Shaping Your Career

by Harvard Business School Publishing

• ISBN13: 9781422118764
• ISBN10: 1422118762
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-02-18
• Publisher: Harvard Business School Pr

Summary

Your career is not a one-time decision made early in life. Rather, you refine and redefine it as you grow professionally. Shaping Your Career helps you: Recognize when and why it's time for a change, Update your skills to stay competitive, Spot career-development opportunities. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Mentors' Message: Why Take Charge of Your Career?	p. ix
Shaping Your Career: The Basics	p. 1
What Does Shaping Your Career Mean?	p. 3
Understanding the need for change	p. 4
Growing at your company	p. 4
Navigating the job-change process	p. 6
Taking Charge of Your Career	p. 9
Defining your career	p. 10
Shifting your skills to stay competitive	p. 11
Thinking career lattice, not ladder	p. 12
Thinking strategically about your career	p. 13
Knowing Yourself	p. 15
Clarifying who you are	p. 16
Looking inward	p. 16
Asking others	p. 17
Using formal assessment tools	p. 19
Knowing when it's time for a change	p. 20
Understanding Business Interests	p. 21
Eight core interests	p. 22
Figuring out your core interests	p. 24
Clarifying Your Work Reward Values	p. 27
What are work reward values?	p. 28
Why clarify your work reward values?	p. 29
Strategies for clarifying your work reward values	p. 31
Assessing Your Skills	p. 35
Understanding types of skills	p. 36
Knowing your strongest skills	p. 37
Articulating your transferable skills	p. 37
Four key points about skills	p. 38
Finding Developmental Opportunities at Your Company	p. 41
Starting the search	p. 42
Finding out what people do	p. 43
Choosing the right growth opportunities	p. 46
Getting the skills you need	p. 47
Getting the information you need	p. 47
Helping Others Manage Their Careers	p. 53
Putting your organization first	p. 54
Speaking the language of interests, values, and skills	p. 55
Fostering a career management mindset	p. 56
Tips and Tools	p. 57
Tools for Shaping Your Career	p. 59
Test Yourself	p. 69
Answers to test questions	p. 72
Frequently Asked Questions	p. 75
To Learn More	p. 81
Sources for Shaping Your Career	p. 87
Notes	p. 89
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