Career Errors

Dr. Frank Burtnett is a counseling and counselor education veteran who writes for individuals of all ages who are experiencing the school to college, education to career, employment to employment, and career to retirement transitions. His books offer concise and pragmatic solutions to the issues and problems that people experience during those transitions.

Preface
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 – Inability to Adapt to Change
Chapter 12 – Inadequate Job Search Skills
Chapter 13 – A Killer Resume and You are the Deceased
Chapter 14 – The Interview that Implodes
Chapter 15 – Poor Writing Resulting a Failure to Communicate
Chapter 16 – Mismanagement of Transitions
Chapter 17 - You Didn’t Get the Job and Don’t Know Why
Chapter 18 – To Accept or Not Accept, the Job Offer that Is
Chapter 19 – Coping with New Job Anxieties and Stresses
Chapter 20 – Holding Out for the “Dream” Job
Chapter 21 – Insufficient Encounters with Career Helpers
Part 3 – Achieving Career Satisfaction and Dealing with the Occasional Crisis
Chapter 22 – Blundered Growth, Mobility, and Maintenance Opportunities
Chapter 23 – Inability to Achieve Life-Work Balance
Chapter 24 – Faulty Treatment of Termination, Job Loss, and Other Career Dilemmas
Chapter 25 – Ignoring the Knowledge Explosion
Part 4 – Winding Down Exiting Career
Chapter 26 – Poor Posturing for Career End and Retirement
Chapter 27 – Mishandling Change Late in Career
Part 5 – Voices that Matter
Chapter 28 – Learning from the Experts
Conclusion
Appendix
Index
About the Author