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Career advancement through startup mentality.

If you're feeling stuck career-wise or you're eager to take control of your professional journey, "The Start-Up of You" might just be the catalyst you need. It encourages you to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset, leveraging the agility and innovative strategies of startups to pivot and progress in your career. This book shines in teaching you how to harness the volatility of the modern job market to your advantage, which is particularly resonant in an era of constant change.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Start-Up of You

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ISBN: 9780307888907
Publisher: Currency
Date of Publication: 2012-02-14
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Business, Personal Development
Goodreads rating: 3.82
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A blueprint for thriving in your job and building a career by applying the lessons of Silicon Valley’s most innovative entrepreneurs. The career escalator is jammed at every level. Unemployment rates are sky-high. Creative disruption is shaking every industry. Global competition for jobs is fierce. The employer-employee pact is over and traditional job security is a thing of the past. Here, LinkedIn cofounder and chairman Reid Hoffman and author Ben Casnocha show how to accelerate your career in today’s competitive world. The key is to manage your career as if it were a start-up business: a living, breathing, growing start-up of you. Why? Start-ups—and the entrepreneurs who run them—are nimble. They invest in themselves. They build their professional networks. They take intelligent risks. They make uncertainty and volatility work to their advantage. These are the very same skills professionals need to get ahead today. This book isn’t about cover letters or resumes. Instead, you will learn the best practices of Silicon Valley start-ups, and how to apply these entrepreneurial strategies to your career. Whether you work for a giant multinational corporation, a small local business, or launching your own venture, you need to know how to: * Adapt your career plans as you change, the people around you change, and industries change. * Develop a competitive advantage to win the best jobs and opportunities. * Strengthen your professional network by building powerful alliances and maintaining a
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Career advancement through startup mentality.

If you're feeling stuck career-wise or you're eager to take control of your professional journey, "The Start-Up of You" might just be the catalyst you need. It encourages you to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset, leveraging the agility and innovative strategies of startups to pivot and progress in your career. This book shines in teaching you how to harness the volatility of the modern job market to your advantage, which is particularly resonant in an era of constant change.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.