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Author(s): Karen O. Dowd, Sherrie Gong Taguchi
ISBN(s): 0071402934
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 1.57 MB
Year: 2003
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0071402934 

ISBN 13: 9780071402934

Author: Karen O. Dowd, Sherrie Gong Taguchi

A practical guide to creating a meaningful career path

While the desire to find fulfillment through work is overwhelmingly clear, knowing what direction to take often remains uncertain. With the help of The Ultimate Guide to Getting the Career You Want, readers will discover tools, concepts, and strategies for gaining career-building clarity. Dr. Karen O. Dowd and Sherrie Gong Taguchi, two experts in the field of career management, provide an accessible framework to help readers:

  • Overcome current job inertia
  • Understand what makes a job right or wrong for them
  • Include significant others in career decisions
  • Find work that fits within their life vision

Table of contents:

PART 1. LEARN FROM YOUR PAST

  1. Principle 1. Know Yourself

  2. Getting Clear about Your Career

  3. What’s Next in Your Life or Career?

  4. What Is Self-Assessment?

  5. The Value of Self-Assessment

  6. Identifying Your Dreams

  7. Making Personal Changes

  8. Case Study: Doug and Brigitte Fletcher—from East Coast Working Professionals to Montana Entrepreneurs

  9. Self-Assessment Exercises

  10. Learning from Your Past

  11. Exercise: Defining Your Core and Developable Skills

  12. Assessing the Present—What Is Important for You to Know Now

  13. Envision Your Future

  14. Putting It All Together

  15. Where Do You See Yourself in 5 Years?

  16. Principle 2. Bounce Back from Setbacks

  17. Continuous Learning

  18. Acquisition of New Skills and Experiences

  19. Stretching beyond the Comfort Zone

  20. Advantages of Continuous Learning

  21. How-to Strategies

  22. A Competency-Based Career

  23. Evaluate Yourself as a Learner

  24. Identify Your Sources

  25. Case Study: Alana Baylor Invests in Herself through Lifelong Learning

PART 2. ASSESS THE PRESENT

  1. Principle 3. Take Measured Risk

  2. A World Interrupted

  3. Imperfect Information and Decision Making

  4. What Is Risk?

  5. Why Take Risk?

  6. Finance Theories, Tools, and Terminology

  7. Career Risks

  8. Don’t Be an Ostrich

  9. A Five-Step Approach to Risk

  10. Case Study: The Spirit of Adventure in Life and Work

  11. Learn from Setbacks and Develop Contingencies

  12. Factoring in Your Significant Others

  13. Our Top Risk-Taking Tips

  14. Case Study: Skill and Client Diversification—A CPA Turned Entrepreneur Develops an Innovative Work

  15. Principle 4. Put Money in Perspective

  16. Rich Rewards

  17. Meaning and Money

  18. Show Me the Money

  19. Measures of Success

  20. No One Size Fits All

  21. What Does Money Mean to You?

  22. Baseline Needs

  23. A Self-Inventory

  24. Case Study: The Happiness Factor—Following Her Passion to the New York City Chamber of Commerce

  25. A Budget as a Planning Tool

  26. A Framework for Your Finances

  27. In It Together

  28. Your Reserves—Saving for Breaks and Rainy Days

  29. Flexible Models for Work

  30. Case Study: Right on the Money—A California Boy’s Hard-Won Career Mosaic

  31. Principle 5. Make People a Priority

  32. Cultivate Interdependence

  33. Make Room for Others

  34. Managing Our Careers as though Others Mattered

  35. Involving Others in Our Decisions

  36. Case Study: Susan Higgins and Her Husband—Not Sleepless in Seattle

  37. Making Life-Altering Decisions with a Significant Other

  38. Collaborative Decision Making

  39. Cultivating a Diversified Lifetime Network

  40. An Ideal Coach and Mentor

  41. Transcendence—Helping Others

  42. Giving Back through Mentoring

  43. Principle 6. Plan Ahead—Now!

  44. Planned and Unplanned Change

  45. Step 1: Commit to the Idea of Change

  46. Case Study: George and Mary Trigiani—Mid-Fifties and Living Life to Its Fullest

  47. A Twenty-Something Plans Ahead and Makes Changes for His Career

  48. Step 2: Visualize the Desired Outcome

  49. Step 3: Develop and Test Plans

  50. Step 4: Refine and Implement a Specific Plan

  51. Step 5: Monitor Your Progress

  52. A Nonlinear Planning Process

PART 3. ENVISION THE FUTURE

  1. Principle 7. Enjoy Your Life and Sustain Your Career

  2. Life Is Beautiful

  3. The Need for a Sustainable Career and Life

  4. Having a Sense of Purpose

  5. Case Study: Changing Roles—From Lawyer to Broadway Producer

  6. Shaping Our Identity—Actualizing Ourselves and Others

  7. Being Who You Are

  8. Adaptability: Understanding and Embracing Change

  9. High Notes and Low Notes—A Musician Composes Her Life

  10. A Book Editor’s Career Shifting

  11. Two Men and a Baby

  12. Successful Change Strategies

  13. Principle 8. Give Yourself a Break

  14. Beginnings and Endings

  15. Global Perspective

  16. Why Take Breaks?

  17. Paradigm Shift

  18. The Principle—Give Yourself a Break

  19. Benefits of Taking Breaks

  20. The Basics of Breaks

  21. Between or Within Jobs or Careers

  22. Formal or Informal Leaves

  23. Planning for a Break

  24. Considering Your Significant Others

  25. Getting the Word Out

  26. Chilling Out

  27. Mini-Breaks

  28. But Will It Hurt My Career?

  29. Worst-Case Scenarios

  30. Worst Case: Lack of Financial Resources

  31. Worst Case: Excuses

  32. Worst Case: Guilt

  33. Worst Case: Fear of Judgment

  34. Worst Case: Pressure to Delay

  35. Worst Case: Outdated Skills

  36. Worst Case: Feeling Lost

  37. Worst Case: Fear

  38. Attitude

  39. Readying Yourself for Reentry

  40. Case Study: A Bodacious Break

PART 4. TAKE ACTION TO MANAGE YOUR CAREER

  1. Principle 9. Just Do It

  2. Career Model for a Lifetime

  3. Continuous Movement

  4. Knowing versus Doing

  5. The Bigger Picture

  6. Rules of Thumb for Timing

  7. Phase 1: Self-Knowledge

  8. Phase 2: Career Discovery

  9. Phase 3: Career Focus

  10. Phase 4: Market Planning

  11. Product

  12. Place

  13. Promotion

  14. Positioning

  15. Price

  16. Phase 5: Implementation and Feedback

  17. Preparing for Interviews

  18. Preparing for Compensation Negotiation

  19. Evaluating among Offers

  20. Feedback and Improving

  21. Case Study: Job Search Strategies and Plans

  22. Principle 10. Own Your Career

  23. Work in the Context of Your Complete Life Vision

  24. So Now What?

  25. Guidelines for Owning Your Career

  26. Babies and Marriage

  27. Survival Skills Toolkit

  28. Executives Share Their Lessons Learned

  29. Case Study: Jim Collins

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