• Are you currently pursuing your higher education and are looking for that dream job? • Are you simply unhappy with your current job? • Do you want to know what employers are actually looking for? • Are you feeling stuck or helpless in your career and are just going with the flow? • Are you struggling to find your reason for being? If the answer to any of the above questions is yes, then this ride is just for you. Let’s ignite that dormant spark in your heart and fuel up those dreams using a simple but powerful seven-step program. This program will ensure you increase your value in the most fundamental way that will enable you to enhance those employability skills, take control of your career, and find true happiness at work while shaping your own destiny.

•Are you tired of giving scripted, generic answers in job interviews that don't reflect who you indeed are? •Are job interviews leaving you feeling unfulfilled or disconnected from your passions? •Do you want to learn how to answer questions with authenticity, confidence, and purpose? •Do you want to approach interviews as an opportunity to express your Ikigai, your unique sense of purpose, and fulfilment in life? If the answers to these questions are yes, then this ride is just for you. Our first book helped you ignite that dormant spark in your heart, fuelling those dreams with our powerful 7-step program to help you find your Ikigai. Now we will guide you through a comprehensive process of crafting compelling stories that showcase your experiences, skills, and values in a way that resonates with the interviewer with purpose and authenticity to land that dream job. Drawing on the principles of Ikigai, we will help you express your inner motivations, strengths, and values and align them with the job you're applying for. Whether you are a recent graduate, looking for a career change, or a seasoned professional, this journey shall help you stand out from the crowd and find a job that aligns with your purpose and fulfilment. It is time to bring your Ikigai to your next interview!

Keeping up with new developments in vocational psychology is important to both psychological practitioners and researchers. This volume is devoted to presenting and evaluating important advances in the field of career decision making, development, and maturity. More specifically, it identifies, reports, and evaluates significant contemporary developments in vocational psychology and provides both professional workers and students with an informed understanding of the progress taking place in the field. The history and theory of the assessment of career development and decison making are explored as well as advances in career planning systems. An expanded context for the study and evaluation of career development variables is also described.

Ikigai is a traditional Japanese concept that embodies happiness in living. It is, essentially, the reason that you get up in the morning. This book is about finding your ikigai - identifying your purpose or passion and using this knowledge to achieve greater happiness in your life. Your ikigai doesn't have to be some grand ambition or highly noble life's purpose - it can be something simple and humble, like tending your garden or walking your dog. Having grown up in Japan, Yukari Mitsuhashi understands first hand what ikigai means to Japanese people. Now living in Los Angeles, she has written this book to introduce the traditional concept to a new audience. This is not a 'one size fits all' book. Instead, Ikigai encourages you to look at the details of your life and appreciate the everyday moments as you learn to identify your own personal ikigai. The book includes case studies from a range of people sharing their ikigai, from athletes to writers and business people. With its refreshingly simple philosophy and liberating concepts, this beautifully presented book will be a guide you will return to again and again.

The experts who have contributed to this book include Jogesh Jain (foreword), Neha Tripathi, Nagananda Chandrashekar, Deepak Singh, Meghavi Vyas, Ananya Nori, Akshay Reghu, Mohammad Zeeshan Ali, Sudarshan Gopal, Sudarshan Gopal, Zarine Swamy, Dr. Dharmesh Raval, Kashmira Sangoi, Suraj Khopkar, Praveen Sah, Suresh TK, Tanushree Nair, Rajesh Ramamurthy, Prabhakar Bethi, Akash Lokhande, Rekha Vaghela, Vijayalakshmi Raman, Sai Bhaskar, Sahil Malhotra, Sriidhar Kalyanaraman, Arinjay Rajj, and Prashant Keshav. You hold in your hands the collaborative effort of 26 employability experts hailing from a wide variety of industries and domains trained by the JJ School of Employability. The pages of this book are filled with practical insights that are key to turning into reality the stated vision of India's leading employability coach Jogesh Jain to make India employable. This book is a must read for students, teachers, parents, training and placement experts and working professionals living and working in the 739 districts of India. This is as much a book of transformation as it is an invitation to welcome more people to join the family that is the JJ School of Employability ecosystem to upskill, network and change the world through intelligent collaborative effort. The authors of this book come from varied professional, personal and geographical backgrounds, and they have consciously chosen different areas of employability to write on. The purpose is to help aspiring employment seekers understand, operate in and profit from the modern employment ecosystem.

This book synthesizes the expanding literature on coping styles and strategies by analyzing how individuals with CID face challenges, find and use their strengths, and alter their environment to fit their life-changing realities. The book includes up-to-date information on coping with high-profile conditions, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, spinal cord injuries, and traumatic brain injury, in-depth coverage of HIV/AIDS, chronic pain, and severe mental illness, and more.

Embrace the Japanese concept of ikigai and discover a renewed sense of purpose. Be mindful of small pleasures each day to build a more enjoyable and fulfilling life. Keep mentally and physically active to ease the ageing process. The Japanese term ikigai has no direct English translation but essentially means 'reason for living' or 'value in life'. The concept posits that a person's ikigai lies at the intersection of four interconnected aspects of life: what we love, what we're good at, what the world needs and what we can be paid for. Ikigai, therefore, is the ideal balance between our passion, mission, vocation and profession. Ikigai is about making the most of every day, rooted in the belief that finding pleasure in many small things is the secret to a more rewarding life overall. While living in the here and now is key, the sense of purpose derived from pursuing ikigai bolsters our mental resilience to overcome setbacks and feel positive about the future. This concise, easily accessible book offers readers practical advice to identify what really motivates them to get up and go every morning and how seeking their personal ikigai can improve their daily lives. Each of the tenets of ikigai is explained and examined, illustrated by real-life examples of their application and inspiring photographs.