New WANTED: Eight Critical Skills You Need to Succeed Paves the Way to Career Success

CHICAGO - Jan. 5, 2015 - PRLog -- Achieving success for one’s self and for one’s children has never been more difficult in this highly competitive world. The newly released WANTED: Eight Critical Skills You Need to Succeed defines these eight skills, explains why they are needed by all adults and students, and shows how they may be learned. The book is published by Outskirts Press.

Based on extensive research from real-world hiring practices, the book, by author Charles Cranston Jett, addresses a number of vital questions related to success:

What skills make people successful in their careers in today's economy?
What skills does the reader need – and what skills do their children need – to be successful in any career in the future?
How do these skills fit into the reader’s personal career management strategy?
What can adult readers and students do to learn these skills?
How are these skills taught in our schools, if at all?
How are these skills measured?
What skills do employees need to make a business successful?
How can one determine the critical skills for his or her company?

The purpose of this book is to answer these questions for individuals who are pursuing career success. It’s also aimed at students who wonder what they must learn in order to be competitive in the real world, for business leaders who know that building a talented group of employees is the recipe for business success, and for teachers who are dedicated to the education of their students and preparing them for successful lives – not only in their careers but as productive citizens.

WANTED: Eight Critical Skills You Need to Succeed outlines the critical skills essential for success in a career and in everyday living – skills not typically taught in high school or college. This easy-to-follow guide clearly defines and shows readers how to develop critical thinking, communication, production, information, analysis, interpersonal, time management and continued education skills.

WANTED: Eight Critical Skills You Need to Succeed is available online through Outskirts Press at www.outskirtspress.com/bookstore. The book is sold through Amazon and Barnes and Noble for a maximum trade discount in quantities of 10 or more, and is being aggressively promoted to appropriate markets with a focus on the non-fiction, business & economics and problem-solving categories.

ISBN: 978-1-4787-4268-5   Format: 6 x 9 paperback white   Retail: $18.95

ISBN: 978-1-4787-4287-6   Format: 6 x 9 hardback w/ jacket  Retail: $23.95

Kindle: $9.99   Nook: $9.99   iPad: $9.99   eBook: $9.99

Genre: Non-Fiction / EDUCATION / Decision-Making & Problem Solving / EDUCATION / Administration

For more information about WANTED: Eight Critical Skills You Need to Succeed visit the book page at the author’s webpage, www.OutskirtsPress.com/wantedcriticalskills.

About the Author: Top of Form

Charles Cranston Jett is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, served in the U.S. Naval Nuclear Submarine Force, and then received his MBA degree from the Harvard Business School. With 30 years’ experience in the management consulting and executive recruiting worlds, he participated in strategic planning, marketing and organizational development engagements and CEO and board of directors searches. He worked with corporate organizations in the area of critical skills identification and skill profiling and assisted them in their corporate development programs as well as targeting specific skill profiles for recruitment. He is the author of several publications, including: Whatever Happened to Corporate Loyalty? and Critical Skills and the CEO, both published by Chief Executive Magazine. He is an accomplished and dynamic speaker, and has been featured by many of the nation’s top business schools, as well as national conventions of the American Psychological Association. Jett’s work was featured in the US Department of Labor’s publication, Teaching the SCANS Competencies. He is the creator of the work-based learning software management tool known as Coop2000® and is the author of the two other books: The Doom Loop and Field Studies – Challenging Project-Based Learning for High School and College Students. For more information about Charles Cranston Jett or his books, contact the author at charlescjett@gmail.com

About Outskirts Press, Inc.: Outskirts Press offers full-service, custom self-publishing and book marketing services for authors seeking a cost-effective, fast, and flexible way to publish and distribute their books worldwide while retaining all their rights and full creative control. Available for authors globally at www.outskirtspress.com and located on the outskirts of Denver, Colorado, Outskirts Press, Inc. represents the future of book publishing, today.