Descriptor
Source
Author
| Atwater, Maxine H. | 1 |
| Dent, Harry S., Jr. | 1 |
| Feingold, S. Norman | 1 |
| Gough, Jeanne A., Ed. | 1 |
| Kritzell, Bryan | 1 |
| Logan, David C. | 1 |
| Miller, Gordon | 1 |
| Pink, Daniel H. | 1 |
| Yate, Martin | 1 |
Publication Type
| Books | 7 |
| Guides - Classroom - Learner | 1 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 1 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Students | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Social Security | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Dent, Harry S., Jr. – 1995
This book focuses on the ongoing revolution in work. Downsizing, entrepreneurship, businesses within businesses, and the quality of work life are discussed, with emphasis on how one can survive and prosper in this environment. The 17 chapters of the book are organized in five parts. In Part 1, "New Work for A New Era of Prosperity," the chapters…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Change, Career Development, Career Planning
Yate, Martin – 1995
This book offers a blueprint to achieve and maintain career buoyancy in the face of downsizing, outsourcing, restructuring, and other present and future job-loss situations. The book provides advice on establishing a solid job base with a professional core career in a healthy, growing industry; making use of that care career as a foundation to…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Career Planning, Change Strategies
Feingold, S. Norman; Atwater, Maxine H. – 1988
This book focuses on 10 of the most promising new technologies and the careers that they will foster, picking up where the 1983 book, "Emerging Careers" by Norman Feingold, left off. The book talks about the work that must be done in new ways as technological breakthroughs open new applications. By looking first at the technologies and their…
Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, Career Education, Careers, Computers
Logan, David C.; Kritzell, Bryan – 1997
This book is designed to help individuals reinvent their careers by analyzing the current state of their careers, identifying career objectives suited to their individual and family needs, and developing personal strategic action plans for achieving career fulfillment in five new career path options: corporate climber, new entrepreneur,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Career Ladders
Miller, Gordon – 2001
This book is intended to serve as a career coach to individuals interested in setting a career goal, formulating a career path, and identifying and using strategies to follow the path to the career goal. The book is designed to be used in conjunction with the author's career coaching Web site, which is referred to throughout the book and which…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education
Gough, Jeanne A., Ed. – 1997
This book, which is designed for the general reader who is planning to enter the job market or contemplating a career change, contains basic information about the jobs and the employment outlook; finding a job; employer and employee rights and obligations; balancing home and work; education and training; and self-employment, small business and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Development, Career Education, Check Lists
Pink, Daniel H. – 2001
This book provides a comprehensive examination of the rise of free agent workers, how free agency is transforming the lives of free agents and those around them, problems encountered by free agents, and the future of free agency. The following are among the topics discussed in the book's 19 chapters: (1) the numbers and nuances of free agency; (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agencies, Aging (Individuals)
