Career and calling Book

This was my first assignment in my job hunting boot camp. It left me feeling not so secure that I can or even could compete against experience despite my extra training and education. Maybe I should have started on the pamphlet on networking?

This book is truly meant for someone who is thinking about changing careers, or is re-entering the workforce after bing out for a while. There are value and priority questions that clearly come from a corporate and managerial point of view. It came to be no surprise when I read that the esteemed author is a manager professor. This is not meant to be a slam against him. I just mean that it was skewed towards people with those values and experiences. I can see why my dad recommended it.

It was interesting learning about managerial types, as that is not my anchor, but I would think that considering the audience of who would be reading it, more information on types closer to the lifestyle would prove helpful. What kind of benefits would best entice someone with this anchor to pick your company? More vacation time? Maternity leave? A 401k? Stock options? How important are they and would they really be enough? That information would be helpful instead of the two paragraph blurb on that these people like to balance work and family, and expect work to not only be accommodating, but flexible as well.

The ones more focused on technical and manager anchors got pages on information written about them. That isn't to say that the questions tended to lean that way too. Many discussed commitment levels to the company and climbing that ladder with only mentions of dreams about bettering society and such. Something he also neglected was people have spent their lives in jobs they hated and weren't "them." Does that mean that their anchor was never realized, or just that they were acting on another anchor, security?

The book did give me things to think about, so it was not a waste of time. Now, onto my workbook!