Lavender Road to Success: The Career Guide to the Gay Community - Couverture souple

Snyder, Kirk

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ISBN 10 : 1580084966 ISBN 13 : 9781580084963

Editeur : Ten Speed Press, 2004

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Book by Snyder Kirk

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

“At last, a career guide written just for us!” —InsightOut Books, naming Lavender Road to Success its best self-help book of 2003.“[Snyder’s] book is comprehensive, well-written and, as the subtitle suggests, a ’Career Guide for the Gay Community.’” —Toronto Star “A necessary volume for Gay/Straight Alliance libraries, this well-written text belongs beside Richard Nelson Bolles’s classic job-seeker’s reference What Color Is Your Parachute? (Ten Speed, 1971), on all public, high school, and college library shelves.” —Voya“There’s a lot that’s valuable in this book, not the least of which is the quotes from the many interviews Snyder conducted with various GLBT people who agreed to fill out questionnaires and share their experiences of being gay in the working world.” —Queue Press“This excellent book lives up to its title and provides page after page of solid content especially attuned to gays in the workplace.” —Career Opportunities News“Combining extensive research, effective exercises, and real-world case studies, this book is a sensitive and practical guide to building a successful and enduring career.” —Arts“Snyder offers strategies to enhance one’s own self-esteem and bankable talents, while giving a realistic view of the problems one can expect to face as a gay person entering the workplace.” —Lavender Magazine“This is a great resource for those struggling with ‘coming out’ in the workplace.” —Contact Point/Flash!Featured in:Amazon.comTop 10 Editors’ Pick: Gay & Lesbian StudiesNew York TimesApril 4, 2004Chicago TribuneMay 25, 2004 and December 4, 2003Miami HeraldApril 12, 2004Publishers Weekly (boxed feature)August 25, 2003CareerJournal.comThe Wall Street Journal Executive Career SiteMay 25, 2004Orange County RegisterMarch 29, 2004Charleston Post and CourierApril 4, 2004Orlando SentinelDecember 3, 2003Cincinnati EnquirerOctober 9, 2003DiversityDecember 2003/January 2004Instinct MagazineMarch 2004“LAVENDER ROAD TO SUCCESS brings to life how being true to one'¬?s self is not only good for the soul, but essential for happiness and success in the workplace.” —Walter Schubert, president and CEO, Gay Financial Network“LAVENDER ROAD TO SUCCESS proves that it'¬?s possible to create your own professional freedom, make your career dreams come true, and contribute to the end of workplace discrimination.” —Elizabeth Birch, executive director, Human Rights Campaign“An excellent book dealing with the special issues LGBT people face in the workplace. Practical advice offers solutions to common dilemmas and rich examples from real life make easy reading in this very useful guide to career success.” —Dr. Betty Berzon, psychotherapist and author“Finally, a WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE? for the LGBT community!”—Selisse Berry, executive director, Out & Equal Workplace Advocates“New and Notable . . . Kirk Snyder’s LAVENDER ROAD TO SUCCESS is a career guide written specifically for gays and lesbians.”—Out magazine

Présentation de l'éditeur

Based on a groundbreaking two-year study of more than 300 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender alumni from the University of Southern California, LAVENDER ROAD TO SUCCESS is the first career guide written specifically for the gay community. Career planning expert Kirk Snyder reveals the truth about a wide variety of issues facing gay professionals, such as what it means to be gay in the workplace, why you will make more money when you are out of the closet at work, how defining your personal identity as a member of the gay community will help you achieve success, and how to find an employer that'¬?s your perfect match. Combining extensive research, effective exercises, and real-world case studies, LAVENDER ROAD TO SUCCESS is a sensitive and practical guide to building a successful and enduring career. The only career guide written by a career development expert that shows the gay community how to build successful and enduring careers.Snyder'¬?s research has been featured in The Advocate (circulation 105,000; read by 275,000 people each month).Includes a research guide with links to online career resources, information about organizations and advocacy groups supporting workplace equality, and a statistical breakdown of the USC study.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ten Speed Press
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1580084966
• ISBN 13: 9781580084963
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible