5 Necessary Skills to Keep Your Career on Track: Negotiate a Job Offer, Interview Questions, Career Changes, Job Searches, Cover Letters, Resume, Being Proactive, Dealing With Bad Managers, Networking [Paperback]

Richard S Pearson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 22, 2011 | ISBN-10: 1432741373 | ISBN-13: 978-1432741372 | Edition: 2nd

The Job-Seeker's Bible

The Future of Jobs: How to Find and Keep the Right Job.

This new edition focuses on helping to craft the mindset necessary to maintain continuous employment given the new workplace environment and how we communicate, how companies recruit and hire, your ability to adapt and change, and comprehend the very nature of the jobs you will hold going forward.
           
Whether you're searching for a new job or trying to hang on to the one you have, 5 Necessary Skills will give you the advantages you need.
 
You'll learn:
* how to be proactive
* how to be cognizant of and recognize what's going on in your company
* the importance of networking
* the importance of finding a mentor
* and how to deal with bad bosses.
 
Those people who exhibit the 5 Necessary Skills are the ones who will get and hold onto the best jobs - and you could be one of them.

"Being prepared for the twists and turns and disappointments of today's job market means we have to take control of our lives and gain knowledge about how to handle them."

-Carol Kleiman, Author of Winning the Job Game: The New Rules for Finding and Keeping the Job You Want

Editorial Reviews

Review

Well written with real world anecdotes and practical advice which makes this book a quick read and well worth the money spent. The "skills" detailed are excellent tools for those new in workplace, as well as us long-timers. --JTH

From the Author

I wrote this book because of the radical changes I have observed in the US (and Western World) job markets over the past several years.  The severe economic downturn -- the Great Recession -- left millions of people unemployed for long periods and most were ill prepared mentally and financially.  This resulted in masses of workers seeking the very few available open positions as the economy slowly recovered.  To compound the unemployed or under-employed's distress, you now had to go about finding jobs in a complex digital world.  Jobs are now posted on Internet job boards, resumes have to be "key-word" matched perfectly for the open position, and you have to network your way in to get an interview.  Using social media to network now is the most efficient way to connect with people who can assist you to separate your resume from the masses -- and get you noticed for an interview.  

Most people did not know how vulnerable they were to losing their employment and this recession was their wake-up call -- that everyone is at risk of losing their livelihoods.  This book goes through what you can do to better recognize what is going on around you, to be proactive with your career choices and taking charge of its direction, financial soundness to weather any unforeseen occurrence, accepting the fact that you need continual education, and become a change agent -- willing to adapt to the needs of your organization.  This will keep you employed going forward and be your only (job) security.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 226 pages
• Publisher: Outskirts Press; 2nd edition (May 22, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1432741373
• ISBN-13: 978-1432741372
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #999,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Richard S. Pearson has held vice-president positions with four multibillion dollar travel industry companies and three Internet early stage companies. He has a BA degree from Regis University in Organizational Development. His experience has given him a unique perspective on how to navigate the organizational structures of both large and small companies. He has hired and trained hundreds of employees from frontline salespeople to vice presidents, and coached many through their careers. Pearson loves to travel and has visited the European capitals and Middle Eastern capitals, cycled through Tuscany, visited the far reaches of Asia, the Himalayan Mountains, and the Gobi Desert. He is an avid cyclist, skier, and fly-fisherman residing in Colorado.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Content - Killer Timing!, May 28, 2009

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R. Hirsch "Rain Maker at Large" (Denver, CO 80206) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 5 Necessary Skills to Keep Your Career on Track: Negotiate a Job Offer, Interview Questions, Career Changes, Job Searches, Cover Letters, Resume, Being Proactive, Dealing With Bad Managers, Networking (Paperback)

This book couldn't of come at a better time for me! Let me start at the beginning, I lost my job and was sent a copy of this long titled book by my close friend. By just using the networking section, I had not one, but TWO interviews in the next week, applying the techniques in the book resulted in two offers in these "tumultuous times". These 5 skills not only helped in the search process but I am starting to apply them to my new job and my boss told me I am exceeding his expectations. I am taking my friend that bought me the book to the mountains this weekend for not only getting over the depression of being fired, but helping me to jump start my career again! The information in this book is worth many times the cover price if you apply one of the essential skills. I don't give 5 stars easily (only 1 other 5 star review so far!) as I want them to mean something in my reviews, but here they are deserved. Apply these techniques and you will get rid of the fear of losing your job... (or finding a job in my case ;-) Keep fighting the good fight!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good common sense advice for today's (and tomorrow's) job market, July 19, 2009

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JT "JTH" (Silicon Valley) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 5 Necessary Skills to Keep Your Career on Track: Negotiate a Job Offer, Interview Questions, Career Changes, Job Searches, Cover Letters, Resume, Being Proactive, Dealing With Bad Managers, Networking (Paperback)

Well written with real world anecdotes and practical advice which makes this book a quick read and well worth the money spent. The "5 necessary skills" detailed are excellent tools needed for those just entering the workplace as well as good reminders for those who've been around a while. I liked that Pearson didn't drone on like some job hunting books do, but rather got to the point fairly quickly about why each skill is necessary and how they will aid you in today's ever-challenging job market.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be prepared for today's market with this guidebook, July 1, 2011

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Michele Natarelli (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 5 Necessary Skills to Keep Your Career on Track: Negotiate a Job Offer, Interview Questions, Career Changes, Job Searches, Cover Letters, Resume, Being Proactive, Dealing With Bad Managers, Networking (Kindle Edition)

Back with an updated version of his highly acclaimed book, 5 Necessary Skills, Richard S. Pearson's timing is as astute as the advice he offers. Navigating the muck of a very difficult modern job market, the author lends a proverbial pair of waders to his readers, through valuable strategies and tools. 5 Necessary Skills helps to diversify the readers' thinking by presenting real-life examples of getting, maintaining, and sometimes losing the stability of a job. Through these examples, Pearson explains the important skills and tactics needed to succeed and overcome adversity in today's workforce. This is a well-organized, clear, concise handbook for anyone needing an extra boost in this tough market. A definite must-read!