The Career Guarantee

Do what you love . . . the money will follow! You are in the most competitive job market in history! More than 20 million Americans will attempt to change careers this year; thousands more will attempt to start or buy their own business. Management-level reductions and increases in post graduate and college-educated professionals have created intense work place competition. Today, more than ever, you need a strategy. The Career Guarantee is your essential competitive edge!

One of the most enduring ideas in economics is that unemployment is both unavoidable and necessary for the smooth functioning of the economy. This assumption has provided cover for the devastating social and economic costs of job insecurity. It is also false. In this book, leading expert Pavlina R. Tcherneva challenges us to imagine a world where the phantom of unemployment is banished and anyone who seeks decent, living-wage work can find it - guaranteed. This is the aim of the Job Guarantee proposal: to provide a voluntary employment opportunity in public service to anyone who needs it. Tcherneva enumerates the many advantages of the Job Guarantee over the status quo and proposes a blueprint for its implementation within the wider context of the need for a Green New Deal. This compact primer is the ultimate guide to the benefits of one of the most transformative public policies being discussed today. It is essential reading for all citizens and activists who are passionate about social justice and building a fairer economy.

This timely collection will be the first of its kind to focus on the practical application of the government job guarantee (JG) for both developed and developing economies. Global case studies include: United States, China, Ghana, Argentina, Ireland, Iceland, and India.

A powerful way to master every performance in your career and life, from presentations and sales pitches to interviews and tough conversations, drawing on the methods the author applied as a working actor and has honed over a decade of coaching salespeople, marketers, managers, and business owners.

America knew George Zimmer for one of the most famous slogans in television advertising history: “I guarantee it.” Zimmer rode his promise to lead the Men’s Wearhouse to unimagined success as a retail giant. Now, years removed from his stunning dismissal as leader of the company he founded, I Guarantee It recounts the journey of Zimmer’s rise, the fall of the Men’s Wearhouse, and his personal renewal. For forty-one years, George Zimmer forged a relationship with American men who wanted to like the way they looked without getting too fussy about it. He made them a promise that came straight from the shoulder: “I guarantee it,” he said, and it was ironclad. By the millions, customers walked into The Men’s Wearhouse stores in all fifty states and Canada, where they received “quality, service, and a good price,” where they bought suits, ties, sports coats, and slacks by the tens of billions of dollars. Then a backstabbing — the handpicked board of directors fired Zimmer from the company he had created and developed into the most successful men’s specialty store in world history. Eight years later, Zimmer is back to tell his story: a man raised by a prosperous and loving family, a fun-loving son of the sixties, a merchant, an entrepreneur, a pitchman for the ages. Zimmer’s ouster devastated but did not destroy him. His is a story of hard work and resilience, about a life in business that succeeded beyond belief and followed the Golden Rule. It’s a story that will teach and inspire. He guarantees it.

This job search book is unlike any other. It gives you a money back guarantee to land your dream job. It guides you through your own job search step by step using worksheets, scripts, and resources. Best of all, it doesn't give the same old advice you've heard before. This modern approach uses proven business to business (B2B) marketing concepts. That way you'll be selling yourself to businesses the way they already make important purchasing decisions, like buying software or in your case, hiring new talent. You won't hear outdated advice about the proper cover letter (because business don't read them any more). You'll get practical tools that work everyday in the world of business. Because hiring is a risky purchase decision, you'll get insider information into the ways Human Resources departments and hiring managers choose talent. This book guides you step by step to remove the "blinders" worn by most hiring managers. The problem isn't your work experience--it's helping companies see your talents through the narrow, outdated model they use to hire. I'm so confident in this new job search that I give a money back guarantee. If you use each step outlined in this book and still don't get hired, I'll gladly refund the cost of the book. Anyone can be an industry expert and establish themselves as an authority in today's social/digital world. I mean anyone, including:- Recent college graduates tired of hearing, "You don't have enough experience."- Older workers facing age discrimination in their job search.- Professionals stuck in a job they hate, trying to change industries...without taking a pay cut. - Unappreciated workers who are overdue for a promotion.First, I'll give an overview of the new job search. Then we'll walk each step together as we land YOUR dream job. To get hired today, you must understand the new hiring model and tools available to rank at the top of the talent search. This book teaches how to:- Position yourself with the right "experience" by creating volunteer organizations or unpaid externships. These give you the "right" job title and "experience" to get past HR department gatekeepers that prevent you from even getting an interview. - Meet decision makers at the companies you want to work for through educational interviews. Use the provided scripts to easily meet the right people.- Get recommended by the trusted contacts of hiring managers through giving "value" and "proof-projects."- Ace the interview by knowing what to expect ahead of time.This job search book will give you all the tools needed to land your dream job in a "do it yourself" format -- worksheets, templates, and tools are provided. Together we will design a plan that gives you the title, experience, and visibility to land your dream job. Now, let's get you in front of hiring managers, to show your talent the right way -- beyond resumes and online applications!

The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration. Those who do make it share an important asset that separates them from the pack: they have a plan. They understand exactly what they need to do to set themselves up for success. They know what really moves the needle in academic job searches, how to avoid the all-too-common mistakes that sink so many of their peers, and how to decide when to point their Ph.D. toward other, non-academic options. Karen Kelsky has made it her mission to help readers join the select few who get the most out of their Ph.D. As a former tenured professor and department head who oversaw numerous academic job searches, she knows from experience exactly what gets an academic applicant a job. And as the creator of the popular and widely respected advice site The Professor is In, she has helped countless Ph.D.’s turn themselves into stronger applicants and land their dream careers. Now, for the first time ever, Karen has poured all her best advice into a single handy guide that addresses the most important issues facing any Ph.D., including: -When, where, and what to publish -Writing a foolproof grant application -Cultivating references and crafting the perfect CV -Acing the job talk and campus interview -Avoiding the adjunct trap -Making the leap to nonacademic work, when the time is right The Professor Is In addresses all of these issues, and many more.

The Rat, the Race, and the Cage is about finding direction, whether youre a college grad or caught in a mid-career rut. What you do for a living can be more than just a way to pay the bills. You can find fulfillment and personal satisfaction in your work by following the method described in this book.