Preface Part 1 -Entering, Reentering, and Moving about the World of Work Chapter 1 - Clueless about How the Career Development Process Works Chapter 2 - Sub Par Decision-making Leading to Catastrophic Consequences Chapter 3 - A Good Search Spoiled Chapter 4 - Unknown Occupations are Off the Career Radar Chapter 5 - Missed or Failed Education, Training, and Retraining Opportunities Chapter 6 - Inability to Find or Use Good Information Chapter 7 - Over-aspiring and Under-aspiring with Troubled Results Chapter 8 - Ignorance of Human Resources and Life Experiences as Career Teachers Chapter 9 - The Perils of Poor Time and Calendar Organization Chapter 10 - Failure to Use Professional Counselors Part 2 - Finding, Acquiring, and Moving into the First or Any Job Chapter 11 - Inability to Adapt to Change Chapter 12 - Inadequate Job Search Skills Chapter 13 - A Killer Resume and You are the Deceased Chapter 14 - The Interview that Implodes Chapter 15 - Poor Writing Resulting a Failure to Communicate Chapter 16 - Mismanagement of Transitions Chapter 17 - You Didn't Get the Job and Don't Know Why Chapter 18 - To Accept or Not Accept, the Job Offer that Is Chapter 19 - Coping with New Job Anxieties and Stresses Chapter 20 - Holding Out for the "Dream" Job Chapter 21 - Insufficient Encounters with Career Helpers Part 3 - Achieving Career Satisfaction and Dealing with the Occasional Crisis Chapter 22 - Blundered Growth, Mobility, and Maintenance Opportunities Chapter 23 - Inability to Achieve Life-Work Balance Chapter 24 - Faulty Treatment of Termination, Job Loss, and Other Career Dilemmas Chapter 25 - Ignoring the Knowledge Explosion Part 4 - Winding Down Exiting Career Chapter 26 - Poor Posturing for Career End and Retirement Chapter 27 - Mishandling Change Late in Career Part 5 - Voices that Matter Chapter 28 - Learning from the Experts Conclusion Appendix Index About the Author.
Career Errors : Straight Talk about the Steps and Missteps of Career Development