Your Perfect Job
A Guide to Discovering Your Gifts, Following Your Passions, and Loving Your Workfor the Rest of Your Life
1st Edition
Published on 24. March 2010
208 pages
978-0-307-55308-9 (ISBN)
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"So What Are You Going to Do Now?”
This question often leaves young adults feeling fearful and confused as they look towards life careers. Author Bob Bittner says finding work you love is not as intimidating as it seems. Your Perfect Job helps readers identify their passions, skills, and inclinations in terms of God's calling on their lives. Readers will better understand why it's important to do what they love, how to get started on a career path that is meaningful, how to make mid-course changes, and how to start a new job on the right foot. Drawing on interviews with dozens of young working professionals, Your Perfect Job introduces readers to a wide array of career opportunities and shows how real people went from less than perfect jobs into careers that perfectly matched their personality and passions. Designed for young adults, this book is a perfect selection for high school and college grads, or someone getting ready to make a career change.
This question often leaves young adults feeling fearful and confused as they look towards life careers. Author Bob Bittner says finding work you love is not as intimidating as it seems. Your Perfect Job helps readers identify their passions, skills, and inclinations in terms of God's calling on their lives. Readers will better understand why it's important to do what they love, how to get started on a career path that is meaningful, how to make mid-course changes, and how to start a new job on the right foot. Drawing on interviews with dozens of young working professionals, Your Perfect Job introduces readers to a wide array of career opportunities and shows how real people went from less than perfect jobs into careers that perfectly matched their personality and passions. Designed for young adults, this book is a perfect selection for high school and college grads, or someone getting ready to make a career change.
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Robert Bittner
Your Perfect Job
Guide to Discovering your Gifts, Following Passions & Loving your Work
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03/2003
Waterbrook Press (A Division of Random House Inc)
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Bob Bittner worked in marketing and editorial for sixteen years before becoming a full-time freelance writer and editor. He is the author of several books and has written nonfiction articles for a diverse range of publications. Bob and his wife live in Michigan.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Part 1 - Where Do You Want to Go?
- Chapter 1 - Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
- Chapter 2 - Get Passionate!
- Chapter 3 - Taking Stock of Your Skills
- Chapter 4 - In Search of the Burning Bush
- Chapter 5 - Dare to Dream
- Part 2 - Finding Your Path in the Workplace
- Chapter 6 - Putting Your Passion to Work
- Chapter 7 - Climbing the Corporate Ladder
- Chapter 8 - Handling On-the-job Hurdles
- Chapter 9 - Charting Your Path
- Chapter 10 - Making a Difference
- Chapter 11 - Creating Great Music
- Real Stories from Along the Way
- Notes
- Resources (And Other Stuff You'll Only Read If You're Desperate)
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright
