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[2007]
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When a medical resident loses a patient, he moves back home with his father to rethink his career. His visit is a bittersweet one, overshadowed by memories of the mother he lost 18 years earlier on Christmas Eve. Nathan accepts a coaching position at a local elementary school where he meets Megan, a teacher, and becomes close with a young boy named Charlie. His world is turned upside down when the lives of the woman he loves and an innocent young...
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In your career, or anyone's, there is one transition that stands out as the most crucial--going from individual performer to competent manager. New managers have to learn how to lead others rather than do the work themselves, to win trust and respect, to motivate, and to strike the right balance between delegation and control. Many fail to make the transition successfully. In this timeless, essential book, Harvard Business School professor and leadership...
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"Escaping New York City and the espionage case that made her question everything, recently widowed Lina returns home to sell the house she has inherited in tony Greenfield, California. With her teenage son Rory, Lina hopes to reassemble her life, reevaluate her career, and find a clear way forward. Adrift and battling insomnia, she discovers that her father's sleepy hometown has been transformed into a Silicon Valley suburb on steroids, obsessed with...
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In this incredible collection of stories, Hoda Kotb reveals individuals who reached a critical point in their lives to suddenly find theyŕe being pulled in a completely new direction. By following their passions, their gut, and their heart, these people learned their life purpose was utterly unlike what theyd́ planned. From the investment banker who became a minister after years of working in Manhattan, to the young woman from a blue-collar background...
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[2012]
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Jade Benson embraces unexpected motherhood after her husband Max gains custody of his young son. As she and Max work out their newly formed family, an invitation to coach Texas high school football sends them on a journey. Then a stranger reveals a painful secret, and Ja de faces her hardest challenge yet.
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[2020]
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"POWER MOVES, a career guide for women stuck in unfulfilling jobs developed from the lessons on the Career Contessa website, featuring inspirational stories from impressive women in a variety of fields, exercises in how to make big life changes, and a discussion of how to find a meaningful career, from Career Contessa founder Lauren McGoodwin"--
8) I don't know what I want, but I know it's not this: a step-by-step guide to finding gratifying work
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[2003]
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THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO KICK-STARTING A CAREER YOU LOVE IN ANY JOB MARKET
THERE IS AN EPIDEMIC IN THIS COUNTRY, one that continues to spread despite fluctuations in the economy. A dishearteningly large number of people dislike what they do for a living. In this revised and updated edition of I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This, career coach Julie Jansen shows how anyone unhappy with their employment-or lack of-can implement a real and...
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2020.
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"I have been a career adviser at a global high-tech company for more than 15 years. Employees from different parts of the world have reached me for career guidance. No matter where they are, the desire of owning their career is unanimous. To reach more employees, I designed a course called Career Ownership and have been teaching it regularly. In addition, since I have been regularly part-time teaching at universities for the last 20 years, many students...
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[2003]
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Second Acts is a guide to reinventing your life. Whether you wish to change careers, move to a more desirable part of the country, start a business, write a novel, or drop everything to pursue a life dream, Stephen Pollan offers a powerful message of hope and guidance that has benefited his own clients.
Through a series of exercises, you will develop a comprehensive "script" for your second act-a step-by-step action plan that will lead you to the...
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2021.
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"A street smart, inspiring, practical and utterly honest book for renewing or resuming your career. Millions of mid- and late-career professionals are wondering why our careers are dying. We've been fired, downsized, job-eliminated, or we've left work voluntarily to raise children, care for loved ones, or go to school. Our unemployment rate is more than three times the national average. It takes twice as long to get hired, usually for far less money...
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With more than 10 million copies sold in 28 countries, the world's most popular job-search book is updated for 2020, tailoring Richard Bolles's long-trusted guidance with up-to-the-minute information and advice for today's job-hunters and career-changers. What Color Is Your Parachute? is the world's most popular job-hunting guide, revised and updated annually with more than ten million copies sold. This newly streamlined edition features the latest...
14) What color is your parachute? 2021: your guide to a lifetime of meaningful work and career success
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[2020]
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"In today's challenging job-market, as recent grads face a shifting economic landscape and seek work that pays and inspires, as workers are laid off mid-career, and as people search for an inspiring work-life change, the time-tested advice of What Color Is Your Parachute? is needed more than ever. This completely updated edition features the latest resources, strategies, and perspectives on today's job market, revealing surprising advice on what works-and...
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2023
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"Ten timely financial steps to build the life you really want. The COVID-19 pandemic forced us to rethink everything. Now, when it comes to envisioning a post-pandemic future, financial expert Jill Schlesinger hears one question over and over: IS THIS REALLY HOW I WANT TO LIVE? The Great Money Reset is your guide to getting real and building your best life. A bible for navigating our present era of seismic change, Schlesinger's book shows us how to...
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[2010]
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"For most people, the hardest part of writing a resume is getting started. In this book, professional resume writers and career counselors Wendy Enelow and Louise Kursmark give you the help you need to start--and pull together a stunning resume with ease!: the top nine resume strategies for getting noticed and getting interviews; plus format and presentation standards, step-by-step writing instructions, with examples every step of the way, techniques...
17) I'm Still Here
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2010
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Follows Joaquin Phoenix as he transitions from a career in acting to attempting a career as a rapper.
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2012
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Amy Van Court wrote Escaping Career Prison after years of helping women free themselves from unfulfilling work and land in livelihoods that allow them to achieve career success on their terms.
The author’s straightforward, no-nonsense approach is balanced with compassion and understanding to help readers discover and utilize their unique gifts, passions and talents.
With this book as your guide, you will discover and explore the Three Keys to...