis activity. I must get out of here. I must find work. I've got to get a better job. You do need to plan your career at times of transition: when you leave full-time education, when you are out of work or underemployed, or when you have a strong impulse to move on and make progress. Sometimes a sense of career crisis is expressed as an overwhelming need to do something more meaningful or relevant.

This book is written for anyone who is trying to make conscious, informed decisions about career choice.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education / Europe, Middle East & Africa
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0077121805
• ISBN 13: 9780077121808
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 304