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This book will be an important resource for both new graduates and mid-career scientists, engineers, and technicians. Through taking stock of existing or desired skills and goals, it provides both general advice and concrete examples to help assess a current job situation or prospect, and to effectively pursue and attain new ones. Many examples of properly adapted resumes and interview techniques, as well as plenty of practical advice about adaptation to new workplace cultural paradigms, such as team-based management, make this book an invaluable reference for the professional scientist in today's volatile job market.
"Advises technical professionals on how to reengineer their career goals and work habits, as well as develop professional survival skills. There are chapters on improving oral and written communications, cultivating creativity, alternative career options, resume cover letters, and negotiating better terms."--SciTech Book News"Reading the volume cover-to-cover will provide a very comprehenxive overivew of all aspects of career management; however, this book can also be used as a reference source in which those parts relevant to one's current situation can be reviewed at appropriate times. . . .Even persons who are comfortable in their current positions will be able to extract something from Borchardt's book. His instructions are motivational as well as informative. . . ." -- The Nucleus "Advises technical professionals on how to reengineer their career goals and work habits, as well as develop professional survival skills. There are chapters on improving oral and written communications, cultivating creativity, alternative career options, resume cover letters, and negotiating better terms."--SciTech Book News"Reading the volume cover-to-cover will provide a very comprehenxive overivew of all aspects of career management; however, this book can also be used as a reference source in which those parts relevant to one's current situation can be reviewed at appropriate times. . . .Even persons who are comfortable in their current positions will be able to extract something from Borchardt's book. His instructions are motivational as well as informative. . . ." -- The Nucleus "Advises technical professionals on how to reengineer their career goals and work habits, as well as develop professional survival skills. There are chapters on improving oral and written communications, cultivating creativity, alternative career options, resume cover letters, and negotiating better terms."--SciTech Book News "Reading the volume cover-to-cover will provide a very comprehenxive overivew of all aspects of career management; however, this book can also be used as a reference source in which those parts relevant to one's current situation can be reviewed at appropriate times. . . .Even persons who are comfortable in their current positions will be able to extract something from Borchardt's book. His instructions are motivational as well as informative. . . ." -- The Nucleus "Advises technical professionals on how to reengineer their career goals and work habits, as well as develop professional survival skills. There are chapters on improving oral and written communications, cultivating creativity, alternative career options, resume cover letters, and negotiating better terms."--SciTech Book News "Reading the volume cover-to-cover will provide a very comprehenxive overivew of all aspects of career management; however, this book can also be used as a reference source in which those parts relevant to one's current situation can be reviewed at appropriate times. . . .Even persons who are comfortable in their current positions will be able to extract something from Borchardt's book. His instructions are motivational as well as informative. . . ." -- The Nucleus "Advises technical professionals on how to reengineer their career goals and work habits, as well as develop professional survival skills. There are chapters on improving oral and written communications, cultivating creativity, alternative career options, resume cover letters, and negotiating betterterms."--SciTech Book News"Reading the volume cover-to-cover will provide a very comprehenxive overivew of all aspects of career management; however, this book can also be used as a reference source in which those parts relevant to one's current situation can be reviewed at appropriate times. . . .Even persons who arecomfortable in their current positions will be able to extract something from Borchardt's book. His instructions are motivational as well as informative. . . ." -- The Nucleus
| Defining Your Career | p. 3 |
| Professional Skills | p. 13 |
| Personal Productivity | p. 15 |
| Writing Skills | p. 29 |
| Oral Presentation Skills | p. 48 |
| Professional Networking Skills | p. 62 |
| Creativity and Decision Making | p. 68 |
| Interpersonal Skills | p. 85 |
| Today's New Working World | p. 105 |
| The Reengineered Workplace | p. 107 |
| Your Workday World | p. 118 |
| Alternative Career Options | p. 128 |
| Maintaining Marketability | p. 142 |
| Job Hunting | p. 149 |
| The Evolving Techniques of Job Hunting | p. 151 |
| Writing Your Resumes | p. 157 |
| Resume Cover Letters | p. 186 |
| Working with Your References | p. 198 |
| Employment Interviewing | p. 206 |
| Assessing Job Offers and Negotiating Better Terms | p. 231 |
| Back to the Beginning | p. 243 |
| Career Assessment and Planning | p. 245 |
| Index | p. 253 |
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ISBN: 9780841235250
ISBN-10: 0841235252
Series: American Chemical Society Publication
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 288
Published: 4th May 2000
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 24.2 x 15.8
x 2.0
Weight (kg): 0.52
