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Career Finder : Where to Go from Here for a Successful Future Hasson, Gill
DISCOVER THE CAREER THAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU The quest for the work and a career that's right for you--that's fulfilling and that you enjoy--is a process of discovery. It involves learning about yourself and finding out about the wide range of work and careers available. And it involves finding out how best to access the work or career you're interested in. TAKE CONTROL AND DO WORK YOU LOVE! Whether you have no idea what work or career you want to do or there's too many options and you can't decide, Career Finder will help you discover what's right for you and how to go about achieving it. Understand how the world of work and careers is changing Overcome limiting beliefs, identify your strengths, skills and values and build your confidence Identify--from the wide range of career options--the best possibilities for you (not what other people think you should do!) Discover the opportunities that will lead to the work and career you're interested in Whatever's happening in the world and whether you've just started thinking about a career, want to go in a new direction, or have a complete change, Career Finder will guide and advise you. You'll be prepared to move toward a career that you enjoy and works in harmony with your life and who you are.
Careers for Dummies
Feeling stuck? Find out how to work toward the career of your dreams If you're slogging through your days in a boring or unrewarding job, it may be time to make a big change. Careers For Dummies is a comprehensive career guide from a top career coach and counselor that will help you jump start your career and your life. Dive in to learn more about career opportunities, with a plethora of job descriptions and the certifications, degrees, and continuing education that can help you build the career you've always wanted. Whether you're entering the workforce for the first time or a career-oriented person who needs or wants a change, this book has valuable information that can help you achieve your career goals. Find out how you can build your personal brand to become more attractive to potential employers, how to create a plan to "get from here to there" on your career path, and access videos and checklists that help to drive home all the key points. If you're not happy in your day-to-day work now, there's no better time than the present to work towards change. Get inspired by learning about a wide variety of careers Create a path forward for a new or better career that will be rewarding and fun Determine how to build your personal brand to enhance your career opportunities Get tips from a top career coach to help you plan and implement a strategy for a more rewarding work life Careers For Dummies is the complete resource for those looking to enhance their careers or embark on a more rewarding work experience.
The Early-Career Professional's Guide to Generative AI
The world stands at a pivotal moment due to the emergence of Generative AI, specifically ChatGPT. This groundbreaking technology has provoked and impressed almost every industry globally, evoking every emotion from awe to anxiety. Many are apprehensive about the future, fearing job losses due to rapid artificial intelligence (AI advancements). But if history has taught us anything, progress, while challenging, often paves the way for broader opportunities and growth. This book explains in depth the core building blocks that make up the current landscape of transformer and language models and, more broadly speaking, AI as a whole. We have seen how the internet and the mobile revolution changed our world. Is AI following a similar trajectory? Are we on the verge of something even more transformative? This book strives to provide a complete picture of the challenges and opportunities and the implications for our shared futures. In subsequent chapters, the book will discuss language models in depth. These are not just algorithms; they represent a nexus of linguistics, cognitive science, and cutting-edge technology. You'll trace AI's unexpected and exhilarating evolution, observing how it has grown from a mere concept to a force reshaping entire industries. Finally, you'll consider the rise of AI in the context of advancements. While ChatGPT has gained significant attention for certain applications, it's essential to recognize that its capabilities extend far beyond what's immediately evident. Artificial Intelligence, represented by models like ChatGPT, is not a static field. It's dynamic and ever-evolving, and its potential applications are broadening each day. Technology is not, by any means, limited to chatbots or translation use cases. This book captures this vast and ever-expanding horizon of possibilities. What You Will Learn How large language models came to be, and how they work What ethical AI design looks like The role of regulation in artificial intelligence Why you should not be afraid of losing your job Who This Book is For Working professionals and students in any field
Flex: smart strategies to build a successful career around your life
"This book is essential for anyone seeking inspiration and practical advice on balancing professional goals with personal aspirations. Its candid storytelling and empowering insights make it a must-read for women at any stage of their career or family journey." - Lizzie Martin, Founder of Work Life Mother "Managing working life alongside family responsibilities can be a fraught and exhausting experience. A must-read for ambitious mothers seeking to forge ahead and embark on a path to career fulfilment while successfully parenting young children." - Rosie Reynolds, Chief Commercial Officer at Aspect Capital Build A Career That Works For You: Smart Strategies For Career Success Flex: Smart Strategies to Build a Successful Career Around Your Life, by Elizabeth Willetts is a dynamic guide for anyone wanting to build a successful career -- on their terms! This book, written by a seasoned recruitment entrepreneur and career coach, offers a wealth of strategies, real-life success stories, and expert advice to empower you to navigate the complexities of the modern workplace and advance your career, even when life throws you curveballs. Whether you're