10 Strategies for Reentering the Workforce: Career Advice for Anyone Who Needs a Good (or Better) Job Now

10 Strategies for Reentering the Workforce: Career Advice for Anyone Who Needs a Good (or Better) Job Now
Contributor(s): Ghilani, Mary E (Author)

ISBN: 0313356963 EAN: 9780313356964

Hardcover

2009

This item is non- Returnable


- Career changes - Job hunting
- Vocational guidance

"Mary Ghilani has done an excellent job preparing a practical, usable reference book for job seekers, job changers, and job improvers. She provided practical suggestions that are current, reasonable, and workable for adults in today's employment market. This book is outstanding in the manner and style of building on the practice of career counseling in a practical, down-to-earth fashion. I so appreciate her continuing theme that we will be more successful and do a strong job when we do work that we enjoy." - LeeAnn Eschbach, Counselor Educator, Associate Professor, University of Scranton


10 Strategies for Reentering the Workforce: Career Advice for Anyone Who Needs a Good (or Better) Job Now is an easy-to-read guide for anyone who needs to reenter the workforce because of economic necessity, a plant closing, corporate downsizing, divorce, injury, or other life-changing circumstance--including the simple desire for a new challenge. Expert career counselor Mary E. Ghilani identifies each type of career changer and discusses the unique challenges each group faces, the options available to them, and strategies for finding a new job or successfully returning to school to upgrade skills. The book also offers numerous ways to overcome obstacles and defeat the common "yes, buts" that prevent people from achieving a satisfactory work life. This book will directly help unemployed and mid-career workers who need to find a better job quickly to keep their heads above water. But it will also be of great service to those who can take some time to completely reassess where they are and where they are going. In her practice as director of a career center, Ghilani often hears common laments like, "I wish I had a job that..." or "I always wanted to be a..." These statements are usually followed up with, "But now it's too late," or, "I don't have the skills," or, "It will take too long or cost too much." Her response: Do work that you enjoy for the remaining working years of your life, even if it means going back to school or starting at the bottom of the ladder. That, she explains, is a much better alternative to toiling unhappily while awaiting retirement. Besides great advice, the book also contains hands-on tools for figuring out what constitutes a great job, sample resumes and coverletters, and a list of Web sites catering to those eager to reenter the workforce or find a better job.

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