Melden Sie sich bei getAbstract an, um die Zusammenfassung zu erhalten.

Who Says There Are No Jobs Out There?

Melden Sie sich bei getAbstract an, um die Zusammenfassung zu erhalten.

Who Says There Are No Jobs Out There?

25 Irreverent Rules for Getting a Job

McGraw-Hill,

15 Minuten Lesezeit
10 Take-aways
Audio & Text

Was ist drin?

In today’s job market, you are a product, and your employer has many different products to choose from. But remember, your employer is a service — a work provider — and you have many different services to choose from, too.

  • 0.5×
  • 0.75×
  • 1×
  • 1.25×
  • 1.5×
  • 1.75×
1×

Editorial Rating

7

getAbstract Rating

  • Applicable

Recommendation

Bob Weinstein has built a career on advising you about yours. He is right on target in his latest book, a snappy, honest, conversational guide to job-hunting. Throw away all your old books on the subject. This one takes you right into the heart of today’s marketplace, where the old employment-seeking rules (even from five or 10 years ago) no longer apply. Whether you’re looking for a new job, or your next one, getAbstract highly recommends this book to everyone from custodians to CEOs.

Summary

People Are The Product

Forget everything you’ve heard about jobs - The old rules simply don’t apply anymore. What was a given in past decades has gone the way of the dinosaur: job security, company loyalty, pensions, you name it. How people work, where they work, and how long they work all have changed drastically in the last 10 years. Therefore, how you change jobs (and more often than ever, careers) has changed, too.

  • Rule #1: Forget about a real job - Concentrate instead on work needing to be done. The so-called "real job" meant security, perhaps even lifetime employment, with the same company. "Real" meant conventional. Today, conventional barely exists. Organizations are becoming "de-jobbed." In other words, they’re getting work done without hiring full-timers for conventional jobs. They do this by hiring temporary workers, contracting with project workers, and leasing employees. Now, workers just follow the work needing to be done, wherever that may be.
  • Rule #2: Companies want products, not people - Employers no longer seek the perfect employee, the well-rounded, quintessentially swell person. They’re looking for products, durable human machines who...

About the Author

Bob Weinstein is the best-selling author of Resumes Don’t Get Jobs and eight other books on careers, including, So What If I’m 50, Jobs for the 21st Century, and How to Switch Careers. A nationally known journalist and trend watcher, Weinstein has contributed to The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Reader’s Digest, Newsday, and Entrepreneur.

Comment on this summary