The Crystal-Barkley  Guide to Taking Charge of Your Career

Three Steps to Becoming Your Own Career Coach

• An interactive, in-depth guidebook based on the Work\Life Design courses run by Crystal-Barkley, TAKING CHARGE OF YOUR CAREER turns the traditional job search on its head 

•  It focuses on the individual, not the position

• It gives job seekers and practical dreamers the tools they need to find careers that are meaningful, well paying, and secure.

Step 1: Who Am I?

• What your life story has to do with a job

• Uncovering overlooked skills

• Determining the values that are most important to you

• Learning to talk about yourself

Step 2: Where Am I Going?

• Reading life's compass

• Visualizing a career

•  Establishing the direction you want to go

• Goals – and how to set them

Step 3: How Do I Get There?

• Assembling a plan of action

• Surveying potential workplaces

• Making effective introductions

• A negotiation primer

• Closing the deal

 Availability:

The Crystal-Barkley Guide To Taking Charge Of Your Career, Nella Barkley and Eric Sandburg, Workman Publishing, ISBN: 1-56305-495-7, $9.95 US, is available at your local bookstore or