Oh Snap! My Career Is in Crisis How to Craft a Strategy to Get Your Career Back on Track |
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Author:
| Huffman, Maggie |
ISBN: | 978-1-68309-122-6 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2016 |
Publisher: | The Author Incubator
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Imprint: | Difference Press |
Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $3.49 |
Book Description:
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Are you in a career crisis?Thinking, no, dreaming about changing jobs? Or companies? Or careers? Are "should I stay or should I go" the lyrics for your current earworm? Or does it feel like the choice was or shortly will be made for you? Are you barely surviving the stress of your current career? Do you think work/life balance is a breed of unicorn? Maybe the life of a barista sounds incredibly appealing. Or maybe you got the big promotion, but it just wasn't as magical as you thought...
More DescriptionAre you in a career crisis?Thinking, no, dreaming about changing jobs? Or companies? Or careers? Are "should I stay or should I go" the lyrics for your current earworm? Or does it feel like the choice was or shortly will be made for you? Are you barely surviving the stress of your current career? Do you think work/life balance is a breed of unicorn? Maybe the life of a barista sounds incredibly appealing. Or maybe you got the big promotion, but it just wasn't as magical as you thought it was going to be. There are a lot of types of career crises...are you in one? If you think you are, you are - it's that simple. Your first instinct is to jump into action to fix it. STOP! You need a strategy! Don't go update your LinkedIn profile, or email your resume to headhunters, or start calling your network. Wait on all that before you create a big mess of frantic activity! The first thing you need to do is read this book! Your career is important. It's approximately half of your waking life. Your identity is really tightly wrapped up in what you do. Your next move should not be in reaction to what got you into your current career crisis. Your next move should be a strategic move, designed to get you where you want to be in the short, medium and long term. This book gives you a process to navigate your crisis and:apply some immediate first-aidget clarity on what you wantopen up your eyes to the real opportunities around youmake choices that fit with your lifecraft your personal strategy and success planget out of crisis and into inspired actionThis book is a bit like a dry martini: 4 parts pure, distilled Maggie Huffman, 1 part Art of Work by Jeff Goins, with a splash of What Color Is Your Parachute by Richard N. Bolles. Most importantly, it's shaken, not stirred.