Career Management & Work/Life Integration: Using Self-Assessment to Navigate Contemporary Careers by Douglas T. Hall, Brad Harrington

Preface     ix
Acknowledgments     xiii
Understanding the New Career     1
Three Career Cases     1
The Barnes Family     1
Helen Casey     2
The Smith Family     3
The Changing Landscape of Careers     4
The Changing Nature of Families     8
The New Careers     9
Our Career and Work-Life Model     11
The Self-Assessment Process     15
The Basic Areas of Self-Assessment     16
Reflecting on the Past     17
Identity as a Core Competence     21
Clarifying Your Values     24
Understanding Your Interests and Passions     29
Lifestyle     32
Understanding Your Life Goals and Personal Vision     35
Skill Assessment     37
Summary     44
Integrating Your Self-Assessment and Developing Implications     47
Integrating Your Self-Assessment     47
Developing Themes From Your Data     50
Coding Your Data     51
Grouping Your Data     52
Assigning Tentative Themes     53
Constructing the Final Themes With Supporting Data     53
Sample Themes     54
Developing Career and Work-Life Implications     57
Summary     60
Finding Ideal Work     61
Job Loss     63
Assessing the Labor Market     66
Identifying the Right Opportunities for You     68
Job Search Tools     71
References     71
Resumes     73
Starting a Professional Portfolio     74
Cover Letters     75
Conducting the Job Search     76
Networking and the Job Search     77
Informational Interviews     83
Guidelines for Conducting an Informational Interview     84
Questions to Ask     85
Identifying the Ideal Employer     87
Special Challenges and Tips for International Students Who Want to Work in the United States     90
Career Decision Making     92
Summary     94
Career Development Strategies     97
Organizational Career Paths     102
From Career Ladders to Career Lattices     103
Vertical Careers and Organizational Advancement     105
Managing Up     106
Alternative Career Paths-Salzman's Typology      109
Backtrackers     111
Plateauers     111
Career Shifters     112
Self-Employers     113
Urban Escapees     114
The Portfolio Career     115
Ongoing Development     116
Organizational Career Systems     121
International Assignments     124
Financial Considerations     126
Summary     130
Work and Family     133
Men and Women, Families and Work     134
Dual-Career Couples     136
Dual-Career Families     141
Sources of Stress     142
Role Conflict     143
Summary     152
Workplace Flexibility     153
Flexible Work Arrangements     154
Flextime     155
Compressed Work Week     157
Part-Time and Reduced-Load Work     158
Job Sharing     161
Telecommuting     164
Leaves     170
Sabbaticals     171
Other Elements of the Family-Friendly Workplace     172
Family-Friendly Workplace Culture     174
The Dark Side of Flexible Work Arrangements     176
Summary      177
Career Development Over the Lifespan     179
Lifespan Development: Are Career and Life Stages Still Relevant Today?     180
Adult Life Stages     181
Gender and Life Stages     184
A New Model for Middle and Later Years: Learning Cycles     185
The Second (or Third or Fourth) Career     188
Protean Careers and Older Workers     190
How Do We Tap the Potential of Older Workers?     194
Use Developmental Relationships     194
Opt for New and Varied Job Experience     195
Improve Person-Job Brokering     195
Use Information Technology     196
Retirement     197
How Do I Want to Design My Life for the Third Phase?     198
Financial Planning and Careers in Later Life     199
Summarizing Careers Over the Lifespan     201
Book Summary     201
Standards of Excellence Index     205
Bibliography     211
Index     223
About the Authors     233