Getting Your Kid Out of the House and Into a Job

Are you a parent caught up in your child’s job search?

Do you wish you had some guidance or some perspective on what your role should be and how you can help?

Getting Your Kid Out of the House and Into a Job is a new e-book by Joyce Richman and Barbara Demarest. Part workbook and part stories and examples, Getting Your Kid Out offers parents and their children a roadmap for navigating the tough transition from school to career.Starting with “The Mechanics of Job-Hunting,” parents are reminded of the three-step process their children should be engaging in to successfully land a job that fits:

• Step One – Creating a Professional Identity
• Step Two – Understanding the Job Market
• Step Three – Pursuing the Job Proactively

Each section includes exercises for parents and ways you can help. We also tell you things you should not be doing! The second half of the book goes “Beyond the Mechanics” to delve into common issues with adult job-seeking children, including what to do:

• When they don’t know what they want to do
• When you’re worried about their dreams or their ability to achieve them.
• When they have too many interests and don’t know where to start.
• When your dreams and theirs get mixed up.
• When they lack confidence.
• When they pick up unintended messages.
• When they seem to be in no hurry to be independent or you aren’t sure if they are ready.
• When they’re in too much of a hurry.
• When they don’t seem to understand about “being professional.”
• When it’s hard to talk to them about work and career.

And just when you think you’re done, the Appendix lays out several pages of instructions just on how to create an elevator pitch – not just for your kid, but for you as a parent. What’s your pitch? What are you saying when your neighbor asks what your child is up to? Are you helping or hurting your child’s job-hunting process?

1. It’s immediate. You don’t have to run to a store or wait for a delivery. If you are feeling overwhelmed by what’s going on with you or with your child related to their job search. You can get the information right away, 24×7.
2. Free updates. We believe in feedback and continually improving our work. Anyone who purchases the ebook, will get free updates when we make them to the book. Distributing our work in an ebook makes this possible.
3. Storage. Once you download Getting Your Kid Out of the House and Into a Job it is stored on your computer. It is now a reference for you whenever you need it.
4. Saving paper. We designed this ebook so that it is easy to read online. Sure, you can print it out if you want to or even just print out a page or two when you need it, but you can also read it online.
5. Admit it, it’s kind of cool. And isn’t the idea of readily available information all organized for you and right there on your computer desktop a pretty cool concept? We hope you think so.

• You click on the button to buy the ebook and you are taken to a service called E-Junkie.
• E-Junkie is holding your copy of the ebook, ready for you once you provide payment.
• You go through a few screens to order your book and make your payment.
• If you make any changes in quantity or if you have a discount code, be sure to UPDATE your shopping cart.
• Then once you are done, you will get an email to the address you provided. In that email will be a link to the book (in PDF format, file size 675 KB). You can download the ebook from that link by clicking on it. You get to do this up to 5 times and then the link expires. That way you can save a copy to your computer and to a flash drive back up or to a second computer so more than one parent can have a copy. If you forget where it is, you can go back to the email you received and download it again. You have up to 5 downloads available to you.

Joyce Richman, Executive and Career Coach

Joyce Richman founded her executive and career coaching practice, Joyce Richman and Associates Ltd., in 1982. She specializes in assessing client strengths and needs, developing effective leadership and management techniques, enhancing and improving communication skills, and advancing and retaining key employees. Joyce works closely with her clients to set measurable goals and facilitates action to achieve desired outcomes. She has extensive experience in the use of interviewing techniques, 360° feedback, and personality assessments. Joyce’s clients come from a broad spectrum of organizations and disciplines that include higher education, manufacturing, sales, marketing, media, technology, pharmaceuticals, medicine, banking and finance, service, IT, and non-profit sectors. Joyce is a member of the adjunct faculty at the Center for Creative Leadership based in Greensboro, North Carolina. She is certified to administer a variety of feedback and psychological instruments including Benchmarks®, MBTI®, FIRO-B®, CSI©, CISS®, CPI. In addition to her private practice, Joyce has worked with hundreds of Center clients across the United States and abroad. Joyce is a weekly guest on Greensboro television and a weekly columnist for The News & Record. She is the author of Roads, Routes and Ruts: A Guidebook to Career Success (1993), in its 3rd printing. Joyce maintains a blog at www.RichmanResources.com. She is a popular lecturer and has conducted seminars and workshops throughout the United States. Joyce has consulted in Belgium, Canada, and England. Richman is a National Certified Counselor, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Personnel Consultant, and holds an undergraduate degree from Florida State University and a master’s degree in counseling from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In addition, Joyce is a graduate of Harvard University’s Program on Negotiation.

Barbara Demarest, Executive and Business Coach

Barbara Demarest works with individuals, teams and companies to set and execute career and business-building strategies. Whether it is a job-seeker who needs a personal brand, a team launching a new product, or a company opening a new market, Barbara focuses on clarifying her client’s unique value, finding the right market fit, and setting achievable goals. Barbara specializes in working with “idea” people – authors, educators, media people, foundation officers, consultants, trainers, and companies who provide professional services. She draws from her marketing, product development and executive experience to accelerate professional and business success. Barbara received her MBA from the Babcock School of Management at Wake Forest University and her B.A. from Duke University. She is a Registered Sher Success Team Leader and her coaching profile can be found at www.thecoachingassociation.com. Barbara’s career experience includes more than 20 years in executive positions at the Center for Creative Leadership, program development for Duke University, consulting for the NC Governor’s Office, and ownership of a design-focused retail store. You can follow her on Twitter/barbarademarest or on her blog at www.barbarademarest.com.

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