Personal Finance (MindTap Course List)
Personal Finance (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781337099752
Author: E. Thomas Garman, Raymond Forgue
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Case summary: Ms. J has been undergoing a severe career crisis with the loss of her position as a professional engineer due to the loss of government contracts. As a result, she has to take up a position in the marketing department which seems to be completely out of her desired career path. The job pays more but requires considerable amount of travel. Ms. J wants to make a decision between taking up the new job and making it a personal commitment and to do it for a period of one year or else seeking a new engineering job in the same company or in a different company.

Characters in the case : Ms. J

Adequate information: The individual has two options left, to take up the new job and make it a personal commitment and do it for a period of one year or else seek a new engineering job in the same company or in a different company.

To determine: The way to decide on different career plans.

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