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organizational culture

as job factor

organizational stability

Orwell, George

outplacement counseling

paid sick days

paid time off

Paley, Grace

pay.
See
salary and wages

pay raises

employment contract provisions for

new employees and

tips for getting

pension benefits

as job offer consideration

legal protections concerning

See also
retirement plans

performance reviews

personal appearance

personal control.
See
control, personal

personal interests

personality types, of bosses

personal life

first-time job seeker considerations and

“having it all” and

switching industries and

unemployed people and issues concerning

working to live and

work’s impact on

personal relationships

away from work

cultivating of

as job sources

as reason for working

romantic

personal satisfaction

careers as source of

finding of away from job

as first-time job seeker considerations

switching industries and

unemployed people and issues concerning

working to live and

personal time, paid

personal work plans

pessimism

Peter Principle

Peters, Fred

Philby, Kim

Philip Morris

physiological needs

politeness

power, as reason for working

praise

priority setting, job offers and

private job openings

proactive planning, for leaving job

productivity

professional associations

professional journals

profit maximization

promotions

proximity to workplace

Pryor, Jerry

psychological satisfaction.
See
personal satisfaction

quitting job

racial discrimination

religious minorities, legal protections for

respect

earning of off the job

as reason for working

résumés

retirement plans.
See also
pension benefits

Rolodex renting

romantic relationships

Roosevelt, Eleanor

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

Rosenfeld, Wendy

sabbaticals

safety, as job offer consideration

safety needs

salary and wages

bonuses

as job offer consideration

negotiation strategies

performance review issues and

raises in

severance pay and

as workplace value indicator

See also
income

satisfaction.
See
personal satisfaction

second-generation social life

security

attaining of off the job

as reason for working

See also
job security

self-actualization needs

self-confidence

self-esteem

self-expression

away from work

as reason for working

self-fulfillment

self-image

self-interest

September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks

serial job hunts

service

off-job performance of

as reason for working

service firms

severance

negotiation of

sexual discrimination

sexual harassment

sexual orientation, legal protections and

Shanahan, Sean

sick days, paid

Sinetar, Marsha

skills, work-related

opportunity for learning

résumé listings of

transferability of

work plans and

Skinner, B. F.

smiling

social contacts

first-time job seekers and

as job sources

second-generation social life and

switching industries and

unemployed people and

See also
networking

socializing, key tips for

Social Security

Society for Human Resource Managers

spiritual satisfaction.
See
personal satisfaction

stability, organizational

status, of job position

Steinbrenner, George

stickler-type bosses

Stoerdeur, Elizabeth

success

focus on boss’s

measuring personal

Sykes, Will

talents

Tapley, Mark

tax deductions

temporary employment agencies

tenure

termination

leaving job before

reasons for

severance pay

signs of impending

unemployment compensation

See also
unemployment

termination agreements

term life insurance

Thoreau, Henry David

time off

paid

unpaid

titles, job

trade magazines

transcendence needs

transfers, job

travel

for pleasure

as reason for working

Truman, Harry S.

tuition reimbursement

unemployment

dealing with

job-search options

See also
termination

unemployment compensation

unpaid time off

vacation time

value, workplace-related

values, corporate

volunteering

wages.
See
salary and wages

wants, of bosses

Warshaw, Bruce

Wayne, John

Web sites, as job-fishing tool

Welessa, Andy

Wickfield, Agnes

Winkle, Nathan

women, legal protections for

women’s movement

work and workplace

advancement opportunities in

attitude toward

careers vs. jobs

current status of

discriminatory practices

environment of

hours logged

job security

justice in

legislative protections

office politics

personal control issues and

personal relationships and

promotions and

proximity to

self-expression issues and

seven-step approach to

See also
bosses; boss types; jobs

work image

working to live

work plans, personal

work profiles

Yamen, Sal

Zimmer, David

Stephen M. Pollan
, a New York City-based attorney, financial adviser, and career expert, is one of America’s most-renowned financial experts.
Mark Levine
has been Stephen Pollan’s collaborator for more than eighteen years. Together they have authored numerous books, including the national bestsellers
Lifescripts, Live Rich,
and
Die Broke,
and most recently,
Second Acts.
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