While other career guides may stress reume writing or networking, Snodgrass knows where the job search really begins--with the inner person. In the most original career guidance book since What Color Is Your Parachute?, Snodgrass provides readers with the tools they need to discover who they are, what they can do, and how to turn their careers--and lives--around. Includes full-color, fold-out Career Star Map.
"A priceless resource that demystifies the science and art of self-discovery. Follow Your Star generously shares with the reader a thoughtful and proven protocol to uncover your unique self and take the steps to find professional and personal fulfillment. With the sensitivity of a great coach, Kristin poses challenging and thought-provoking questions and shares personal stories of obstacles and triumph to guide you through 5 key phases to unravel the twists and turns of your own professional journey. Unlike the traditional textbook self-help guide, Follow Your Star reads like a conversation - carry your own personal coach with you and understand the tools and steps you will need to transform your life." - Laura Casoni, Director, Workforce Development Services, Goodwill Industries of the Southern Piedmont Follow Your Star begins with the true story of Judi and her inspirational career journey from high school dropout to CEO. Through Judi's story, the author reveals five specific success strategies Judi employed and provides you with key principles you can apply to your own career. You can achieve maximum leadership, career, and personal potential by investing in the five key areas that are correlated to career success. The insights you will gain from this book - which also includes detailed career discovery and career transition guidance illustrated through an actual client case study - will provide valuable awareness and tangible ways you can move in a positive direction, both personally and professionally. And that direction will put you on the path to maximum fulfillment, regardless of the stage of your life. An empowering book of career advice that anyone can appreciate, especially women.
Industries across the globe manufacture products and provide services that you deem 5-star worthy; their goal is to satisfy your needs and desires. They follow the proven science of quality management to make that happen because it is common sense, and its effectiveness is irrefutable. 5-Star Career: Define and Build Yours Using the Science of Quality Management provides common-sense, strategic context for personally implementing quality concepts that reflect your goals as well as your own definition of a 5-star life and career. This book provides the following benefits: Explains how the science of quality management can ensure customer satisfaction, which is what industry uses to gauge the quality of products and services. Relates that explanation to you on a personal level including how the basic concepts and components of the science apply to your career/job, the path it has taken, and can take. Challenges you to identify your authentic needs and desires following the thorough process, research methodology, and data analysis corporations rely on to understand their customers. It tells you how to do all of that, and provides a unique tool to help you gather and analyze the right type of data and information. Clarifies the critical role that controlled systems and processes play in the science of quality management, the role they play in the personal application of quality management, and their surprising power to ensure intended outcomes. Explains how to apply the proven decision-making methodology (used by industry) to identify the best possible process that leads to the career you deem as 5-star worthy, and to address the career elements that will satisfy your authentic needs and desires. Relays how risk-based decision-making is key not only to identifying a process that ensures success but also to addressing the unexpected curveballs that will surely come your way. Penelope Przekop built a 30-year career around the science of quality management while struggling to overcome the uniquely disturbing childhood she shared with her brother. Along the way, she internalized the science used to build quality into products and services and discovered how it can be personally applied to build and manage not only the quality of a career but also the quality of a life.
"The Power of Tarot: Using the Cards for Personal Transformation" is a comprehensive and insightful guide exploring the transformative potential of Tarot cards. It serves as a valuable guide for readers looking to harness the power of these ancient divination tools for personal growth and self-discovery. The book provides a solid foundation for understanding the deeper meanings and messages within the Tarot cards. It emphasizes the importance of intuition and personal connection in working with Tarot, encouraging readers to trust their inner wisdom and tap into their unique insights. In addition to offering practical guidance on Tarot readings, "The Power of Tarot" delves into the transformative aspects of Tarot in various areas of life. It offers advice and insights for relationships, career, financial management, and personal development, demonstrating how Tarot can be a valuable tool for self-reflection, decision-making, and personal transformation. Throughout the book, responsible and ethical use of Tarot is emphasized, while readers are also encouraged to embrace their own power and intuition. The book highlights Tarot as a tool for self-empowerment and personal growth, emphasizing its potential to unlock hidden aspects of the self, provide new perspectives, and guide individuals toward positive change. "This book presents Tarot as more than just a fortune-telling tool, emphasizing its role as a powerful instrument for self-exploration, healing, and transformation. By tapping into the wisdom of the Tarot, readers can gain valuable insights into their lives, unlock their inner potential, and navigate their personal journeys with clarity and purpose. Overall, "The Power of Tarot: Using the Cards for Personal Transformation" is a valuable resource for anyone interested in Tarot and its potential for personal transformation. It offers a comprehensive and accessible guide for beginners, while also providing deeper insights and techniques for experienced practitioners. Through its exploration of Tarot symbolism, practical advice, and focus on personal empowerment, this book serves as a valuable tool for those seeking personal transformation and spiritual growth through the Tarot.
