How to Control Your Career for Life
Helpful Techniques for Getting, Keeping, and Changing Employment Opportunities
by
Book Cover & Preview Text
Why is Planning a Career so Important? First, you will spend a lot of time working. Say you start working when you are 20 years old and work until you are 65. The time you spend working will be 2,250 weeks or 90,000 hours. Wow! If at all possible be sure you spend most of your time doing something you like and do well. Second, you will earn a lot of money. Assume you earn $20,000 the first year $75,000 the last year and you work for 35 years. Use this formula to determine yor lifetime income: Years of work x (starting salary + final salary) divided by 2 = total salary. 35 x ($20,0000+$75,000) divided by 2 = $1,332,500 Work this out for yourself. Years of work x (your present salary + final salary) divided by 2 = total income Even at minimum wage of $7.00 an hour you will earn $630,000. You are in charge of a project with an income of well over a million dollars. So plan it carefully and well. Third, as I said before you will likely change jobs about four or five times or even more during your working career. So learn to do this quickly and with as little stress as possible. Finally, through working you can make the world a better place, socially and economically. For example, I taught at a technical college. While there I showed students how to write technical reports, resumes, how to make technical presentations and a lot of other useful skills. Later, I helped start new divisions in a new college, which enabled young men and women to earn a good living. In this way I helped to provide for my family and make my little world a better place economically and socially. You can do the same.
Formats
Book Details
Recognition Programs
About the Book
How to Control Your Career for Life takes you through the essential steps to help you find a new, better job. The key is to know what you like doing, what you are good at, and what you find satisfying.
This book will show how to determine where the jobs are and then, how to market yourself effectively so that you get a job interview. It also provides detailed advice on having successful interviews.
You have a new job, what do you do now? This book gives detailed instructions about what to do the first week of a new job; in addition, it shows specific ways to stay employed in the same job.
The last chapter tells how to handle job changes with as little stress as possible. In this ever-changing job market, this is an important key to job survival!
There is a very simple plan for reaching your full potential in any job. The following points are covered in this book:
- Identify your skills
- Four job search techniques
- Four ways to apply for a job
- Considering self-employment
- Writing effective resumes
- Successful interview practices
- On-the-job skills
- Five ways to move ahead in your company
- How to change jobs
About the Author
Donald Ford has worked as a college instructor, college administrator, and seminar leader. His professional activities included chair of the Education Committee, Tourism Industry of Canada. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto and the University of Calgary. He lives with his wife, Frances, in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.