There couldnít be a better author than Hugh Karseras for a book called From New Recruit to High Flyer, published by Kogan Page on 31st October. Now aged 35, Hugh is a Director in a major City bank. A tennis champion in Wales at 18, he won a tennis scholarship with Princeton University where he graduated cum laude. He went on to do an MBA at Harvard Business School where he won a prize in Finance. His first job was with Deutsche Bank in London where after two years he was promoted to Associate.
From New Recruit to High Flyer is a career book which covers in a clear style the basics of stepping up the career ladder. Not only is it based on the authorís first hand experience, but also on a survey which interviewed hundreds of executives in major companies as varied as American Express, British Airways, Cap Gemini, Disney, Estee Lauder, Credit Suisse First Boston, GlaxoSmithKline and Orange. Key regions covered are Europe, the USA and Asia.
The aim of the survey was to establish which attributes were essential to career success. Areas covered included interpersonal skills, attitude and behaviour and communication skills. Using many personal anecdotes from the survey, the book expands on these topics starting with a chapter about the right attitude, going on to cover communication skills and describing how to manage people. It also has a chapter about developing into an excellent research analyst.
A wealth of wisdom and insider knowledge is packed tightly into the pages of From New Recruit to High Flyer. To order a copy, call 44 (0)1903 828 503
From New Recruit to High Flyer - New book release
Basics of stepping up the career ladder
