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Praise for Life Work Transitions.com
"To
put it very simply, I really love this book! We don't realize
it, but our work is our life. It takes up more of our time and
effort than any other personal activity and even defines our
lifestyle. At a time when we are all affected by constant shifts
and changes in work, this book gives the reader an outline for
again making our work a part of our life and our self, not just
an activity justified by the need for sustenance. The fact that
the Internet and its resources have been included as a part of
this evaluation and discovery process is a wonderful statement
of how we can use the new to help us rediscover the old, or even
how we can use the supposedly impersonal to help us with the
intensely personal.
"If
you do only half of what you find in Life Work Transitions.com
you can be successful in navigating your career well into the
21st century. To read this book is to sit under the banyan trees
with two of the brightest and wisest minds in career counseling
today. In a riveting assemblage of wisdom, Knox and Butzel will
take you from insight to website and back again. 'Bill Gates
meets the Lord Buddha and everyone profits.' Take this advice
to heart and your career is in for a transforming experience.
You owe it to yourself and your future to buy this book and use
it to make the most of your world."
"Surfing-both
of the net and through our work lives-first requires us to be
able to stand up to the board. For individuals adjusting to what
is still called the 'new' employment contract, and organizations
trying to recruit scarce talent, Knox and Butzel provide the
foundation for using meaning as the center, getting wired and
'hanging ten.' Chapter 2-'Defining Core Competencies' and Chapter
3 'Redefining Your Self' are MUST-reads!"
"Life
Work Transitions.com is a visionary leader in the form of a book.
It marries the spiritual with the practical and the best that
technology has to offer to help people do their best work and
make contributions to the world."
"This
book is a must for career offices. Every college student and
recent graduate should also own one for constant reference because
the career office probably won't be open when you're up at 3am
worrying about your job search! Life Work Transitions.com is
a wise and comprehensive soup-to-nuts resource, able to guide
you from total cluelessness to signing the employment contract.
Don't try the trip through cyber-search without it."
"If
I were to recommend just one book to those in transition, this
is it. It's thorough, comprehensive and an easy read. The information
about career websites alone makes this book a must read."
"Parachute
meets the New Age-I loved this book. Life Work Transitions.com
is spiritual and yet practical, and the kind of book that I wish
had been available in the dark days of my career."
"Life
Work Transitions.com is a powerful book that gives job seekers
a path to a satisfying career transition. It is especially helpful
to those who are surprised to find themselves seeking new employment.
Congratulations to Deborah and Sandra!"
"As
an outsourced EAP professional I found Life Work Transitions.com
extremely useful in taking information that I already possessed
and laying it out in a clear, concise manner. It provided me
with a roadmap to help create my own job destiny."
"Life
Work Transitions.com is a valuable resource for anyone who is
going through a major career change, has lost a job through corporate
reorganization, or is seeking a new career. It leads you on a
journey, helping you find your 'true north' by redefining yourself
and discovering the type of work that is truly meaningful and
satisfying. But it does not stop there. It gives you a wealth
of information and practical, time-saving advice on how to research
the world of work using the Internet, visit potential employers'
websites to learn more about opportunities, write a convincing
resume, and structure the job interviewing process to succeed
in getting the job you want."
"Finally.
A book that harnesses the power of the Internet with the latest
in career search techniques. Deborah Knox and Sandy Butzel are
two very sensitive and effective career counselors who together
have made the leap into 21st century technology-and taken us
along for a fascinating journey through innerspace and cyberspace.
An INFP and an ENTJ, they compliment each other perfectly. And
in the process they give us both sides of the career search coin
in one volume. I plan to make it required reading for all members
of our networking group."
"In
this ever changing job environment, Life Work Transitions.com
leads the reader to find a firm footing in personal vision, internet
skills, and soul. If you want to know what you love and find
a place to be paid for it, the exercises in this book will lead
you to that goal. The book's guided exercises will bring you
to greater knowledge of yourself, the Internet, and give you
the skills to use the Internet to find paid employment that matches
who you are and your dreams. The changing job environment gives
us the opportunity to get paid for our life's work and our passions.
We can go beyond getting a job. Having a job is no longer the
path to job security. This book will help you develop the skills
and vision to have your security rest in your hands."
"Life
Work Transitions.com is a wonderful new tool for exploring one's
own personality as well as the dynamics of the workplace, all
using the muscle of the Internet. It takes the reader by the
hand and shows him or her, old or young, step-by-step how to
use the ever-expanding resources of the Internet to work through
the self-discovery process. Not only do the authors provide clear
talk on how to understand and use the Internet, but they provide
a highly useable inventory of websites geared to precise topics-e.g.,
defining one's core competencies, refining interests, researching
an industry or specific organization, writing a resume, negotiating
a salary, etc. They empower the uninitiated and aid the computer-literate.
