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About This Book
Lost your job due to yet another layoff, merger, or acquisition; looking for your first professional job and totally lost in the process; or about to lose your mind and know it's time to look for a new job? Now what? Finding meaningful employment and career satisfaction can be a frustrating and long drawn out process without a roadmap and someone to help you navigate the journey.
Project Career Quest offers a structured, practical approach to finding employment that is more purposeful, challenging, and engaging. Through proven best practices and lessons learned, Kerry will help the reader clarify their career goals, identify roadblocks, map out a strategy to open doors and find new opportunities.
Kerry combines her expertise as a project manager and career coach to guide the reader through the job search process, providing the knowledge, resources, tools, and strategies needed for a successful journey. There are N ew O pportunities W aiting - Let the journey begin NOW!
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Table of contents
- Endorsements
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- INTRODUCTION
- PART 1 INITIATE
- Chapter 1 THE EMOTIONAL SIDE OF CAREER TRANSITION
- Chapter 2 JOB SEARCH REALITIES
- Chapter 3 JOB SEARCH CHALLENGES
- PART 2 PLAN
- Chapter 4 ORGANIZING YOUR JOB SEARCH PROJECT
- Chapter 5 BUILDING YOUR TEAM
- Chapter 6 GETTING TO KNOW YOURSELF
- Chapter 7 DISCOVER YOUR PASSION
- Chapter 8 NEW OPPORTUNITIES WAITING
- PART 3 EXECUTE
- Chapter 9 COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES AND TOOLS
- Chapter 10 NETWORKING for RESULTS
- Chapter 11 WORKING WITH RECRUITERS AND SEARCH FIRMS
- Chapter 12 SOCIAL MEDIA
- Chapter 13 UNDERSTANDING PERSONALITIES AND COMMUNICATION STYLES
- Chapter 14 THE INTERVIEW PROCESS
- PART 4 MONITOR AND CONTROL
- Chapter 15 MONITOR, CONTROL, AND COURSE CORRECTION
- Chapter 16 NEGOTIATING YOURCOMPENSATION PACKAGE
- PART 5 CLOSE OUT
- Chapter 17 CLOSING OUT YOUR JOB SEARCH PROJECT
- Chapter 18 THE JOURNEY CONTINUES
- AUTHORâS NOTE TO THE READER
- Appendix 1 BEST PRACTICES FOR SUCCESSFUL CAREER TRANSITION
- Appendix 2 5-STAR LESSONS LEARNED
- Appendix 3 NOTES
- Feedback and Success Stories
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR â Kerry Ahrend