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How to Get a Job You'll Love
How to Get a Job You'll Love 2007/08 takes a refreshing look at career planning It teaches you how to think outside the box, tap into your hidden talents and identify what type of career you really want. It seeks to overcome some of the most common mental barriers to changing careers and sets out a five-point plan of action which includes networking, job search strategies and successful interview techniques Now in its fourth edition, this best selling book has been updated to include new resources and references, additional information for MBA students, CV advice, and ideas and suggestions about portfolio careers. Key features
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First published December 1, 2002
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John Lees
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John Lees is one of the UK’s best-known career strategists. He has written 15 books on work and career management. How To Get A Job You Love was twice listed as WHSmith Business Book of the Month and regularly features as the best-selling careers book by a British author. His books have been translated into Arabic, Polish, Georgian, Japanese and Spanish.
John acknowledges Richard Nelson Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute?, as a major influence. John’s work as a career strategist was inspired by the creativity, wisdom and generosity of 125 hours’ teaching from Dick Bolles at two of his summer workshops in Bend, Oregon, and a decade of continuing support and encouragement. Dick Bolles wrote the preface to the current edition of How To Get A Job You Love.
As a career coach, John specialises in helping people make difficult career decisions – difficult either because they don’t know what to do next, or because there are barriers in the way of success. John Lees Associates helps career changers across the UK, and John is a regular keynote speaker at UK events, has presented at the world’s largest international career conferences and delivered workshops in the USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Switzerland and Germany.
John has written careers columns for Metro and People Management and thought leadership pieces for The Times and The Guardian. He appears regularly in the national press with features in Management Today, Company, Cosmopolitan, Prospects, and Psychologies, His coaching work has been profiled in Coaching at Work and The Sunday Times. TV appearances include the BBC interactive ‘Back to Work’ programme, BBC 2’s ‘Working Lunch’, Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches’, and ITV’s ‘Tonight – How To Get A Job’). He is a regular blog contributor to Harvard Business Review online and in 2012 wrote the introduction to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job.
John is a graduate of the universities of Cambridge, London and Liverpool, and has spent most of his career focusing on the world of work. He has trained recruitment specialists since the mid-1980s when he was Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants (now the IRP). He has worked with a wide range of organisations on career management issues including: British Gas Commercial, The British Council, CIPD, Fairplace, Harrods, Hiscox, The House of Commons, Imperial College, The Association of MBAs, Lloyds Banking Group, Marks & Spencer, NAPP Pharmaceutical, Oakridge, Tribal, and business schools across the UK. John is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Recruitment Professionals, a NICEC Fellow, and was a founding Board Director of the Career Development Institute.
Alongside his day job, John serves as an ordained Anglican priest. John is married to the poet and children’s writer Jan Dean. They live in East Devon.
John Lees is one of the UK’s best-known career strategists. He has written 15 books on work and career management. How To Get A Job You Love was twice listed as WHSmith Business Book of the Month and regularly features as the best-selling careers book by a British author. His books have been translated into Arabic, Polish, Georgian, Japanese and Spanish.
John acknowledges Richard Nelson Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute?, as a major influence. John’s work as a career strategist was inspired by the creativity, wisdom and generosity of 125 hours’ teaching from Dick Bolles at two of his summer workshops in Bend, Oregon, and a decade of continuing support and encouragement. Dick Bolles wrote the preface to the current edition of How To Get A Job You Love.
As a career coach, John specialises in helping people make difficult career decisions – difficult either because they don’t know what to do next, or because there are barriers in the way of success. John Lees Associates helps career changers across the UK, and John is a regular keynote speaker at UK events, has presented at the world’s largest international career conferences and delivered workshops in the USA, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Mauritius, Switzerland and Germany.
John has written careers columns for Metro and People Management and thought leadership pieces for The Times and The Guardian. He appears regularly in the national press with features in Management Today, Company, Cosmopolitan, Prospects, and Psychologies, His coaching work has been profiled in Coaching at Work and The Sunday Times. TV appearances include the BBC interactive ‘Back to Work’ programme, BBC 2’s ‘Working Lunch’, Channel 4’s ‘Dispatches’, and ITV’s ‘Tonight – How To Get A Job’). He is a regular blog contributor to Harvard Business Review online and in 2012 wrote the introduction to the HBR Guide to Getting the Right Job.
John is a graduate of the universities of Cambridge, London and Liverpool, and has spent most of his career focusing on the world of work. He has trained recruitment specialists since the mid-1980s when he was Chief Executive of the Institute of Employment Consultants (now the IRP). He has worked with a wide range of organisations on career management issues including: British Gas Commercial, The British Council, CIPD, Fairplace, Harrods, Hiscox, The House of Commons, Imperial College, The Association of MBAs, Lloyds Banking Group, Marks & Spencer, NAPP Pharmaceutical, Oakridge, Tribal, and business schools across the UK. John is an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Recruitment Professionals, a NICEC Fellow, and was a founding Board Director of the Career Development Institute.
Alongside his day job, John serves as an ordained Anglican priest. John is married to the poet and children’s writer Jan Dean. They live in East Devon.
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April 3, 2021
In terms of job hunting advice, the book has little that is new for those with years of experience, however what makes this a worthwhile read is all the practical exercises that it makes you go through to try and determine what tasks like you doing, what type of intelligence you are most aligned with, what environment suits you and so on. I found many of these exercises really useful.
February 7, 2013
أكثر حاجة عجبتني في الكتاب هيا فكرة البحث عن عمل يحبه الانسان ويكون هواية له بدلا من أن يعمل شيئا لايحبه بحجة أنه لن يرغب بممارسة هوايته بعد العمل اذا كان يعملها وسيصاب بالملل.. عندما يحول الإنسان عمله إلى هواية سيحب أن يصحو كل يوم صباحاً ليذهب إليه وسيكون متلهفاً لبدء يوم عمل جديد.. وسينتهي يوم العمل بسرعة بدون أن يلحظ الوقت.. الكتاب يحتوي على تمارين عملية مفيدة جداً.. وهو كتاب لاتكفيه مرة واحدة قراءة
October 8, 2017
It's for youngsters. Might be good but I ran through it and was nothing new or relevant to me (50s). It does not relate to the real world and how you have to take into account sexism and ageism.
But I think it would put youngsters in the right mind set.
But I think it would put youngsters in the right mind set.
October 22, 2018
Changed my life, not just for my career!
October 26, 2025
A book given to me out of love and I appreciate it.
January 21, 2013
This is an excellent book - extremely thorough with lots of PRACTICAL activities for working out what you want, what you're good at, and how this could equate to potential careers and jobs (mostly in terms of 'fields' - for actual job titles and possibilities, seek elsewhere; Lees only provides ways of using self-knowledge and self-awareness to seek and recognise jobs that might suit). The advice for job-hunting, CVs and interviewing tips is also apposite. In addition, the writing itself is fluent and enjoyable to read. I particularly liked the way Lees gave advice about attitude as well. I would recommend this to anyone of any age trying to work out a career direction or 'next step'.
January 3, 2016
An amazing little book. not only to look at getting a new job but how to improve the one you're in. some great techniques and exercises to learn more about yourself. some great insight into the employers ideas and needs to
November 9, 2011
Must remember that this book helped me realise that my current job isn't that bad... This is one to revisit later in the year.
March 17, 2012
This was a decent book for me to ponder while considering a career reboot, but it did not hold my interest for casual reading.
September 15, 2012
Asks some useful questions but too many exercises and referrals to other books and materials. Too much like hard work!
February 22, 2015
this is really helpfull for seekers..
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