Synopses & Reviews
Landing the job of your dreams means you need to have a dream to begin with. Targeting a Great Career helps you identify that dream . . . make it specific . . . and figure out step by step how you can achieve it. Kate Wendleton and The Five O'Clock Club have already helped tens of thousands of job hunters across the country discover what they're best at, what they love doing, and how they can turn their vision into reality. Exercises throughout the book allow readers to picture what they want their life to be like in the future and what they can do today to make their dreams come true. The celebrated Five O'Clock Club method involves work ... lots of work. And much of that work is research - research on the lnternet into the areas you have targeted; Targeting a Great Career is filled with strategies and tips that can help you achieve your goals.
Review
The best book on the market to help you figure out who you are, what you enjoy doing, and what you want to do with your life.
About the Author
Kate Wendleton is a nationally recognized authority on career development. She has been a career coach since 1978, when she founded the Five O'Clock Club and developed its methodology to help job hunters and career changers of all levels in job-search-strategy groups. This methodology is now used by branches of the Five O'Clock Club which meet weekly in the United States and Canada, and has over 8,000 members. Kate is also a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist and a respected authority and speaker on career development. She has appeared on the Today Show, CNN, CNBC, Larry King, National Public Radio and CBS, and in The New York Times, The Economist, The Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune Magazine, Business Week and other national media.
Table of Contents
Part One: Finding Good Jobs: The Changing Job-Hunting Process Part Two: Deciding What You Want: How to Select Your Job Targets Part Three: Knowing the Right People: How to Get Interviews in Your Target Areas Part Four: Managing Your Campaign: Are You Conducting a Good Search? Part Five: Career and Job-Search Bibliography Part Six: What is The Five O'Clock Club? "America's Premier Career Counseling Network" Index