looking to pivot to a new field, climb the corporate ladder, or integrate more flexibility into your current role, Willetts' insightful and actionable advice is designed to help you maintain momentum and advance your career in a way that works for you. Through captivating case studies of women who've successfully navigated the modern workplace this guide highlights the non-linear nature of career progression and demonstrates how to assess and use your skills effectively, overcome common obstacles, and make bold moves with confidence. You'll find: Strategies to help you gain clarity on your career and identify a job you'll love - great if you want to switch careers Advice for rebooting your career after a lengthy maternity or family leave Actionable tips on writing your CV, creating a LinkedIn profile and nailing job interviews Techniques to help you make a flexible working request your employer is more likely to say YES to Real-world stories from women who have created a career they've adored - whatever life has thrown at them Flex: Smart Strategies to Build a Successful Career Around Your Life by Elizabeth Willetts is more than just a career manual; it's your personal blueprint for crafting a fulfilling career that truly fits your life. Packed with actionable strategies and inspiring stories, this book is the go-to resource for anyone ready to tackle the challenges of the modern workplace with confidence. Whether you're pivoting careers, climbing the corporate ladder, or seeking that perfect work-life balance, Flex offers you the tools you need to thrive on your terms. Elizabeth Willetts is the founder of Investing in Women, an organisation that helps businesses reach candidates looking for flexible and part-time work. She is passionate about educating businesses on the benefits of flexible working and attracting top female talent. She also provides one-to-one coaching to job seekers looking to advance their careers. Get ready to transform the way you approach your career with Flex, and start building the successful professional life you deserve.
Move up or Move on: 10 Secrets to Develop Your Career
Want to take control of your career? This book is for you. Careers don''t just happen. Research and experience confirm that career success is associated with specific behaviors. The good news? You can intentionally improve your career by mastering 10 learnable skills. Move Up or Move On is your ultimate guide to career success offering a clear blueprint for career development, intentional career planning, and mastering the 10 essential career behaviors that lead to professional growth and success at work. This book is a blueprint for pursuing a career on your terms. In this highly accessible book, you''ll reflect on simple, yet thought-provoking questions about your personal definition of success and how to achieve it. Grounded in science, complex concepts are brought to life through a clear, memorable framework. Supported by a free, proprietary career diagnostic tool, this book provides customizable strategies for career advancement, personal success, and achieving your career goals. Move Up or Move On is an indispensable companion to anyone who cares about their career growth.
Occupational Outlook Handbook
The comprehensive Occupational Outlook Handbook includes occupational profiles covering hundreds of detailed occupations. Each occupational profile describes: what workers do, where they work, typical education and training requirements, wages, job outlook, state and area data.
What Color Is Your Parachute? : Your Guide to a Lifetime of Meaningful Work and Career Success
The groundbreaking, indispensable guide to rewarding work and a fulfilling life--more than ten million copies sold! For more than fifty years, What Color Is Your Parachute? has transformed the way people think about job hunting. Whether searching for that first position, recovering from a layoff, or dreaming of a career change, What Color Is Your Parachute? has shown millions of readers how to network effectively, compose impressive resumes and cover letters, interview with confidence, and negotiate the best possible salary--while discovering how to make their livelihood part of authentic living. More than a job-hunting book, Richard N. Bolles's timeless wisdom and famed self-assessment exercise clarifies seven key dimensions, so you can uncover your greatest passions, most valued traits, and transferable skills to design a life that enables you to flourish. With the job market in constant flux, people everywhere have found that understanding who they are--what they care about, where and how they do their best work, and the most effective way to express their abilities--is the best compass to navigating an ever-changing and challenging professional landscape. It is also how their work can become part of a life filled with passion and purpose. Using the trailblazing advice and enduring guidance of What Color Is Your Parachute?, job-hunters and career changers will have the tools to discover--and land--the work, and life, most meaningful to them.
What Color Is Your Parachute? for College
An indispensable guide for college students, adapted from the world's most popular and bestselling career book, What Color Is Your Parachute? What Color Is Your Parachute? for College is the only guide you need for making the most of your college career from start to finish. Based on the bestselling job-hunting system in the world, created by Richard N. Bolles, it covers deciding on a major, designing a four-year plan with your interests and values in mind, creating impactful social media, developing a resume that stands out in a crowd, and making invaluable connections to the workplace. Filled with introspective activities designed to bring out your unique skills and knowledge for interviews, resumes, and cover letters, this book provides easy-to-follow templates, rubrics, and lists to help you create the best possible social media platform, including LinkedIn.You'll discover how to leverage your skills and experiences throughout college to start your future-whether that means landing a meaningful internship (and making the most of it!), finding your first job, continuing on to graduate school, or taking a gap year. Whatever your future plans, What Color Is Your Parachute? for College will get you there.
