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

From the Lens of Color 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. 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 Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Introduction....Pages 1-7 Front Matter....Pages 9-9 The Realities of a New Organizational Psychological Contract: Your Career, Your Responsibility, Your Personal Development Strategy....Pages 11-24 The Revised Relationship between Employer and Employee: Why New Rules of Engagement and Revised Psychological Contracts Are Globally Required....Pages 25-31 The Realities of Joblessness in Today’s Global Market: The Impact upon the Employee and Employer....Pages 33-39 Stress Management Controls: Strategies for Evoking a Less-Stressful Job Entry and/or Reentry Process....Pages 41-70 The Nuances of Effective Human Capital Performance Strategies: Deconstructing the Dynamics of Inter- and Intrapersonal Change....Pages 71-87 Today’s Required Competencies, Skills, and Employment Expectations....Pages 89-111 Front Matter....Pages 113-113 As Corporations Set Forth a Vision—So Should an Employee!....Pages 115-126 The Alignment of Your Personal Vision to Your Mission and Career Strategy: Implementation Now Begins!....Pages 127-130 Research and Analysis: Critically Deconstruct the Nuances of Today’s Global Market....Pages 131-133 Developing an Effective Resume....Pages 135-147 The Criticality of a Cover Letter: What Strengths Do You Bring to an Organization?....Pages 149-150 The Foundations of Effective Interviewing....Pages 151-163 Follow-up and Persistence: The Dynamics of Effectively Marketing What You Can Do to Make a Difference in an Organization....Pages 165-169 Exploring the Landscape of Options: The Mindset of an Entrepreneur....Pages 171-178 The Global Application of This Book....Pages 179-180 Engaging in a Conversation between Both Parties of Today’s Working World: The Need for a Different Dialogue between Employers and the Workforce....Pages 181-185 Concluding Thoughts....Pages 187-189 Back Matter....Pages 191-206 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