50 Updated Things You Can Do NOW to Help Keep Your Job Second Edition

Book excerpt: 50 ways to help solidify your position as a valuable asset to any organization, in any economy, in any field, anywhere. STAGNANT EMPLOYMENT. RECORD DEFICITS. HIGHER TAXES. WAR IN AFGHANISTAN. GLOBAL POLITICAL INSTABILITY. FOREIGN DEBT. SHAKY INVESTMENT AND BANKING CLIMATE. These and other factors exert a strong influence on the business climate and whether companies expand operations and hiring, or retreat until conditions improve. So what can you do to put the odds in your favor for staying employed? Donn LeVie Jr. (CONFESSIONS OF A HIRING MANAGER REV. 2.0) is a veteran hiring manager with more than 20 years experience hiring, managing, and leading employees in Fortune 500 companies. In this Second Edition of 50 THINGS, he gives you his insight into 50 skills, knowledge, and personality characteristics--many of which have been updated--that managers value when they have to choose between "keepers" and those destined for workforce reduction. The smartest person doesn't always make the cut, and Donn tells you why in this no-holds-barred book.