[PDF] The Mid Career Success Guide eBook

Author : Sally J. Power
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 44,33 MB
Release : 2006-10-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0313054894

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Most people realize that the employment deal has changed: the days of lifetime employment, or even a clear trajectory up the corporate ladder, are long gone. Dozens of surveys merely quantify what we all know—that education, hard work, and loyalty are no longer enough to guarantee job security. People in mid-career today want to take greater control of their working lives for many reasons. But they are not sure of how to do that in a working world full of change, uncertainty, disappearing career paths, downsizings, and early retirement packages. In The Mid-Career Success Guide, Sally Power draws from her research in management and career development to explain the sources and implications of these trends, and provide solutions to the challenges they present. The book introduces the Employability Plus model, an approach to career management that leaves behind the traditional job- or organization-centric perspectives by focusing on the individual's work, as a portfolio of skills that can be shaped to their interests and to their employers' needs and desires. Moreover, Power explores how individuals can make the time to develop new skills and knowledge, even when they are employed full-time, in order to expand the array of options available. Featuring real-life examples, interactive exercises, and an appendix of research tools and methods, The Mid-Career Success Guide offers fresh strategies and tactics for overcoming job stress and uncertainty, and proactively managing your career in midlife and beyond. In addition, it will serve as an essential resource for managers, human resource and career counseling professionals, and professors and students of organizational behavior and workplace trends.

Author : Roy C. Brotman, Ph.d.
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 2016-05-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781530599226

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The Definitive Manual Since 2003 For Finding, Preparing For and Landing Your Next Job... Your Best Job ... Your Dream Job! Whether You are Just Starting in the Job Market, A Mid Career Professional, Reentering the Job Market After Beginning a Family, Looking to Change Your Career Focus or a Late Career Expert, Following the Instructions in this Easy to Read Guide is the Best and Fastest Way to Commence a Successful Career Campaign. Written and Edited by Roy Brotman who in 2003 was Granted a Professorship in a Prestigious International University.

Author : Vicki L. Baker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 34,68 MB
Release : 2022-04-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781032062396

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The definitive resource for mid-career professionals in the academy, this book provides a step-by-step guide to re-imagining the mid-career stage, regardless of career goals, whether aiming for full professorship or an administrative path, drawing on higher education, organizational studies, and human resource fields. Essential guidance for scholars of faculty work, faculty developers, mid-career faculty members, and institutional leaders to build a strong foundation to design a diversified portfolio of mid-career stage programming is assured. The stories, examples, literature, and resources shared throughout this comprehensive work will provide inspiration, and reality checks, to mid-career faculty and the individuals charged with better supporting them. Readers will be able to: Identify their career (or departmental/institutional) goals and next steps Determine the gaps in needed skills, tools, and experiences to support goal achievement as next steps are pursued Manage the process of taking newfound skills, tools, strategies, and resources to arrive at the intended destination. Higher education faculty, administrators, and other academic leaders will be empowered to take control of the mid-career stage by using the resources, strategies, and tools offered throughout the book to build, implement, and assess a robust mid-career faculty development program.

Author : James E. Challenger
Publisher : Contemporary Books
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 29,29 MB
Release : 2000-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780809298754

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From one of the world's leading outplacement firms comes this guide for baby boomers who want to enhance their professional lives. "The Challenger Guide" addresses how to move forward in a career using effective job-hunting techniques. It also offers strategies on how to reenter the job market, move up within the current company, or find a new position.

Author : Adam Lindgreen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 16,68 MB
Release : 2024-07-05
Category : Education
ISBN : 1035323923

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This thoroughly updated edition of a classic career guide closes the research-practitioner gap and carefully considers the obstacles faced by researchers pursuing an academic career. From applying for grants to supervising Ph.D. students, the book utilises practical research and real experiences to illustrate how marketing scholars can strike a healthy working balance between teaching and research to find success in academia.

Author : Adam Lindgreen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,23 MB
Release : 2021-05-20
Category : College teachers
ISBN : 9781839101779

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This insightful book considers the challenges faced by researchers pursuing an academic career. From applying for grants to supervising PhD students, it utilises practical research and real experiences to illustrate how marketing scholars can strike a healthy working balance between teaching and research to find success in academia. Experienced scholars outline the key stages towards building an effective and varied academic portfolio, incorporating pragmatic insights into generating ideas, building research groups, and drafting funding applications. The book describes the processes involved in both collaborating with peers and engaging with research students, paying close attention to the ways in which scholars translate research into teaching. Offering crucial advice based on practical knowledge, the book guides early- to mid-career scholars to publication success and highlights the most effective ways to maintain relevance, impact and societal value throughout one's career. Providing a holistic view of research culture, this cutting-edge book is critical reading for early- to mid-career scholars. The book will also be useful for recent graduates planning their careers in academia.

