Table of Contents

Chapter One: careers happenSigns of the timesWhy plan your careerWhy be your own Career Consultant?What do you need?What's the big idea?Chapter two: free agentsIt's a free worldWhat is a free agent?So what does it mean to be a free agent?How do I become a free agent?Chapter three: here & nowHow can you move until you know where you're starting from?So why have you bought this book?Where are you now?What can you do about it?Can you deal with changeWhat do you do next?Chapter four: tools - get thinkingHere & Now toolsWho are you?What can you do about it?What are your values?What do others think of you?What's going on around you?What does You plc look like now?Chapter five: there & thenWhat do you want?What do you want your future to look like?Where do you want to go?When do you want to get there?To market or not to market?In summaryChapter sixThere & Then tools: dreaming with structureWhat do you want to change exactly?What career elements do you need?VisionDirection, speed planning and career actionsGoal settingBrand managementChapter seven: so what?RecapStarting planningWhat is the level of change you want to make?Testing the changeWhat's the price?Chapter eight: the end or the beginning?Is this the end?RecapIt seems so simple, but will it work? A warningWhat use is all this? Some ideasSites of interestFurther reading

About the Author

Gary Pyke

and Stuart Neath work for Consignia as trainers, and are career consultants, running career development workshops and follow-up surgeries.