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Product Description The clear-cut career path that once was the norm is now nearly extinct. According to the Department of Labor, the average adult ca
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n expect between five and seven career changes during his/her life, so how do you know when it is time to change careers and where do you get started? In her newest book, GETTING UNSTUCK: Moving Ahead With Your Career (Pearson Custom Publishing, $19.95) career management expert and author, Betsy Kyte Newman, offers motivation and a step-by-step guide to getting your professional life going again. "Just as the artist with his canvas, the author with blank paper, or the musician at the piano, you have all that you need right with you at your disposal. You have everything necessary inside you; there is no need to go hunting for more. Just get started." - Betsy Kyte Newman GETTING UNSTUCK helps readers: * Determine whether the "workday blahs" extend past Monday, and are a signal for career discontent; * Create a "Plan B," complete with professional and personal goals; * Evaluate decisions and protect against professional pitfalls, including fear; * Develop self-esteem to pursue a personal campaign plan. Changing careers can be an overwhelming and seemingly impossible task. GETTING UNSTUCK provides the perfect combination of advice and inspiration to take control of a disappointing career and embark on an entirely new professional endeavor. Based on Betsy Kyte Newman's own experience as a career counselor and real-life experiences of colleagues and clients, GETTING UNSTUCK is the ultimate guide to redirecting even the most stuck career. Review An energizing, holistic guide to developing career options and then turning vision into reality. -- Spencer Liles, International Association of Career Management Professionals She strikes a good balance between encouraging and acknowleging how hard it is. -- William Bridges, William Bridges & Associates, Consultants to Organizations in Transition This is a very comprehensive book that can get even the most stuck person unstuck. -- Richard L. Knowdell, Executive Director Career Planning & Adult Development Network About the Author Betsy K. Newman is a consultant in organizational and career development. She delivers customized training programs for management development and is the Director of Consulting and Career Services. Betsy has owned her own business for twenty years. Her clients include: Procter & Gamble, Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal Deloitte and Touche, Digital Equipment Corporation, United Health Care, The Kendle Company, The Bank of Boston, General Electric, Student Loan Funding Corporation, Chatfield College, Fidelity Systems and Investments, State Street Bank, The Mitre Corporation, Gould Programmable Control, New England Telephone Company, The American Institute of Banking, The American Association of Industrial Management, The Environmental Protection Agency and The Mitre Institute and the Internal Revenue Service. Betsy is a professional lecturer to business and professional organizations and colleges. Some of her recent audiences include: the International Conference on Women and Organizations, Women Executives in State Government, Beyond the Ballot Ohio State Conference, the Greater Cincinnati Nurse Executives, the American Society of Training and Development, the Ohio Human Resources Association, the Radcliffe Seminars Program, the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Simmons Graduate School of Management, Wellesley College, the National Association of Bank Women, the Employees of Towne Properties, the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Boston Association of College Housing Administrators, the National Association of Junior Leagues, the Junior League of Montreal, Canada, the Junior League of Boston, Inc., the Annual Conference of New England Telephone Company, the statewide convention of Volunteer Action Councils of the State of Ohio, and the Professional De
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