Renew Yourself: A Six-step Plan For More Meaningful Work
by Catherine Hakala-Ausperk /
2016 / English / PDF
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Unplanned careers affect everything and everyone. They can lead to
frustration, negativity, and apathy at a time when we need to be
focused, energized and motivated. Though your library career might
have started "accidentally," you can overcome organizational
restructuring, changing job titles, and shifting responsibilities
by cultivating a mindful existence in the library workplace.
Building on the simple and fun approach that have made her previous
books bestsellers, Hakala-Ausperk offers up a DIY-style program for
revisiting personal values, understanding your options, identifying
skill gaps, and creating plans for growth. Whether you're a library
veteran who's feeling burned out, a new LIS grad just starting out,
or somewhere in mid-career, this book will
Unplanned careers affect everything and everyone. They can lead to
frustration, negativity, and apathy at a time when we need to be
focused, energized and motivated. Though your library career might
have started "accidentally," you can overcome organizational
restructuring, changing job titles, and shifting responsibilities
by cultivating a mindful existence in the library workplace.
Building on the simple and fun approach that have made her previous
books bestsellers, Hakala-Ausperk offers up a DIY-style program for
revisiting personal values, understanding your options, identifying
skill gaps, and creating plans for growth. Whether you're a library
veteran who's feeling burned out, a new LIS grad just starting out,
or somewhere in mid-career, this book willintroduce methods to help you examine your individual
interests, desires, and goals;
introduce methods to help you examine your individual
interests, desires, and goals;show you how to understand your workplace's priorities and
culture, and offer tips for identifying where there's either a
match or a gap;
show you how to understand your workplace's priorities and
culture, and offer tips for identifying where there's either a
match or a gap;demonstrate how you can improve your current position;
demonstrate how you can improve your current position;prepare you to move forward through the creation of a
personalized strategic professional plan that addresses
professional development, gaining additional experience, and
other options for growth;
prepare you to move forward through the creation of a
personalized strategic professional plan that addresses
professional development, gaining additional experience, and
other options for growth;include tips for effective self-marketing, networking through
colleagues and friends, and acing an interview;
include tips for effective self-marketing, networking through
colleagues and friends, and acing an interview;present ways to stay happy and engaged in a new role or
position; and
present ways to stay happy and engaged in a new role or
position; andoffer guidance for sharing your skills and experience through
mentorship, and retiring with grace.
offer guidance for sharing your skills and experience through
mentorship, and retiring with grace.Ideal for both self-paced study and team-based staff
development, this six-step plan will help readers renew themselves,
their careers, and their organizations.
Ideal for both self-paced study and team-based staff
development, this six-step plan will help readers renew themselves,
their careers, and their organizations.
