Targeting a Great Career

A very good way to get things started in a career started...and low cost vs. seeing a consultant too. - Chris

Whether you are casually thinking about making a minor change in your career or in the mdist of an all out job search, Targeting A Great Career by Kate Wendleton is a must have book for your library. The steps to take for managing your career are outlined very clearly. The author clearly relates to his/her audience by giving specific examples of targeting industries and sub industries as well as a variety of positions. Her prospective is to be open minded yet focused on what you want. Example if you do not want a banking career, do not apply for such a position. A few pages in you will be determined to get a career that you want and not merely blindly answer every ad that comes vaguely close. The author keeps things in perspective. She realizes that some people may be more anxious to find something right away. Therefore, she outlines a plan for that scenario as well. She emphasizes to research careers for the short term and the long term so that you become knowledgeable and your career takes a definite path. The sections on the sven storeis and the life plans are excellent and even go beyond just work. The idea is to make your entire life rewarding and Kate Wendleton is very conscious of this. It seems as if Kate's Five O Clock Club is a reasonable service. Yes, there are free resources out there if you are a long time between jobs. However, the outline of Kate's services is really fairly reasonable almost comparitive to donating to a good charity or belonging to a special interest club. If you are looking for the long haul, Targeting A Great Career is a sound investment in yourself.