Get a Life, Not a Job: Do What You Love and Let Your Talents Work For You - Softcover

Caligiuri, Paula

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0137058497 ISBN 13: 9780137058495

Publisher: FT Press, 2010

Synopsis

Get a Life, Not a Job You can design your own career, so you love what you do! You only have one life: why settle for anything less? Whether you're an entrepreneur or working within a company, Get a Life, Not a Job shows how you can make it happen for yourself. You'll learn how to move towards a fulfilling career that offers greater work-life balance, financial security, and personal control over your future -- and mor... Full description

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From the Back Cover:

With a radically new approach to redesigning your career--get more passion, more fulfillment...better work-life balance...and real financial freedom!

 

You only have one life. Why not love what you do? Discover how others have made it happen--and how you can too! One step at a time, learn how to

• Start spending more time in a career you enjoy and less on work you hate...
• Identify career choices you’ll love and build your skills to match them...
• Transform and “layoff-proof” your current job...
• Define a mix of wealth-building activities that stimulate and liberate you...
• Escape outdated “psychological contracts” that let others control your destiny...
• Build the inspiring career you deserve!

About the Author:

Paula Caligiuri, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Human Resource Management Department at Rutgers University where she directed the Center for HR Strategy from 2001 through 2010. She has been recognized as one of the most prolific authors in the field of international business for her work in global careers and global leadership development. Paula has written (with Steven Poelmans) Harmonizing Work, Family, and Personal Life (Cambridge Press, 2008) and (with Dave Lepak and Jaime Bonache) Managing the Global Workforce (Wiley, 2010). She has covered career-related topics for CNN and has hosted a pilot for a television show, CareerWATCH. Paula holds a Ph.D. from Penn State University in industrial and organizational psychology.

About this edition

• Publisher: FT Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0137058497
• ISBN 13: 9780137058495
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 193