Staying employed : what you must do today to ensure you have a job tomorrow

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENES
• Figures and Tables = xiii
• Introduction = xv
• Everyone Wins = xvi
• The Myths About Job Security = xvii
• Staying Employed Is Not a Time-Consuming Program = xix
• The Four Parts of This Book = xix
• PART Ⅰ The New Employment Market
• 1 Disturbing Trends in Today's Job Market = 3
• Here Today, Over There Tomorrow = 3
• The Two-Tier Employment System = 6
• How Big Companies Use Small Companies = 7
• Fewer Persons Covered by Pensions = 8
• The Down Side of Downsizing = 9
• The New Opportunities That Downsizing Presents = 10
• Small Companies Are Big Players in the Job Market = 11
• One Company That Doesn't Have to Satisfy Wall Street = 13
• Chapter Summary = 14
• 2 Why Me ? You Might Ask = 15
• Only Low Achievers Never Fail = 15
• Taking the Long View = 17
• List Your Accomplishments = 18
• Chapter Summary = 21
• 3 Why Good People Are Out of Work = 23
• A Company Fails to Plan for a Market Slump = 24
• Products Become Obsolete = 24
• A Calculated Gamble Backfires = 25
• Merger Mania = 25
• The Shift to a Service-and Information-Based Economy = 27
• Job-Seekers Simply Don't Know About the Openings = 27
• Chapter Summary = 29
• 4 The Employment-Maintenance Program = 31
• What Is the Employment-Maintenance Program? = 31
• Let's Define Employed = 32
• How This Book Is Different = 33
• Chapter Summary = 34
• PART Ⅱ What You Must Do Before You Need to Hire an Employer
• 5 What You Owe Your Current Employer = 37
• Ethics Always = 37
• The Truth about Noncompete Agreements = 40
• Develop a Personal Agenda = 45
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 46
• 6 How to See the Corporate Ax Coming = 47
• Why We Miss the Obvious = 48
• Reading the Winds of Change = 48
• One Person's Story = 50
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 52
• 7 Job-Changing Tools : The R$$e'$$sum$$e'$$ and Portfolio = 53
• Managing Your R$$e'$$sum$$e'$$ = 53
• Maintaining Your Portfolio = 55
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 58
• 8 Savings and Credit : Keys to Staying Power = 59
• The Importance of Walk-Away Power = 60
• First Comes Savings = 60
• Next Comes Credit = 60
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 61
• 9 Tapping the Power of Organizations = 63
• Where to Find Professional Groups = 64
• Calling All Members = 68
• Publish in the Newsletter = 69
• Become the Monthly Program Manager = 70
• Become an Officer = 70
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 71
• 10 Giving a Seminar Makes You the Expert = 73
• Choosing a Topic = 74
• Who Will Attend Your Seminar ? = 74
• Handout Materials = 76
• Advertising and Promotion = 77
• Pick a Classy Location = 78
• The Money-Back Guarantee = 80
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 81
• 11 Writing Articles Makes You Credible = 83
• Becoming Known as the Best = 83
• The Mechanics of Article Writing = 84
• The Good, the bad, and the Disastrous = 85
• How to Get Ideas = 86
• An Easy Writing Formula = 87
• Applying the Formula = 88
• Watch Your Word Count = 94
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 95
• 12 How to Use Business Cards = 97
• Why You Must Have a Business Card = 97
• How to Design and Create a Business Card = 98
• How to Give Cards Away = 99
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 101
• 13 Financial Planning-You're Responsible = 103
• Three Factors to Consider = 104
• Types of Financial Planners = 106
• Long-Range Financial Planning = 107
• Creating Your Own Portable Pension Plan = 108
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 114
• PART Ⅲ How to Hire a New Employer
• 14 Advertising Yourself = 117
• Start Calling Your Comrades = 117
• Use Positive Imaging to Get Started = 118
• Your First Stop : The Job Bank = 119
• The Consummate Networker : One Story = 121
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 122
• 15 Don't Let Go of That R$$a'$$sum$$a'$$ ! = 123
• Deliver your R$$a'$$sum$$a'$$ in Person = 123
• How your Resume Can Hurt you = 124
• Let's Try That Again = 125
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 127
• 16 Preparing for the Long Haul = 129
• How Long Will You Be out of Work ? = 129
• Unemployment Benefits : You've Earned Them = 133
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 136
• 17 Insuring Your Earning Power and Health = 137
• Life Insurance : How Much and What Kind ? = 138
• Buying Insurance from Your Lenders = 139
• Disability Insurance = 140
• Medical Insurance = 141
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 142
• 18 Managing Your Reserve Funds = 143
• Living Well on Less = 143
• Budgeting When You're Between Jobs = 145
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 147
• 19 Negotiating an Outplacement Package = 149
• What If They Don't Offer Assistance ? = 150
• What to Ask For = 150
• What Some Folks Get = 152
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 153
• 20 Separating the Good Jobs from the Bad = 155
• Paying for Help = 155
• Why Personnel People Are Both Weak and Deadly = 157
• How to Determine Who Will Really Make the Hiring Decision = 158
• Smoking Out Bad Jobs = 159
• Find Out Why the Position Is Vacant = 160
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 165
• 21 Tapping the Temporary Labor Market = 167
• The Expanding Opportunities = 167
• Should You Try Contract Work? = 169
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 172
• 22 Tapping the Unpublished Job Market = 173
• Follow Up on Every Lead = 174
• Learn from the Real Estate Business = 175
• Giving Away Your Excess Opportunities = 176
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 178
• 23 Working at Home = 179
• It's Not for Everybody-But Why Should That Surprise you ? = 180
• An Organization for Homeworkers = 180
• Setting up an Office in Your Home = 181
• You Must Have a Fee for Everything = 185
• Presenting Information versus Giving It Away = 186
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 188
• 24 You Are What You Think = 189
• Don't Be Your Job = 190
• You Are Never Unemployed = 190
• Networking Is Not Disloyalty = 193
• Do I Really Have to Approach My Career like a Gurerrilla Fighter? = 194
• Don't Apply for a Job-Be Discovered = 194
• Action Steps for This Chapter = 195
• 25 Conclusion = 197
• One Final Caution = 197
• The Career Plan for the Rest of Us = 198
• Go Ahead-Test Your Limits = 199
• Appendixes = 201
• Appendix A : Helpful Books = 203
• Appendix B : Sample Newsletter Articles = 205
• Appendix C : Why You Should Own a Computer = 211
• Appendix D : Software Recommendations = 213
• Notes = 217
• Index = 221
• About the Autbor = 227