"The Five O'Clock Club."

"Featuring special sections throughout on using the Internet to identify and reach your job targets"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Changing Job Market: How It Works Today -- You and the New Job Market -- How to Change Careers -- Job Hunting versus Career Planning -- Targeting the Jobs of the Future -- Learning to Track Trends and Move Into a New Market -- So You Think Things Are Changing Fast? -- Case Studies: Targeting the Future -- What Longevity Means to Your Career -- Deciding What You Want: Start by Understanding Yourself -- How to Find Your Place in the World -- How to Decide What You Want -- Deciding What You Want: Selecting Your Job Targets -- Exercises to Analyze Your Past and Present -- The Seven Stories Exercise -- Your Current Work-Related Values -- Other Exercises: Interests, Satisfiers, and Bosses -- Your Special Interests -- Satisfiers and Dissatisfiers in Past Jobs -- Your Relationship with Bosses -- Looking Into Your Future -- Your Forty-Year Vision -- Your Forty-Year Vision It's (Almost) Never Too Late -- The Ideal Scene -- Howard: Developing a Vision -- Self-Assessment Summary -- Take a Breather -- How to Select Your Job Targets: Brainstorming Possible Jobs -- Brainstorming Possible Jobs -- Chiron: Finding a Future -- Having a Balanced Life -- What You Can Do in Your Present Situation -- Life Takes Time -- How to Decide What You Want to Offer -- How to Target the Job You Want -- Target Selection -- Measuring Your Targets -- Preliminary Target Investigation: Jobs/Industries Worth Exploring -- Targeting: The Start of an Organized Search -- Ready for the Next Step -- Quick and Effective Research: How To Get on the Right Track -- Researching Your Job Targets -- Sample Personal Marketing Plan -- The Start of Your "Internet Marketing Plan" -- Research Resources for an Effective Job Search -- Getting the Most Out of the Internet -- How to Manage Your Future -- New Shapes in Careers: How to Repackage the Work You Want to Do -- A Reminder of Some Basic Career Principles -- How to Keep Your Life Course in Mind -- Congratulations! -- Career and Job-Search Bibliography -- Internet Sources -- Materials in Print.

Going beyond prior editions, Targeting the Job You Want, 3e, includes complete information and advice on using the internet to find out about industries, research companies, and identify key decision makers. This edition delves into strategies and tips for online research that can help the user develop job targets, become an "industry insider," discover new opportunities never thought of, and network more quickly and more efficiently than ever before. Written by Kate Wendleton, syndicated career columnist, Targeting the Job You Want, 3e, will help the user identify their dream, make it specific and learn the steps needed to achieve it.