Your AI Roadmap : Actions to Expand Your Career, Money, and Joy
As seen at VentureBeat, CES, Forbes, and Harvard Business Review An uncomfortable truth of the age of AI is that everyone's day job is at risk, but we all still need money. We need to future-proof our careers and finances ASAP. Your AI Roadmap is not just an advice book, it's a modern blueprint for your career and income. One part modern careers and one part wealth building, this book is your guide to securing financial success. With humor and data-driven examples, serial entrepreneur, investor, and AI influencer Dr. Joan Palmiter Bajorek provides fresh and tactical career advice as well as ways to expand your income and get your finances in a world where artificial intelligence layoffs are announced daily. With a career in AI, Joan has lost her job in two large AI layoffs. She has built 22 revenue streams and closed business contracts that boost her resilience and path to financial freedom. Playful, inclusive, and real, Your AI Roadmap includes frameworks and exercises that shows you how to: Learn financial literacy, saving versus investing, and money management Ride the workforce waves, even when your career isn't smooth sailing Set meaningful goals using clinically validated methods to achieve them Own your story and accomplishments and confidently communicate them Build, grow, and optimize your personal brand online Expand your network through coffee chats and modern people-first techniques Uncover the three-step recipe for financial independence Find joy, confidence, and meaning by crafting your own AI roadmap Whether you're early in your career or rebooting for a second act, this book is perfect for anyone from the classroom to the board room, including college grads, executives, pivoters, managers, directors, investors, founders, entrepreneurs, parents, and career counselors. Your AI Roadmap is your essential guide for career and money through the age of AI.
Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type
Do What You Are -- the bestselling classic that has helped more than a million people find truly satisfying work -- is now updated for the modern workforce. With the global economy's ups and downs, the advent of astonishing new technology, the migration to online work and study, and the ascendancy of mobile communication, so much has changed in the American workplace since this book's fifth edition was published in 2014. What hasn't changed is the power of Personality Type to help people achieve job satisfaction. This updated edition, featuring 30% new material, is especially useful for millennials and for baby boomers experiencing midlife career switches, and even those looking for fulfillment in retirement. The book leads readers step-by-step through the process of determining and verifying Personality Type. Then it identifies occupations that are popular with each Type, provides helpful case studies, and offers a rundown of each Type's work-related strengths and weaknesses. Focusing on each Type's strengths, Do What You Are uses workbook exercises to help you customize your job search, get the most out of your current career, obtain leadership positions, and ensure that you achieve the best results in the shortest period of time.
You Turn: Get Unstuck, Discover Your Direction, and Design Your Dream Career
NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE AWARDS FINALIST -- CAREER. If you're thinking about buying this book, it's probably because it feels like something's missing in your career. Guess what? It could be YOU. 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 career. Instead, they only create more confusion. If all we had to do is 'follow our bliss' ... why aren't we blissful yet? The truth is, the best career is not one where you only do what you love, but one where you honor who you are. In You Turn, counterterrorism professional turned career coach Ashley Stahl shares the strategies she's used to help thousands ditch their Monday blues, get clarity on what work lights them up, and devise an action plan to create a career they love. This book gives readers access to Stahl's coveted 11-step roadmap that has guided thousands of coaching clients in 31 countries to self-discovery and success. Throughout her process, you'll: Discover your Core Skillset. Uncover your gifts and talents to create an intentional career path that's fulfilling and aligned with who you are -- and what you're good at. Understand your 'Inner Money Blueprint.' Discover the root of your money mindset, and how to break free of financial limitation. Clarify your Core Interests. Identify the difference between a passion, gift, and calling so you can get clear on what's meant to be a hobby-and what's meant to be a career! Become your own coach. Walk away with a unique set of tools for staying true to your best self in times of stress, frustration, or anxiety. Whether you're considering a career pivot, or just curious about what else is possible for you, it's time to make a 'you turn' -- to get unstuck, discover your true self, and thrive (not just survive) in your career.
