Download or read book The Wall Street Professional s Survival Guide written by Roy Cohen and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2010-05-06 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wall Street Professional’s Survival Guide: The Secrets of a Career Coach is the only complete, up-to-date, and practical guide for financial industry professionals seeking new or better jobs in today’s brutally competitive environment. Author Roy Cohen spent more than 10 years providing outplacement services to Goldman Sachs’ employees. In this book, he shares finance-specific job-hunting insights you simply won’t find anywhere else. Drawing on his immense experience helping financial industry professionals find and keep outstanding positions, Cohen tells you what to do when and if you’re fired (or ready to move), how to develop a “game plan” and search targets, how to build your “story”, how to move from the sell-side to the buy side, and much more. You’ll find industry-specific guidance on interview strategy, resumes, follow-up, references, and even negotiation with real examples drawn from Cohen’s own practice.

Download or read book Alternative Careers in Science written by Cynthia Robbins-Roth and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can do more with your science degree than you ever dreamed. In this book, readers will meet scientists who evolved into Wall Street analysts, science policy gurus, patent agents, journalists, and top-flight sales reps. Each chapter covers a different career track and shows why having a graduate degree in science gives you an edge.

Download or read book Technical Career Survival Handbook written by Peter Burke and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technical Career Survival Handbook: 100 Things You Need To Know provides the information needed to survive a technical career, enabling prospective technical career candidates and those currently in technical careers to explore all technical education possibilities, industries, disciplines, and specialties. This handbook better equips the reader to deal with the tough situations and decisions they have to make throughout their career. Topics include preparing for the workforce, employment challenges, and dealing with on the job situations. This book is a practical guidebook for scientists, engineers, and technicians who apply the principles of science and mathematics to develop practical solutions to technical problems.

Download or read book The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention written by Pamela Mitchell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-12-31 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinvention is the key to success in these volatile times—and Pamela Mitchell holds the key to reinvention! In The 10 Laws of Career Reinvention, America's Reinvention Coach® Pamela Mitchell offers every tool readers need to navigate the full arc of career change. Part I introduces the Reinvention Mindset, with what you need to know to be prepared mentally to get started. In Part II, you read the real-life stories of ten individuals who successfully made the leap to new and unexpected careers, using the 10 laws: The 1st Law: It Starts With a Vision for Your Life The 2nd Law: Your Body Is Your Best Guide The 3rd Law: Progress Begins When You Stop Making Excuses The 4th Law: What You Seek is on the Road Less Traveled The 5th Law: You’ve Got the Tools in Your Toolbox The 6th Law: Your Reinvention Board is Your Lifeline The 7th Law: Only a Native Can Give You the Inside Scoop The 8th Law: They Won't "Get" You Until You Speak Their Language The 9th Law: It Takes the Time That it Takes The 10th Law: The World Buys Into an Aura of Success Each story is followed by an in-depth lesson that explains how to adapt these laws to your own career goals, and what actions and precautions to take. The lessons answer all your tactical concerns about navigating the roadblocks, getting traction and managing your fears. The final section provides workbook exercises for fine-tuning your reinvention strategies for maximum results. Clear-headed, calming, practical, and thorough, this is the ideal action plan for getting through any career crisis and ending up securely in the lifestyle you've always dreamed of having.

Download or read book Manage Your Career written by Vijay Sathe and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Sathe is a great gift, a passionate teacher who cares deeply about the life arc of each individual student. In his vibrant classroom, he translates strategic management into a personal discipline—and here in these pages, he brings to you and me the bene ts of his wise mentorship. —Jim Collins, author of Good to Great This book gives the reader the keys to survival and success as his or her career progresses from one job to the next in the same, or a different, organization—be it for-pro t, nonpro t, government, or volunteer. It is designed to help the reader avoid the many traps and pitfalls encountered along his or her career path and to help facilitate increased personal effectiveness during all three stages of the job cycle—interviewing, new hire, and long-term employment. Whether preparing to enter the workforce for the first time or in early, middle, or later career stages, this book will show the reader how to avoid jobs and organizations that are not a good fit. It will also go beyond survival and show how to achieve success by doing the job well and making other contributions to the organization in ways that improve job performance, satisfaction, happiness, and personal and professional growth. The keys this book provides will work whether the reader is an independent contributor, a manager responsible for the work of others, or an executive responsible for the enterprise. Organizational leaders, human resource professionals, career coaches, and mentors can also utilize this book to educate and train employees to be more productive at work and happy in their worklife.

