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Book SynopsisFrom career transition expert and bestselling author Ines Temple comes a concise, practical guide for job-seekers, career-changers, and career-builders on how to manage your career like a business with YOU as its most valuable asset.Organized into 5 digestible chapters
, You, Incorporated is a practical guide to career success that zeroes in on 3 essential concepts that job-seekers, career builders and career changers need to know: No Job is Forever, Employability Equals Options, and Your Career is Your Business. In a refreshingly clear, no-nonsense style, Ines shares the lessons she has learned advising and coaching thousands of people to help them find their own job utopias. In
You, Incorporated, readers will find a down-to-earth, accessible approach to becoming more valuable to current employers while developing long-term
personal competitiveness to attract future employers and seize new opportunities!
Trade ReviewIn this smart, insightful book, Ines Temple argues that many us remain complacent (and unhappy) in our jobs as the world changes around us. The solution, she says, is to take charge of your career - and building on her 25 year experience in outplacement, she shows you how. Eminently
practical and inspiring,
You Incorporated is
an essential read for all of us. -- Herminia Ibarra, Charles Handy Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School, Thinkers50 Management Thinker, author, Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader
In
You, Incorporated, career expert Ines Temple, presents a
simple, yet extremely powerful framework for futureproofing your job by improving your employability and building your personal brand.
Follow the advice in Ines's book and watch your career take off! -- Peter Economy, bestselling author and The Leadership Guy on INC.COM
Ines Temple has an extensive track record of dealing with people in a unique and special way, encouraging them to understand their own abilities and strengths, and positioning them for success in their careers throughout their lives. Her vast international experience is admirable. I learnt a lot from her and I enjoyed her
magnificent book. -- Fernando A. D’Alessio, Former Minister of Health in Peru, Founder, CENTRUM Graduate Business School in Lima, Graduate, Advanced Management Program, Harvard Business School
The first thing I did after reading the book was to encourage my four young professional sons to read it and apply its teachings. They are still thanking me for that suggestion. -- Alfonso Grados, former Peruvian Labour Secretary
Temple has developed an
insightful, relevant and timely formula for today's careerists. Her experience as a globally-respected career management expert has provided us with an invaluable window into the changing world of work, and creative survival strategies. -- Steve Harrison, Chairman, Lee Hecht Harrison
You, Incorporated debunks the job-for-life stability myth, identifies the new employment trends and, in very easy terms,
provides the tools to adapt and succeed in this new context. -- Roberto Danino, former Prime Minister of Peru
Ines
teaches us how to adapt to an extremely competitive society where we are increasingly valued more by what makes us different than by what we have in common. -- Hernando de Soto, Former CEO of UEC, Swiss Bank Corp, Author, 'The Mystery of Capital'
Ines has masterfully summed up all of the concepts that people who truly wish to increase their employability and on-the-job productivity will ever need. -- Óscar Espinosa, CEO of Corporación Ferreyros
