Popular Career Change Books
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This book covers:
- Using the Internet for everything from research and job searches to your own Web site, blogs, and podcasting
- Performing an extreme resume makeover and creating a higher-powered value-based resume
- Harnessing the full power of Google, LinkedIn, and ZoomInfo to uncover opportunities in the “hidden job market” ahead of your competition (or other job hunters)
- Branding yourself and selling your strengths in resumes, letters, e-mail, and interviews
Career Distinction: Stand Out by Building Your Brand
This book covers:
- Brand yourself for career success
- Determine how others perceive you
- Develop your unique value proposition
- Define your target audience
- Tell your brand story
- Express yourself clearly and consistently
- Build and manage your online identity
- Stay on-message and on-brand every day
- Increase your “career karma”
The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success
Author Nicholas Lore uses the techniques of his career-guidance network, the Rockport Institute, to make The Pathfinder a substitute for a great job counselor. Through goal setting, list making, and other techniques, the book leads readers though the process of deciding exactly what they want to do for a living and finding a way to make it happen. Lore realizes that people have different temperaments and decision-making methods, so he provides individualized advice to suit each one. He also understands that creating a new career requires courage as well as desire, so The Pathfinder devotes plenty of space to motivation and overcoming fears. While anyone looking for a new career will find direction with this guide, people who didn’t know they were looking may decide to start once they go through Lore’s probing self-examination process. – Amazon.com
Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type
Already a classic in the genre, Do What You Are has helped hundreds of thousands of people find truly satisfying work. Do What You Are introduces Personality Type – how you process information, make decisions and interact with the world around you – and shows you which of the 16 types describes you best. It lists dozens of occupations that are popular with people of your type. Then, using workbook exercises and real-life examples to highlight the strengths and pitfalls of each personality type, it shows you step-by-step how touse your unique strengths to customise your job search,ensuring the best results in the shortest period of time.And if you plan to stay in your job, Do What You Are provides savvy advice for getting the most out of your current career.Every other career guide offers generic, one-size-fits-all advice. But because it is based on personality type, Do What You Are helps you determine what you need to be more successful and satisfied. – Amazon.com
What Color Is Your Parachute Workbook: How to Create a Picture of Your Ideal Job or Next Career
For nearly 30 years, What Color Is Your Parachute? has been the guiding light for those in pursuit of satisfying and fulfilling employment. This year’s edition has been completely revised and rewritten and is designed to work in conjunction with the book’s Web site. At the heart of Bolles’s formula for finding the right job are two questions: What do you want to do? Where do you want to do it? Answer those and you’re well on your way to finding the job you really want. Packed with time-tested advice, What Color Is Your Parachute? works as a good companion for those just starting out in the “real world” as well as for those who are thinking seriously about a career change. –Harry C. Edwards (Amazon.com)