Download or read book Survival of the Savvy written by Rick Brandon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2004-12-06 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how to eliminate unethical behavior at the workplace, demonstrating how to master corporate politics ethically through an understanding of political styles and an application of strategies in such areas as networking and idea promotion.

Download or read book Career Advancement and Survival for Engineers written by John A. Hoschette and published by Wiley-Interscience. This book was released on 1994-07-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you feel like your career is on hold? This career development guide written exclusively for engineers is designed to help you get the kind of work you want and the promotions you deserve. Electrical engineer and career development expert John Hoschette offers invaluable insights and proven strategies and techniques not found in any engineering curriculum.

Download or read book The Successful Career Survival Guide written by Clinton O. Longenecker and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an awesome collection of over 700 best practices, key research findings, leadership tools, power quotes and game-changing career advice to inspire and dramatically improve your workplace performance and career trajectory. Do you want to maximize your career success? If so, this book is a must-read and one that you want to keep on your desk as a reference for the rest of your career is it is replete with ideas that will help you take your workplace performance and your career to the next level! In this book we will discuss 12 Career Success and Survival Imperatives based on decades of research with high performance professionals across virtually every sector of the world economy. We will discuss the number one factor for career success and survival in the 21st century. Readers will have the opportunity to explore how to take better control of their time resource and how to implement fundamental practices for improving their personal effectiveness and productivity in the workplace. We will explore the importance of creating focus and ongoing alignment with the changing demands of your job. We will discuss how to improve your working relationship with your boss. We investigate and provide specific practices to help you better understand the power associated with creating great workplace relationships, networks, and building and demonstrating great emotional intelligence. We will learn the importance of ongoing learning and personal development and the necessity of ongoing problem solving, process improvement, and effective workplace change and improvement. Finally, we will provide a treasure trove of ideas, concepts, and key practices for developing your work place professionalism and character. This book is designed to challenge your thinking about your approach to work and leading your career and provide you with ideas and practices to help you improve both your career mindset and your workplace performance! This book will conclude with some important research findings on how to implement the key practices that will help you get better results for your employer and improve your long-term career trajectory. In the end, we will provide the reader an opportunity to learn how to best develop their talents and how to develop a real personal performance improvement plan using tried and true practices that translate into better performance!This book is all about helping you realize your full potential as a professional and as a person! This book will provide you with tools and resources to help you THINK BIGGER!

Download or read book The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First time Job Seekers written by Meg Busse and published by Idealist.org. This book was released on 2010 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-time Job Seekers is a comprehensive resource for emerging professionals pursuing their first position in the nonprofit sector. Whether you are a current student, a recent graduate, or someone entering the workforce for the first time, this book will provide you with indispensable advice, relevant strategies, and nonprofit-specific resources to strengthen your job search. Written by nonprofit career experts, The Idealist Guide is designed to be easily accessible and convenient to read." -- Amazon.com viewed October 9, 2020.

Download or read book Ready Aim Hired Survival Tactics for Job and Career Transition written by and published by Stewart Cooper & Coon. This book was released on with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book First job Survival Guide written by Diane C. Decker and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers new graduates tips and practical suggestions to help them find and survive their first job, revealing common mistakes first-time employees make and presenting self-tests and checklists to help readers master the skills needed to thrive in the business world.

Download or read book Actuaries Survival Guide written by Fred Szabo and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2012-05-21 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you like to do with your life? What career would allow you to fulfill your dreams of success? If you like mathematics-and the prospect of a highly mobile, international profession-consider becoming an actuary. Szabo's Actuaries' Survival Guide, Second Edition explains what actuaries are, what they do, and where they do it. It describes exciting combinations of ideas, techniques, and skills involved in the day-to-day work of actuaries. This second edition has been updated to reflect the rise of social networking and the internet, the progress toward a global knowledge-based economy, and the global expansion of the actuarial field that has occurred since the first edition. Includes details on the new structures of the Society of Actuaries' (SOA) and Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) examinations, as well as sample questions and answers Presents an overview of career options, includes profiles of companies & agencies that employ actuaries. Provides a link between theory and practice and helps readers understand the blend of qualitative and quantitative skills and knowledge required to succeed in actuarial exams Includes insights provided by over 50 actuaries and actuarial students about the actuarial profession Author Fred Szabo has directed the Actuarial Co-op Program at Concordia for over fifteen years

