From New Recruit to High Flyer: No-Nonsense Advice on How to Fast Track your Career

From New Recruit to High Flyer: No-Nonsense Advice on How to Fast Track your Career

by HughKarseras (Author)

Synopsis

"From New Recruit to High Flyer" is not just about how to get by in a career, but how to become one of the rising stars in an organization. Not only will it help anyone to become viewed as a highflyer, it will also help them to achieve greater job satisfaction, higher pay and faster promotion. Hard-hitting and realistic, "From New Recruit to High Flyer" reveals the views of Harvard Business School graduates and other top executives on how to succeed on the first rung of the career ladder. It is based on a survey of 200 successful executives who were strong performers when they were on the first rung, and have gone on to continued rapid promotion or to new positions at some of the most selective companies in the world. Throughout this book, they share their thoughts on what made them and those around them successful. They provide real-life examples from their own experiences on what made the difference for them and also share their perspectives on why their colleagues, who were often equally as capable, were less successful. Key topics discussed include: developing the right attitude, mastering the fundamental skills of research, analysis, communication, project and people management, and managing networks, mentors and office politics.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: 1
Publisher: Kogan page
Published: 03 Sep 2006

ISBN 10: 0749445645
ISBN 13: 9780749445645
Book Overview: This text is primarily aimed at high-flying and ambitious recent graduates looking to achieve extraordinary early career successes and rapid development within their chosen vocation.

Media Reviews
A wealth of good advice...that can only help those starting out on their careers to progress as swiftly as possible. Accounting Technician (Karseras's) advice is first-rate, honest and important for anyone pursuing a career in corporate management...Unlike so many consulting-style management books that are thinly disguised marketing tools for the writer, this one has been written in simple language with a genuine desire to fill a gap in management education. Financial Times Ideal for finalists whose working days are just around the corner. Real World Magazine If you are a new hire and want to make the most of this adventure - read, highlight and dog-ear the important passages and pages of this book. No organization will lay these success parameters out for you. Hugh Karseras takes on this job and does it beautifully. A must for your bookshelf. Beverly Kaye, founder/CEO of Career Systems International It could carry a sub-heading of 'a rough guide to starting a career'. It outlines the fundamentals from having the right attitude for success to becoming politically savvy and offers advice and guidance on areas such as research analysis...I recommend this book. Supply Management A readable, user-friendly book...Offers practical advice that will help you develop basic skills...An important read for new graduates entering the business world. Kirkus Reviews Corporate America should send copies of From New Recruit to High Flyer to seniors at colleges across the counter. It would serve as an eye opener. There are strategies revealed in From New Recruit to High Flyer that would benefit even the most battle-scarred executive. The text is never short of practical advice. This is a book that an executive would not want to fall into a competitor's hands. There is no single employee in an organisation who would find From New Recruit to High Flyer devoid of useful advice. Business-book-summaries.com Numerous guides cover how to land a job - but few focus on how to succeed as a new hire. From New Recruit to High Flyer covers everything from project and people management to understanding office structure and relationships, providing real-life examples from those who have succeeded as new hires. Common pitfalls and how to overcome them are included in a 'bible' every new hire needs to make the most of a new position. Midwest Book Review If you're a college senior, put this at the top of your reading list. Dallas Morning News/Chicago Herald Tribune The no-nonsense advice offered includes chapters devoted to communication skills, building a network, finding mentors and how to become politically savvy, all important steps towards success. Frequent Flyer Magazine A wealth of wisdom and insider knowledge is packed tightly into the pages of From New Recruit to High Flyer. Online Recruitment Magazine This book consists of real-life examples rather than vague conjecture by get-rich-quick writers. EasyJet Inflight Magazine Useful tips for new graduates joining blue-chip Corporates in any capacity. ModernSelling.com Teaches new staff how to get to the top fast. Daily Mail Based on extensive research among hundreds of high-flying young executives at some of the world's best-known companies...no-nonsense advice. Frequent Flyer Magazine Hugh Karseras is author of From New Recruit to High Flyer Careers Network
Author Bio
Hugh Karseras began his career at Deutsche Bank where he received rapid promotion from analyst to associate after two years. He then completed an MBA at Harvard Business School in 2001 where he was awarded first year honours and a prize in Finance. Following this Hugh worked for McKinsey and Company in London and he now works in the strategy group of a leading Investment Bank. He has written for the Harvard Business School Newspaper (HARBUS), The Harvard Business School Bulletin and The McKinsey Quarterly. This is his first book.