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Author
Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
xxii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Three innovators offer a framework for career development that helps anyone make real progress on their path when they switch jobs"--
Author
Publisher
Zondervan
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
225 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
"Business leader Jeff Henderson is your guide to pursuing your next best step in life and work. In What to Do Next, he helps you assess if you're ready for change, equips you with tools to prepare, shows you which pitfalls to avoid as you make your move, and replaces fear and doubt with confidence and purpose as you build an exciting future"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ten timely financial steps to build the life you really want. The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to rethink everything. Now, when it comes to envisioning a post-pandemic future, financial expert Jill Schlesinger hears one question over and over: IS THIS REALLY HOW I WANT TO LIVE? The Great Money Reset is your guide to getting real and building your best life. A bible for navigating our present era of seismic change, Schlesinger's book shows us how to...
4) Career remix
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
223 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
An author, two-time start-up founder and four-time TED speaker offers testimonials, plans of action, and road-tested insight to encourage job seekers to use their existing skills and resources to change careers, manage transitions, and thrive in the current job market.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Paul Rainey, the hapless antihero at the center of this "compulsively readable" (Independent on Sunday) story works, miserably, in ad sales. He sells space in magazines that hardly exist, and through a fog of booze and drugs dimly perceives that he is dissatisfied with his life--professionally, sexually, recreationally, the whole nine yards. If only there were something he could do about it--and "something" seems to fall into his lap when a meeting...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
From New York Times bestselling author and beloved Today show co-anchor Hoda Kotb-inspiring stories of people who find their life's purpose in unexpected ways, often surprising themselves and the ones they love most. Most of us wonder what we're doing. We float around in the glass half-empty, gaze out into the world of possibilities, and wonder if we should get off of our raft and climb out. Maybe even today you asked yourself: Is it too late to do...
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
342 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
In today's challenging job-market, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. Recent grads facing a tough economic landscape, workers laid off mid-career, and people searching for an inspiring work-life change all look to career guru Richard N. Bolles for support, encouragement, and advice on which job-hunt strategies work--and which don't. This revised edition combines classic elements like the famed Flower...
Author
Publisher
TEN SPEED
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
With more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2020, tailoring Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers. What Color Is Your Parachute? is the world's most popular job-hunting guide, revised and updated annually with more than ten million copies sold. This newly streamlined edition features the latest...
Author
Publisher
Workman Pub
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
ix, 325 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nine million baby boomers have already skipped retirement to enjoy meaningful work instead, and another 31 million are hoping to join them soon. Covering everything those readers will need to know, this road map points to passion, purpose, and a paycheck in the second half of life.
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
343 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"For more than fifty years, What Color Is Your Parachute? has transformed the way people think about job hunting. Whether searching for that first position, recovering from a layoff, or dreaming of a career change, What Color Is Your Parachute? has shown millions of readers how to network effectively, compose impressive resumes and cover letters, interview with confidence, and negotiate the best possible salary--while discovering how to make their...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's PRess
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
291 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"A street smart, inspiring, practical and utterly honest book for renewing or resuming your career. Millions of mid- and late-career professionals are wondering why our careers are dying. We've been fired, downsized, job-eliminated, or we've left work voluntarily to raise children, care for loved ones, or go to school. Our unemployment rate is more than three times the national average. It takes twice as long to get hired, usually for far less money...
12) What color is your parachute? 2022: your guide to a lifetime of meaningful work and career success
Author
Publisher
Ten Speed Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
With timeless advice, up-to-the-minute insights, and more than ten million copies sold over fifty years, the world's most popular and best-selling career guide is fully revised and expanded for 2022.
Publisher
GT Media
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a medical resident loses a patient, he moves back home with his father to rethink his career. His visit is a bittersweet one, overshadowed by memories of the mother he lost 18 years earlier on Christmas Eve. Nathan accepts a coaching position at a local elementary school where he meets Megan, a teacher, and becomes close with a young boy named Charlie. His world is turned upside down when the lives of the woman he loves and an innocent young...
Author
Series
Songbird volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jade and Max share a deep love, though recent revelations from his past have shaken their marriage. Jade is completely smitten with Max's little son, Asa, whom she is raising as her own. Their blended family brings her a joy she's never known. Then Max is faced with an opportunity to coach high-school football in Texas. Realizing a fresh start will bring healing to their marriage, Jade takes the leap of faith and agrees to the move ...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Life is about to get complicated for Amelia Montgomery, a prominent litigator in Chicago. She's been fired for not compromising her principles in a high-profile case and then punching her partner in the nose for the misogynistic comment he made in retort (not her finest moment). Leaving a career that gave her purpose, Amelia can only ask, What next? Amelia considers the people she's wronged, from old besties to former boyfriends to coworkers. and...
17) The nobodies
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
260 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"If there's one thing Joan Dixon knows about herself, it's that she is a damn good journalist. But when she is laid off from yet another soon-to-be-shuttered newspaper, and even the soulless, listicle-writing online jobs have dried up, she is left with few options. Closer to 40 than 30, single, living with her parents again, Joan decides she needs to reinvent herself. She goes to work as a junior copywriter at Bloom, a Los Angeles startup where her...
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
xxii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Presents inspiring and empowering stories of women who have reinvented themselves in extraordinary ways, proving to women of all ages that the best is yet to come.
Meet sixty amazing women who are proving that it's never too late to live out a dream-- to launch a business, travel the world, get a PhD, find love, or fill a void in life with a challenging new experience. Brimming with anecdotes that will inspire smiles, tears, and most of all hope,...
Author
Series
Military life volume 5
Publisher
Government Institutes
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
vii, 315 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English