Author : Blake Nemelka
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 21,33 MB
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1481471619

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It’s never too early to start achieving your goals! Get started on the road to success with this unique guide to middle school and beyond—brought to you by FranklinCovey, the company behind the 7 Habits series and The Leader in Me. Middle school is full of changes—maybe it’s a new, bigger school, maybe it’s friendships starting to get more complicated, or maybe it’s a combination of a lot of things. But these changes don’t have to be bad, in fact they could be the best thing for us—because when things start to change we have the opportunity to grow. That’s why even though middle schoolers have a ton of other things going on, middle school is the perfect time for them to start altering their habits and goals for their future success. Sure it might sound a little scary, but with a little help it can also be exciting! Framed as twelve conversations to start having, rather than checklists or rules, this unique guide helps students start thinking about what they want their futures to look like and readying themselves to achieve those goals. In The Middle School Student’s Guide to Academic Success, portions of which were previously published as Beat the Middle, authors Blake and Bo Nemelka offer tried and true advice, opportunities for reflection and action that middle schoolers can tailor to their individual goals and interests, and ways for parents and guardians to help them along the way. Beginning with topics students can get started on now—like setting goals, improving your GPA, working on time management skills, and balancing extracurricular activities—and moving forward to future subjects including college applications, scholarships, and money management—this book is the ultimate guide to helping readers become not only successful middle schoolers, but successful people.

Author : Geoff Dearie
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,29 MB
Release : 2024-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN :

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Unlock your full potential with this comprehensive guide to personal and professional development! Our book is your roadmap to navigate the complexities of modern life and career advancement, empowering you to thrive in today's fast-paced world. Through a series of chapters, you'll discover practical strategies to strike a balance between short-term wins and long-term vision. Learn to set clear goals, prioritize tasks, and celebrate incremental successes while staying aligned with your overarching objectives. Explore the evolving job market and learn how to stay relevant in the face of technological advancements and changing industry landscapes. Equip yourself with tools to continuously learn, adapt, and leverage technology to enhance your skills, expand your networks, and seize new opportunities for career growth. Address common challenges such as imposter syndrome and self-doubt with strategies to challenge negative thoughts, seek support, and cultivate self-compassion. Embrace your strengths, celebrate your achievements, and set realistic expectations for personal and professional fulfillment. Discover the importance of giving back and mentoring the next generation as a means of leaving a lasting legacy and making a positive impact. Be inspired to volunteer your time, share your knowledge, and support aspiring professionals in their journey toward success. Don't miss out on this essential guide to unlocking your potential and achieving success in both your personal and professional life. Order now and start your journey toward a brighter future!

Author : Sonja Ardoin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 24,37 MB
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 1000978257

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This is a book for any student affairs professional who wants to strategically shape his or her career path—and will be particularly helpful for people in early or mid-career, or contemplating a career, in student affairs.By engagingly offering us the fruits of the reflective and strategic approach she has used to shape her own career, and of the theoretical and practical approaches she has undertaken to map out the culture and dynamics of student affairs, and by gathering the voices of 25 professionals who offer the insights and advice derived from their own experiences, Sonja Ardoin has created a guide for everyone in student affairs who wants to be intentional in setting the course for their professional and personal development.She begins by describing the changing and varied student populations who are the heart of this field, and outlines the typical organizational structures of student affairs, the range of functional areas, and how practice varies by size and type of institution. She highlights major trends, discusses the typical paths of entry to the profession, the expectations and realities of starting in a new position, the process of socialization, and the required skills and competencies. She devotes the core of the book to the five key elements for developing a career strategy: Lifelong Learning, Extending Your Experiences, Planning for Professional Development, Networking/Connecting, and Self-Reflection, and provides advice on the job search, from application through interview. In doing so she ranges over choices to be made about formal qualifications, and describes activities – from volunteering and committee work to conference presentations, writing and teaching – that we can use to strategically develop the proficiencies to attain our goals.

Author : Vicki L. Baker
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,70 MB
Release : 2023
Category : Career development
ISBN : 9781003447238

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This book brings together leading practitioners and scholars engaged in professional development programming for and research on mid-career faculty members. The chapters focus on key areas of career development and advancement that can enhance both individual growth and institutional change to better support mid-career faculties.The mid-career stage is the longest segment of the faculty career and it contains the largest cohort of faculty. Also, mid-career faculty are tasked with being the next generation of faculty leaders and mentors on their respective campuses, with little to no supports to do so effectively, at a time when higher education continues to face unprecedented challenges while managing continued goal of diversifying both the student and faculty bodies.The stories, examples, data, and resources shared in this book will provide inspiration--and reality checks--to the administrators, faculty developers, and department chairs charged with better supporting their faculties as they engage in academic work. Current and prospective faculty members will learn about trends in mid-career faculty development resources, see examples of how to create such supports when they are lacking on their campuses, and gain insights on how to strategically advance their own careers based on the realities of the professoriate.The book features a variety of institution types: community colleges, regional/comprehensive institutions, liberal arts colleges, public research universities, ivy league institutions, international institutions, and those with targeted missions such as HSI/MSI and Jesuit.Topics include faculty development for formal and informal leadership roles; strategies to support professional growth, renewal, time and people management; teaching and learning as a form of scholarship; the role of learning communities and networks as a source of support and professional revitalization; global engagement to support scholarship and teaching; strategies to recruit, retain, and promote underrepresented faculty populations; the policy-practice connection; and gender differences related to key mid-career outcomes.While the authors acknowledge that the challenges facing the mid-career stage are numerous and varying, they offer a counter narrative by looking at ways that faculty and/or institutions can assert themselves to find opportunities within challenging contexts. They suggest that these challenges highlight priority mentoring areas, and support the creation of new and innovative faculty development supports at institutional, departmental, and individual levels.