Review
Packed full of exercises to overcome excuses and find out what really motivates people. --workingmums.co.uk, 19 September 2010
John offers sage advice...a value for money read and well worth the cover price. --AMBA Ambition magazine, 1 November 2010
Product Description
The new and fully updated edition of John Lees’ bestselling How to Get a Job You’ll Love (2011-12 Ed) will help readers unlock their hidden potential, find their passion and apply it to their working lives. Packed with new chapters, exercises and useful resources, this practical guide is the must-have read for anyone looking for their ideal career.
Key Features
- New Chapter – What happened to my career? Includes coverage of how we make career decisions in a market that is dominated by redundancies
- New Chapter – Can I Find a Job Using Social Media? Includes coverage of making the most of web-based networking tools
- New coverage on managing internships, influences that point us towards certain career paths, directions on the first steps if you want to do something very different, why people keep making the same mistakes, new career thinking and trends, including ‘giganomics’ (combining multiple skills, talents and abilities to generate income for living)
- New exercises to draw out personal values
- Checklists now include coverage on self-employment
- List of Useful Websites has been comprehensively updated and revised
About the Author
John specialises in helping people make difficult career decisions difficult because they don’t know what to do next, or because there are barriers in the way of success. He regularly appears as a keynote speaker at events around the globe (including Forum3 and One Life Live in the UK).
He writes regularly for The Times, The Guardian and has a regular column in People Management. His work has been featured on Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches’ and on BBC 2’s Working Lunch and he regularly provides insights into the world of work on radio and in a publications including Management Today, The Sunday Times, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Psychologies, Eve and SHE.
