Preparing for Today's Global Job Market : From the Lens of Color

Worldwide, people are being forced out of their respective job markets. New college graduates are entering a global job market that has dramatically changed its rules of engagement, and entrepreneurs are challenged to develop new mindsets. Yet, in all situations there is either a total lack of or inconsistency in communications regarding the call for new competencies and skills that frame these new rules of employment engagement. Via a detailed interpersonal and intra-personal change model, Preparing for Today's Global Job Market identifies and delineates a methodology for effectively positioning and/or repositioning oneself in today's global job market that moves significantly beyond strategies associated with simply developing a resume, cover letter or business plan. Robinson-Easley also engages business executives, human resource professionals and training and development personnel in a conversation that suggests a different dialogue ensue between employers and their employees when organizations need to upgrade their workforce competencies and skills—a conversation that serves as a roadmap for better aligning organizational effectiveness and change to today's requisite core competencies and skills. Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- The interpersonal and intra-personal dynamics organizations now require -- The realities of a new organizational psychological contract : your career, your responsibility, your personal development strategy -- The revised relationship between employer and employee : why new rules of engagement and revised psychological contracts are globally required -- The realities of joblessness in today's global market : the impact upon the employee and employer -- Stress management controls : strategies for evoking a less stressful job entry and/or re-entry process -- The nuances of effective human capital performance strategies : deconstructing the dynamics of inter and intra-personal change -- Today's required competencies, skills and employment expectations -- Engaging the next steps of the job search process -- As corporations set forth a vision : so should an employee -- The alignment of your personal vision to your mission and career strategy : implementation now begins -- Research and analysis : critically deconstruct the nuances of today's global market -- Developing an effective resume -- The criticality of a cover letter : what strengths do you bring to an organization? -- The foundations of effective interviewing -- Follow-up and persistence : the dynamics of effectively marketing what you can do to make an organizational difference -- Exploring the landscape of options : the mindset of an entrepreneur -- The global application of this book -- Engaging in a conversation between both parties of today's working world : the need for a different dialogue between employers and the workforce -- Concluding thoughts -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index