Where am I Going and Can I Have a Map?: How to take control of your career plan – and make it happen - Couverture souple

Black, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1472137582 ISBN 13 : 9781472137586

Editeur : Robinson, 2017

Synopsis

'We will certainly be recommending the book to all our parents. It's quite simply the best available' - George Fussey, Head of Career Education, Eton College

'One of the most practical and comprehensible career guides ever produced' - Baroness Gillian Shephard

From the Financial Times careers adviser, this book of wisdom will help you feel more empowered about your career. You can read it from beginning to end, or dive into specific sections for immediate advice on, for example, writing your CV.

There are three sections:

Stepping Back - What's this all about?

The bigger issues that frame the whole area of your career and jobs; looking down on your career map from 10,000 feet. Practicalities - What do I do on Monday Morning?

CVs, applications, interviews and all the other details on your map. Along the Way - Or, How do I Keep Going?
How to cope with the hurdles and challenges that you might encounter while you're travelling along your route It includes an extensive set of real examples to bring it all alive, and is grounded with helpful statistics and sociological research.

'Indispensable, inviting and engaging' - Prof Dame Carol Black, DBE, FRCP, FMedSci

'A book about how to lead a happy life' - James Hodgson, Bedford School

'A uniquely powerful guidebook' - Mark Byford, Egon Zehnder

'The definitive careers guide' - David Palfreyman, OBE

'Wise, calming and pragmatic' - Emma Jacobs, FT

'A true career design compendium' - Caroline Konrad, Ryerson University

'Winningly combines anecdotes, surveys and years of professional experience' - Dr Tim Hands, Winchester School

'Elegant, light and humorous style' - Prof Dame Carol Black, DBE, FRCP, FMedSci

'From an expert at the top of his game' - David Palfreyman, OBE

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Author Jonathan Black has been Director of the Careers Service at the University of Oxford for the last eight years. Before that, he's had a number of different jobs including: management consultant, professional publisher, co-founder of a start-up company, finance director, aerospace engineer, computer salesman, and strategy director. He has worked in the UK, Europe and the USA, in small businesses and large corporations, private and public sector. In his day job, he works one-to-one with students, presents at international conferences, on the radio and TV, and comes up with new ideas and programmes to help students in schools, university and beyond, to improve their career prospects.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Robinson
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1472137582
• ISBN 13: 9781472137586
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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