Seen Known Valued: How to Achieve Career Belonging in a Workforce Obsessed with Fit - Couverture souple

Berk Bickerton, Sarabeth

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ISBN 13 : 9798993797007

Editeur : Magna Vida Press, 2026

Synopsis

In a world where career success is measured by titles, resumes, and the illusion of “fit,” millions of professionals still feel unseen, misunderstood, and unfulfilled. This isn’t just a personal struggle. It’s a systemic one.

Seen, Known, Valued introduces a powerful new idea: career belonging. Challenging the outdated notion of career fit, Dr. Sarabeth Berk Bickerton shows you how to reclaim your professional identity and reveals how today’s workforce systems are designed to sort, not see, multi-talented people.

Through personal stories, real-world examples, and research-backed frameworks, you’ll move through five steps to achieve career belonging on your terms.

Who this book is for

This book is for anyone who feels they don’t fit in the workforce and is searching for a better career playbook designed for modern professionals.

It’s for people who are:

• Feeling unseen, unheard, or misunderstood in their careers
• Struggling to articulate their unique professional identity and value
• Ready to embrace their career on their own terms

It’s especially for professionals who are multi-talented, interdisciplinary, or hybrid—those who operate at the intersection of multiple identities simultaneously.

It’s also for employers, managers, HR leaders, and career coaches who want to help these professionals thrive and advance.

What you’ll take away

Career fit isn’t enough anymore. This book shows you why, while giving you more accurate and useful language.

Inside, you’ll explore:

• Why career fit falls short: Even when you “check all the boxes,” something can still feel off. This book reframes why and what’s actually missing.
• What career belonging really means: Being seen, known, and valued becomes the foundation for how you experience your work, not just the role you hold.
• How to define your professional identity beyond a title: A clearer way to express who you are in your work (your essence, your contribution, and your multidimensionality).
• A framework for moving from fit to belonging: The Five Steps to Career Belonging offer a structured way to understand where you are and shape where you’re going.
• Tools you can actually use: Language and approaches to communicate your value, advocate for yourself, and make aligned career decisions.
• How to support belonging in others: A new lens for leaders, managers, and coaches to create environments where people are seen, known, and valued for who they are.

This book is about changing how you see yourself, how we see each other and how work itself is designed.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Sarabeth Berk Bickerton is a professional identity expert, researcher, and creative disruptor who helps people clarify who they are in their work beyond a job title. She is the author of More Than My Title and a leading voice on hybrid professional identity and career belonging. With a background spanning education, innovation, and entrepreneurship, Sarabeth blends research and real-world insight to help individuals and organizations thrive.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Magna Vida Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798993797007
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 346
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg