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Book SynopsisAdvance your career with this insightful playbook for underrepresented women In Prep, Push, Pivot, award-winning career coach and author Octavia Goredema delivers an indispensable career coaching guide for women looking for a new job, dealing with job loss, pivoting to a new career, or returning to the workforce after an extended absence. You'll discover practical strategies you can implement at crucial times during your career, ensuring your considerable talents and skills are used to their full potential. In this important book, you'll: Discover your true worth, cement your career values, and carve out a realistic and aspirational career planLearn how to position yourself for a promotion, navigate a break in your career, and integrate your role as a mother or caregiver with your professional lifeDeal with monumental career changes, contribute to the development of the women around you, and benefit from an array of professional resources in your journey forward Perfect for women who are ready to overcome any obstacles that await them, Prep, Push, Pivot is a thoughtful road map to help women chart their professional and personal success.
Trade Review"Most of us will be feeling pretty exhausted right about now, maybe even unmotivated as we've made the pivot from working from home/living at work. This insightful book from renowned career coach Octavia Goredema is all about boosting women of colour in whatever stage they're at with their careers: dealing with job loss, searching for a new job, looking to overhaul their career or return after time out."
—Refinery29
"Need some work motivation? Author Octavia Goredema is an award-winning career coach and this is an indispensable guide for women looking for a new job, dealing with job loss, pivoting to a new career, or returning to the workforce after an extended absence."
—Cosmopolitan UK
Table of ContentsIntroduction: My Commitment to Your Career ix
Part I Prep 1
1 Know Your Worth 3
2 How to Bounce Back When You Lose Your Job 25
3 Landing the Salary You Deserve 49
Part II Push 73
4 How to Position Yourself for a Promotion 75
5 How to Navigate a Career Break 101
6 Achieving Your Goals While Caring for Your Family 121
Part III Pivot 141
7 How to Pull Off a Career Change 143
8 Be Pivotal by Paying It Forward 167
9 Dream Bigger Career Toolkit 181
References 203
Acknowledgments 209
About the Author 211
Index 213
