Navigating Your Career

How to navigate the career ladder

Finding the right career path has never been more challenging for young professionals. With an overwhelming number of options, they must navigate the expectations of family, friends and society – all while trying to figure out what truly excites them. Navigating your career addresses these challenges. It critically examines generational characteristics and questions the often-repeated advice to ‘follow your passion’, offering a more practical, grounded approach to building a career. The authors’ multi-generational perspectives shed light on how the job market has evolved, helping readers understand the landscape and how to navigate it to their advantage.

Why do you want to work?

The authors aim to redefine what professional success looks like, encouraging readers to look beyond the traditional career ladder. In addition to addressing career dilemmas, Navigating your career poses a fundamental but often overlooked question: Why do you want to work? The authors’ perspectives shed light on how the job market has evolved, helping readers identify both how and where they want to work. Finally, it offers a roadmap of the three key phases of working life, showing how to unlock personal potential throughout a career.

For graduates, early-career professionals and employers

While primarily written for graduates and early-career professionals, this book is also a valuable resource for employers looking to better understand and attract talent from new generations, as well as for parents seeking to grasp their children’s career aspirations and challenges – along with insights into how their own careers have evolved.