The Handbook for Early Career Success prepares you to manage your transition to the workplace with confidence, and flourish in the real world of personalities and organizational politics. This unique resource puts you in control of your future by teaching you: 1. Who you are as others see you using powerful personality style surveys and tools immediately applicable to workplace challenges. 2. How to effectively communicate, build relationships and maximize your impact all in a way that fits who you are. 3. The rules for achieving a successful, satisfying and self-directed career from day one. Acclaim for Handbook for Early Career Success ..". an excellent resource for young men and women entering the professional workforce. Lurie's approach is straight forward and easy to integrate into a workable strategy that will help mitigate mistakes that can derail a new professional career." Susan Greenbaum, Dean of Students, Stern School of Business Undergraduate College, New York University ..".a much needed practical guide that can make the difference between successfully launching a career or running into problems from the start. Lurie has made a major contribution with this text and has helped solve the problem of what to give to all soontobe or recent graduates." Ed Betof, Ed.D., Senior Fellow/Academic Director, Executive Program in Workplace Learning Leadership, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania ..".a virtual career GPS devise, helping people entering the workforce to navigate a strange and unfamiliar neighborhood - real life." Bob Defillippo, Chief Communications Officer, Prudential Financial ..".it resonated tremendously with me. It was really valuable to understand my Connecting Style, and just as valuable to understand the styles of the people I work with." Jeffrey Eisenberg, Advertising Programs Manager, Google "I loved this. It's excellent for early career - But great refresher for all regardless of career and years in career." JoAnn Ryan, CEO, Northwest Connecticut Chamber of Commerce Steven Lurie, Ph.D. is a psychologist who provides workshops and coaching that help prepare people with the personal self-awareness and interpersonal tools essential for success in school, the workplace and life. Dr. Lurie started Lurie Executive Development (LEDonline.com) in 1986 to help people move out of their comfort zones and live, learn and contribute to their full potential.

"Abstract: The handbook seeks to provide a state-of-the-art reference point for the field of career development. It engages in a trans-disciplinary and international dialogue that explores current ideas and debates from a variety of viewpoints including socio-economic, political, educational, and social justice perspectives. Career development is broadly defined to encompass both individuals' experience of their own careers, and the full range of support services for career planning and transitions. The handbook is divided into three sections. The first section explores the economic, educational, and public policy contexts within which careers are enacted. The second section explores the rich conceptual landscape of career theory. The third section addresses the broad spectrum of helping practices to support both individuals and groups including career guidance, career counseling, and career learning interventions. Keywords: Career; career development, career counseling, career guidance, career learning, career theory, public policy, social justice"--

A guide to launching and advancing a first career.

Get Hired and Get Ahead Even Without Years of Work Experience Finding a job and succeeding is hard - especially if you're just starting your career. In Your Personal Career Coach: Real-World Experiences for Early Career Success, 25 professionals share personal stories from their careers to create a definitive guide on how to get hired, get ahead and succeed in a rewarding career. Rather than a stuffy instructional 'how-to' book, Your Personal Career Coach is a collection of short, engaging real-life stories loaded with valuable advice, humorous confessions, and inspiring insights. Using their experiences and lessons learned, the Your Personal Career Coach authors act as guides to help readers maximize their job search, work relationships, and performance to establish gratifying and rewarding careers. In this book that readers will return to again and again, they will: - Discover how to effectively interview - Gain insight into working with your boss - Get the tools to prepare a presentation - Understand how to ask for a raise - Learn when and how to quit your job ... and much more The first in the series, Your Personal Career Coach: Real-World Experiences for Early Career

With real-world advice from professionals in the field, this Handbook provides step-by-step guidance to approaching tasks and challenges that face academic faculty members, such as interviewing for positions, evaluating contracts and offer letters, reading and preparing a basic budget, giving feedback, and engaging in self-care.

Success in academia requires more than an understanding of discipline-specific literature and an ability to teach and do research. It is also necessary to develop an understanding of a range of professionally-oriented skills such as how to identify and apply to doctoral programs, how to make the most of conferences, how to achieve a semblance of work-life balance, and how to land a job. Unfortunately, however, training on such professional matters is often inconsistent and/or idiosyncratic. This book seeks to consolidate and demystify these critical and often-misunderstood aspects of professional development in the context of applied linguistics. Put another way, this book is an attempt at the text many of us wish we had as we began our graduate studies. Throughout the book, readers will find anecdotes and insights informed by individual authors’ first-hand experiences. The resulting tone across the volume is that of a meet-up with a trusted and thoughtful mentor. As readers “meet” with these mentors, it is the hope of this volume that their guidance will help move readers closer to realizing their professional goals in applied linguistics.

"When you are a young mathematician, graduate school marks the first step toward a career in mathematics. During this period, you will make important decisions which will affect the rest of your career. This book is a detailed guide to help you navigate graduate school and the years that follow. -- Publisher description.