Now What Do I Do?: The Woman's Guide to a New Career (Capital Ideas for Business & Personal Development) [Paperback]

Jan Cannon (Author)

Book Description

Series: Capital Ideas for Business & Personal Development | Publication Date: April 28, 2005

For women at a turning point in their lives––learn how to get out of a dead end job, find a new career, start that dreamed-about business, move in new directions.

"An entire career can be started, developed, and completed in the active years before Social Security or retirement benefits begin," says veteran Boston career counselor Jan Cannon. In "Now What Do I Do?" she shows you a new way of looking at yourself and the many opportunities that await you.

Inside youÂ’ll discover how to :
- Develop a clear sense of your strengths, talents, interests and mid-life goals
- Conduct research into all the career choices available to you
- Write a resume geared to each job you want
- Be a persuasive, informed interviewee, and much, much more.

Pick up your pen and dig into JanÂ’s workbook-like format, complete with self-assessment exercises and illustrated throughout by inspiring examples drawn from her clients. When you finish this book, youÂ’ll know how you can make the most of the rest of your life!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Her book gently guides women through the search process that will lead them to the best new career for each." -- Andrea Nierenberg, author, Nonstop Networking and Million Dollar Networking

"Jan's system really helped me focus on what I wanted for my next career move." -- Martha J, trust officer, 52

"This option-filled handbook can point the way to a rich and rewarding new life." --Barbara J. Winter, author, Making A Living Without A Job

About the Author

Jan Cannon, Ph.D., MBA, is president of Cannon Career Development, Inc. a Boston career counseling firm that helps individuals and groups find work that they enjoy––whether in an established business or starting one of their own, especially for the 50+ job seeker. Ms. Cannon writes a column for Career Connection, was the online career expert for CIO.com, and has been quoted in Business 2.0. She hosted a weekly cable television program, "It’s All About Work," and has been a guest on numerous radio programs as an expert on careers and entrepreneurship. She has been a dental office manager, English teacher, small business owner, college administrator, and single mother of two young adults, earning academic credentials along the way. At 53 she still wonders what her next career will be.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Capital Books (April 28, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931868999
• ISBN-13: 978-1931868990
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 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: #480,402 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jan Cannon, PhD, MBA is an experienced career advisor with over 12 years of experience helping clients to find work that they enjoy -- whether working in an established business or starting one of their own. New graduates, managers and seasoned professionals work with her to find new direction in their work life. And businesses contract with her to help their employees who have been given pink-slips transition to new jobs.

Jan offers...
* career planning,
* job search strategies,
* résumés, bio sheets and cover letters,
* salary negotiation tactics, and
* regular coaching sessions to stay on track with your search.

She is the author of Now What Do I Do? (Capital Books, 2005), Find a Job: 7 Steps to Success (updated 2009), and Finding a Job in a Slow Economy (updated 2010). Jan was an online expert with CIO.com, jobfindtoday.com, the Career Connection of the Boston Herald and currently writes for job-hunt.org and womenwork.org in addition to her own blogs. She's currently completing a book on creating a life after 50.

Jan has been a frequent guest on radio programs across the US. She has also been interviewed for national newspapers and magazines, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Working Mother, The Christian Science Monitor, Woman's World, Business 2.0, Kiplinger's, and AARP among others. She's always willing to be an information source and guest.

She leads workshops on making career choices, networking, finding jobs, and planning a life after 50 that's more than retirement. Jan teaches courses on entrepreneurship for those interested in starting their own businesses. She has Myers Briggs™ MBTI™ and FastTrac™ certifications, and offers Inscape™ DiSC assessments to individuals and groups.

Contact Jan if you are...

* ready to make a career change -- or just thinking about one;
* in need of a new résumé or cover letter -- or just want a résumé update;
* a new grad -- or just looking for your first job;
* planning -- or just wondering what to do next.

Find out more at the website: CannonCareerCenter.com
On Twitter: JobSearchDoctor
On Facebook: Jan Smith Cannon - Job Search Doctor

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Roadmap to success, June 16, 2006

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B. Burke "Editor, college professor" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now What Do I Do?: The Woman's Guide to a New Career (Capital Ideas for Business & Personal Development) (Paperback)

Instead of spouting platitudes for mid-life job seekers, this book offers concise, directed resources and advice especially for women. Dr. Cannon has constructed self-investigative exercises that yield results that can be tangibly implemented. I felt that by using her roadmap, a structured course toward a new goal could be successfully plotted.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent! Perfect for everyone, January 19, 2006

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Jimmy Randal "book worm" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Now What Do I Do?: The Woman's Guide to a New Career (Capital Ideas for Business & Personal Development) (Paperback)

This is a great book. At present, I've been out of work almost a year. My sister has been out for about five months. Both my sister and I worked in academia. Our brother was also just recently downsized from his job in sales. That's three people from the same family with individual families, that find themselves unemployed after working on the average, 22 years at our respective jobs. A friend of my sister's recommended the book, "Now What Do I Do?" to her. My sister Annie was really wild about this book, so I took a look. She's right! The book is terrific. Although, focused on women's needs, the information is useful to everybody in need of where and how to start looking for work. It's easy to read and the exercises get the brain working in a good way. I found myself feeling like I'd found gold. So, Jan Cannon, when are you going to write a help book for us guys?

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect little workbook for anyone!, June 12, 2006

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Michelle Dunn "Award winning author, columnist" (The White Mountains of NH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Now What Do I Do?: The Woman's Guide to a New Career (Capital Ideas for Business & Personal Development) (Paperback)

This is a well written little book by Dr. Cannon. This book is geared towards older women looking to start up a new career but can be used as a workbook by anyone. This book is perfect in that you can open it anywhere and do an excersise and get your brain working. this book makes you look into yourself for the answer you need. I would recommend this book to anyone in business.