Work Lessons 101: What they Don't Teach You in School - Paperback

by Sabrina Woodworth (Author)

Careers aren't linear, and they don't become successful by accident. They take preparation, ability, time, working smart and patience... But what if you could learn the hard career lessons long before you ever have to face these difficult obstacles yourself? Well, the answer is here, Work Lessons 101 provides you with the blueprint to launching a successful career and manoeuvring around sensitive work situations.

Fortune 500 Project Manager and Career Coach Sabrina Woodworth has compiled over 400 Work Lessons covering 50 topics critical to navigating a successful career. The book covers the full spectrum of career development, from discussing the 'Why' to learning the 'How.'

Many people struggle to progress forward in their careers. The old advice of work hard, put your head down, and you'll be promoted is terrible advice, and the education system has failed to adequately prepare students for their post-academic careers. Theory doesn't work by itself in an environment that requires you to be practical.

Work Lessons 101 is applicable to students and aspiring professionals who want the tools to launch successful careers. Graduates will face an uphill battle securing a position with the current employment climate. They don't need fluffy high-level sentiment; they need practical, no-nonsense career advice that will teach them how to create career opportunities and open their own doors. Sabrina shares career advice and strategies that secured her 6 promotions in 8 years, which built the foundation in which her career skyrocketed.

If you want to accelerate your career development, achieve your goals and accomplish more than you could ever imagine, you must read this book. It will help you reach a higher potential, develop missing skill gaps, navigate difficult situations, create differentiation between you and your peers and bring solutions to challenging problems. These lessons will help prepare aspiring professionals in bridging the gap from college through uncharted areas to building strong, lasting careers.

You need this book if:

- You're ambitious and want to accelerate your career development.
- You want to build a successful career and don't know where to start.
- You're feeling stuck and need a guiding hand to help navigate your career.
- You're feeling burned out because your current work situation is overwhelming.
- You're struggling to understand how to sell your credentials.
- You're struggling to isolate your missing skill gaps and build your network.
- You're actively pursuing your career but aren't being promoted.

What you'll learn from this book:

You'll learn how to:

- Recognize your organization's unwritten rules
- Win people over and influence decisions
- Establish your professional credibility
- Secure and deliver results
- Manoeuvre around a bad boss
- Build a bulletproof reputation
- Build an influential network that will help you create career opportunities

And much, much more...

Who is this book for?

- Aspiring professionals
- Students and new graduates
- Career changers
- Anyone who wants to build a successful career
- Anyone who is feeling stuck in their career, who needs a shock of positive energy
- Anyone who is working hard but not getting their desired results
- Anyone who is struggling alone and needs a guiding hand through a career mentor

If you want the blueprint to catapult your career ahead of your competition, this book is for you. It provides practical, no nonsense work lessons that will teach you how to strategize, create opportunities and progress forward in your career.