The Skills You Need Guide to Jobs and Careers


This three-part guide draws together new and existing content to provide you with a coherent overview of all the skills you need to manage your career and navigate the choppy waters of the world of work.

The three books are:

1. Career Management – helping you to create a meaningful and fulfilling career spanning 50 years or more.

2. Getting a Job – guiding you through the ‘nuts and bolts’ process of finding a job, including applying and interviewing, and how this fits within your overall career strategy.

3. Self-Employment and Running a Business – a guide to the alternative to paid employment, from business idea to realisation.

The Skills You Need Guide to Jobs and Careers

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Career Management: The Skills You Need Guide to Jobs and Careers $ 13.00

Career Management:

Most of us no longer need skills to ‘climb a career ladder’. Instead, we need the skills to create a meaningful and fulfilling career spanning some 50 years or more, and plan our own personal and career development. You can, of course, drift through life, hoping to take advantage of opportunities. However, interesting and engaging opportunities are more likely to arise if you have done the work needed to develop your skills in the ‘right’ direction.

This eBook describes the skills needed for this, looking at what influences your career path, and what you might need to consider. It explains how you can develop your values, understand your strengths, and build your confidence and relationships with others, so that you can create and then take advantage of new opportunities.

Published by: Skills You Need Limited. January 2025.

ISBN: 978-1-911084-52-5

Getting a Job: The Skills You Need Guide to Jobs and Careers $ 13.00

Getting a Job:

This is the eBook that no potential job-seeker can afford to be without!

It is unfortunate, but getting qualifications is not an automatic passport to a life of gainful employment, or even a short-term job. What’s more, huge changes in the job market are expected in the next decade from the growth in the use of artificial intelligence.

This eBook takes you through the whole process of finding a job. It starts by explaining the nature of skills, and moves on to help you identify what you can offer to employers, before considering the process of identifying and then applying for a job and attending interviews remotely or in person. It also shows you how to avoid putting off potential employers, by making sure that your digital profile is as suitable as your CV or résumé. This new edition also contains new content to show you how the process of getting a job fits within your overall career strategy.

Published by: Skills You Need Limited. January 2025.

ISBN: 978-1-911084-53-2

Self-Employment and Running Your Own Business: The Skills You Need Guide to Jobs and Careers $ 13.00

Self-Employment and Running Your Own Business:

This third eBook in our series on jobs and careers guides you through the process of self-employment. It explains how self-employment may be an alternative to the traditional paid employment, and why you might choose this route. It will also be helpful to those who have already set up their business, but feel that they need a little more guidance to move forwards.

It starts with explanations of the terms involved in self-employment, and moves through the skills that you will need, before explaining how to set up and run your business effectively. With chapters on freelancing and franchising as well as entrepreneurship, this book is for anyone who is thinking of self-employment as a career move.

Published by: Skills You Need Limited. January 2025.

ISBN: 978-1-911084-54-9


Some of our other eBooks:

The Skills You Need Guide to Personal Development

Personal Development

Learn how to set yourself effective personal goals and find the motivation you need to achieve them. This is the essence of personal development, a set of skills designed to help you reach your full potential, at work, in study and in your personal life.

The Skills You Need Guide to Personal Development eBook is ideal for anyone who wants to improve their skills and learning potential, and it is full of easy-to-follow, practical information. It is now in a new edition with additional content, including practical aspects of development.


Visit the Skills You Need Guide to Personal Development page. $ 13.00

The Skills You Need Guide to Interpersonal Skills

The Skills You Need Guide to Interpersonal Skills

Our interpersonal skills guide covers communication skills, conflict resolution and emotional intelligence.

Essential reading for anybody who wants to enjoy better interpersonal relationships at work, at home and socially.

Learn more about the Skills You Need Guide for Interpersonal Skills $ 52.00

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