Can I Lie on My Resume? Strategies that WIN the Career Game

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The Job Doctor Can Cure the Pain in Your Career or
Help You Find a Whole New Career

Sigmund Freud said we need love and work to make us happy. Some of us work to live, to pay for other passions like mountain-climbing or caving; some of us have a "job," not a career, and we do what we must to put food on the table. But many of us have dreams, aspirations and frustrations all tied up in what we do from 9:00 to 5:00. Our career is our primary daytime identification. It pays the bills; it's where we find a measure of success and - we hope - use our talents. If we lose our job, it can send us into a deep depression.

Yet workplace statistics consistently show that 70% of us aren't happy with our career. Maybe we followed our parents' advice into a "hot" career that got cold by the time we trained for it. Or, we've been doing it for 20 years and need a new challenge. Or, the company is looking for heads to chop, and the axe is glinting in our direction. There are plenty of reasons for job dissatisfaction.

We all have questions about our career, but where do you get the answers? You're new at the job, but feeling lost at it. You're bored with your work; how do you know if it's really time to go? You're on the boss' bad side with no idea how you got there or how to get back in a favorable light. What should you do?

Can I Lie on My Resume? Strategies that Win the Career Game is a guide for the perplexed in the workplace. It's 101 snippets of witty, canny, to-the-point advice about all aspects of the career, whether deciding "what I want to be when I grow up" to thinking about retirement. Each brief essay concludes with "The Point," for example: "Swimming with sharks is not for bleeders or the fainthearted." Or, "Move the flagpole. Let folks know you intend to make a mark."

Can I Lie on My Resume? answers such questions as:

"Can I lie on my resume?" (no of course not, but sometimes, sort of)

"How do I get off to a good start in my new job?" (move the flagpole)

"What's the best way to succeed?" (have an hour of power)

"How do you get out of career trouble?" (don't bleed)

"What's the best way to resign?" (leave like President Nixon)

Can I Lie on My Resume? has these seven sections:

Figure It Out - How to know what career is right for you.

Go for It - How to narrow your focus, once you have a career direction.

Get the Job - How to beat the competition in going for the job.

Do the Job - How to figure out how things work and get good at your job.

Get Ahead - How to stand out from the crowd of co-workers.

Get out of Career Jail - How to get out of career trouble.

Leave the Job - How to resign, deal with being fired, retire.

Author Rose Jonas, Ph.D. is called TV's Job Doctor. Since 1991 she has appeared frequently on radio and TV as a careers expert. She is president of The Jonas Company (strategic coach for executives, organizational consultant). A past human resources director for a Fortune 100 company, she teaches graduate classes in HR at Washington University in St. Louis.

Can I Lie on My Resume? grew from a desire to "do something with all those scripts" from Rose's weekly appearance on Monday morning TV newscasts (NBC affiliate) for nearly a dozen years. Clients and viewers would ask questions, and she was ready with the answers when it was "Monday morning and time for our appointment with The Job Doctor!" She learned that no matter what function, role or position, people have many concerns in common. Can I Lie on My Resume? also sprang from Rose's hope to help career strugglers, no matter their age, stage of life or spot on the organizational chart.

Can I Lie on My Resume? is ideal for the newly minted college graduate just beginning a career, or for the manager who's just stubbed a toe on the mid-career blahs and asking, "Where do I go from here with the rest of my life?"

To request a review copy of Can I Lie on My Resume? or
to arrange an interview with Rose Jonas,
contact
Ed Finkelstein at UNICOM.ARC
314.535.4900 fax 314.535.9013
efinkelstein@unicomarc.com