HBR Guide to Changing Your Career by Harvard Business Review (US edition, Trade Paperback) - 9781633693104

The guide for professionals in their 30s to 50s on breaking out of a career rut and finding their way toward the next satisfying chapter of their work lives.Gives readers the confidence and advice they need to know that they can successfully change careers midway through their working livesGives readers tools to create experiments that allow them to explore their options without putting their current jobs in jeopardyHelps readers craft a story about their professional path that will make sense to hiring teams, rather than appear jumpy and unfocusedHelps readers answer tough questions such as: Should you consider a more fulfilling job with a pay cut when you’ve got a mortgage, bills, and college savings to worry about? How do you get the training or education you need to switch careers if you're already struggling to spend quality time with your family?Provides inspiration for readers by including real-life stories of folks who’ve done itAudience: Managers/professionals who are at least five years into their careers. The 2015 results of the Conference Board’s annual job satisfaction survey revealed that 52% of Americans are unhappy with their jobs (and that rate has hovered in that half range for the past several years!). This guide is for them, and for their global colleagues who are also suffering from job malaise. Ideal readers include: people who are bored in their jobs; people who want to be promoted, but the path or process at their job is unclear; people who have been laid off in a shrinking industry; people who took time off of work to care for family members (children and the elderly) and are now back but unhappy; people whose bosses are terrible; people who are in a line of work that meets their financial needs but not their spiritual/motivational ones (such as someone who becomes a highly