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Zusatztext 51815518 Informationen zum Autor James M. Citrin Klappentext Are you about to graduate and begin your job search? Or are you a young professional trying to choose the right field or looking for that perfect position that will catapult your career? Figuring out a career and getting a great job has never been more difficult. On top of that, today's graduates are looking for not only good jobs but positions that will help them launch careers in which they can grow and prosper. But knowing what to look for and how to actually land a great job is exceptionally challenging when you're trying to get an interview, make enough money, and position yourself for advancement. Based on an in-depth survey of thousands of graduates and young professionals, and hundreds of interviews with the world's top business and nonprofit leaders-not to mention James Citrin's decades of experience as a senior partner at the premier executive search firm Spencer Stuart-The Career Playbook offers recent graduates and aspiring young professionals actionable advice for excelling. From his practical tips on generating valuable introductions, nailing interviews, and negotiating compensation to strategic advice on the arc of a career, the importance of relationships, how to cultivate a mentor, and knowing when to change jobs or industries, Citrin provides an invaluable guide to the most urgent questions that are at the heart of every person's career deliberations. Packed with first-person advice from graduates and young professionals themselves, as well as the perspectives of seasoned CEOs, entrepreneurs, leaders, and experts, such as Virgin's Sir Richard Branson, Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg, Third Point Advisors' Daniel Loeb, author Malcolm Gladwell, and US Navy SEALs' Admiral Eric Olson, The Career Playbook is an essential resource for landing, launching, and thriving in your career. Leseprobe 1 The Six Phases of Your Career As you enter the workforce and in the early days of your career, chances are that you will have some notion about how you expect your work life to unfold. You might have ambitious, fairly concrete goals--to become a senior executive in a corporation, a partner in a professional firm, or a leader of a nonprofit that provides housing for people in need. Or you might be saving your aspirations for later, focusing now on just finding a job. Whichever the case, from the vantage point of this formative time in your career, it's often difficult to connect the dots between where you are today and where you hope to be in the future. And yet it's natural to ask yourself questions like "How am I doing?" and "Am I at the right place at this point in my career?" or "Am I learning and achieving what I need to move to the next level?" In the introduction, I talked about how your career is more likely to follow a winding road than a straight line. While everyone's individual career path is different, and the specifics of yours will be as unique as your fingerprint, most people go through a common series of six phases over the course of their career. Understanding these phases, as well as how you are valued, what is expected of you, and what you need to deliver in each phase, will offer a useful road map to help you see where you are in your career and how you are performing. Here are the six phases of a career that I've seen, across the countless number of people I've worked with. How Employers Value You: Potential and Experience Your value to your employer changes following a pattern strikingly similar to how physicists describe the properties of energy. They refer to potential energy (energy at rest) and kinetic energy (energy in motion). Careers follow similar patterns. As you prepare to enter the workforce, you are building up your store of potential value--the value you will be able to ad...
