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240 pages
ISBN No. 0-9695936-1-9
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Who'll do the work in a world without jobs? Why do some people thrive in exciting new careers while others struggle to find work of any kind? Who's in charge during a revolution?

As the industrial world veers into a new millennium, workers at every level are anxious, even frightened, by the unprecedented changes affecting the career landscape. At the same time, despite the extreme difficulties of their circumstances, few appreciate the revolutionary implications of the transformation that is underway.

Survivability® is a carefully cultivated blend of attitude, skills and learning. In an age when the old employment 'contract' has broken down, and new rules are still being written, a much more strategic understanding of the workplace is essential.

Survivability: Career Strategies for the new World of Work provides the tools people need to address their concerns about work, career direction and security. Throughout, the emphasis is on people; the difficulties they face, the losses they have sustained, the triumphs they have achieved.
The changing world of work. Why it's changing, how it's changing, and what you can do to prepare.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Part One: What's Going On?

Chapter 1. The good, the bad and the desperate

Chapter 2. No wonder we're cranky

Chapter 3. Why Now?

• We've only just begun
• Currents of change
• Technology
• Information
• Globalization
• Debt
• Simultaneity - and the pace of change
• There's no place to hide
• How long will it last?

Chapter 4. Work, work, work - but where are the jobs?

• Flexible career paths
• De-jobbing
• A new perception of work
• Building a career portfolio

Chapter 5. Security is your own business

• Accepting the risk
• A new employment contract

Chapter 6. Coming soon - to a workplace near you

• The traditional Canadian workplace
• Work in the secondary marketplace
• Success is where you make it
• New skills can open doors
• A new marketplace is growing
• New ways to get the work done
• The movie model
• A glimpse of what's to come

Part Two: Take Action, Take Control

Chapter 7. An employer's wish list

• Employability skills profile

Chapter 8. What you do is up to you

• Take control of your performance
• Know thyself
• Back-wheel skills provide the power
• Front-wheel skills provide the direction
• Set up your own training department
• Take an inventory
• Your employability skills profile

Chapter 9. Make technology work for you

• Surfing for survival

Chapter 10. What they respect is what you project

• Career buoyancy

Chapter 11. Horn-blowing for fun and profit

• Self-promoting on the job
• Market yourself and your services
• Be persistent and positive
• Networking
• How strong are your self-marketing skills?

Chapter 12. Speak your mind, but mind how you speak

• More than just the words we use
• The ears have it
• Say, what?
• Keep it simple
• Reading the signals
• On the job
• Teams at work
• Build your skills

Chapter 13. Learn to learn

• How do you learn?
• Evaluate your natural learning style
• Document your learning
• Look for training

Chapter 14. Become an information sponge

• The detective aspect
• The excitement of discovery
• Make the telephone your ally
• Researching a specific industry or sector
• The facts you need

Chapter 15. If you're the solution, where's the problem?

• Think like a consultant
• Search for a problem you can solve
• Talk to the decision-maker
• From collecting to managing... in two short steps
• Consulting means relating
• Look for work - the consultative way

Chapter 16. Creativity steals the show

• Creative tenacity

Chapter 17. Initiative begins with "I"

• Opportunity
• Ability
• Effort

Chapter 18. Who's in charge here anyway?

• Manage your future
• Manage your finances
• Managing stress
• Manage your search
• Managing risk
• Your Survivability score profile
• Action planning
• If you need help, look for it

Part Three: What Lies Ahead?

Chapter 19. An industry with a future

• The future means "think," not just "do"
• Beck's "New Economy"

Chapter 20. Knowledge and the way it's employed

• Think strategically on the job, too
• New trends can point the way
• Follow the trendlines

Chapter 21. Career strategies: A delicate balance

• A tricky route to a new beginning;
• Know yourself
• Define your market
• Look for a way in
• Create an industry data file
• Fight discouragement
• Research pays off
• Back to the drawing board
• I don't know if I can do this

Part Four: Toward Consensus

• Circumstances beyond their control
• The sandwich group
• Who's in charge during a revolution?
• Much to our credit
• Workplace partners need to pull together
• The new employment contract
• Creating the right climate
• We're craving leadership
• Out of sync
• We need to create a learning culture
• Threat or opportunity?