Library of Science Book Club Alternate Selection

Description

This book will be an important resource for both new graduates and mid-career scientists, engineers, and technicians. Through taking stock of existing or desired skills and goals, it provides both general advice and concrete examples to help asses a current job situation or prospect, and to effectively pursue and attain new ones. Many examples of properly adapted resumes and interview techniques, as well as plenty of practical advice about adaptation to new workplace cultural paradigms, such as team-based management, make this book an invaluable reference for the professional scientist in today's volatile job market.

Reviews

"Advises technical professionals on how to reengineer their career goals and work habits, as well as develop professional survival skills. There are chapters on improving oral and written communications, cultivating creativity, alternative career options, resume cover letters, and negotiating better terms."--SciTech Book News

"Reading the volume cover-to-cover will provide a very comprehenxive overivew of all aspects of career management; however, this book can also be used as a reference source in which those parts relevant to one's current situation can be reviewed at appropriate times. . . .Even persons who are comfortable in their current positions will be able to extract something from Borchardt's book. His instructions are motivational as well as informative. . . ." -- The Nucleus

Product Details

272 pages; 1 line illus; 6-1/8 x 9-1/4; ISBN13: 978-0-8412-3525-0ISBN10: 0-8412-3525-2