How to Get a Job You'll Love 2011-2012 Edition [Paperback]

John Lees (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2010

Description

The new and fully updated edition of John Lees’ bestselling How to Get a Job You’ll Love (2011-12 Ed) will help readers unlock their hidden potential, find their passion and apply it to their working lives. Packed with new chapters, exercises and useful resources, this practical guide is the must-have read for anyone looking for their ideal career.

Key Features

• New Chapter – What happened to my career? Includes coverage of how we make career decisions in a market that is dominated by redundancies
• New Chapter – Can I Find a Job Using Social Media? Includes coverage of making the most of web-based networking tools
• New coverage on managing internships, influences that point us towards certain career paths, directions on the first steps if you want to do something very different, why people keep making the same mistakes, new career thinking and trends, including ‘giganomics’ (combining multiple skills, talents and abilities to generate income for living)
• New exercises to draw out personal values
• Checklists now include coverage on self-employment
• List of Useful Websites has been comprehensively updated and revised

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

John Lees is one of the UK’s best known career coaches and authors. How To Get A Job You’ll Love regularly tops the list as the best-selling careers book by a British author.

John specialises in helping people make difficult career decisions difficult because they don’t know what to do next, or because there are barriers in the way of success. He regularly appears as a keynote speaker at events around the globe (including Forum3 and One Life Live in the UK).

He writes regularly for The Times, The Guardian and has a regular column in People Management. His work has been featured on Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches’ and on BBC 2’s Working Lunch and he regularly provides insights into the world of work on radio and in a publications including Management Today, The Sunday Times, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Psychologies, Eve and SHE.

Product Details

• Paperback: 312 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Europe; 6 edition (August 1, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0077129938
• ISBN-13: 978-0077129934
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #464,849 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John Lees is one of the UK's best known career coaches and authors. John specialises in helping people make difficult decisions - difficult because they don't know what to do next, or because there are barriers in the way of success. He has delivered workshops in the USA, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand and is a major presenter at major consumer events including The Vitality Show and Forum 3 and has also featured as a speaker at the world's largest international career conferences in the USA.

John writes regularly for the Times, The Guardian and has a regular column in People Management. His work has been featured on Channel 4's 'Dispatches' and on BBC 2's Working Lunch and he regularly provides insights into the world of work on radio and in publications including Management Today, The Sunday Times, Daily Express, Daily Mirror, Psychologies, Eve and SHE.

John is the author of several bestselling books including 'How to get a Job You'll Love: A Practical Guide to Unlocking Your Talents and Finding Your Ideal Career', 'Why You? CV Messages to Win Jobs', 'Job Interviews: Top Answers to Tough Questions', 'Take Control of Your Career' and 'Career Reboot: 24 Tips for Tough Times'.