Developing Employability and Enterprise: Coaching Strategies for Success in the Workplace - Softcover

Strycharczyk, Doug; Bosworth, Charlotte

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749478470 ISBN 13: 9780749478476

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2016

Synopsis

<p><b><i>Developing Employability and Enterprise</i></b> shows how to help others develop the behaviours and attributes needed to thrive in the modern workplace. It offers coaches, career advisors and educators a complete guide to what employability looks like in the 21st century, both for new entrants to the world of work and those finding themselves in situations where they need to secure a new job or even career. The book shows how employability can be measured and how skills and attributes such as resilience, confidence, motivation, dealing with others, overcoming challenges and entrepreneurship can be developed through coaching and mentoring. </p><p>Supported by the latest research from academia, government bodies, and practitioners,<b><i> Developing Employability and Enterprise</i></b> brings together some of the most influential thinkers around the world to offer a new approach to career management that looks beyond simply offering advice on résumés and CVs, job applications, job searches and interviews. It offers practical guidance on what attributes to develop and tools for how to do this including assessment options, sample exercises, notes on how to use the concepts in practice and global case studies.</p>

About this title

About the Authors

<b>Doug Strycharczyk</b>, based in Chester, UK,<b> </b>is MD for AQR, an organization which has been instrumental in most of the pilots which lead to the adoption of mental toughness in new sectors.

<b>Charlotte Bosworth</b> is Director of Skills and Employment at OCR. OCR is involved in developing new employability and enterprise programmes for schools and colleges around the globe. Charlotte has spent much of her career working in partnership with thought leaders in education to influence curriculum delivery and development, and to ensure best practice is assimilated into the development of qualifications, assessments and teaching resources.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749478470
• ISBN 13: 9780749478476
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296