Survival Skills In The World Of Work

57 Exercises, from the job hunt to on-the-job performance These activities, including realistic forms, guide your students through the maze of today's workplace. As students transition from the classroom to the working world, Survival Skills in the World of Work helps them practice and adopt the practices they'll need to succeed professionally. Topics include the job hunt; the application process; interviews; employment forms; pay; health and safety; job performance; and time off.

Succinct, sage advice for staying afloat and thriving in an environment where the old rules don't apply and the new ones seems to change dailyMassive changes have occurred in the workplace since William Yeomans wrote his bestselling 1,000 Things You Never Learned in Business School. Job security has disappeared, loyalty has eroded, and the relationship between bosses and subordinates has changed. Today people must learn to take charge of their careers and lives, and Yeoman's new book gives them the strategies to do that.7 Survival Skills for a Reengineered World enables readers to make informed and creative career decisions, and to develop skills that increase their value to present and future employers. Each chapter covers new approaches not taught in business schools or found in other books: -- How to keep your career together and survive rough times-- The best way to deal with stress and make it work for you-- How to use meetings as your showcase How to motivate peoplein an uncertain world-- What to consider if you're thinking about changing your job or starting your own business...and much more.7 Survival Skills for a Reengineered World is an essential guide for everyone hoping to improve their job performance and achieve professional and personal success.

‘Original and thought provoking’ Gordon Brown ‘Challenging and hopeful: a groundbreaking guide to the future’ Valerie Amos

The Change Leadership Group at the Harvard School of Education has, through its work with educators, developed a thoughtful approach to the transformation of schools in the face of increasing demands for accountability. This book brings the work of the Change Leadership Group to a broader audience, providing a framework to analyze the work of school change and exercises that guide educators through the development of their practice as agents of change. It exemplifies a new and powerful approach to leadership in schools.

The Workplace Survival Guide gives you an arsenal of business-tested techniques and strategies to help you become a job survivor and control your own destiny in today's fast-changing working world. For example, you'll learn how to lessen the chances of being laid off as well as how to search for a new job and negotiate an even higher salary than what you're offered. You'll find techniques for guarding against the financial disasters that can happen if you suddenly become unemployed. You'll see what to do if you need to relocate to find employment.