The World of Work To 2030: A Practical Guide to Future-Proofing Your Business and Your Career
*Winner of the Leadership Book of the Year 2024, as awarded by the UK's Institute of Leadership* A book that helps make sense of the megatrends playing out in the world today and, as a result, how individuals can future-proof their businesses and careers. In the context of work, consider two headlines that we face on a regular basis. Firstly, that the financial reality is few of us can afford to retire and, secondly, that robots and AI are destroying the very jobs we need to make a living. How are these two realities compatible? At the same time, the business landscape is full of hazards, with globalization, technology, talent shortages, changing consumer choices and politics all making it harder to create and maintain success. Competitors seemingly arrive from nowhere overnight, challenging and upending our markets. It is all up in the air, it is all happening at once and it is happening to all of us. From any perspective - personal or corporate - shouldn't we seek to understand what is happening and prepare ourselves for what is coming next? The World of Work to 2030 is a practical book that addresses these challenges. With a timeline to enable immediate action to be taken, and backed by extensive research, it is aimed at anyone who wants to know how to navigate the commercial and personal uncertainty of the future. The book considers the megatrends playing out in the world today and then through a series of lenses it explains how businesses and individuals can future-proof themselves. Illustrated through a broad range of case studies applied to markets around the world, this is a smart examination of the future of work and how to overcome its challenges.
Work How You Are Wired : 12 Data-Driven Steps to Finding a Job You Love
It's no secret that some people are just better suited to their jobs than others. It's time to find out why and how you can achieve this same success and happiness too. Remember taking that career test in grade school where you were told you'd make a great federal judge or an exemplary lighthouse keeper? In this book, executive search CEO William Vanderbloemen takes that concept and maps it against hundreds of thousands of data points, forming a roadmap for all of us on how to choose careers that align with our personalities so that we are happy at work. William has become an unlikely business expert over his long and continuing career. Combining over fifteen years of ministry experience as a Senior Pastor with the best practices of executive search, William created a brand-new industry: executive search for faith-based organizations. Prior to founding his own search company, William studied under a mentor with over twenty-five years of executive search experience at the highest level. William has surveyed thousands of people in the workforce. He's asked what their job is and how they feel about them. He also asked them to report their scores on leading personality assessments. Now, in this groundbreaking guide, William helps you recognize the traits you possess that make you happy and then match those against your possible careers to find the best match.
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Born for This : How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do
Have you ever met someone with the perfect job? To the outside observer, it seems like they've won the career lottery -- that by some stroke of luck or circumstance they've found the one thing they love so much that it doesn't even feel like work--and they're getting paid well to do it. To the outside observer, it seems like they've won the career lottery--that by some stroke of luck or circumstance, they've found the one thing they love so much that it doesn't even feel like work, and they're getting paid well to do it. In reality, their good fortune has nothing to do with chance. There's a method for finding your perfect job, and Chris Guillebeau, the bestselling author of The $100 Startup, has created a practical guide for how to do it--whether within a traditional company or business, or by striking out on your own. Finding the work you were "born to do" isn't just about discovering your passion. Doing what brings you joy is great, but if you aren't earning a living, it's a hobby, not a career. And those who jump out of bed excited to go to work every morning don't just have jobs that turn their passions into paychecks. They have jobs where they also can lose themselves for hours in the flow of meaningful work. This intersection of joy, money, and flow is what Guillebeau will help you find in this book. Through inspiring stories of those who have successfully landed their dream career, as well as actionable tools, exercises, and thought experiments, he'll guide you through today's vast menu of career options to discover the work perfectly suited to your unique interests, skills, and experiences. You'll learn how to: * Hack the job of your dreams within a traditional organization by making it work for you * Find not only your ideal work but also your ideal working conditions * Create plans that will allow you to take smarter career risks and "beat the house" every time * Start a profitable "side hustle" and earn extra cash on top of your primary stream of income * Escape the prison of working for someone else and build a mini-empire as an entrepreneur * Become a rock star at any creative endeavor by creating a loyal base of fans and followers Whichever path you choose, this book will show you how to find that one job or career that feels so right, it's like you were born to do it.
Career Match : Connecting Who You Are With What You'll Love to Do
The simple quiz that can change your life... Is your job just a way to pay the bills? It doesn't have to be that way. You'll find that when your career fits your personality, it becomes a source of tremendous satisfaction and success. Career Match is designed to help you discover your ideal work. Take the ten-minute self-assessment to determine your personality style and then turn to the corresponding chapter--the one that reads as if it's written just for you--and: * Identify career choices that will exhilarate you * Recognize the type of work environment and boss you need to thrive * Learn to leverage your natural strengths * Customize and speed your job search Updated to include hot new careers in areas such as gaming, web design, alternative energy, cybersecurity, food science, and more, the second edition features expanded chapters for each personality type and fresh stories of people who have found fulfillment in work perfectly suited to them. If you're looking for direction, this indispensable guide will help you match who you are with what you're meant to do--for a lifetime of gratifying work and greater success.
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