Smart Maneuvers

by Battle, Carl W.

• ISBN13: 9781880559161
• ISBN10: 1880559161
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-06-01
• Publisher: Allworth Pr

Summary

Smart Maneuvers is an easy-to-use, plainspoken, and authoritative guide by Carl W. Battle. Advances in technology and shifts in the global economy have dramatically altered the career and financial strategies we need to survive and prosper in the 1990s and beyond. Career success, financial prosperity, and quality of life have and will continue to become increasingly interrelated and complex issues. In Smart Maneuvers, Battle provides essential information on the new skills, new ways of thinking, and resources that will be indispensible for career and personal success in the information age.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 7
Introduction	p. 11
Career Self-Reliance and Fulfillment	p. 17
The New Job Market	p. 25
Finding and Keeping the Right Job	p. 51
Dealing With Job Transitions	p. 67
Pursuing Your Own Business	p. 77
Becoming Proficient With Computers	p. 105
Communicating Effectively	p. 117
Negotiating Successfully	p. 125
Money Management	p. 139
Maintaining Good Insurance	p. 161
Achieving Good Credit	p. 177
Protecting Your Privacy	p. 185
Conclusion	p. 197
Appendix	p. 199
Sources of State and Local Job Information	p. 199
Selected Bibliography	p. 209
Sample Functional Resume	p. 213
Sample Chronological Resume	p. 214
Index	p. 215
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