Navigating Career Crossroads

Navigating Career Crossroads shows you how to confidently take a new direction. This book delivers practical, actionable advice to help you land your dream position. You'll learn how to craft an attention-grabbing resume, how to expand your career network, the best way to really work with recruiters, and how to dazzle your new employer through the interview process. Follow these 7 essential steps for career success: * Confidently manage change * Assess what makes you tick * Resumes & marketing communication * Express your professional image * Explore job search strategies * Relate your value at interviews * Strategies for career success Confidently conduct an effective job search and successfully transition into your new role. With these 7 steps it will be sooner than you think!

Are you stuck in your CAREER or in between jobs and don't know what to do? Navigating Career Crossroads shows you how to confidently take a new direction. This book delivers practical, actionable advice to help you land your dream position. You'll learn how to craft an attention-grabbing resume, how to expand your career network, the best way to really work with recruiters, and how to dazzle your new employer through the interview process. Follow these 7 essential steps for career success: Confidently manage change Assess what makes you tick Resumes and your marketing communication Express your professional image Explore job search strategies Relate your value and impress at interviews Strategies for career success Confidently conduct an effective job search and successfully transition into your new role. With these 7 steps it will be sooner than you think! Jane Jackson, highly respected career management coach, has assisted over 1,000 clients across Australia and Asia to find their true career path. She's on a mission to provide you with clarity, build your confidence and guide you towards the satisfying and rewarding career you deserve. "We live in such a complicated world, where most people's dream is simply to survive. Jane Jackson makes it very clear that this is not enough, we need to be aiming to thrive, especially when it comes to our career. Jane takes a very broad and complex concept and makes it wonderfully real, engaging and relevant. A great book for those wanting a richer life." Andrew Griffiths, Australia's #1 Small Business and Entrepreneurial Author

Career Interrupted: is a book for anyone who is taking stock of their life and wanting to align their hopes, visions, and talent with a career path that brings them a feeling of success. This book is relatable to anyone who either chose to leave a job, was asked to step down for whatever reason (furloughed, laid off, downsized), or is deciding to step away to start a family, or return to the working world after taking a break. We will examine different types of work, and through the hands-on assignments you will pare down what you want to focus on, what is important to you, what your strengths are, what your work style is, and where the opportunities lie, and we will get you pointed on the right path. At the end of the book, you will come away with a work-life canvas that will serve as a blueprint and a roadmap for your future success.

Have you been feeling stuck in a career that's no longer fulfilling to you? How long have you considered a change and been afraid to take the next step? Should you stay or should you go? If you could be sure your next job would support living the life you want, the life where you love what you do and find happiness, would you be ready? The answers you're looking for are within you. "Finding Passion, A Self-Discovery Approach for Navigating Career Crossroads" provides the questions to ask yourself, "What do I really want?" Read the story of author Jessica Manca, who reached a tipping point that changed her life forever. Hear how she burned out within a high-paying consulting career and was transformed by finding her Passion to help others with coaching. She shares the warning signs she hid from herself, her struggles with feelings that she was meant to do something else, and the personal change process she underwent for realigning to the life she wanted. Complete with 11 workbook chapters for finding your Passion, you'll finally discover what you really want. "Finding Passion" guides you through self-discovery exercises to find answers, explore options, and become empowered to make the change you want. "Finding Passion" blends social science, autobiography, and professional coaching into a powerful learning experience increasing self-awareness to help you: Uncover what you want and what your long-term vision is Increase self-awareness, awaken motivation, and discover personal values Challenge fears and old thinking Know what your Passion is Make informed decisions to help you live in alignment with your Passion Ideal for success-driven individuals considering career change or job change, seeking work life balance, feeling unfulfilled or bored within their careers, working excessive hours, and wanting to bring their big vision forward such as start a new business.

Packed with wisdom and insight from interviews with 43 experts including entrepreneurs, talent industry executives, psychologists, and career coaches, Career Interrupted stands out as a highly-personalized self-help book that teaches you how to navigate even the most challenging of career crossroads. In this refreshing guide on what it takes to find fulfillment and balance in your professional and personal life, serial technopreneur and work-life advisor, Reena Gupta, is your personal champion giving you the mindset, tools, and strategies helping you to: ? Identify and change the patterns that are holding you back ? Get clarity on your priorities and zero in on your secret sauce ? Create your own happiness scale ? Find your professional ecosystem ? Flex your social connection muscles ? Reinforce your support network ? Prioritize your body, mind, and soul wellness ? Explore three different career paths ? Choose your path to create a life you totally love By the end of Career Interrupted, rather than playing a passive part in your career, you will be in the driver’s seat making work-life harmony a reality.

Professionals face many critical crossroads in their careers, sometimes unpredictable, sometimes more expected, but for which they were often not truly prepared. This book discusses many such career transitions - from leaving a corporation to joining a non-profit, evolving from athlete to executive, or returning to a former employer. Using the stories of 50 leaders from all over the world, the authors describe what provokes the change, the challenges it creates, how the individual is surviving the transition, and what effective leaders do to navigate and grow from it. Disrupt Your Career offers a simple, easy-to-use framework to help make the most of any uncharted transition. Drawing on examples of a wide range of companies, it also provides recommendations to help organizations better acquire, develop and retain talent.

Helps readers work through some of the life-molding decisions we all face, addressing questions like Why do we work? and What's my calling in life?

Discover your professional life's potential with "Career Crossroads: Guiding Your Path through Change & Job Loss." This comprehensive guidebook will lead you through every twist and turn of your career trajectory. From understanding the need for change to networking effectively, the first section covers everything you need to know when faced with a career transition. Faze out fear of the unknown with our practical techniques and strategies designed to help evaluate career options in the current situation. Never underestimate the power of self-assessment. Diving deep into your strengths, weaknesses, and transferrable skills, "Career Crossroads" prepares you to successfully leverage your experience for a new role or career. Stay relevant in an ever-evolving job market through upskilling and embracing professional development opportunities. The process of job searching can be overwhelming. This book promises to streamline it for you. From learning the knack of crafting an impactful CV to efficaciously using job search platforms in the digital age, we have it all covered. Our advice on maintaining momentum and positivity throughout the job hunting process sets you up for success. Familiarize yourself with the intricacies of interviews and job negotiations. From dealing with challenging interview questions to learning negotiation finesse, our book provides an insightful, reliable companion in your professional journey. Job loss can be a difficult phase. Find solace and sound strategies to combat the emotional and financial impact while maintaining your health, wellness, and resilience. Encouraging a positive mindset, we explore the bright side of job loss and the opportunities it unravels. This book will also prepare you for the future - discussing shifts in job markets, the role of technology and AI, sustainability, and social impact careers. Mastering adaptation in this fast-paced world is a key factor for survival and success. Lastly, you're not just going through a career change, but a journey of self-discovery and growth. Navigate setbacks, celebrate wins, and embrace uncertainty with guidance from "Career Crossroads: Guiding Your Path through Change & Job Loss." This book isn't just about finding a new job - it's about finding fulfillment and success in your career choice. Choose wisely, think brightly, act smartly. With "Career Crossroads," pave your professional path confidently.