The Portable Executive: Building Your Own Job Security - From Corporate Dependence to Self-Direction: Building Your Own Job Security from Corporate Dependency to Self-direction
By John A. Thompson

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.4pt;line-height:21.0pt;background: #FCFCFC"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:andquot;Helveticaandquot;,sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family:andquot;Times New Romanandquot;;color:#383838;background:yellow">We're offering a high discount on this book as it is slightly damaged<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.4pt;line-height:21.0pt;background: #FCFCFC">The downsizing of America -- once thought to be a temporary cost-cutting measure to boost profit margins -- has brought a swift end to the era of "lifetime employment." Given the fact that these terminations are nationwide, affect every industry, and are usually neither fault-based nor predictable, no executive is immune.Based on interviews with over 100 now-portable executives who were among the first casualties of downsizing,and The Portable Executiveand explores the unlimited opportunities available to those who are independent, self-directed, and willing to work on a contract basis. It explains:How to make a smooth transition to becoming "portable"How to identify, continually update, and market your skillsWhy companies that downsize full-time employees are willing to hire executives on an as-needed basisHow and why the relationship between employers and executives has changed from boss/worker to peer/peerAnd much more -- including how to invent a business, what to charge clients, how to network, market, and sell yourself as a "personal service business entity," and, most important, how to enjoy a greater sense of creativity, satisfaction, and long-term job security than ever before.