Real-life stories and case studies of career success and satisfaction address common obstacles to career fulfillment, including career choice and change, achieving greater security, managing job loss, rebounding from setbacks and failures, and balancing work and family needs. Through the help of this guide, workers learn how to take steps toward finding fulfillment in their work.
Part 1: Career Choice and Success from Graduation to Retirement and Beyond
Chapter 1: Career Choice: What Do You Want to Be Now That You’re Grown Up?
Chapter 2: Do You Know the Secrets of Career Success?
Chapter 3: Fail(ure) Is Not a Four-Letter Word
Chapter 4: Oh, No! 50: Midlife Career Transitions
Part 2: Career Security
Chapter 5: Achieving Career Security in Turbulent Times
Chapter 6: How to Love the Job You Hate
Chapter 7: Layoff Survivors’ Dilemma: Put Up or Shut Up
Chapter 8: Quitting Your Job
Part 3: The Path to Career Happiness
Chapter 9: Business Ethics: What’s Your Bottom Line?
Chapter 10: Work/Life Balance: Making a Life While Making a Living
Chapter 11: If It Were Fun, They Wouldn’t Call It Work
Chapter 12: We, Inc.: Working with Others or Starting Your Own Business
Arlene S. Hirsch is the founder of Arlene S. Hirsch and Associates, a career and psychological counseling company in Chicago. She is an expert in career psychology and has worked with a diverse population of individuals and organizations to address career planning, development, and management needs. She's also a senior lecturer at Northwestern University, where she teaches career psychology to graduate students.
Hirsch presents at numerous seminars and workshops and frequently appears on radio and television programs to discuss employment and workplace issues. She writes a Q&A column on entrepreneurship and small business issues for Startupjournal.com, a Dow Jones site.
Hirsch is a widely sought after source on career happiness. Her media appearances include: MSNBC, CBS, ABC, Lifetime Medical Television, WBEZ, WFYR, and WGN. She has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, Chicago Tribune, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Elle, among others.
She received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Iowa and a master's degree in counseling psychology from Northwestern University in Chicago.
For interview requests or questions about Hirsch, contact Selena Dehne at sdehne@jist.com or (651) 215-7548.
