Manage your career 10 keys to survival and success when interviewing and on the job / Vijay Sathe. [electronic resource]

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Sathe, Vijay [Author]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Human resource management and organizational behavior collectionPublication details: [New York, N.Y. (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, (c)2008.Edition: first editionDescription: 1 electronic text (xi, 198 pages) : digital, PDF fileContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781606490020
9781606490006

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HF5386

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I. Keys to creating a positive impact for your organization and yourself -- Key #1: your fit with the organization -- Key #2: your fit with the job -- Key #3: the quality of your relationships with the key players and others -- Key #4: your credibility in the eyes of the key players and others -- II. Keys when you are interviewing for a new job -- Key #5: what you need to know before you accept a new job -- Key #6: interview smartly to avoid recruiting traps -- III. Keys when you are a newcomer -- Key #7: survive and contribute as a newcomer -- Key #8: monitor your progress to settle in or move on -- IV. Keys to multiple contributions -- Key #9: contribute by leveraging your organization's culture and managing conflict -- Key #10: contribute by becoming a manager, a leader, and an entrepreneur -- Appendix: Harvard cases that can be used with this book.

Summary: This book gives you the keys to survival and success as your career progresses from one job to the next in the same organization or in different organizations--be they for-profit, nonprofit, government, or volunteer. It can help you to avoid the many traps and pitfalls you will encounter along your career path and guide you toward increased personal effectiveness during all three stages of the job cycle--when you are interviewing for a new job, as a newcomer, and thereafter. Whether you are preparing to enter the workforce for the first time or are in an early, middle, or a later career stage, this book will show you how to avoid jobs and organizations that are not right for you. It will also help you to go beyond survival to achieve success by doing your job well and making other contributions to your organization in ways that improve your job performance, job satisfaction, happiness at work, and personal and professional growth. The keys this book provides work whether you are an independent contributor, a manager responsible for the work of others, or an executive responsible for the enterprise. Organizational leaders, human resource professionals, career coaches, and mentors can also use this book to educate and train people to make work more productive and personally rewarding for themselves and others for whom they are responsible.

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This book gives you the keys to survival and success as your career progresses from one job to the next in the same organization or in different organizations--be they for-profit, nonprofit, government, or volunteer. It can help you to avoid the many traps and pitfalls you will encounter along your career path and guide you toward increased personal effectiveness during all three stages of the job cycle--when you are interviewing for a new job, as a newcomer, and thereafter. Whether you are preparing to enter the workforce for the first time or are in an early, middle, or a later career stage, this book will show you how to avoid jobs and organizations that are not right for you. It will also help you to go beyond survival to achieve success by doing your job well and making other contributions to your organization in ways that improve your job performance, job satisfaction, happiness at work, and personal and professional growth. The keys this book provides work whether you are an independent contributor, a manager responsible for the work of others, or an executive responsible for the enterprise. Organizational leaders, human resource professionals, career coaches, and mentors can also use this book to educate and train people to make work more productive and personally rewarding for themselves and others for whom they are responsible.