THREE STEPS TO BECOMING YOUR OWN CAREER COUNSELOR
An interactive, in-depth guidebook based on the career design workshops run by Crystal-Barkley, TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR CAREER turns the traditional job search on its head-by focusing on the individual, not the position-to give job seekers and practical dreamers the tools they need to find careers that are meaningful, well-paying, and secure.
Step 1: Who Am I?
What your life story has to do with a job. Uncovering over-looked skills. Determining the values that are most important to you. Learning to talk about yourself.
Step 2: Where Am I Going?
Reading life's compass. Visualizing a career. Establishing the direction you want to go in. Goals, and how to set them.
Step 3: How Do I Get There?
Assembling a plan of action. Surveying a potential workplace. Making effective introductions. A negotiation primer. Closing the deal.
Nella Barkley co-founded the Crystal-Barkley Corporation with John C. Crystal, who was the major contributor to Richard Nelson Bolle's What Color Is Your Parachute? She also provides management training to AT&T, General Motors, IBM, and other corporations and institutions.
Eric Sandburg, a former business professor, is president of Career Design Software, which brings the Crystal-Barkley process to the home computer.
