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Changing Jobs Successfully

by James C. O'Donnell, Sr. Vice Pres.; Drake, Beam & Morin, Irvine, Calif.,


Serial Information: Civil Engineering—ASCE, 1985, Vol. 55, Issue 1, Pg. 48-49


Document Type: Feature article

Abstract:

Advice from a corporate head hunter offers suggestions on how to deal with internal corporate movement, friendship and professional reputation, external corporate movement, personal contacts, professional movement, managerial movement, entrepreneurial situations, and professional associations. The author considers the job search marketing campaign, resume, personal contact network, the marketing letter, want ads, executive search firms, and professional organizations. The real issue is career objective, looking for opportunity, discovering opportunity, and staying in contact with key individuals.

Subject Headings: Professional societies | Marketing | Professional development

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