Outsiders on the Inside

How to Create a Winning Career...Even When You Don't Fit In!

David Couper

• Publisher: Career Press
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN:
  9781601631275
• eBook ISBN:
  9781601637222
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Human Resource Management

Does your gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, accent, mannerisms, quirky clothing, piercing, or outlook on life make you feel like a fish out of water in your workplace, from the moment your workday begins until you leave at the end of the day?

Find out how to capitalize on your differences and become a successful outsider on the inside.

Outsiders on the Inside provides specific guidance and simple but effective strategies to help outsiders recharge their careers. You will learn:

• Crucial marketing strategies to help match your unique professional qualities with employers and customers.
• A painless, step-by-step process for meeting new people.
• Unique strategies for resumes, cover letters, and other job-hunting tools.
• Coping strategies to confront and educate critics.

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Praise
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Introduction
• 1 - ARE YOU A WORKPLACE OUTSIDER?
• 2 - DISSENTERS, ODDBALLS, AND MAVERICKS RULE!
• 3 - DISCOVERING YOUR UNIQUENESS
• 4 - THE OUTSIDER’S JOURNEY: ACCEPTING YOURSELF AND OTHERS
• 5 - MARKETING YOUR UNIQUENESS
• 6 - GETTING OUTSIDE OF YOUR OUTSIDER SELF
• 7 - TOOLS TO SELL YOURSELF
• 8 - CONNECTING TO THE EMPlOYER, CLIENT, OR CUSTOMER
• 9 - GOING IT ALONE: ELF-EMPLOYMENT
• 10 - OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO SUCCESS
• 11 - BECOMING A LONG-TERM SUCCESSFUL OUTSIDER
• 12 - PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
• THE CONSUMMATE SUCCESSFUL OUTSIDER: THE AUTHOR’S CONClUDING REMARKS
• Acknowledgements
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR