Career Errors

Frank Burtnett is a counseling and counselor education veteran who writes for individuals who are experiencing career and education transitions. His books offer current and concise information and pragmatic guidance and are packed with strategies about how to navigate the transitions that lead to career success and satisfaction.

Introduction

Part 1 –Entering, Reentering, and Moving about the World of Work

Chapter 1 – Clueless about How the Career Development Process Works
Chapter 2 – Sub Par Decision-making Leading to Catastrophic Consequences
Chapter 3 – A Good Search Spoiled
Chapter 4 – Unknown Occupations are Off the Career Radar
Chapter 5 – Missed or Failed Education, Training, and Retraining Opportunities
Chapter 6 – Inability to Find or Use Good Information
Chapter 7 – Over-aspiring and Under-aspiring with Troubled Results
Chapter 8 – Ignorance of Human Resources and Life Experiences as Career Teachers
Chapter 9 – The Perils of Poor Time and Calendar Organization
Chapter 10 – Failure to Use Professional Counselors

Part 2 – Finding, Acquiring, and Moving into the First or Any Job

Chapter 11 – Inadequate Job Search Practices
Chapter 12 – A Killer Resume and You are the Deceased
Chapter 13 – The Interview that Explodes
Chapter 14 – Poor Writing Resulting in Poor Documents
Chapter 15 – Avoiding the Now What Dilemma
Chapter 16 - You Didn’t Get the Job and Don’t Know Why
Chapter 17 – To Accept or Not Accept, the Job Offer that Is
Chapter 18 – Coping with New Job Anxieties and Stresses
Chapter 19 – Insufficient Encounters with Career Helpers

Part 3 – Achieving Career Satisfaction and Dealing with the Occasional Crisis

Chapter 20 – Blundered Growth, Mobility, and Maintenance Opportunities
Chapter 21 – Inability to Achieve Life-Work Balance
Chapter 22 – Faulty Treatment of Termination, Job Loss, and Other Career Dilemmas
Chapter 23 – Ignoring the Knowledge Explosion

Part 4 – Winding Down Exiting Career

Chapter 24 – Poor Posturing for Career End and Retirement
Chapter 25 – Mishandling Change Late in Career

Conclusion