Enhance Your Employability with Ikigai
by Dr. Frederick Sidney Correa and Fredrick Savio Correa
With the speed and nature of globalisation, technological changes and innovation, changes in work patterns and culture, expectations of employers today are evolving at a rapid pace. But does the education system keep up to the pace of the current world? Is there a framework for today’s young aspiring adults to succeed at work and life? What is the roadmap to success and prosperity in today challenging times?
Career development is the lifelong process of managing learning, work, leisure, and transitions in order to move towards a personally determined and evolving preferred future. There are many ways through which one can further their employability prospects and accentuate their status in a crowded job market. With this book in hand, you can now ace this game at ease. This book will help you find your Ikigai and maximize your potential to achieve greater results.
Successful careers are built on solid personal and interpersonal skills. Defining, measuring, and building these skills can be challenging at times like these. The book shows you how to build your USP, create character and a personal brand for yourself to stand out from the crowd. It guides you not only to keep your job but to grow at it and be successful by equipping you with all you need to know. It also takes it one step further by helping you navigate as to how and when to change your current job and be successful in doing so. In an effort to leverage and connect the efforts, experience and wisdom of 3 generations of educators at the St. Judes’ Business Training Centre (EST. 1966) and many prominent thought leaders, the authors have compiled a 7 step framework to help you find your true potential and enhancing your employability to win at work and life.
What are people saying about the book…
Dr. Frederick Correa and Savio Correa have written a book, which will help professionals get career clarity and find their true purpose successfully in their life’s journey. A key part of this book is to help you find your Ikigai.
When we find our Ikigai, work becomes effortless. In this book, Dr. Frederick and Savio share a seven-step programme to find your Ikigai and to thrive in the workplace.
The high level of early attrition seen among management trainees in corporate India is an issue that has perplexed many of the stakeholders— corporate managers, academicians, business schools, etc.
The authors have delved deep into this phenomenon and have conceptualised in a structured fashion what causes this early attrition and how the professionals can prepare themselves for a fulfilling career.
Management students especially will gain enormously by using this approach and preparing themselves for a career of their interest and liking and live a fulfilling life.
Sometimes, the solution to a critical problem is right there on the shelf, but we don’t pick up the book and seek the same. What I like about this book is its focus on a critical problem that can help solve the career woes of many, while referring to various research works that further validate what is being spoken about, and doing so in a manner that speaks to the career seekers. As the book says, let’s ignite the spark.
Parachutes and the mind, both work well when they are open. This book is a great culmination of wisdom, which allows professionals to equip themselves with all the tools required for self-discovery and success at the workplace. A good read if you want a fast-paced career but a must-read if you want a fulfilling one.
We grow as individuals and professionals intuitively, but when you have a clear focus along with a structured learning model always helps. Dr. Correa’s deep insights coupled with Savio Correa’s multi-decade experience in corporate training is unique and a thought-provoking amalgam. I absolutely recommend this book to all young and aspiring leaders!
Learning in its true sense requires guidance, attention, and individual effort. This book provides a roadmap for the same. It is simple in its presentation and content. The author’s universal and strategic approach can guide any young manager in his/her own quest for success. It is a contemporary ready reckoner for all management students and professionals of today seeking an alignment of their purpose and their corporate career choices. A must-read indeed!
A very practical approach to explain the linkages between Ikigai and how to be organisation ready at an early stage of your life. The authors uses a game-changing approach of connecting the dots to help you arrive at a career goal clarity and addresses the big challenge of career dissatisfaction that could set in at a later stage for anybody.
Practical, contemporary, and amazing. I must commend the authors for articulating such a complex issue in such a compelling manner. This book will serve not only as an initiation guide for management students, aspiring management professionals, and young managers but also will become a guiding principle and torchbearer for management and leadership to build up a strategy around it.
Easy value-adding read. Highly recommended!
What amazes me is the depth of his knowledge and Dr Correa’s ability to connect with his audience. I am not surprised to see the ease with which the authors have been able to articulate such a complex subject in such a compelling manner. A must-read!
This book is a wonderful collection of years of experience packed into wisdom insights for the youth making career decisions. It does not theorise, instead focuses on real problems of the urban youth and proposes tangible solutions. A must-read for all young professionals striving to make a mark in the corporate world.