Download or read book The Career Survival Kit Collection written by Richard Templar and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 1248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand new collection of essential insights for your business and career from world-renowned experts…now in a convenient e-format, at a great price! 3 expert guides to supercharging your career… wherever you are, wherever you want to be! Three great books help you build an outstanding career! Four Secrets to Liking Your Work helps you make any job more fulfilling and joyful. Use Get a Life, Not a Job to redesign your career with more passion, balance, and money! Then, master The Rules of Work, Expanded Edition’s 108 easy, bite-size rules for moving ahead fast! From world-renowned leaders and experts, including Edward G. Muzio, Deborah J. Fisher, PhD., Erv Thomas, P.E., Paula Caligiuri, Ph.D., and Richard Templar

Download or read book The Survival CEO Blueprint written by Creek Stewart and published by Dropstone Press LLC. This book was released on 2020-02-05 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Wilderness Survival Instructor, Creek Stewart, shares the exact step-by-step system he used to turn his love for wilderness living skills into a fulfilling and rewarding full-time business. Creek's SURVIVAL CEO 5-PILLAR BLUEPRINT can be replicated, by anyone, to build a REAL business around any outdoor passion or area of expertise.

Download or read book The Job Hunter s Survival Guide written by Richard N. Bolles and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2012-04-04 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred pages of lifesaving advice for people out of work. When over ten million people have needed help with their job-hunt—or with figuring out what to do with their life—there is one person they have turned to, more than any other. He is Richard N. Bolles, author of the #1 job-hunting book of all time, What Color Is Your Parachute? His name is well-known around the world. Just during the last twelve months, he has appeared in Time (“10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now,” March 2009), U.S. News & World Report (deemed “savior of the nation’s unemployed,” October 2008), NBC’s Today Show (broadcast in April 2009), and many other publications and shows. His book was the #1 best-seller on BusinessWeek’s paperback list as recently as last November. Never has his advice been more sought than during these brutal economic times. He has responded by writing a completely new book: The Job-Hunter’s Survival Guide, designed particularly for people who are hanging on the ropes, who haven’t time to do a lot of reading but need help desperately—and now. Early reviews have called this little Guide “brilliant” and “tremendously helpful.”

Download or read book Your Job Survival Guide written by Gregory Shea PhD and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2008-08-11 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected by IBM Competitive Edge Book Club Selection. "The beauty of this book on top of its life-saving timeliness is its capacity to give the reader concrete steps to live the good life and enjoy it. The book made me understand that work can be more fun than fun.” –Warren Bennis, Ph.D., University Professor, University of Southern California, coauthor, Judgment: How Great Leaders Make Winning Calls and Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor Change. It’s your job. It just won’t stop. It’s relentless. It keeps coming at you like never-ending rapids in a permanent whitewater river. Change will burn you out if you don’t learn how to handle it. This book is not, however, about mere survival. It is about thriving amidst the challenges of your permanent whitewater world at work. •Protect your career, improve your resilience, and seize the opportunities in turbulent times •Take charge, learn to pace yourself, set your own course, and lead others in ad-hoc teams •Ride the rapids and rediscover play and adventure in today’s demanding work environment •Learn from research and the experiences of hundreds of professionals in industries from energy to telecommunications to financial services to health care There’s nothing abstract or cute about the way this book talks about change: This is practical, grounded knowledge for managing your life in a business world that’s churning with change. Gregory Shea, Ph.D. and Robert Gunther show how to keep your working life on course instead of being pushed beyond your limits...find fun and fulfillment...regroup and rebound from failure...protect yourself from events you can’t predict...take charge of your life, an your future!

Download or read book Survival Jobs written by Deborah Jacobson and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first-ever guide to finding a satisfying job that will keep food on the table while you focus on your perhaps less lucrative dreams, Deborah Jacobson presents a detailed survey of employment possibilities that keep stressful money worries away and allow plenty of time for pursuing one's true calling in life. Survival Jobs proves that you don't have to wait tables while looking for your big break. With frank and funny advice from an author who has traveled the survival-job road, Jacobson introduces opportunities both on and off the beaten track that suit a wide variety of schedules, skills, and personalities. Survival Jobs includes: "Jobs for the CEO in You" (apartment manager, massage therapist, and other "be-your-own-boss" suggestions)"That's Entertainment" (from working as a personal assistant to performing at theme parks)"Nine to Five...Not" (clock in at the crack of dawn or the midnight hour as a limousine driver, a video-store clerk, or an airport employee)"You Gotta Have Heart" (jobs that satisfy the spirit and pay the bills: pet care, social work, children's entertainment) For each job, she describes: Duties and responsibilities, the pros and consLikely salary, necessary skills, and educational backgroundIdeas for getting startedSources for contacts, including names and phone numbers in major cities