Fire Your Job, Hire Yourself

Fire Your Job, Hire Yourself
Author: R. Scott Alvord
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-07-31
Genre:
ISBN: 9781942836001

A life-changing resource that turns entrepreneurial dreamers into successful business owners. Develop a smart business while making plans to leave your job safely. Award-winning, multi-business owner, R. Scott Alvord, holds an MBA-MCA degree, and is a respected business consultant/trainer. He shares this somewhat humorous, well-researched, strategic goldmine of business startup strategy to make your desire of business ownership a reality. This book is loaded with chapters that take you through every aspect of designing a business, successfully launching it, and then growing it wisely to ensure it does not become a crash-and-burn statistic. Because such a high percentage of the workforce hates their current job and longs to be their own boss and run their own lucrative business, the strategies in this book help the reader carefully plan when and how to properly fire their job. More information about the author and the book itself can be found at www.HireSelf.com

Fire Your Boss

Fire Your Boss
Author: Stephen M. Pollan
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2004-05-11
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780060583934

Pollan and Levine provide surprisingly fresh and intriguing methods for achieving success on the job, looking for new employment, choosing among offers, finding that first job, or changing industries.

Ask a Manager

Ask a Manager
Author: Alison Green
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2018-05-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0399181822

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Hire Yourself

Hire Yourself
Author: Pete Gilfillan
Publisher: Advantage Media Group
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2015-02-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1599324474

ARE YOU READY TO HIRE YOURSELF? WHO hasn't had the inkling-or even the outright conviction-that we could be more successful, more fulfilled, and more satisfied if we could invest in ourselves? HOW MANY of us have given our time, our knowledge, our energy, and our loyalty to corporate careers, only to discover that our contributions don't guarantee gratitude, upward mobility, or even job security? WHY consider franchising? Franchise investors reap all the rewards of entrepreneurship-self-determination, personal and professional freedom, unlimited potential for profitability-without all the risks of going it alone. WHAT'S the difference? In franchising, someone has already dreamed the big dream, figured out how to make it work, marketed it well, and sold it to create a well-defined niche. And now, that person is looking for an investor and partner to help build on that success. HIRE YOURSELF WILL HELP YOU: - Leverage your expertise and resources to build a bridge out of the corporate world and into entrepreneurship - Learn how to choose a franchise concept that's the right franchise for you - Understand how to capitalize your investment and minimize your risks - Recognize and avoid common mistakes and traps - Know that franchising is all about working for yourself, but not by yourself

Fired to Hired

Fired to Hired
Author: Tory Johnson
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2009-08-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1101133295

If you want to get hired today, you must be a great candidate and an exceptional job seeker. Tory Johnson's New York Times bestseller, Will Work from Home, was comprehensive and inspiring. Now, the Women For Hire CEO and Good Morning America workplace contributor returns with advice and real-life stories for finding the right job after being let go. Tory knows what it takes to get noticed and hired, and helps you create a concrete action plan--one that will help you come out stronger and more successful than ever. Giving up is not an option. Now's the time to get the lay of the land, sharpen your skills, and energize your search. Here you'll learn how to: *Get over the sting of being unemployed *Develop a digital identity and dive into online social networking *Ensure your resume does not get lost in a big black hole *Build and leverage your "I Rock" file to master essential self-promotion *Pitch and secure an effective externship and make volunteer experience count *Launch a valuable job club that will yield strong support, job leads, and career success

Bullshit Jobs

Bullshit Jobs
Author: David Graeber
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2019-05-07
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1501143336

From David Graeber, the bestselling author of The Dawn of Everything and Debt—“a master of opening up thought and stimulating debate” (Slate)—a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs…and their consequences. Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After one million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer. There are hordes of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs. Graeber explores one of society’s most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. “Clever and charismatic” (The New Yorker), Bullshit Jobs gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation and “a thought-provoking examination of our working lives” (Financial Times).