And they offer real-life practical guides on how to employ the
Internet without stress and potential madness."
"A career
transition is one of the most vulnerable experiences in a person's
life. Deborah Knox and Sandra Butzel show how this terrifying
time can lead to a spiritual breakthrough and a promising future."
"Life
Work Transitions.com: Putting Your Spirit Online is your parachute
for the 21st century. Deborah Knox and Sandra Butzel have brought
together our yearnings for meaningful (and paying) work with
the technologies of the New Millennium. LWT.com is an insightful
and practical book that not only walks us along a path to honoring
who we are and what we really want in our lives, but also gives
us practical, on-going real life tools to navigating useful resources
on the Internet. This book and their website http://www.lifeworktransitions.com
is a must for anyone looking for a new career, job, and life."
"I am
grateful to have this work on my bookshelf. So many folks come
to talk with me as they grapple with employment that has little
meaning. Life Work Transitions.Com will shape those conversations
with useful questions and abundant resources. Living deeply and
with balance is the quest for the next century. This book offers
a detailed road map and even packs the bags for the soul's journey
into the interconnected web of life work planning. It will be
good company along the way, for it invites each reader into a
conversation with spirit."
"'A
Manual for a Fulfilling Life' as well as 'Lifework,' Life Work
Transitions.com presents a paradigm shift from 'making a satisfactory
living' to 'living a satisfying life,' especially useful for
anyone facing major transitions and decisions. Highly comprehensive
and extremely comprehensible, it is well organized and skillfully
integrates spiritual principles of self-actualization with concrete
practical 'how to's' in a user-friendly manner. While offering
a wealth of resources including a summary of websites by topic
and an extensive bibliography, it steers the reader in the right
direction with a focus on specific needs rather than overwhelming
with information overload. It clearly and simply provides methods
for 'learning to navigate,' through life as well as through the
Internet, for both beginners and those with previous experience."
"In
the midst of the frightening plethora of information to be sifted
when looking for a life career, Life Work Transitions.com offers
a sensible guide. It supplies actual help in DEFINING a career
followed by concrete step-by-step aid in the survival skills
needed to utilize the internet in order to realize success. To
make a correct career choice, to utilize the Internet as a guide
to live a meaningful life thereafter seem to the authors to be
the most important things people can do. And HOW to do it is
what they have demonstrated very ably in their book. Kudos to
them both!"
"If
you contemplate a career change Ms. Butzel and Knox have authored
a complete primer from conducting a self-evaluation to sharpening
interview and search skills. I strongly recommend Life Work Tranisitions.com
to anyone in career change."
"Life
Work Transitions.com is invaluable and truly interactive. It
is a wonderful resource that brings the job search/career transition
experience into the new millennium by providing a step-by-step,
user-friendly guide to harnessing the power of the Internet."
"This
impressive book combines psychological and spiritual approaches
to self-understanding and self-development; extensive exercises
for self-discovery, identifying your values, skills, and desired
work environment; a thoughtful analysis of the changing world
of work; and comprehensive information and guidance on how to
use the Internet to access a wealth of career- and job-related
websites in whatever area of work is of
"Reading
Life Work Transitions.com was an empowering experience as it
seamlessly incorporates traditional and non-traditional assessment
and evaluation resources in concert with electronic resources.
The connections between life and work experiences are inseparable
and interdependent just as our reliance on information resources
in hardcopy and electronic format. Life Work Transitions.com
is a tool for those just beginning to think about a career, for
seasoned veterans and everyone in between working with the whole
person not a fragmented part."
"Life
Work Transitions.com: Putting Your Spirit Online is an innovative
journey into your psychospiritual paradigms for work and meaning
combined with the opportunities of technology to help you find
your dream. Knox and Butzel offer a fresh approach to career
and life work planning with insights for each stage of the lifecycle.
They brilliantly cover all the bases...log in and you will find
what you have been seeking. This is the quintessential career
guide for the new millennium. It must be experienced."
"Many
of us find ourselves traveling at high speed in the dark wondering
where we're going and just how we'll negotiate the turns ahead.
Life Work Transitions.com sheds important light on the newest
strategies and tactics to keep you focused on the road...and
on your destination."
"Extraordinary
book that pairs spirituality and technology as guides to those
seeking meaningful life work. It's chock full of self-assessment
exercises and Internet resources."
"Life
Work Transitions.com is the resource that HR professionals have
been waiting for... a superb guide for use of the Internet, ...for
the HR Internet novice or the technical specialist."
" ...a
brilliant piece of work touching both heart and mind, and an
essential guidebook to any pilgrim on the path to employment." |
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