The New Rites of Passage at $100,000 + The Insider's Lifetime Guide to Executive Job-Changing and Faster Career Progress

by John Lucht

Do you want to move up? Find a new job? Attract the top headhunters? Manage your career at every stage from college to retirement, so that you'll get the best possible rewards for what you do? Ever since 1988, Rites of Passage at $100,000+ has been the #1 bestselling career book for executives. And today, with over 100,000 copies in print, Rites is more widely read and followed than ever before. But not the same old Rites! Times have changed. Business has changed. In a globally competitive marketplace "lean and mean" is more than just a catchy slogan. Unanticipated mergers, "downsizings, " and career interruptions have become the virtually unavoidable way of life for today's executive. Author John Lucht is one of America's leading executive recruiters. He sees the changing ways that corporate America deals with its managers and successful executives deal with their employment. So with each reprinting, John has updated Rites with new ideas and new tips. And now he has reviewed the entire book, keeping the best from all previous versions and inserting new facts and advice wherever they'll help you most. Not one word of this trusted classic has been changed needlessly. But since just the first 63,000 copies, chapters have been significantly rewritten until, with this major revision, most of the pages have been modified and the book has been substantially expanded, making Rites absolutely the leading edge of practical advice on today's difficult career scene. Even if you'd like to go into consulting, or buy a business, Rites shows you how. In fact, you can pursue independence while attracting on-payroll job offers too. You can even go all-out for a better job in secret to protect the one you have now. You'll also find political tips to get ahead where you are. Plus help for the uncertain future...from unemployed job-seeking on your own and through outplacement, to negotiating your ideal employment contract. Rites covers everything. Read and use it now.

Genres: Business, Nonfiction, Management, Self Help, Finance, Personal Development, Buisness

625 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1988

Reviews

[Vince Deuschel]

Like many of us - I have been unemployed since the first COVID -19 in shutdown in March. Over these past eight months, I have been doing everything in my power to look for employment. This includes reading extensively, trying to get a leg up in this daunting search. Rites of Passage was the latest. It was a tough read.

The good - I pick up a few hints on cover letters, resumes, and search methods. There is a list of the more reputable retainer recruiters - a few of which specialize in Hospitality (my field). If these good points help me get a job - well worth the time.

The bad - over 500 pages - it is a long read. It is a bit preachy - a bit dated and a bit self serving ( a lot of promotion for the author’s web site).

Perhaps more suited to skimming that reading?

[Sooraj]

Job changing is easy at lower career levels. You can apply for several jobs via job postings and in a matter of time something will work out. But at the top i.e. executive level, everything changes. Executive jobs searches are outsourced to recruiters. At that level to manage job changes successfully one needs to know the motivation of recruiters, how they operate and how to manage your relationship with them. Rites of passage deals exactly with this Recruiter Relationship Management.

[Steve]

Very informative book overall. Some timeless advice.

The parts related to the Internet or Internet-related tools were quite dated. Some of the tools or technologies listed do not even exist today. But skim over these parts and you'll be satisfied with the body of knowledge the rest of the book offers.

[Anthony]

Certainly some useful reminders. The outside work social networking aspect is a tiring thought, and an obvious detractor from normal tendencies to be away from family. Interesting to see how much has changed in the two decades as well as what translates to remote/distributed teams.

[Elizabeth]

As heard on Career Tools (The Annual Layoff Immunization (Part 2 of 2))

This week, we conclude our conversation on the Manager Tools Annual Layoff Immunization Guidelines.

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[Wilfredo]

The ultimate playbook to help you effectively manage your professional career.

[Eric]

Now nearing the end of the year in 2020, just doesn't feel %100 relevant anymore. Some of the info is useful, but I felt the examples dragged on. It was an ok read.

[Susanne Senoff]

The sections on different types of headhunters are good, useful and timeless. The rest of the book, despite updates and republishing, is seriously out of date.

[Mark Dunn]

Fantasitc insight to executive recruitment (both retainment and contingency) in the U.S., and possibly a life-changer, although too early to tell. Covers when and how to deal with recruiters, preparing exec resumes, interviews, internet job searching, and what to do based on your current state of being.

Especially revealing is the fact that, as a general rule, you want to get to an employer before either a retainment or contingency recruiter does. This is to avoid a price on your head that comes with a contingency recruiter and because in the case of retainment recruiters the restrictions they live under means that you may not be presented by them on their own despite being the best choice (eg if they're currently prevented from recruiting from your employer or if someone else at the recruiting firm currently has your name in their search).

[Andrew Doran]

I picked this book up after hearing it mentioned multiple times on the Manager Tools podcast. This book provides an excellent insight into the world of recruiting and provides invaluable advice for working with recruitment firms and managing your career. The text is very colloquial and the points that are somewhat laboured—this style annoyed me at first but I quickly got used to it a couple of chapters in. Even though the book has a US focus it is still relevant for executives elsewhere in the world. Recommended.

[Jbock]

Excellent information on the recruiting industry. The rest of the material is just ok, but the recruiting chapters alone would be worth 5 stars if not for the occasional sales pitches for the authors site thrown in.

Don't miss the novella at the end, a fictional account of a retainer search that really highlights some subtleties of the industry.

[Ray Kelly]

John Lucht's Rites of Passage at $100,000+ to $1 Million+ is an excellent executive career guide. It is particularly useful for providing a deeper understanding of the search industry. If you are looking for a new executive job you will find this guide easy to read, succinct and it will provide all the information you need to ensure that you prepare a strong resume and letter.

[Tim]

Great book for how to market yourself, how to prepare a resume, and how to interact with executive recruiters or headhunters. It is a little dated, and does not discuss resume techniques in the age of computer submitted resumes that must rely on keywords, but still it is well worth a read.

[Cyndie]

So far, this is a great book for those who are in transition.

[Opa]

OBE

[John]

A classic.

[Troy Swinehart]

This will be the #24 goal line for now. (After 24 I think I'll read fiction to lighten things up a little more.)

[Lori Grant]

A must-read book on job hunting and resumes in managing your career.

[Dnepro]

This is an awful sales pitch with absence of logical flow and any substance. There are about 10 useful advices maximum. Conclusion: stay away from the headhunters and grow your network.

[Ben Silver]

Good. Basically a commercial for his website. Some good info.

[Craig Delarge]

Must read for excutives. Particularly like the network analysis method he discusses.

[Brian]

Presumptuous of me to read this? Maybe. I hope not, though.

[Papa]

excellent inside information on career strategies and an insiders review of head hunters

[The]

Some decent ideas for how to organize a resume.