Career Ideas for Everyone--Get These Books and Change Your Life Now
Outliers: The Story of Success the hot new book by Tipping Point author Malcolm Gladwell about how genius is overrated, but persistence and opportunity matter in people's lives and careers.
I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It -Can't miss book that is fun, upbeat, filled with exercises to move you forward with your career goals, even if you are starting out uncertain and confused. By Barbara Sher
Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life -Proof that optimism and success (and health and popularity...) go hand in hand. Ideas on how you too can learn to be optimistic. By Martin Seligman
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LINKS--Career and Job Search Resources
CAREER INFO
US Government Summary of Careers and their Outlook -- Occupational Outlook Handbook
JOB SEARCH SITES
Twitter -- Job Search on Twitter
Facebook -- Job Search on Facebook
About.com Job Search (Allison Doyle) -- Variety of Job Search Sites/Tools
Jobfox -- Job search on Jobfox
PROFESSIONAL RESUME SITES
Monthly Archives: March 2009
Choosing a New Career–How Big a Career Change Do You Want?
Henry Ford is often quoted as having said, “If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they’d have said a faster horse!,” indicating that customers only know about incremental, not breakthrough solutions. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.choosingacareerblog.com%2Fchoosing-a-career%2Fcareer-change-how-big’; addthis_title = ‘Choosing+a+New+Career%26%238211%3BHow+Big+a+Career+Change+Do+You+Want%3F’; addthis_pub … Continue reading
The Big Secret About Finding a Great Career
I say this is the big secret because in my dozen years teaching thousands of people about how to rethink changing or choosing their careers and work lives, I’ve found that so few people know this that it might as … Continue reading
The big MO and Succeeding with Your Career Ideas and Goals
There are lots of things to say about how to succeed with any long-term goals—whether starting a business, choosing careers, changing careers, changing your department’s culture, becoming a lawyer, earning a degree, or even becoming a better skier or dancer. … Continue reading
More than a Network: Your Career Coaching Team
In most cases, when I hear people talk about networking they mean connecting with people who can get them to the right people, companies or information they need. That’s useful. (You might also want to check out this career ideas … Continue reading
Career Mentors
In the post, More than a Network: Your Career Coaching Team, I recommended you find groups of people to fill at least 5 kinds of key roles-network connectors, advisers, idea people, emotional connectors and success partners. addthis_url = ‘http%3A%2F%2Fwww.choosingacareerblog.com%2Fcareer-ideas%2Fcareer-mentors’; addthis_title … Continue reading