5 Necessary Skills: to Maintain Employment in Tumultuous Times Review

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(More customer reviews)This book- 5 Necessary Skills is a great advice book. It is well written, easy to read and succinctly outlines what every worker should know about keeping an edge in the workplace today. These are scary times, but Pearson give us a road map of how to keep in front of the unstable job market today. Being prepared for any kind of situation is truly taking control of our own career instead of allowing companies to take control of our lives.

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The Job-Seeker's BibleHow to Find and Keep the Right Job.In this tough market, we can no longer count on the institutions of government, corporations, and education to provide for us. We must change and grow intellectually to survive, and this book will show you how.Whether you're searching for a new job or trying to hang on to the one you have, 5 Necessary Skills will give you the advantages you need. You'll learn: - how to be proactive- how to be cognizant of and recognize what's going on in your company- the importance of networking- the importance of finding a mentor- and how to deal with bad bosses. Those people who exhibit the 5 Necessary Skills are the ones who will get and hold onto the best jobs - and you could be one of them"Being prepared for the twists and turns and disappointments of today's job market means we have to take control of our lives and gain knowledge about how to handle them." -Carol Kleiman, Author of Winning the Job Game: The New Rules for Finding and Keeping the Job You Want

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Common-Sense Workplace Mentoring: A do-it-yourself system for strengthening your business . . . one person at a time Review

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(More customer reviews)Susan deGrandpré has produced a slim volume that is thick in savvy content about how organizations are strengthened by the one-to-one learning process known as mentoring. Other books on this topic make it look like mentoring is a fairly strange activity that needs layers of persuasion and logical leaps before anyone would seriously consider it. Ms. deGrandpré makes clear that mentoring is among our species most natural involvements. She made me think of ancient social groups where it is the norm for an "old pro" guiding the neophyte through the various rituals and learnings necessary achieve the fullness of mature adulthood.
Building on this familiar and deeply human way of relating, she begins by defining the roles of mentor and mentee. Next, she describes the mentoring system including the contract for learning. She then takes on the individual mentee and the "infinite combinations of characteristics and circumstances that create each person's uniqueness. (p. 43)" Using up to date research on individual differences, she enables the aspiring mentor to tailor a mentoring program to the learning and communicating styles of the mentee. She finally addresses the ever present issue of maintaining mentoring motivation, and then she applies the concepts to individuals in teams. A brief final chapter encourages the spread of the mentoring spirit into the organization.
Throughout the book, Ms. deGrandpré utilizes clear and well established models to enhance the themes she takes on and help the reader make practical applications. The "Six Building Blocks of Workplace Mentoring" create the framework for successful mentoring. Then there's the "SMART" method of goal-setting; the "Mentoring Style Preferences" rooted in the Jungian theory of types;the "core learning methods"; and the GOLD process for giving direct feedback. The models are presented succinctly, practically, and they are accompanied by specific practice exercises to reinforce learning.
The book is fast-paced. The writing style is so vivid and intimate that you look up expecting to see Ms. deGrandpré in the chair next to you. Then you realize you have to settle for the book, which really is the next best thing!
In fact, the only criticism I have about the volume is that it had to end.

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