As you try to build your career, there will be factors you can control and others that are beyond your control. With the right skill and guidance, you will learn to manipulate the controllable factors to your advantage so you stay in charge of your professional future, irrespective of the endless challenges in your industry of choice. In his book Maneuvering Your Career: 20 Strategies to Prepare You for Voluntary or Involuntary Career Transition, James K. Lehman gives detailed guidance on how to plan for a successful career. The book gives practical tips on how to plan your professional life and ensure that you get what you want out of your professional life.

Maneuvering Your Career: 20 Strategies to Prepare You for Voluntary or Involuntary Career Transition, by James K. Lehman, is an insightful and practical book on how to effectively plan and execute your next career move so as to stay ahead of the challenges in the job market and achieve your professional goals. James K. Lehman writes from his 30 years of professional experience and this clearly comes out throughout the different chapters, making the book very practical and relevant to the current challenges in the professional world. By following James K. Lehman's advice, you can accomplish your professional goals and achieve perfect work-life balance. Whether you want to proactively plan for your career or get back on your feet after a bad professional break, this book is the right place to start - you will find in here all the tips you need to get ready to move your career in the right direction. The writing style makes the book easy to read with numerous exercises to help you reflect on every single topic, internalise the advice, and see how applicable it is to your real life situation.

Maneuvering Your Career: 20 Strategies to Prepare You for Voluntary (or Involuntary) Career Transition by author James K. Lehman is an insightful and practical read for those looking for career guidance. The book is broken up into three main sections: Taking Control, Owning Your Job and Taking Care of Yourself. Lehman states in the introduction: “I will show you how to focus on what you value and how to live your life in freedom and control.” The book explains to readers what to do when you are laid off, how to identify what you want out of your career and how to prepare for job transitions. The author goes into the importance of networking, having an engaging resume, interview protocols, improving your job skills, as well as having a 5-year plan in place. Lehman gives an added bonus to readers by providing an engaging “Exercise” portion throughout the book, asking readers to answer questions (related to themselves) based on the chapter’s materials.

I found Maneuvering Your Career: 20 Strategies to Prepare You for Voluntary (or Involuntary) Career Transition to be an informative and introspective book. The information was presented in a concise and easy-to-understand format. I really liked how the author included the question and answer sections, giving readers a chance to apply the material to their own lives/career choices. The book is extremely thorough, covering not only career changes but understanding hot markets, desired skills sets, and what to do to make yourself stand out and succeed in your career choices. This would be a great book for college students to read to give them advance career knowledge at the start of their vocational journey.

Wow - Thanks for the book review. My hope is that this book will be a help to those that are stuck in their careers - and give some encouragement to go out there and achieve your dreams.