Your Dream Job Game Plan: Five Tools for Becoming Your Own Career Agent [Paperback]

Molly Fletcher (Author), Steve Kincaid (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 3, 2008

As America's top female sports agent in a male-dominated industry, no one knows better than Molly Fletcher what it's like to score a dream job when the odds are against you. In her book, Be Your Own Agent, Fletcher offers practical, take-charge advice that will empower readers to discover and achieve their own ideal careers.

Written for people planning their future, searching for their first job, or considering a career change, Fletcher's book reveals the five tools one must develop to find their calling in the world of work. She gives a step-by-step guide for enhancing these tools and building a foundation for future success. Readers will also find engaging stories of other people who have done what's right (and sometimes what's wrong) in their job search and the working world.

While other people spend decades in and out of jobs that simply "pay the bills," Be Your Own Agent is the guide that will motivate and teach people to go out and get a big-league job they'll love.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Molly was an excellent guest. Her book should be a must read for every high school and college graduate. She gives the job applicant a real-life view of what employers are looking for and exactly what it takes to get that dream job we all want." --Bill Horan - Host, The Secrets to Success Radio Show

"Molly was an excellent guest. Her book should be a must read for every high school and college graduate. She gives the job applicant a real-life view of what employers are looking for and exactly what it takes to get that dream job we all want." --Bill Horan - Host, The Secrets to Success Radio Show

"Molly was an excellent guest. Her book should be a must read for every high school and college graduate. She gives the job applicant a real-life view of what employers are looking for and exactly what it takes to get that dream job we all want." --Bill Horan - Host, The Secrets to Success Radio Show

"Molly was an excellent guest. Her book should be a must read for every high school and college graduate. She gives the job applicant a real-life view of what employers are looking for and exactly what it takes to get that dream job we all want." --Bill Horan - Host, The Secrets to Success Radio Show

About the Author

Molly Fletcher is president of client representation at Career Sport & Entertainment in Atlanta. She can best be summarized as a trailblazer who gas made monumental strides in a sport industry sector traditionally dominated by men. She has helped diversify the agency's client services side, spearheaded a strategic growth process that has led to the creation of golf and college coaching divisions, and increased the company's client base by 150%.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Jist Works (November 3, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1593576129
• ISBN-13: 978-1593576127
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Coined by CNN as "the female Jerry McGuire," Molly has worked with hundreds of Major League Baseball stars, NBA coaches, PGA and LPGA golfers, NCAA basketball, football coaches and media personalities, including John Smoltz, Mark DeRosa, Matt Kuchar, Doc Rivers, Tom Izzo, Ernie Johnson, Jr., Joe Theisman, Roger Staubach and hundreds more.
In 1996 Molly began her career in the sports business representing a hand full of athletes and coaches. She quickly grew her client base due to her tireless commitment to her clients, exceptional business acumen and uncanny relationship building skills. By 2010 Molly held a stable of 250 household-name professional athletes and coaches and acquired a team of sports agents and marketing executives to help support her clients.
In 2008, she authored "Your Dream Job Game Plan - Five Tools for Becoming Your Own Career Agent," a tactical guide to building and managing relationships in the business world. John Wiley & Sons Inc. has purchased her much sought after second book, currently titled, "The Business of Being The Best," in which Molly shares her formula to maximize human capital for companies and for individuals worldwide. The book is scheduled to be released January 2012 with pre-orders available fall of 2011.
Molly is a thought leader and speaks throughout the country on leadership, sales and relationship procurement and development in an effort to improve her audience's ability to deliver more value to their company, team, partners, clients and selves. She captures people within moments and delivers strategies and tactics that audiences can immediately execute.
As a trailblazer in the sports business, Molly has received dozens of awards over the years. Molly has been featured extensively in the media from Sports Illustrate to the Wall Street Journal to CNN.
In addition, Molly is on the Children's Healthcare of Atlanta board and a member of the Atlanta Downtown Rotary. Molly is also a member of the Young Presidents' Organization (YPO). YPO is a global network of young chief executive as guided by the mission of building Better Leaders Through Education and Idea Exchange™.
Molly graduated from Michigan State University where she competed on the Women's Tennis Team (1989-1993). Molly lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband Fred Fletcher and is the mother of three daughters, including a set of twins.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is it!, January 18, 2009

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K. Hausman (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Dream Job Game Plan: Five Tools for Becoming Your Own Career Agent (Paperback)

This is THE book to get you the job you want and need. Molly gives great real life examples and uses a five tool system that are engaging and easy to follow. The book stresses how to stand out from the thousands of other applicants and the best way to network. After reading, you are inspired to find that job!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book ROCKS, December 16, 2008

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Lauren C "Lauren C" (Roswell, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Your Dream Job Game Plan: Five Tools for Becoming Your Own Career Agent (Paperback)

Excellent book about how to REALLY find a REAL job in the REAL world. Especially helpful in this economy. Even though it's geared toward college grads, it's extremely helpful advice for everyone of all ages. I have my own copy and now am ordering as gifts for lots of other people I know.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Your Dream Job Game Plan: Five Tools for Becoming Your Own Career Agent, March 6, 2009

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Margie Kelly "Business Etiquette Institute" (Athens Georgia-Cape Elizabeth Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Dream Job Game Plan: Five Tools for Becoming Your Own Career Agent (Paperback)

Having certified with The Protocol School of Washington to teach business etiquette and international protocol, I take great interest in the methods other professionals use to teach and inspire their clients. I will highly recommend Molly Fletcher's book to my younger Business Etiquette Institute students because they will appreciate her "Combine respect with guts" approach. The five tools made perfect sense for those interested in landing a job, keeping a job and/or advancing in a job. Would Ms. Fletcher consider selling some of her indefatigable energy to this more senior entrepreneur?

Margie Kelly, Business Etiquette Institute
Athens Georgia - Cape Elizabeth Maine