Take Control of Your Career [Paperback]

A great way to kick-start your career makeover. (Cosmopolitan 20050803)

A brilliant book for anyone who wants a new direction. (Woman & Home 20050803)

John Lees inspires people to rethink the way they work: to work with greater purpose, meaning and work/life balance. - Andrea Watson, Careers (Daily Express 20050803)

A joy to read as well as an indispensable roadmap for anyone serious about managing their careers. - Steve Crabb, editor (People Management )

Highly recommended - always practical, but never patronising. (The Guardian )

Highly recommended - take a step up the career ladder, get a more
interesting job, or get life/work in balance.

Helps people at all stages of their careers to balance what's important and
define what's possible.

This book suggests how, with greater self-awareness we can develop a wider
and more fulfilling range of career options.

If you are serious about managing your career this book is a great place to
start.

Are you wondering why everyone else appears to have a career plan? Is it true that only the most aggressive and power hungry people get what they want?

How to Take Control of your Career, adapted from John Lees earlier book, How to Get the Perfect Promotion, is a practical guide to developing the best career strategy for you.

Drawing on the experience of high performers, it shows you how to overcome mental and physical barriers, make the best visible impact, and negotiate your job content, career advancement and pay.

It will help you to get inside the mind of your employer; find out what makes them tick, and how you can use this information to your advantage. The book also examines how to raise and maintain a good profile as well as how to understand and manage others people’s perceptions of you. (20050805)

John Lees is one of the UK's most prominent career transition coaches with 20 years experience of training recruiters. He specialises in helping career changers gain the confidence and skills to find a job they will love and overcome barriers in the way of success. John is a regular contributor to The Times, The Guardian, Personnel Today and People Management. He is the author of the following bestselling titles: How To Get A Job You'll Love which focuses on helping the reader identify the kind of career they really want by discovering what really interests them, what their hidden skills are and how to tap into these talents. Job Interviews: Top Answers to Tough Questions which is a comprehensive toolkit for dealing with awkward, probing, personality and competency based interview questions. Take Control of Your Career a practical guide to developing the best career strategy whether the reader wants to take the next step up the career ladder or move to a more interesting job. Why You? CV Messages To Win Jobs which draws on extensive research into the way employers read CVs and how to develop the right format to match the readers needs and aspirations to get onto that all important shortlist.