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St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"Ten timely financial steps to build the life you really want. The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to rethink everything. Now, when it comes to envisioning a post-pandemic future, financial expert Jill Schlesinger hears one question over and over: IS THIS REALLY HOW I WANT TO LIVE? The Great Money Reset is your guide to getting real and building your best life. A bible for navigating our present era of seismic change, Schlesinger's book shows us how to...
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Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
For the multitude of Americans who change jobs mid-career (by choice or circumstance), the growing legions of freelance workers, and the entrepreneurially-minded who see self-employment as an increasingly more appealing and viable option, Tess Vigeland has created a personal and well-researched account of leaping without a net. With her signature humor, she writes honestly about the fear, uncertainty, and risk involved in leaving the traditional workforce,...
Author
Publisher
Harmony Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Build for Tomorrow will change the way you think so you can overcome any obstacle and reach your full potential. Jim Kwik, New York Times bestselling author of Limitless The moments of greatest change can also be the moments of greatest opportunity. Adapt more quickly and use the power of change to your advantage with this guide from the editor in chief of Entrepreneur magazine and host of the Build for Tomorrow podcast. We experience change in four...
Author
Publisher
Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
Language
English
Description
"In Now What? pioneering life coach Laura Berman Fortgang shares the process that she has used to help hundreds of clients make major changes in their lives. Whether it's moving on from a dead-end job, discovering an entirely new creative outlet, or answering the age-old question 'What am I meant to do with my life?' this book provides a clear and practical ninety-day program that can help you make major changes in your life."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Don't Keep Your Day Job will get you fired up, ready to rip it open and use your zone of genius to add a little more sparkle to this world. Cathy Heller, host of the popular podcast Don't Keep Your Day Job, shares wisdom, anecdotes, and practical suggestions from successful creative entrepreneurs and experts, including actress Jenna Fischer on rejection, Gretchen Rubin on the keys to happiness, Jen Sincero on having your best badass life, and so much...
Author
Publisher
Hudson Street Press
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
" The Wall Street powerhouse and author of Expect to Win offers a new way to conceptualize career strategies and gives us proven tools for successful change Whether we're starting out, striving toward a promotion, or looking for a new opportunity, the working world isn't what it used to be. Wall Street veteran Carla Harris knows this, and in Strategize to Win she gives readers the tools they need to get started; get "unstuck" from bad situations;...
Author
Publisher
Morgan James Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
For those considering career transition, Measure Up helps them create compelling and consistent messaging, resumes, and profiles that will attract the right leaders, peers, and hiring authorities. Within, readers learn how to identify and leverage companies hiring leaders, influencers, and peers in their career search and how to leverage process and technology to connect and communicate. By the end of Measure Up, readers will be able to identify and...
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Publisher
BenBella Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Whether you're living for the weekends or counting the minutes until 5 pm every day, life is too short to wish it away because you feel stuck in your job. The good news is that you have the power to stop living on autopilot and turn your career around. "Follow your passion," "find your purpose," and "do what you love" have joined the parade of bland directives that aren't doing much to actually help you figure out what you're meant to do with your...
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Publisher
Touchstone Book
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
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Based on breakthrough techniques developed by Rockport Institute, "The Pathfinder," now fully revised and updated, offers invaluable advice and more than 100 self-tests and diagnostic tools that will help readers choose an entirely new career--or view a current job from a new, more positive perspective.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Anne Kreamer makes the compelling case that embracing risk is one of the best career choices a person can make. Timely and insightful, Risk/Reward is a unique blend of original research and practical wisdom that even the most risk-averse person can harness to realize success"--
"We entertain ourselves with modest risk-- the scary movie, the party full of strangers, the weekend in Vegas. But when it comes to our careers, when self-identity and security...
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
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"Lifeboat draws an analogy between the 1912 sinking of the ship Titanic and modern-day layoffs, mergers, and business closures that disrupt careers and cause unemployment. Using the metaphor of a lifeboat, the author provides readers pragmatic strategies to adapt to change in the workplace and keep their careers afloat"--
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Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The same learning curve model that helps you "Build an A Team" can be used to build yourself into the person you want to be. In Disrupt Yourself, Johnson shows us what this curve looks like and how to ride it. She lays out seven strategies for successfully riding the wave of personal disruption: take the right risks; play to your distinctive strengths; embrace constraint; battle entitlement; step back to grow. Give failure its due; be discovery driven....
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Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
c2017.
Language
English
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"Moms For Hire is a stylish, eight-step guidebook for moms who want to re-enter the workforce and amp up their professional mojo. Whether you downsized your bustling career to raise your children, or you chose the full-time job of being a stay-at-home mom, you now feel ready to get back in the work game, but re-entry can be intimidating. Using creative exercises, advice, and anecdotes from well-known working moms, this book will become a guide to...
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English
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Drawing on proprietary research and countless interviews with the most dynamic professionals in business today, career guru and founder of Millennial Branding Dan Schawbel takes readers through his step-by-step process of creating unique personal brands and leveraging them to maximum advantage. By basing these brands on the rock-solid foundation of hard, soft, and online skills that are essential to get the job done right and by knowing exactly what...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"On paper, Zoe Zeng has made it in New York's fashion world. After a string of unpaid internships, she's now a fashion columnist at Chic, lives in a quaint apartment in Manhattan, and gets invited to exclusive industry events. But life in New York City isn't as chic as Zoe imagined. Her editor wants her to censor her opinions to please the big brands; she shares her "quaint" (read: small) apartment with two roommates who never let her store kimchi...
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Publisher
Praeger
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
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The paradigm of the successful career has shifted. No longer is working for a single company or even within a single career field throughout one's lifetime the norm. Today, many people are considering nontraditional paths to achieving success. How to Build a Nontraditional Career Path: Embracing Economic Disruption explains what such a career path looks like and details the benefits and challenges of pursuing this option. Author Ron Elsdon identifies...
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