The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (825 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0078XQW3Q |
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| Number of Pages | : | 274 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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The employer-employee pact is over, and traditional job security is a thing of the past. They make uncertainty and volatility work to their advantage. The key is to manage your career as if it were a start-up business: a living, breathing, growing start-up of you. They invest in themselves. They build their professional networks. Creative disruption is shaking every industry. Here, LinkedIn cofounder and chairman Reid Hoffman and author Ben Casnocha show how to accelerate your career in today's competitive world. The career escalator is jammed at every level. The Start-Up of You empowers you to become the CEO of your career and take control of your future.. Instead, you will learn the best practices of Silicon Valley start-ups, and how to apply these entrepreneurial strategies to your career. They take intelligent risks. A blueprint for thriving in your job and career in today's challenging world of work by applying the lessons of Silicon Valley's most innovative entrepreneurs. Unemployment rates are sky-high. This book isn't about cover letters or resumes. Global competition for jobs is fierce. Why? Start-ups - and the entrepreneurs who run them - are nimble. Whether you work for a giant multinational corporation, a small local business, or are launching your own venture, you need to know how to: Adapt your career plans as you change, the people around you change, and industries chan
A book to ignite the entrepreneur within you! "The Start-up of You" by Reid Hoffman (co-founder of LinkedIn) and Ben Casnocha is an excellent book to motivate and inspire you to take charge and accountability of your professional career. The authors intertwine interesting historical references and extensive personal experiences to provide a roadmap to transforming your career.The book begins with a reality check and reminder that the former paradigms we may have had of the "American Dream" and "traditional career" assumptions have been gradually shattered over the past several decades. The old adage about "ready, aim, fire" has been supplanted with "aim, fire. "Gave me anew perspective on LinkedIn and careers in a changed employment environment." according to puzzled. I learned of this book from a mention in another book: "The Rise of the Plutocrats and the Fall of the Rest of Us" which I read as a follow on to Thomas Pickety's "Capital in the Twenty First Century. It will be helpful to anyone wanting help in navigating a changing employment/career landscape or contemplating a business startup. It is especially helpful in career related networking. One author, Reed Hoffman, was a founder of LinkedIn. The book's chapter end exercis should be really useful in helping to build new skills in career development and networking. It has engaged me in thinking about and rethinking my ow. Nice read I like the book for couple of reasons:- Gives good tips to professionals as to how they can "advertise" themselves similar to any corporation to improve their professional career- Written in more of a step by step guide which makes applying the principals easy.I have seen benefits of applying principals from this book in the past few months.Full disclosure: I am a huge fan of Ried Hoffman and have listened to most of his publically available material on the web.