Career management & work-life integration : using self-assessment to navigate contemporary careers /: using self-assessment to navigate contemporary careers. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Career management and work-life integration
• Further Information: Note: Brad Harrington, Douglas T. Hall.
• Other Names: Harrington, Brad; Hall, Douglas T, 1940-
• Contents: Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Understanding the New Career; Three Career Cases; The Barnes Family; Helen Casey; The Smith Family; The Changing Landscape of Careers; The Changing Nature of Families; The New Careers; Our Career and Work-Life Model; 2. The Self-Assessment Process; The Basic Areas of Self-Assessment; Reflecting on the Past; Identity as a Core Competence; Clarifying Your Values; Understanding Your Interests and Passions; Lifestyle; Understanding Life Goals and Personal Vision; Skills Assessment; Summary; 3. Integrating Your Self-Assessment and Developing Implications; Integrating Your Self-Assessment; Developing Themes from Your Data; Step 1: Coding Your Data; Step 2: Grouping Your Data; Step 3: Assigning Tentative Themes; step 4: Constructing the Final Themes With Supporting Data; Sample Themes; Developing Career and Work-Life Implications; Summary; 4. Finding Ideal Work; Job Loss; Assessing the Labor Market; Identifying the Right Opportunities for You; Job Search Tools; References; Résumés; Starting a Professional Portfolio; Cover Letters; Conducting the Job Search; Networking and the Job Search; Informational Interviews; Guidelines for Conducting an Informational Interview; Questions to Ask; Identifying the Ideal Employer; Special Challenges and Tips for International Students Who Want to Work in the United States; Career Decision-Making; Summary; 5. Career Development Strategies; Organizational Career Paths; From Career Ladders to Career Lattices; Vertical Careers and Organizational Advancement; Managing Up; Alternative Career Paths-Salzman's Typology; Backtrackers; Plateauers; Career Shifters; Self-Employers; Urban Escapees; The Portfolio Career; Ongoing Development; Organizational Career Systems; International Assignments; Financial Considerations; Summary; 6. Work and Family; Men and Women, Families and Work; Dual-Career Couples; Dual-Career Families; Sources of Stress; Role Conflict; Summary; 7. Workplace Flexibility; Flexible Work Arrangements; Flextime; Compressed Work Week; Part-Time and Reduced-Load Work; Job Sharing; Telecommuting; Leaves; Sabbaticals; Other Elements of the Family-Friendly Workplace; The Family-Friendly Workplace Culture; The Dark Side of Flexible Work Arrangements; Summary; 8. Career Development Over the Lifespan; Lifespan Development: Are Career and Life Stages Still Relevant Today?; Adult Life Stages; Gender and Life Stages; A New Model for Middle and Later Years: Learning Cycles; The Second (or Third or Fourth) Career; Protean Career and Older Workers; How Do We Tap the Potential of Older Workers?; Use Developmental Relationships; Opt for New and Varied Job Experience; Improve Person--Job Brokering; Use Information Technology; Retirement; How Do I Want to Design My Life for the Thir Phase?; Financial Planning and Careers in Later Life; Summarizing Careers Over the Lifespan; Book Summary; Appendix: Standards of Excellence Index; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (248 pages)
• Subjects: 650.1; Career development; Self-evaluation; Vocational interests; Work and family; Quality of work life; Vocational guidance
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452278940; 1452278946
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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