Hiring and Firing (The Brian Tracy Success Library)

Hiring and Firing (The Brian Tracy Success Library)
Author: Brian Tracy
Publisher: AMACOM
Total Pages: 124
Release: 2016-08-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0814437524

Hiring and firing are too crucial to get wrong. Eliminate the guesswork in the two most important tasks you face as a manager. Hiring and firing are difficult to get right and potentially costly to get wrong, both for your career and for the business. Hiring & Firing is the indispensable guide you absolutely must have by your side. Business expert Brian Tracy breaks down the simple but powerful strategies you can use to both bring stronger employees on board and weed out those not up to par. By learning to implement these techniques that Tracy can testify firsthand to the effectiveness of, you will make better leadership decisions that positively effect you and the business. In Hiring & Firing, you will be able to: Write appealing and accurate job descriptions Use the law of three in interviews to find suitable candidates Ask the right questions Probe past performance Listen for the questions that indicate interviewees are qualified and serious Provide clear direction and regular feedback De-hire gracefully, and more! At best, hiring and firing are key to improving your team and reaching your goals. Bringing on and letting go of the wrong people wastes company time and money while also reflecting poorly upon you. At worst, it could be crucial for the business in several ways. Hiring & Firing will ensure that you make the right decisions.

Who

Who
Author: Geoff Smart
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2008-09-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0345504194

In this instant New York Times Bestseller, Geoff Smart and Randy Street provide a simple, practical, and effective solution to what The Economist calls “the single biggest problem in business today”: unsuccessful hiring. The average hiring mistake costs a company $1.5 million or more a year and countless wasted hours. This statistic becomes even more startling when you consider that the typical hiring success rate of managers is only 50 percent. The silver lining is that “who” problems are easily preventable. Based on more than 1,300 hours of interviews with more than 20 billionaires and 300 CEOs, Who presents Smart and Street’s A Method for Hiring. Refined through the largest research study of its kind ever undertaken, the A Method stresses fundamental elements that anyone can implement–and it has a 90 percent success rate. Whether you’re a member of a board of directors looking for a new CEO, the owner of a small business searching for the right people to make your company grow, or a parent in need of a new babysitter, it’s all about Who. Inside you’ll learn how to • avoid common “voodoo hiring” methods • define the outcomes you seek • generate a flow of A Players to your team–by implementing the #1 tactic used by successful businesspeople • ask the right interview questions to dramatically improve your ability to quickly distinguish an A Player from a B or C candidate • attract the person you want to hire, by emphasizing the points the candidate cares about most In business, you are who you hire. In Who, Geoff Smart and Randy Street offer simple, easy-to-follow steps that will put the right people in place for optimal success.

HIRE with FIRE

HIRE with FIRE
Author: Denise Wilkerson
Publisher: Dandyworx Productions
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2020-01-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781733261128

HIRE with FIRE is an inspiring hiring book about how to hire the best people. It provides insight into the mind of the candidate and acts as an interview guide for managers. It is designed to improve the candidate experience, teach you how to interview, how to hire the best people, build your employer brand & create an engaging work culture.

The Lombardi Rules

The Lombardi Rules
Author: Vince Lombardi
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 65
Release: 2002-12-17
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0071431543

The Lombardi Rules Vince Lombardi--loved by some, feared by others, but respected by all--was first and foremost a winner. The greatest sports coach of his time, perhaps of all time, Lombardi was also a thoughtful man with uncommon passion, a motivator with uncompromising values, and a leader with unprecedented wisdom and authority. More than three decades since Lombardi's untimely passing, his words continue to resonate. In The Lombardi Rules, Vince Lombardi Jr. examines many of his father's most celebrated quotes to reveal the bedrock principles behind his legendary success. This concise yet comprehensive book is packed with proven insights and techniques that are especially valuable in today's hard-fought business arena, including: Ask yourself tough questions Play to your strengths Work harder than anybody Be prepared to sacrifice Be mentally tough Know your stuff Demand autonomy Act, don't react Keep it simple Focus on fundamentals Chase perfection Run to win Vince Lombardi's uncanny ability to motivate others, along with his insatiable drive for victory, made him the standard against which leaders in very field are measured. The Lombardi Rules provides an insider's look at Lombardi's extraordinary methods, and shows you how to adapt and adopt those methods for leadership success in your own career.