With national unemployment still hovering around 10% (and as high as
14% in states like Nevada), job seeking, career reinvention, and business start-up are all the rage. Author Alexia Vernon recognizes that you already possess the know-how to make the career of your dreams a reality. You just need a little chutzpah and an All-Star Team to unlock the answers and take action from them.
14% in states like Nevada), job seeking, career reinvention, and business start-up are all the rage. Author Alexia Vernon recognizes that you already possess the know-how to make the career of your dreams a reality. You just need a little chutzpah and an All-Star Team to unlock the answers and take action from them.
In her book, Awaken Your CAREERpreneur (with a forward by #1 author Gabrielle Bernstein, Add More ~Ing to Your Life), Alexia fuses best practices of entrepreneurship with her straightforward approach to self-help to teach you how to develop the mindset, relationships, skills, and materials to make career success a way of being.
In each chapter Alexia dishes up practical advice, real-world examples, and action-oriented SUCCESSwork exercises to ensure that you are able to take what you read and translate it into the results you seek.
Drawing on her background as an International Coach Federation (ICF) certified coach and speaker/trainer for hundreds of organizations such as the National Association of REALTORS®, American Society for Training and Development (ASTD), Step Up Women’s Network, Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership, and College Summit,Alexia offers such tips as:
• Articulate your vision of who you want to be and not just what you want to
achieve
• Craft a Unique Benefits Statement (UBS) that in 15-seconds or less
communicates the results you are uniquely poised to deliver
• Develop an All-Star Team of mentors, decision makers, connectors, and cheerleaders to expand your professional reach
• Use informational interviews to connect with key players in your field/business
• Shift real and unforeseen career setbacks into opportunities to learn, grow, and
forgive to continue to attract the right opportunities your way
Shop: You can purchase Awaken Your CAREERpreneur at various retailers online and nationwide (ARV $21.95).
Win: One lucky winner will receive a copy of Awaken Your CAREERpreneur!
***THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED***
Congratulations to maryjaco1!
- To enter, comment on what your dream career is.
- You’ll get one extra entry each if you do any of the following (be sure to leave a comment for each “entry”):
- 1)Blog about this giveaway and link back to Sage and Savvy and Awaken Your CAREERpreneur (leave the link in your comment)
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- The deadline for entries is November 7, 2010, 11:59pm HST.
- If you submitted an eligible entry and it is chosen by random.org as the winner, you will be notified via email on or about November 8, 2010 (make sure your email address is in your profile or comment and be sure to check your junk/spam, etc. folders) and will have 3 days to accept.
- Valid for US addresses only.
- By entering in this giveaway, you have read and agreed to Sage and Savvy’s policies regarding giveaways.
Good luck!
Thank you to the sponsor for providing the product for giveaway free of charge. I received no monetary compensation for this post.
Gem is a Hawaii Mom Blogger who posts reviews and giveaways, and blogs about life in Hawaii as a mom of 3 boys, including one with an Autism Spectrum Disorder. She loves to travel, bake, and eat anything with chocolate.
