The Portable Executive - Building Your Own Job Security from Corporate Dependency to Self-Direction (Paperback, Original ed.)

The downsizing of America -- once thought to be a temporary cost-cutting measure to boost profit margins -- has brought a swift end to the era of "lifetime employment." Given the fact that these terminations are nationwide, affect every industry, and are usually neither fault-based nor predictable, no executive is immune.
Based on interviews with over 100 now-portable executives who were among the first casualties of downsizing, "The Portable Executive" explores the unlimited opportunities available to those who are independent, self-directed, and willing to work on a contract basis. It explains:

• How to make a smooth transition to becoming "portable"
  
• How to identify, continually update, and market your skills
  
• Why companies that downsize full-time employees are willing to hire executives on an as-needed basis
  
• How and why the relationship between employers and executives has changed from boss/worker to peer/peer

And much more -- including how to invent a business, what to charge clients, how to network, market, and sell yourself as a "personal service business entity," and, most important, how to enjoy a greater sense of creativity, satisfaction, and long-term job security than ever before.

General

Imprint:	Fireside Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 1996
First published:	February 1996
Authors:	John A. Thompson • Catharine A Henningsen
Dimensions:	140 x 216 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	272
Edition:	Original ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-684-81891-7
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > General
LSN:	0-684-81891-4
Barcode:	9780684818917

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