{"product_id":"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","title":"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","description":"\u0026lt;p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:6.4pt;line-height:21.0pt;background:\r\n#FCFCFC\"\u0026gt;\u0026lt;span style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:andquot;Helveticaandquot;,sans-serif;\r\nmso-fareast-font-family:andquot;Times New Romanandquot;;color:#383838;background:yellow\"\u0026gt;We're\r\noffering a high discount on this book as it is slightly damaged\u0026lt;p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:6.4pt;line-height:21.0pt;background:\r\n#FCFCFC\"\u0026gt;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.","brand":"John A. Thompson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44213798142012,"sku":"RP9780684818917","price":480.0,"currency_code":"PKR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0714\/7706\/7836\/files\/13016.jpg?v=1776716180","url":"https:\/\/libertybooksstore.myshopify.com\/products\/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","provider":"LibertyBooksStore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}