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| Frequently Asked Questions About Career Booster Kit |
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What is the motivation for good Career Path Planning? |
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Many circumstances justify this activity. Complex changes expected in U.S. employment need to be incorporated in career planning of efforts by prudent professionals:
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Downsizing (aka rightsizing and reduction-in-force RIF), outsourcing (domestic and offshore), mergers, reorganizations, employer relocation, high trade deficits, and continued loss of market share (in some industries), premature retirement, massive job losses, executive turnover, and bankruptcies are evident in record numbers.
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The relentless pace of global competition in addition to rapid technological advancements continue to drive reduction in both cost and product cycle time while simultaneously demanding more rapid innovation, increased quality, and more consumer options.
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The impact of technologies, such as the Internet, is eliminating some jobs while creating others requiring different training and skill sets. Early recognition of these trends and appropriate career adjustments will become essential for future success.
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Elimination of jobs and reduction of employee benefits have become common business practices throughout various industries to reduce operating expenses.
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Employment opportunities will continue to shift from goods-producing industries to service-producing industries, causing changes in career selection/training, career options, and geographic location in job openings.
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The transition to a knowledge-based economy and dramatic globalization will affect all aspects of the U.S. economy, especially its workforce and workplace.
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Proactive individuals need to have a logical, systematic, effective, and convenient methodology in order to deal with the many complexities encountered.
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| Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice . |
| ---- William Jennings Bryan |
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What are the statistics that substantiate Career Planning as a most important activity for any proactive professional? |
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Up to 65% of U.S. employees are not satisfied with their present jobs, career progress, and bosses. This is mostly due to increasing demands and inadequate compensation.
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At least 47% of employees are not satisfied with their career path.
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The largest decline in overall job satisfaction seems to be within the 35 - 44 age group.
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Employees (nearly 39% each year) leave their jobs - voluntarily or involuntarily.
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Based on most recent data, U.S. workers hold about 10 jobs between the ages of 18 38.
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Young workers stay about 3.4 years with their present employers.
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| Get the facts or the facts will get you |
| ----Thomas Fuller |
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How is this book different from other books on career planning? |
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This book has been totally focused and designed to meet the needs of anyone, regardless of discipline and experience level, interested in Career Path Planning, Career Assessment, and Job Satisfaction. Specifically:
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Focus has been placed on What to Do and How to Do It using self-explanatory, comprehensive checklists to assess, compare, and manage all aspects of career path planning. Multiple forms allow customization (i.e., long-term use, different situations, dual-career planning).
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A fully integrated approach, including important factors related to both the big picture and customized career path planning are presented.
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The books content has been carefully designed and organized for busy professionals who prefer to readily extract the information of interest without having to read the whole book. A highly focused style of writing has been used to result in a compact book.
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Four comprehensive benchmarking studies, performed throughout the development of this book, allowed the identification of 17 books (from a total of 212 books) that are considered to be the best available relevant to this subject matter. A seven-dimension criteria and 10-point ranking methodology provided the following results:
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The best possible score using this method was 70 points (100%).
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The average score for all 17 books was 34 points (49%).
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Career Booster Kit scored 56 points (80%). See p.60, Fig. A and B.
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Obviously, Career Booster Kit provides a high overall value to the reader.
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Measure what is measurable and
make measurable what is not so. |
| ---- Galileo Galilei |
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Which are the predominant features that make this book unique? |
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The authors provide summarized and highly focused guidelines, proven strategies, comprehensive background information, and practical advice that provide the basis for effective career planning when using the process proposed.
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It provides high, long-term value for the reader such as assessment, decision-making, early trend recognition, and Internet capability (i.e., interactive website). All of these contribute to better job security, more successful job searches, faster career growth, more job satisfaction, and most importantly - lifelong employability.
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This books design and format presents information that is self-explanatory, motivating, quantitative, interactive, short on words and comprehensive on both facts and advice.
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It offers Internet capability, including journal entry, automated form updates, and online downloads (some at no charge). Additional options are forthcoming.
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| Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. |
| ---- Leonardo da Vinci |
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What specific benefits are expected when using the information presented in this book? |
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It will provide a career compass showing both directions and powerful tools required to analyze and quantify complex issues and provide the basis for timely, corrective actions in order to achieve your career objectives in less time and with less effort.
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A road map that will help to keep you ahead of the curve and reduce unpleasant and unexpected surprises within a turbulent environment that is becoming less predictable.
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A simple-to-follow method contributes toward a better balance between your work, personal life, health, and overall happiness.
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All aspects of career planning are covered. Important information has been presented in an at-a-glance format to facilitate understanding and monitoring of all the data used.
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Checklists and scorecards, using key quantitative measures, are included to allow the user to gauge his/her careers status, progress, and options as well as focus on appropriate actions plans.
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Prepare and prevent
instead of repair and repent. |
| ----Anonymous |
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What can you tell me about the authors of this book? |
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The authors, Hermann Kaiser and Raymond A. Kaiser, are a father-and-son team (engineer, scientist; both entrepreneurs), who have long-term business and technical expertise that was developed in diverse environments.
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More specifically, their backgrounds include innovation, technical management, intellectual property development, new product/process development, new business development, management consulting, cutting-edge computer applications, business ownership, and international experience.
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The content of this book is based on their many invaluable insights derived from decades of combined, industrial and self-employment resulting in broad-based knowledge, comprehensive analysis, problem solving, modern management practices, comprehensive understanding of both employment and economic trends, strategic thinking, and effective communication concepts.
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Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed
is more important than any other one thing.
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| ---- Abraham Lincoln |
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