The HR Career Guide: Great Answers to Tough Career Questions

ISBN-13: 9781586444761 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 196 str.

Martin Yate

Spis treści

• I. INTRODUCTION: This is Your Life, Make it Shine
• II. STARTING AND GUIDING YOUR HR CAREER
• 1. Taking the First Steps Toward an HR Job
• 2. Making the Transition to U.S. HR
• 3. Do You Need a College Degree to Work in HR?
• 4. Work Your Way into HR Management
• 5. Applying for Jobs before Graduation
• 6. Mind the Experience Gap
• 7. Developing General HR Skills as a Specialist
• III. RESUMES
• 1. Refocus for Results
• 2. Tell the Story of Your Career
• 3. How Much Experience Is Too Much?
• 4. How to Write a Resume that Recruiters Will Read
• 5. The New Rules of Resumes
• 6. The Real Benefit of Cover Letters
• 7. Seeking Advancement After 17 Years in Same Job
• IV. JOB SEARCH
• 1. Preparing for Job Transition
• 2. Too Long in an Organization?
• 3. How to Determine Your Asking Salary
• 4. Best Time for Job Search
• 5. Working with Headhunters
• 6. How to Job Search in a New Field with a Disability
• 7. Growing Your Consulting Practice
• 8. Worried Skills Won’t Translate with Age
• 9. HR Specialist Looking to Be Strategic Partner
• 10. What to do When Your Job Search Is Stalled
• 11. How to Plan and Execute a Stealth Job Search
• V. NETWORKING
• 1. Networking as a Critical Career Survival Skill
• 2. Back on Track after Economic Derailment
• 3. Putting Your SHRM Chapter to Work
• 4. The Perils of Job Boards
• 5. Social Media and Networking Tips for Job-seeking Introverts
• 6. How to Ask for Help
• VI. INTERVIEWS
• 1. Getting the Job Offer
• 2. Owning Your Job-hopping Mistakes
• 3. Overcoming Hurdles
• 4. Dealing with Incompetent Interviewers
• 5. Interviewing for Introverts
• 6. “Why Did You Leave That Job?”
• 7. The Effect of Communication Skills on Winning Job Offers & Promotions
• VII. JOB STABILITY
• 1. Four Ways to Make a Fast Start in a New Job
• 2. How to Increase Your Job Security
• 3. Struggling with New HR Position
• 4. How to Get Skill Development Opportunities
• 5. Changes on the Job
• 6. Leveraging a Lousy Job
• 7. Preparing for the Worst
• 8. Preparing for and Surviving Layoffs
• 9. Offer Rescinded
• VIII. LEADERSHIP
• 1. Gaining Credibility in a Volatile Environment
• 2. Building HR from the Ground Up
• 3. Are You Manager Material?
• 4. Negotiating and Managing Up
• 5. Giving Feedback to Company Leaders
• 6. How to Develop Leadership Skills in an Entry-level Position
• IX. PROMOTIONS & TRANSFERS
• 7. How to Get Promoted
• 8. How to Accelerate Your Career: Part I
• 9. To Do When Promotions Pass You By
• 10. The Importance of Professional Certifications
• 11. HR Transition within a Company
• 12. Getting Ahead within the HR Department
• 13. Moving Up to Manager
• 14. Targeting Your Next Step and Gaining the Credentials
• 15. Making the Most of Difficult Transitions
• X. JOB CHANGE
• 1. Turning a Job Interview to Your Advantage
• 2. Tailor Broad Experience to Specific Jobs
• 3. Should I Stay or Should I Go?
• 4. Challenges for Non-Profit to Commercial Sector Transitions
• 5. Where to Go When Your Career Options Are Limited
• 6. Taking a Step Back to Re-align & Take Two Steps Up
• 7. Coming to America
• 8. How to Recognize When It Is Time to Leave a Job
• XI. CAREER CHANGE
• 1. Prepping for Career Change
• 2. Career Crossroads
• 3. Pursuing Professional Development in HR
• 4. A Complete Career Change
• 5. Career Change at Midlife
• 6. Making the Switch from HR to Headhunter
• 7. Finding Fulfillment
• XII. CONCLUSION: Accomplishing a Successful, Secure, and Fulfilled Life