Behavioral Strengths and Employment Strategies represents the author's "reverse engineering" of more than forty years of human resources management experience. Behavioral Strengths and Employment Strategies describe career progression as the convergence of two levels of self: the behavioral and the strategic. In the author's opinion, occupational success results from combining five, key internal self-strengths with five practical occupational strategies. Based on direct observations of hundreds of successful employees, along with research, it is clear to the author that behavioral strengths and occupational strategies are powerful predictors of long-term career success. Behavioral Employment Strengths Strategies Chapter Chapter 1 Optimism 6 Action 2 Personality 7 Research 3 Interests 8 Resume 4 Experience 9 Interviews 5 Affirmation 10 Negotiations Applicants who overcame job and career challenges used a combination of personal strengths along with cohesive occupational strategies. Successful applicants consistently promoted themselves above others competing for the same positions, garnering recognition and respect from managers and peers. Behavioral Strengths and Employment Strategies is based on the notion that combining individual strengths with practical occupational strategies will greatly increase the chances of achieving long-term occupational success.