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I Went to School That Long for This?!: The Real Career Story... And How to Change It Kindle Edition

by Tyler Waye (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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The entrance into work is broken.

Youth unemployment throughout much of the Western world is at record breaking highs; forty six percent of newly hired employees will be deemed failures within the first eighteen months of starting their job (Leadership IQ study); and fifty six percent of workers end up struggling with their career choice (Adecco Group study). Yet, young graduates continue to enter work, follow a path that is working out for surprisingly few, and then become disheartened when work fails to live up to expectations. The game is up. Old, useless career advice needs to be exposed for what it is and a new approach to career entry needs to be championed. The pursuit is called Career Design; the doors it’s opening are irresistible. The emerging workforce is waiting; they are becoming aware the path they are on is not leading where they hope. The timing for this message is now.

I Went to School that Long for This?! The Real Career Story… And How to Change It is the first to tell students, new graduates and young professionals what they absolutely need to know, providing essential knowledge for effectively transitioning from school to work in today’s world. The book starts by pulling back the curtain and defining the problem young workers are facing. It then describes the five major issues that cause this problem to occur as well as the predictable and damaging fallout young workers experience, and concludes by teaching the Career Design pursuit to work.

Starting eight years ago with one hundred letters sent to CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies, Tyler Waye’s introduction to this field was egocentric. “How could I find early career success?” That was the overarching question that eventually launched his pursuit to better understand, define and rewire the transition from school to work. Today, mixing in work in China, India, Qatar, Belize and Canada, a Masters degree in Organizational Leadership and talks with thousands of students and young workers on multiple continents, the body of knowledge that makes up this book is well grounded.

The book speaks directly to 20-somethings in the late stages of their education or early stages of their careers. It invites this group to smash the traditional career mould they have been holding onto, save themselves unnecessary grief, gain career clarity, make good choices early on, and design a customized plan for individualized success.

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Should be required reading for anyone who works for a living

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2013

This book is a gold mine: rich veins of insight, information and advice. Any thirty-ish person who is in, or thinking of entering, the workplace would do well to read it. Parents of these “Gen Y” kids will probably want to give it to their young adult children as a gift.

Mr. Waye tackles the very complicated issues facing those who are struggling with career and life choices and does so in an earnest, compelling way. Perhaps the most important message of the book is that career does not stand alone: it affects one’s entire life and must therefore be dealt with in that larger context. Mr. Waye correctly states that many people do not know how to create the reality of overall happiness and fulfillment at work -- and then he proceeds to offer a succinct plan for doing just that.

The curmudgeonly among us may still try to insist that “it’s my way or the highway,” but they do so at their own peril. Or, as the author puts it when he quotes Sir Ken Robinson, “We are asking the youth of today to fill our shoes; what is so good about our shoes?”

It may seem blindingly obvious that the first step in career success -- nay, “life happiness” -- is to do what one likes to do -- but, incredibly, many people stumble around this basic truth. The results are predictable. Mr. Waye explains in logical sequence how to identify certain dangerous trends in time/work management -- and what to do instead. He clearly explains the concepts of “career control and customized success.” The result is a very readable and vitally important book.

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Essential book for people who want to do something meaningful with their career

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2013

I was fortunate enough to be able to get an advanced copy of this book. As a career advisor I found this to have a fresh and interesting perspective on the career industry with some brilliant new ideas. Since reading the book, I have used many of these concepts and statistics in my professional life. And, as someone with almost 20 years in the working world, I found that this book could give even me a great deal to think about.

I strongly recommend this book for people coming out of school and starting their careers (or struggling to start a meaningful career) or those who have started to feel uninspired by their daily work. This book will give you tangible advise on how to shape your career and achieve "life-style based career success". After all isn't that what we are all looking for? Don't you want to work to live rather than live to work?

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