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SALARY AND EARNING INCOME
4 Ways to Increase
your Income
Negotiating a Compensation
Package
ORGANIZATION
Give it a Handle
Time Management:
Prioritizing 101
Filing System Make-over
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Managing a Micromanager
Disarm the Critics with
Discovery
Working with
Resistant People
Working with Office
Politics
JOB SEARCH
Researching
the Company
Getting your Resume
Noticed
Job Search When Employed
WORK/LIFE BALANCE
The Commute
Out to Lunch
Developing your
Creative Outlet
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH
To Train or Not to Train?
Pro D: Company Foots the
Bill
CLIENT SUBMISSIONS
Success Story: It’s
Published! by Natalie Quesnel
REALITY CHECKS
Time to Look for a New
Job
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Recommended Reading
Want some well rounded career reading? Most of
these books are under $25! You can't beat that value for the wealth
of information stored in these books - not to mention creating an
impressive career library that will help you throughout your career.
Books are a great way to motivate your career development and spark
new ideas and attitudes.
I have included links to Amazon
so that you can get more information, check prices and availability.
There is also a link to Chapters at the
bottom of the page should you prefer to order through Chapters.
Job Search/Career Planning
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What Next
by Barbara Moses
This
book is the best career planning and job search book on the
market for Canadians, in my opinion. It is very well laid out
and easy to read. Some of the messages are generic in nature
but it still provides a great reference for those examining
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What Color is your Parachute?
by Richard N. Bolles
This book is a classic for Americans
and Canadians looking for work. It is updated regularly and
includes lots of tips and tricks to help find a job. |
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Secrets of Six Figure Women
by Barbara Stanny
This
book contains very powerful messages for women planning their
career and examining hurdles to reaching their potential. |
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Fire Your Boss
by Stephen M. Pollan
Want a refreshing look at career management?
This book offers tips to take control of your career destiny
by putting a stop to your boss making career decisions for you.
Pollan also recommends you kill your career and stop expecting
it to fulfill all your needs. His concept of job fishing is
very appropriate for today’s job market i.e. that there
are very few jobs that offer lasting stability. He emphasizes
the power of the all mighty buck in the pursuit of happiness. |
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Winning
by Jack Welch
He
says it like it is, like it or not. That's Jack. If you like
Jack Welch's style of management, then you'll love this book.
He shoots from the hip on many topics from company structures
and policies, to fighting the competition, to career planning.
This book is great for anyone in business - from someone just
starting out to a CEO - as it offers tips and advice for all
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Leadership
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Primal Leadership
by Daniel Goleman
Daniel
Goleman is the guru on emotional intelligence and this is his
latest book looking at EQ and leadership. |
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Weirdos in the Workplace
by John Putzier.
Geared
at HR personnel but valuable to anyone working with eccentric
people, this book offers tips for dealing with everything from
“Blue Suit Bob” who wears the same suit and shirt
to work everyday, to “Circadian Charlie” who does
his best work at 3 am, to “Helen the Hypochondriac”
who has many herbal remedies and other advice to cure your ails.
There is a terrific section in the back on tools to help manage
people including one of the best flow charts on behaviour management
I’ve seen! |
Personal Growth
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Feeling Good: The New Mood Therapy
by David D. Burns
This
book is promoted as an anti-drug way to treat depression although
the strategies for self esteem building and handling criticism
are very good for anyone struggling with a critical boss or
difficult work environment. |
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Organizing from the Inside Out: A Foolproof
System for Organizing Your Home, Your Office and Your Life
by Julie Morgenstern.
Julie is a professional organizer and
has great tips for every area of your life including career
related areas such as your purse or briefcase, your home office
and your filing systems. If you have a love or a hate relationship
with organization – this book will motivate you beyond
belief! |
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Start Late, Finish Rich: The Canadian
Edition
by David Bach
Here
is a great book for those of you who didn’t start your
retirement savings at 18! There is a bit of guilt tripping reminding
you of the power of compound interest had you started when you
had that paper route, but it gives fantastic advice to help
you prepare for the future financially. I include it on my recommended
reading list because it contains great career related pages
on asking for a raise and starting a business. |
Prefer to purchase your books through Chapters?
Here's a link to the Chapters Indigo site.
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Links
There are many sites on the web dedicated
to career planning. I have put a small sample here. As sites change,
please let me know if the links are broken (joni@careermined.ca).
Use search engines to find additional links or visit www.jobboom.com
for a comprehensive listing of sites.
Canadian Labour Market and Industry Information
Job
Futures
NOC
– Canadian Labour Market Info
List
of industry associations and job sites
Business
Networking
Red
Book – Social Services
Salary
Online Assessments and Testing
There are many low and no cost testing sites
on the web that are related to career planning. I have listed a
small sample. Search engine results and general career information
sites will provide additional links.
Typing
speed test
Career
Planning Tests
University
of Waterloo Career Development eManual
Career
Key – Holland Code
Personality
Page - Myers Briggs
General Job Boards
Monster
Workopolis
Working
Hotjobs-Yahoo
Specialized Job Boards
These job boards come and go so it is best
to use Google or another search engine to find current, specific
job boards for your industry. Here is a sample list of sites:
Arts
and Culture
Government
of BC
Government
of Canada (jobs in BC)
Hospitality
Media
Nonprofit
Part-time,
odd jobs (choose city on the right hand menu, then “jobs”)
Teaching
- ESL
Teaching
- College
Teaching
– Elementary and Secondary
Professional Growth
Bullying
at work
Emotional
Intelligence
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