Your choice of career can impact your satisfaction, success, and achievements in the future. You're more likely to be happy and successful in a career that suits you rather than one that simply pays the bills. Figuring out what you want as a career as soon as possible can help you get a head start in preparing for it. Figuring out what to do "with your life" is really overwhelming. Choosing a career path feels like a really big, important decision. And if it gets messed up or veers off the path, you could be doomed. That's how society acts about it anyways. But I'm here to help. Let's push aside the overwhelming feelings and take thirty days of bite-sized chunks to make progress. There is no magic wand that will suddenly make all of your career dreams come true. But there are actionable steps and you can make progress instead of being paralyzed by indecision or fear. This book is designed to be taken one day at a time.

Your choice of career can impact your satisfaction, success, and achievements in the future. You're more likely to be happy and successful in a career that suits you rather than one that simply pays the bills. Figuring out what you want as a career as soon as possible can help you get a head start in preparing for it. Figuring out what to do "with your life" is really overwhelming. Choosing a career path feels like a really big, important decision. And if it gets messed up or veers off the path, you could be doomed. That's how society acts about it anyways. But I'm here to help. Let's push aside the overwhelming feelings and take thirty days of bite-sized chunks to make progress. There is no magic wand that will suddenly make all of your career dreams come true. But there are actionable steps and you can make progress instead of being paralyzed by indecision or fear. This book is designed to be taken one day at a time.

"Based on John L. Holland's typology of vocational personalities and work environments ... individuals and environments are classified according to their resemblance to six ideal types: Realistic (R), Investigative (I), Artistic (A), Social (S), Enterprising (E), and Conventional (C)."--Cover.

YOUR FUTURE BEGINS TODAY You can dream it. You can plan it. You can try to make it happen. But you can never really prepare for the future unless you have a future-focused mindset. That is the underlying message behind the inspiring words and wisdom of Peter Drucker, the legendary "father of modern management." Drucker believed that the future must be created--day by day, person by person--rather than be left to chance or fate. This powerful book by Drucker scholar and author Bruce Rosenstein incorporates the master's time-tested principles into a step-by-step daily plan that will change your life forever. Starting right now, you can: Create a future-focused mindset. Learn how to build a better tomorrow by taking steps today. Determine the future by what has already happened. Look for clues in the past to forecast the future. Become your own successor. Keep yourself in demand and in control of your destiny. Shape the future of your organization. Go beyond the planning stage and create real change. Build your future beyond your current workplace. Identify challenges and opportunities in all aspects of your life. Whether you're a recent college graduate faced with a difficult job market, an ambitious entrepreneur trying to anticipate the Next Big Thing, or a struggling executive weathering a storm of constant global change, Drucker's surprisingly timely approach to the future will guide you through anything the world throws at you. You'll discover creative techniques for rolling with the punches and landing on your feet, open-minded strategies for turning your ideas into action, and the latest tools for adapting to new technologies like social media and Internet marketing. You'll find inspiring advice and insights drawn from personal interviews with Drucker himself and some of the greatest business leaders of our time. Most importantly, you'll develop your own exciting, forwardthinking approach to the future that will dramatically alter your life, inside and outside the office. This is how you take charge of your destiny. This is how you make your dreams come true. This is how to Create Your Future the Peter Drucker Way. PRAISE FOR CREATE YOUR FUTURE THE PETER DRUCKER WAY: "Rosenstein skillfully draws on both his own wisdom and that of his mentor to deliver a plan for individuals and businesses in creating a future rich in personal and professional success. Leave your compass at home; all you need is Rosenstein's new book!" -- MARSHALL GOLDSMITH, million-selling author of the New York Times bestsellers, MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There "Create Your Future the Peter Drucker Way presents Peter Drucker as a role model for designing and living your own future, beginning in the here and now. The book has expanded my understanding of Drucker's work and I'm confident it will do the same for you." -- CHIP CONLEY, founder and former CEO of Joie de Vivre Hospitality; author of New York Times bestseller Emotional Equations "Rosenstein has opened the door to an important and often misunderstood area of Drucker's work--why an understanding of the future is so critical for our development as leaders. It confirms my belief of a bright future ahead." -- FRANCES HESSELBEIN, President and CEO, The Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute "In this concise and compelling book, Rosenstein provides a unique contribution: mining the nuggets of Peter Drucker's most important work about the future and presenting them in a brief, accessible format. Bruce is the ideal person to make Peter's work useful and valuable in this way." -- BOB BUFORD, Chairman Emeritus, Board of Advisors of The Drucker Institute; author of Halftime

This text is for undergraduate courses in Career Development or Career Planning. The fourth edition of Building Your Career actively engages students in a new career decision-making model that involves reflecting, exploring, deciding and preparing for their immediate and long-term futures.Students progress through a process that uses the Internet and other hands-on activities to discover how their interests and strengths are compatible with the possible occupational and educational alternatives that they identify. Students also learn how to mount a job search and determine their readiness for the changing work world and the skills needed to succeed in the jobs of tomorrow. Instructors will find the process outlined in this book easily facilitates how they organize and develop their course. Supplemental materials and local information can be added to enhance the learning experience.