Getting to the Top: Strategies for Career Success - Softcover

Ullrich, Kathryn

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9789843905109: Getting to the Top: Strategies for Career Success

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ISBN 10: 9843905105 ISBN 13: 9789843905109

Publisher: Silicon Valley Press, 2010

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You're ambitious and want to progress in your career. Learn career tips and strategies that will enable you to climb to the top of your career ladder. In today's job market, you've encountered a huge, fundamental shift in the corporate world: many companies are no longer routinely grooming employees for senior-level executive positions. Career development is now up to the individual. You must chart your own roadmap for career development in order to be resilient when the job market fluctuates wildly. You have to define your own success and career strategy, and invest time in creating an effective action plan if you're going to become a VP or CEO. What are the career paths and must-have leadership skills you need to ascend to the ultimate position in your field? Getting to the Top was especially written for employees to take responsibility for their own career success by Silicon Valley executive recruiter Kathryn Ullrich. From thousands of interviews she conducted as an executive recruiter and leader of Getting to the Top�‚® career programs at UCLA Anderson School of Management and Stanford Graduate School of Business, Ullrich has learned and analyzed career path categories for marketing, sales, product and brand management, corporate communications, strategic alliances, business development, and CEOs. In this book, Ullrich shares success stories of executives from companies such as Adobe, Cisco, eBay, and Yahoo!; findings of her groundbreaking career path research; essential skills for career advancement in a career pyramid of skills at the top; and a customizable Career Action Plan that guides readers to career success. You will reach the career success you desire by putting into action the guidelines you'll learn in Getting to the Top!

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About the Author:

Kathryn Ullrich leads Alumni Career Services for UCLA Anderson and is the founder of Silicon Valley-based executive recruiting firm Kathryn Ullrich Associates. Ullrich brings corporate world management experience from Siebel, Accenture, GTE, and Motorola. She founded a non-profit with the mission to develop women in technology.

Review:

A book for anyone who wants career success! ----------Marshall Goldsmith, author of MOJO and What Got You Here Won't Get You There

Getting to the Top is a real-world mix of executive recruiting, career development, and career coaching advice that teaches you how to take control of your own career advancement. ----------Annmarie Neal, PsyD, Chief Talent Officer and VP, Cisco Center of Collaborative Leadership

This author really knows her stuff! This is one of the most unique and complete career guides that I ve ever come across. You won t find everyday tips here. The author not only chronicles her own experience and lessons learned, but provides the rich experience and stories of many (very significant) others. ------ --Beverly Kaye, CEO, Career Systems International and author of Love Em or Lose Em

Award-Winning Finalist in the Business: Careers category of the Best Books 2010 Awards --Sponsored by USA Book News

This author really knows her stuff! This is one of the most unique and complete career guides that I ve ever come across. You won t find everyday tips here. The author not only chronicles her own experience and lessons learned, but provides the rich experience and stories of many (very significant) others. --------Beverly Kaye, CEO, Career Systems International and author of Love Em or Lose Em

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