Career Management & Work-Life Integration : Using Self-Assessment to Navigate Contemporary Careers
ISBN: 9781412937450



Table of Contents
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Understanding the New Career
1(14)
Three Career Cases
1(3)
The Barnes Family
1(1)
Helen Casey
2(1)
The Smith Family
3(1)
The Changing Landscape of Careers
4(4)
The Changing Nature of Families
8(1)
The New Careers
9(2)
Our Career and Work-Life Model
11(4)
The Self-Assessment Process
15(32)
The Basic Areas of Self-Assessment
16(28)
Reflecting on the Past
17(4)
Identity as a Core Competence
21(3)
Clarifying Your Values
24(5)
Understanding Your Interests and Passions
29(3)
Lifestyle
32(3)
Understanding Your Life Goals and Personal Vision
35(2)
Skill Assessment
37(7)
Summary
44(3)
Integrating Your Self-Assessment and Developing Implications
47(14)
Integrating Your Self-Assessment
47(3)
Developing Themes From Your Data
50(7)
Step 1: Coding Your Data
51(1)
Step 2: Grouping Your Data
52(1)
Step 3: Assigning Tentative Themes
53(1)
Step 4: Constructing the Final Themes With Supporting Data
53(1)
Sample Themes
54(3)
Developing Career and Work-Life Implications
57(3)
Summary
60(1)
Finding Ideal Work
61(36)
Job Loss
63(3)
Assessing the Labor Market
66(2)
Identifying the Right Opportunities for You
68(3)
Job Search Tools
71(5)
References
71(2)
Resumes
73(1)
Starting a Professional Portfolio
74(1)
Cover Letters
75(1)
Conducting the Job Search
76(1)
Networking and the Job Search
77(6)
Informational Interviews
83(4)
Guidelines for Conducting an Informational Interview
84(1)
Questions to Ask
85(2)
Identifying the Ideal Employer
87(3)
Special Challenges and Tips for International Students Who Want to Work in the United States
90(2)
Career Decision Making
92(2)
Summary
94(3)
Career Development Strategies
97(36)
Organizational Career Paths
102(7)
From Career Ladders to Career Lattices
103(2)
Vertical Careers and Organizational Advancement
105(1)
Managing Up
106(3)
Alternative Career Paths-Salzman's Typology
109(6)
Backtrackers
111(1)
Plateauers
111(1)
Career Shifters
112(1)
Self-Employers
113(1)
Urban Escapees
114(1)
The Portfolio Career
115(1)
Ongoing Development
116(5)
Organizational Career Systems
121(3)
International Assignments
124(2)
Financial Considerations
126(4)
Summary
130(3)
Work and Family
133(20)
Men and Women, Families and Work
134(2)
Dual-Career Couples
136(5)
Dual-Career Families
141(11)
Sources of Stress
142(1)
Role Conflict
143(9)
Summary
152(1)
Workplace Flexibility
153(26)
Flexible Work Arrangements
154(18)
Flextime
155(2)
Compressed Work Week
157(1)
Part-Time and Reduced-Load Work
158(3)
Job Sharing
161(3)
Telecommuting
164(6)
Leaves
170(1)
Sabbaticals
171(1)
Other Elements of the Family-Friendly Workplace
172(2)
Family-Friendly Workplace Culture
174(2)
The Dark Side of Flexible Work Arrangements
176(1)
Summary
177(2)
Career Development Over the Lifespan
179(26)
Lifespan Development: Are Career and Life Stages Still Relevant Today?
180(4)
Adult Life Stages
181(3)
Gender and Life Stages
184(1)
A New Model for Middle and Later Years: Learning Cycles
185(3)
The Second (or Third or Fourth) Career
188(2)
Protean Careers and Older Workers
190(4)
How Do We Tap the Potential of Older Workers?
194(3)
Use Developmental Relationships
194(1)
Opt for New and Varied Job Experience
195(1)
Improve Person-Job Brokering
195(1)
Use Information Technology
196(1)
Retirement
197(4)
How Do I Want to Design My Life for the Third Phase?
198(1)
Financial Planning and Careers in Later Life
199(2)
Summarizing Careers Over the Lifespan
201(1)
Book Summary
201(4)
Appendix: Standards of Excellence Index 205(6)
Bibliography 211(12)
Index 223(10)
About the Authors 233





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