YOU, Incorporated : Your Career Is Your Business
From career transition expert and bestselling author Ines Temple comes a concise, practical guide for job-seekers, career-changers, and career-builders on how to manage your career like a business with YOU as its most valuable asset.Organized into 5 digestible chapters, You, Incorporated is a practical guide to career success that zeroes in on 3 essential concepts that job-seekers, career builders and career changers need to know: No Job is Forever, Employability Equals Options, and Your Career is Your Business. In a refreshingly clear, no-nonsense style, Ines shares the lessons she has learned advising and coaching thousands of people to help them find their own "job utopias." In You, Incorporated, readers will find a down-to-earth, accessible approach to becoming more valuable to current employers while developing long-term personal competitiveness to attract future employers and seize new opportunities!
1 online resource (150 pages)
9781473688940, 9781473688933, 9781473688919, 1473688949, 1473688930, 1473688914
1057675129
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Praise for You, Incorporated; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 The Only Constant Is Change; Companies Have Changed; "It's for Life" Is Now "As Long as It Works for Both of Us"; "Unemployed" Is Now "In Transition"; Job Security Declines the Higher You Go; Your Success Is Your Happiness; You Need to Stay in the Game; You Are a Service Provider; Employability Anchors Stability; CHAPTER 2 Employability; What Is Employability?; Employability Raises Your Options; How to Measure Employability; It May Be Unfair, but It's Reality. What Makes Us More Employable?Soft Skills Matter; CHAPTER 3 Improving Your Personal Competitiveness; Job Skills; Recognize the Value You Add; Stay Up to Date on the Latest Trends; Learn Multiple Languages and Experience Many Cultures; Social Skills; Maintain Integrity; Manage Personal and Professional Relationships Well; Satisfy the Boss; Be Cooperative, Proactive, and Flexible; Appear Competent; Keep Your Word; Be Consistent; Communicate Well; Radiate Energy, Enthusiasm, and Passion; Continue to Learn; CHAPTER 4 You, Incorporated; Your Name Is Your Brand. What Does "Your Career is Your Business" Mean?What Are We Selling, and What Are They Buying?; You Are the CEO of Your Career; Define Your Career Path; Make a Life Plan; Identify Your Dream; Go for the Medal; Harness the Power of Ambition; Identify Matches for Your Services; You as Your CFO; You as Your Head of Research; Be Loyal to You; You as Your Research and Development Manager; You as Your Marketing Manager; Others Know Who We Are; Build and Promote a Solid Reputation; You as Your Head of Sales; CHAPTER 5 Personal Marketing; Make a Good Impression; Practice "Positive Complicity." Create Your Halo of SuccessProject an Image of Success; Own Your Attitude; Sell Your Enthusiasm; Develop Contacts and Relationships; Build a Network of Trust; Recognize that No Contact Is Too Small; Build Ties Before You Need Them; Don't Disappear from the Scene; Manage Your Personal Brand in Social Networks; Overcome Barriers; Create an Action Plan for Success; As We Wrap Up, Let's Remember . . .; Epilogue; Appendix; Additional Resources; Infographics; Endnotes
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