The Encore Career Handbook
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The Encore Career Handbook
Author: Marci Alboher
language: en
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Release Date: 2012-12-26
Until recently, most Americans equated the end of a successful career with the beginning of retirement. No more. Now they want to stay in the game (or better, change the game). They want to leave a mark. Make a difference—and continue to make money. From Encore.org, the leading organization in the field, comes a road map to every step of the encore career journey. Here’s how to plan the transition. How much you need to make. The pros and cons of going back to school. When to volunteer, and when to intern. How to network effectively and harness the power of social media. Who’s hiring and for what jobs? (Check out the Encore Hot List of 35 viable careers). A comprehensive, nuts-and-bolts guide, filled with inspiring stories and answering—in extensive FAQ sections—the concerns of its readers, this book is everything you need to help you strike a balance between doing good and doing well--in a way that will sustain you through this new stage of life.
The Encore Career Handbook
Until recently, most Americans equated the end of a successful career with the beginning of retirement. No more. Now they want to stay in the game (or better, change the game). They want to leave a mark. Make a difference—and continue to make money. From Encore.org, the leading organization in the field, comes a road map to every step of the encore career journey. Here’s how to plan the transition. How much you need to make. The pros and cons of going back to school. When to volunteer, and when to intern. How to network effectively and harness the power of social media. Who’s hiring and for what jobs? (Check out the Encore Hot List of 35 viable careers). A comprehensive, nuts-and-bolts guide, filled with inspiring stories and answering—in extensive FAQ sections—the concerns of its readers, this book is everything you need to help you strike a balance between doing good and doing well--in a way that will sustain you through this new stage of life.
The Encore Career Handbook
A career is an individual's journey through learning, work and other aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define a career and the term is used in a variety of ways. Career management describes the active and purposeful management of a career by an individual Career Development is the lifelong process of managing learning, work, leisure, and transitions in order to move toward a personally determined and evolving preferred future. In educational development, career development provides a person, often a student, focus for selecting a carrier or subject(s) to undertake in the future. Often educational institutions provide career counselors to assist students with their educational development. Table of Contents: Preface 7 1 Introduction 9 1.1 Your Career Is in Your Control 9 1.2 Your Interests and Passions 9 1.3 Identifying Our Strengths and Weaknesses 9 1.4 Enhancing Your Skills 9 1.5 Job-Search Skills 10 2 Determining Your Interests and Passions 11 2.1 Introduction 11 2.1 Exercise One 11 2.2 Exercise Two 13 Identifying Your Strengths and Weaknesses 18 3.1 Introduction 18 3.2 Identifying What a Job Requires 18 3.3 Identifying General Strengths and Weaknesses 19 3.4 Getting Feedback from Others 19 4 Communication Skills 21 4.1 The Importance of Communication 21 4.2 What Is Communication? 21 4.4 The Communication Process 22 4.5 Elements of Communication 26 4.5 Face to Face Communication 26 4.6 Listening Skills 29 5 Personal Confidence 32 5.1 Introduction 32 5.2 Self-Confidence 32 5.3 Self-Esteem 33 5.4 Self-Efficacy 34 6 Motivation 38 6.1 Introduction 38 6.2 Addressing Lack of Confidence 39 6.3 Addressing Lack of Focus 39 6.4 Addressing Lack of Direction 40 6.5 Building Self-Discipline 40 6.6 Goal Setting 41 7 Emotional Intelligence (EI) 45 7.1 Introduction 45 7.2 Mixed Model of EI 47 8 Job-Seeking Skills 49 8.1 Introduction 49 8.2 Your Resume 49 8.3 Networking 50 8.4 Interview Skills 51 9 References 53 Executive