Career challenges : straight talk about achieving success in the technology-driven, post-COVID world of work
(Book)

Revised edition of: Career errors : straight talk about the steps and missteps of career development.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Career Challenges helps the reader navigate the stages of the career development process by identifying the life-stage challenges she/he will face in a technology-driven, post-COVID world of work"--,Provided by publisher.

Career Challenges examines the critical junctures experienced over the course of a career. The book begins with a comprehensive examination of the eight phases of career development, explaining why these phases must be understood in order to achieve career success and satisfaction. This analysis is followed by the meticulous exploration of more than two dozen significant challenges that members of the workforce must confront and overcome as they navigate their lives. The chapters address everything from conducting an effective job search and knowing how to manage career growth and mobility to performing essential tasks such as preparing a resume, interviewing, and dealing with job stagnation, change, or loss. New to this edition are two chapters concerning the changing nature of work, worker, and workplace in a technology-driven, post-COVID world. Throughout the book, author Frank Burtnett sets life-work balance as a paramount individual goal and outlines strategies for achieving this elusive objective. Career Challenges is the next best thing to having a professional career counselor or recruiter in the room. Written for the individual worker, this book is also of significant value to counselors, search and staffing professionals, educators, and others playing important roles in these life transitions. Career Challenges is the reader's roadmap to a successful and satisfying career--back cover.