Crafting Your Edge for Today's Job Market - by Julia Ivy (Paperback)

About the Book

Leading strategy expert, Julia Ivy, presents the EDGE Method. Designed for students in capstone courses and working on consultancy case theses, this method guides students through a process of connecting with potential employers, building a base of trust and value, and crafting their own space in the job market.

Book Synopsis

Are you looking to cut through the crowd of graduate job-seekers? To craft your edge in the saturated job market? Then you need the BE-EDGE Method. The BE-EDGE Method provides a step-by-step guide that connects job seekers to target employers through a process of case consulting. It creates an opportunity for the new or established professional to carve out their own space in an industry of choice, by establishing a relationship of trust with and proving their value to an industry insider. The method shows readers how to:
Elucidate their professional CORE, strategically identifying a space in the market that will best fit their multidimensional profile and selecting a case to work on;
Develop TRUST with an industry insider on the basis of deep understanding and storytelling--as an industry researcher, company biographer, and case writer;
Generate VALUE for a company by making a concrete contribution and offering action-based solutions in the form of a consulting case report; and
Excite insiders with the candidate's fit for a company and their potential to add value in the industry.
These steps allow the BE-EDGE Method to help young graduates to enhance their employability, as well as helping life-long learners to redefine and craft their own space in the market when looking to change careers. Including testimonials from students of this method, this book is unmissable for anyone looking to create their own space in industry.

Review Quotes

Julia Ivy's Crafting Your Edge for Today's Job Market is arguably one of the most important books of its type to emerge in recent memory... Ivy is an inventive thinker, never resting on the status quo, and clearly seeks to push and inspire the young to realize the full range of their dreams, gifts, and skills... (O)ne of the best books about making your way through the modern job market I have read in quite some time.--Clay Burton, Independent Music and Arts, Inc.

Young people entering the job market for the first time do not enjoy the benefits of their older peers who bring years of experience and refined skill sets to the table when seeking employment. Julia Ivy's book Crafting Your Edge for Today's Job Market provides a remedy to the natural disadvantages they experience when their school years are concluded and they set forth into a competitive employment world for the first time... (This book) should be required reading for any aspiring professional on the cusp of finishing their academic career and, likewise, should be introduced in business classrooms across the country to prepare those individuals so they have a better chance of realizing their dreams and ambitions.--Garth Thomas, Hollywood Digest

About the Author

Dr. Julia Ivy is a strategy and international business executive professor and faculty director for the MS in International Business at Northeastern University. Dr. Ivy holds two doctorate degrees, the first a PhD in Psychology and the second in Management. The BE-EDGE Method arose out of the point of intersection of these two specialties. In addition to her academic work, Dr. Ivy consults and acts as an executive coach for universities and businesses seeking to establish an employment pipeline for highly educated millennials and active professionals looking to change careers.