For new graduates, the key challenge remains how to secure that first career-related job. Full of guidance and tips on how to handle the complex field of job hunting, Kick Start Your Career can help navigate an ever-changing job market and secure your chance at your desired career. It is a valuable investment in your future. It advises the reader on how to: stand out in job applications; use social media for job searching; create resumes and cover letters that stand out; succeed at interviews. It provides a practical, hands on, step-by-step approach. With an integrated Personal Plan that helps create key job search documents it directs soon-to-be graduates towards achieving their career aspirations. Accompanying online resources include examples and templates, which can be downloaded in Word format to help you prepare resumes and other job search documents. This book will help graduates progressively build up job-hunting resources – skills, achievements, resume, cover letter and interview responses – and turn this into a practical outcome: a new job. It is a key companion to any student or recent graduate exploring the job market.
Many people hate their jobs yet are afraid to leave them because they don't know what else to do. Finally a book has come along that shows readers what their natural gifts and talents are and how this information can lead them to the work they love to do. Readers are introduced to the True Colors "RM" Personality System and taken on an inner journey to discover their unique strengths and how to use them in a rewarding career filled with self-expression, passion, and success. Follow Your True Colors to the Work You Love is more than just another career book on how to find a job. The author tells the story of her own personal journey to resolve self-esteem issues and reclaim her true self -- discovering her life's work in the process. From her more than twenty-five years of experience as a career counselor, she shares stories of people she has helped find the work they love.
No matter your field of interest, A Career is a Promise offers a proven framework for finding purpose, fulfillment, and success. Robin Landa, one of the world's leading experts on creativity and idea generation, reveals practical strategies that will help you identify a career worthy of your intelligence, aptitudes, and time. Much more than a how-to guide, the roadmaps, prompts, inner directed questions, and self-assessment tools will help you discover what most excites you professionally, how to set worthwhile career goals, find purpose in your career, achieve success, lead with compassion, find fulfillment, secure mentors and sponsors, and enhance your creative thinking to best compete in a global marketplace. Most of us don’t spend adequate time thinking about what ignites our souls and makes careers roar–well enough to forge a fruitful and satisfying career path. When you spend more than one third of your life working, your career should hold promise. A career is a promise you make to yourself.
Familiarity with digital practices is increasingly important for all information professionals, and this book offers a solid foundation in the discipline.
New York Times bestselling author and Life Designs, Inc. creator Martha Beck shares her step-by-step program that will guide you to fulfill your own potential and create a joyful life. In this book, you'll start by learning how to read the internal compasses already built into your brain and body--and why you may have spent your life ignoring their signals. As you become reacquainted with your own deepest desires, you'll identify and repair any unconscious beliefs or unhealed emotional wounds that may be blocking your progress. This will change your life, but don't worry--although every life is unique, major transformations have common elements, and Beck provides a map that will guide you through your own life changes. You'll learn how to navigate every stage, from the first flickering appearance of a new dream to the planning and implementation of your own ideal life. Based on Dr. Beck's work as a Harvard-trained sociologist, research associate at Harvard Business School, instructor at Thunderbird Business School, and especially on her experiences with her clients over the last six years, Finding Your Own North Star offers thoroughly tested case studies, questionnaires, and exercises to help you articulate your core desires and act on them to build a more satisfying life. “Explorers depend on the North Star when there are no other landmarks in sight. The same relationship exists between you and your right life, the ultimate realization of your potential for happiness. I believe that a knowledge of that perfect life sits inside you just as the North Star sits in its unaltering spot.” -- Martha Beck
