The Navigator Series: Career Moves

By Mark Wilkes-Jones

This self help book has been developed to aid people manage their job loss or change or transition and assist them in every stage of the process. It provides a systematic approach and includes topics on coping with emotions, self-assessment, job-search strategies, résumé writing, cover letter writing and effective interview skills, as well as activities to cement the theory.

“The changing of careers, whether self-initiated or forced upon you, is something that we will all eventually go through and potentially is one of the most trying times of life’s journey,” Wilkes-Jones admits. “Remember, change is inevitable, but with change comes opportunity. So now is the time to take control of your career transition, to review and evaluate your current situation, and to make that change.”

“The way you live and how you journey through life is largely a reflection of where you have been, who you have been, and the beliefs and values you have formed.”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mark Wilkes-Jones
• Release date: Jun 21, 2018
• ISBN: 9781543405354

Mark Wilkes-Jones

Mark Wilkes-Jones is a decorated former British police detective whose 15-year career also included an 3 tours of duty with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo, where he performed multiple roles including that of Regional Serious Crime Squad Chief and exhumations team leader. He then went on to work in Africa as an overland travel adviser and in 2006 went to work as a private contractor in Iraq, training police recruits. His portfolio also includes working as a training manager with a major resources organization on the Gorgon project, Solomon Iron Ore Mine-Site and Christmas Creek. He now lives and works in Western Australia, where in 2011 he completed his university postgraduate studies in adult and tertiary education. He currently works in Australia’s largest male prison – Acacia, where he teaches English and mathematics to inmates.

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Copyright © 2017 by Mark Wilkes-Jones.

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Contents

The Navigator’s Life Journey Guidelines

An Introduction to Career Moves

The Career Moves Management Process

Step 1: Separation

Emotional Cycles

The Grief Cycle

Coping with Your Emotions during a Job Transition

The Grief Cycle: Coping Strategies

The Change within Ourselves

The Nature of Change

Why Change Is Difficult

Breaking-Free Activity

William Bridges’s Transition Model of Change

Transition Ritual Activity

Step 2: Self-Reflection

MBTI Preference Explained

Finding Your Preferences

Extraverting (E) versus Introverting (I)

Sensing (S) versus Intuiting (N)

Thinking (T) vs. Feeling (F)

Judging (J) versus Perceiving (P)

Finding Your Type

A Brief Description of the Sixteen Personality Types

The Last Word on Preference Types

Values and Vision in Career Moves

Values and Career

Values Activity

Vision and Career

Writing a Good Personal Vision Statement

Vision Collage Activity

Setting Goals

Awareness

Personal Responsibility

Phases of the GROW process

Goal Phase

Setting Effective SMART Goals

SMART Goals Activity

Reality Phase

Options Phase

Options Activity: Missing Steps

Will Phase

Motivation and Change

Intrinsic Motivation

Extrinsic Motivation

REGROW

Establishing an Action Plan

Step 3: Empowerment

Résumé Writing

What to Include?

Résumé Tips

Format

Length

Types of Résumés

Cover Letters

Fundamentals of a Dynamic Cover Letter

Step 4: Exploration

Online Networking

1. Your Picture

2. Your Headline

3. Your Summary

4. Your Experience

5. Keywords and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

6. Recommendations

7. Groups, Associations, and Posting

8. Ensure You Have a Fully Completed Profile

Step 5: Destination

The Job Interview

The Top Ten Interview Questions

Do You Have Any Questions?

Avoid the Top Ten Worst Interview Blunders

Accepting Your Job Offer

Congratulations

References

The Navigator’s Life Journey Guidelines

The way you live and how you journey through life is largely a reflection of where you have been, who you have been, and the beliefs and values you have formed.

For the time that I have been on my life’s journey, I have always tried to live by five simple guidelines, but who am I to create such guidelines that should make sense to everyone?

A wiser man than me once said:

Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, no matter if I have said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and common sense. (Buddha)

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What I know to be true in my life is, whenever my focus is unclear and darkness starts to surround me and I begin to feel overwhelmed, I rely on my five guidelines to see me through these intensely difficult times.

My Five Life Journey Guidelines

Number 1

Never give into negativity or be persuaded by those around you who preach negativity. Stay away from these people, for they have a problem for every solution.

Number 2

Never be afraid to take an opportunity, because if that opportunity does not yield fruit, you can still measure your success through the fact that you at least tried.

Number 3

Do not be afraid of failure. Failure is a life lesson and should be gratefully received, because it will make