Book review from the military

I do recommend the book, "How to Get Out of Job Jail," by Audrey B. LeGrand. This is an easy-to-read, practical book about job success.

Although the book appears to be written for the job seeker, career changer, those returning to the workforce, or those laid off, there are many things in the book of value to someone just wanting to do better in their current job. This includes military personnel. Some highlights of the book:

-- Self Examination Quiz: Highly valuable tool to for assessing job satisfaction and professional goals.

Chapter 1: Discusses communication skills including reading, writing, and verbal. Offers some very good advise on how to properly proofread. Also discusses the four dominant communication styles--very useful to a military person.

Chapter 2: Requires one to assess his/her abilities. This is very applicable to military personnel. This could provide new direction in both duty and leadership skills.

Chapter 3: Although this is titled, "Responsibilities," it mainly discusses the resume. While this is definitely useful to someone retiring or separating, some of the suggestions can also be used on evaluation duty decryptions.

Chapter 4: Business Etiquette. This chapter is very useful to the DISA Environment in that military and civilian work side by side. Knowing proper business etiquette practices is crucial to the success of our DISA Assignment.

Chapter 5: Entrepreneurial Skills: A short chapter, and, at first glance, not applicable to military personnel. This chapter correlates how entrepreneurial skills can be applied to daily duties, how these skills can advance one's career.

Chapter 6: This is about Enthusiasm and one of my favorite chapters in the book. There is an A-Z definition of enthusiasm, which is actually called the "ABCs" of leadership.

Chapter 7: Ethics: An important subject and definitely applicable to military. This is a short and to-the-point chapter -- nothing real heavy duty or something new to military personnel.

Chapter 8: Business Relationship: I consider this the best chapter of the book in that it discusses the importance of relationships. Discusses listening, respect, empathy, and dependability. The chapter also discusses different personality types and how to deal with these. This is a highly applicable chapter to all workers, military and civilian.

Overall: The book offers some really good advice on how to succeed on a job, how to reach job satisfaction, and how to improve the current situation.

V/R

This is our finest hour; it's the only one we have

SGM Floyd S. Hepler
DISA Force Development Program Manager

"A must read for the 21st Century Professional."
Mark Victor Hansen
Co-author of Chicken Soup for the Soul Book Series

"You will attain what you believe when it comes to managing your career." - Lisa Nichols
Contributor to the movie "The Secret"

"A clear road map to career success."
Sharon L. Lechter
Co-author of Rich Dad, Poor Dad

"An educational, empowering and entertaining read for all serious business professionals." - Les Brown
"The Original Motivator"

Benefits of purchasing How To Get Out of Job Jail:

It’s an interactive career management workbook that:

1. helps unemployed people begin an effective job search.
2. helps underemployed people analyze the effectiveness of their current employment situation
3. helps the career changer prioritize their requirements for a new position
4. helps the entrepreneur assess their strengths and leadership capabilities
5. helps the job seekers and entrepreneurs improve their verbal, written, and reading communication skills
6. helps the job seekers and entrepreneurs assess their abilities
7. helps job seekers and currently employed individuals clearly format a targeted resume to promote their capabilities and responsibilities
8. helps job seekers, currently employed individuals and entrepreneurs maintain enthusiasm
9. helps job seekers, currently employed individuals and entrepreneurs strengthens their workplace relationship skills
10. helps job seekers and currently employed individuals recession proof their careers for good
11. helps professionals take control and real ownership of their career success
12. helps professionals develop appropriate business etiquette skills for advancement in their chosen field