Career counselor Alan B. Bernstein helps you identify your interests and style by guiding you through the Birkman Career Style Summary.(TM) You will answer a series of questions about your personal preferences and then score yourself to identify your Birkman(TM) colors on a grid. Your Birkman(TM) colors represent your career interests and style-not only what you like to do but also how you like to do it. The Princeton Review's Guide to Your Career features: - Profiles of more than 200 professions, from accountant to zoologist - First-hand insight from professionals - Easy organization so you can find all the careers compatible with your needs and desires - In-depth information on the hottest careers in a twenty-first century economy, from the expected (attorney, carpenter, and dentist) to the unexpected (baseball player, sommelier, and wedding consultant) - Crucial career data, including average salaries and major associations Alan B. Bernstein, C.S.W., P.C., is a psychotherapist with expertise in career development and has consulted on strategic training and development programs at major institutions.

The world of work is changing dramatically and jobs for life have become a thing of the past. Even people moving up the corporate ladder are questioning their choices and considering new possibilities, such as work/life balance or portfolio working. If you want to take charge of your career but don't know where to start, change can feel unobtainable - a pipe dream. This action-oriented and pragmatic book will help you overcome the barriers to deciding on a career and changing career, giving you a proven roadmap to achieve your goals. Taking Charge of Your Career will lead you step-by-step through the process of building your career strategy and making it happen. Full of exercises and self-assessment tools to help you make the right choices, it also includes real-life stories of successful career changers.

As part of the "Keep It Simple Series", this title shows readers how to discover their key career objectives, navigate the job market to land the right job, and maximize their strengths as an employee.

Career planning has become a survival skill in today's world. Choosing a Career should be by Choice and not by Chance. But HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT CAREER? What are the factors one should consider while choosing a career? A Complete Guide to Career Planning is about how to decide the direction your career will take. The purpose behind writing this book is to make you conversant with the various career options that you can pursue and enable you to select the right career you most fit in. The author has meticulously explored and mapped the cavernous paths of the globe of careers, which exist presently. The book provides a straightforward introduction to the concepts of career choices and the importance of planning. It emphasises the importance of self-exploration by empowering readers to look at themselves, their strengths and weaknesses, and their background and values, and then realistically evaluate the various opportunities in the world of career.With this comprehensive guide a student can learn how to explore career options, plan a career path, and find the right school and colleges for higher studies that will help him achieve his goals easily and convincingly.The book includes all the information you need to plan your future and take control of your career.

The how-to guide for your career In his previous book, Lose the Resume, Land the Job, author Gary Burnison exposed the myths and the ineffective thinking around how to land the job you really want. Now, in Advance, he takes readers through the next stage—advancing in their careers. Advance is extremely timely and topical in today's do-it-yourself career development world. Average job tenure has fallen to about four years on average and often only one or two years for younger professionals. These "career nomads" simply aren't around long enough to access career development from their employers. On the other end of the workplace spectrum, many employees find themselves stuck in one job without a promotion, without any raise to speak of, and with no opportunities to learn and grow. In Advance, Burnison lays out a mosaic of "how-to" advice that applies every day and at every level—the skills and behaviors that help people navigate their careers and stand out among the crowd. He takes on a "Top 20" of career must-haves: managing for the first time, engaging in the "money conversation" with your boss, dealing with difficult bosses (without quitting), coping with coworkers (without losing your mind), making presentations (that don't put people to sleep), mastering digital communication (and avoiding emails that will get you fired), thinking globally (without leaving your office), taking an overseas assignment, meeting senior leaders for the first time (without putting your foot in your mouth), navigating political waters (without sinking your career), reading and fitting in with the culture, and more. • Wisdom on taking your career to the next level • Career development tips • Guidance on being seen and heard • Written by the CEO of one of the world’s largest management consulting firms Whether you’re just starting your career, high up on the ladder, or “stuck” anywhere in between, Advance gives you the know-how to get on a path to where you want to go.

A practical career guide for creatively inclined job seekers of all ages, with tips and counsel on how to use your independent and innovative talents and passions to make money, express yourself, and find a job you love. This new edition of the popular guide for individuals seeking work that suits their unique skills has been completely revised and updated to reflect the freedom offered by the new work order, delve more deeply into freelancing as a career, explore social media as it relates to creative job searches, provide new success stories, and bring all salary information up to date. It also includes descriptions of more than 270 creative jobs, from the mainstream (architect, web designer) to the unexpected (crossword-puzzle maker, police sketch artist). With knowledgeable career guidance, real-life success stories, and eye-opening self-evaluation tools, the fourth edition of The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People helps unique individuals find work that supports and compliments their personalities and passions.

Navigating the Career Jungle emphasizes the cornerstones of excellence, truth, honesty, ethics, hard work, respect, and continuing self-improvement for those wishing to experience success in their professional lives. As a young professional you just don't know what you don't know. Early on in your career, there may be a lack of realistic expectations in part due to popular culture that highlights the glamorous side of career growth without also showcasing the importance of hard work. This book is a guide that provides concepts to establish best practices in achieving career success.

Focused solidly on doing rather than on explaining, this text gets right to the heart of career decision making: It 1) walks students through the process of self-knowledge and self-discovery, 2) encourages them to believe in themselves and in their own ability to influence outcomes and achieve their career goals, and 3) guides them in working with various job/career-search and development tools in progressively demanding tasks to make their goals become a reality.