Adventure Careers [Paperback]

Alex Hiam (Author), Susan Angle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1995 | Series: Adventure Careers

Today, many college graduates and "re-careering" adults are searching for something completely different from the traditional "secure" and comfortable career niche. Instead, they're demanding personal satisfaction, growth--and adventure. The comprehensive source for such information first-hand experiences from adventurers who dared to tread off the beaten career path.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Gr 9 Up-- This book should be a required text for all high school students . The authors encourage readers to define their dreams for the future and then outline possible steps to take toward achieving them. In the first chapter, they state that ``the career ladder has been--or ought to be--replaced by a career jungle gym, a three-dimensional structure offering many paths, both lateral and vertical''; they contend that ``adventure careers are built out of many, varied experiences.'' The second chapter includes worksheets to help teens determine--and periodically reassess--their appropriate career paths. Each of the ten chapters that follows has an annotated directory and suggestions for further reading, as well as personal accounts and/or advice related to the topic. At different times, the authors address pre-, post- and current college readers, but the guidelines are appropriate for all ages. Adventure Careers discussed are in the fields of volunteer/ community service, entrepreneurship, the arts, politics, travel, ecology, spiritual work, and wilderness management. Encouraging YAs ``not to think of learning and working as two separate activities,'' the book suggests many unconventional sources for education, often identifying the costs, prerequisites, and restrictions. The final chapter provides information regarding funding and travel. This is a career book for the '90s that will serve as a reference tool as well as for individual reading. --Dona Weisman, Northeast Texas Library System, Garland

Copyright 1993 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning; 1 edition (April 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564141756
• ISBN-13: 978-1564141750
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.1 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,246,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Hiam has written extensively on business topics ranging from leadership and conflict management to marketing. He is an award-winning author of more than 20 books, including: Vest Pocket CEO, Adventure Careers, Marketing For Dummies, Closing the Quality Gap, and The Manager's Pocket Guide to Creativity.

His newest work, Business Innovation for Dummies (June 2010, Wiley), is a how-to guide that offers practical techniques for stimulating imagination and developing ideas into successful innovations.

When he's not writing, Hiam is a sought-after speaker on innovation, creativity and leadership. Thousands of managers - including Fortune 500 and government leaders - have attended his workshops and idea-generation retreats, and relied on his guides: Creativity By Design, Creative Roles Analysis, and The Entrepreneur's Complete Handbook.

Hiam holds a B.A. from Harvard College in anthropology and an MBA in marketing and strategic planning from the University of California, Berkeley. For more than 12 years, he has worked at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst Isenberg School of Management, with additional teaching posts at American International College and Western New England Collage.

Today, Hiam is a consultant to a diverse set of clientele. At the U.S. Coast Guard's Leadership and Management School, he provides assistance with curriculum design for leadership development. His leadership novella, The Starfish Files, is required reading for U.S. Coast Guard leaders. Hiam also provides leadership training to nonprofit and government groups, extending his well-honed innovation principles beyond the private sector for clients ranging from the U.S. Army and U.S. Senate to the City of New York. In the business arena, Hiam's creativity exercises are used by top advertising agencies to help their staff be more open to fresh ideas.

His educational publishing company, Trainer's Spectrum (www.trainersspectrum.com), features assessments, workshops, books, and learning games for team building, leadership, conflict management and other employee development programs. He is also the developer of the Dealing With Conflict Instrument and the Strategic Leadership Type Indicator. His personal Web site is at www.alexhiam.com.