Christy Frank - Stand Out and Succeed: Discover Your Passion, Accelerate Your Career and Become Recession-Proof

PRAISE FOR STAND OUT & SUCCEED

Heres a great book for the right time. Christy has learned through her life challenges and successes how to best discover who you are and how to present yourself. My contrary, but hard-won demographic and economic analysis strongly suggests we have more challenging times in the years ahead. This is the best guide I have seen for how to present your unique talents to the world in a time wherein innovation and creativity to succeed will matter more than ever. She has already proven the capacity to do that in her own life. So why not listen to her?Harry S. Dent. Jr., author of The Demographic Cliff and the Economy & Markets Daily newsletter

A passionately written book containing many practical tools and ideas to help you reach the next summit in your career.Ajaz Ahmed, CEO of AKQA and co-author of Velocity: The Seven New Laws for a World Gone Digital

I wish I had read Christys book years ago, before all those unsuccessful job applications! Brilliant insider knowledge from all her years with Fortune 500 companies. SOS is a must for everyone, from the youngest student applying for their first job to those looking for a late career change.Dr Gail Sedorkin, lecturer, journalist, author of Interviewing, and co-author of Reporting in a Multimedia World and Get Your Message Across

Stand Out & Succeed has the leading-edge strategies to take your career from stuck to unstoppable. For me, it lifted the shroud of myth surrounding the job market. Christys compelling insights reveal how this delicate market really works, how to align ones strengths to the market and build a satisfying career.Tom Roets, Executive General Manager for NBN Co. and former McKinsey associate principal

The human brain is designed to perform excellence in thinking and action. With the correct information, those people who are ready to capture their potential and change behaviours that are limiting can look forward to results that are breathtaking by reading this book. This book has magically understandable information that explains the how to brilliantly. This material is specific, functional and fun, guiding you on a journey toward excellent performance. I believe this book has extremely powerful information that, when applied, can change lives and minds. Rex Urwin, performance coach, author and CEO of the Mind Matters Institute

A powerful book so relevant, quotable, practical and inspirational. Whether you are a senior manager or student, there is value in this book for everyone.Kilian Fruehauf, partner at Summer & Co, strategic management consultancy

Successful and fulfilling careers dont find you its the other way around. This is a must-read for any graduate, professional or career-changer. A practical yet inspirational guide that will help you figure out what you want to do and how to position yourself in that market, and give you a new perspective on how the job market works. This book is a chance to pick somebodys brain who has been there for a long time and knows the business world inside out. Unlike many other career advice books out there, this one is entertaining to read.Olivia Zechner, managing director of NEXT Coaching Institute and former aviation champion

Christy really highlights the way we can all make the little, and the large, changes for ourselves that impact our lives, careers and professional standing. This is a thought-provoking read for anyone who finds themselves in a career rut and is not sure how to get out.Jason Slatcher, a technologist who has made the leap to business leadership (without forgetting his roots)

Dont take another step in your job search without reading this book! Stand Out & Succeed gives the inside scoop on how the job market really works, and challenges the old assumptions on how to get the best jobs. Most importantly, it provides the practical exercises and action steps to put real zing in your career. Philip Markham, European HR change consultant

After reading this book, you have all the tools to built the career you want and to achieve personal happiness at the same time. No more excuses! It is a go-to resource every time you feel the need to adjust your lifes course, while staying in full control.J. Kegelberg, ecommerce expert

Christy has done what few have managed to achieve in the crowded career-growth space: she has written a step-by-step guidebook for both heart and mind. Full of practical and insightful exercises designed to unearth your unique competitive edge, Christy avoids the usual oversimplifications and regurgitations to deliver a manual for career-seekers who refuse to settle for second-best. If you need a fearless mentor to guide you through the self-doubt and uncertainty that inevitably accompanies the Big Question What am I here to do? Christy has both the industry experience and the understanding of the human condition. Through this impeccably crafted book, rich with stories and examples, Christy will guide you to clarity on a career that will bring you both success and happiness in todays crazy world.Marisa Murgatroyd, founder of Live Your Message and online branding expert

Published by Nero,

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Copyright Christy Frank 2015

Christy Frank asserts her right to be known as the author of this work.

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication entry:

Frank, Christy, author.

Stand out & succeed: discover your passion, accelerate your career and become recession-proof / Christy Frank.

9781863957649 (paperback)

9781925203431 (ebook)

Job hunting. Career development. Career changes. Vocational guidance. Vocational interests. Achievement motivation. Success.

650.14

Cover design concept by Gaby Hung

Text design by Tristan Main

Dedicated to those who want to give more,
contribute more, grow more and connect more.

INTRODUCTION

There is a gap between where you are and where you want to be in your career. Knowing how to leap this gap will ensure real career success, whereas sliding into it will rob you of certainty and blur the way forward, leaving you stuck. This book shows you how to bridge that gap, take your career to the next level and become a truly in-demand professional.

Imagine your career is like rock climbing. Its a warm, sunny day and you are climbing deftly, higher and higher, until you reach a point where you cannot go any further. There are no hand or footholds you can reach you are stuck. So you hang there, frantically looking for a way out. There is a ledge to your left, but it would take a big leap to reach it.

Leaping is daunting, and full of what ifs. But how long are you prepared to stay stuck? How long will you wait, hoping that someone will come to your aid? Will you remain clinging there, hoping that things will change on their own? What if the weather changes and a storm moves in?

Imagine the exhilarating feeling of letting go and leaping with certainty and control. As any experienced rock climber will tell you, once you learn the proper technique youll be looking for opportunities to leap, rather than avoiding them. Once we know the technique, the idea of crossing the gap changes from daunting to doable. The exhilaration of stretching yourself to reach the next level becomes addictive. Not only will you know how to avoid getting stuck, but you will seek out opportunities that stretch and exhilarate you.