Finding A Career That Works For You

Updated with the latest research, this guide is essential for people who are in the process of choosing a career and finding a job. By teaching how to better understand one's interests, aptitudes, personality, and goals, practical tips are provided on how to find a job in a chosen field--where to search for available jobs, the best ways to prepare a resume, how to write a cover letter, and how to make the best impression during a job interview. Filled with personal stories of people who have found work they love despite potentially overwhelming challenges, this book is a road map to finding the perfect career.

Job security is a thing of the past. In a time when companies are laying off thousands of people and 60 to 80 percent of employees are not satisfied with their jobs, many people are wondering if there is such a thing as job security and whether they can actually enjoy their work. After all, if you spend most of your waking hours doing something, you at least should like it. According to Lee Ellis and Larry Burkett, you can find the career that fits you. You can enjoy your work. It's just a matter of assessing who you are, knowing your strengths and interests, and discovering the kind of work that will utilize those talents. In this new edition of Finding the Career That Fits You, you will discover the person God made you to be through insightful looks at your personality, skills, life values, and vocational interests. All statistics and resources have been updated and the latest information on using the Internet in your job search has been added. Ellis and Burkett will walk you through the job-search process and give you the confidence you need to start or change your career - and your life!

In an ideal world, you would be able to make money just going about your normal day and doing what you love to do. Believe it or not, for a select few, it's just that easy. But for the rest of us, figuring out how to align our financial goals with our personal preferences requires a lot of thinking and reflection. Unfortunately, an individual's crystal clear sense of professional purpose and mission can't be summoned at will. You're probably here reading this now because you're entirely unsure of which career path to take. If you're already employed, maybe all you know is that you want out of your current job. Perhaps the pay is too low, or your work environment is too high pressure, too political, or just not challenging enough. And if you're young and just starting out, you're probably choosing a career for the first time and simply don't know where to begin. This book is designed to walk you through a self-assessment experience that will help you determine the career path that's right for you.

Ken Steven spent most of his career working in jobs he disliked, chasing opportunities for bigger paychecks to fund a better lifestyle he became too miserable to enjoy. He desperately wanted to find a job he could feel passionate about doing. Frustrated that the conventional passion discovery methods were fruitless for him, Steven spent sixteen years researching, developing, and testing a better way. The result was the DreamJob Type Indicator (DJTI), a career assessment specifically designed to identify the type of work that will bring you enjoyment and fulfillment. In Dream Job Discovery, he reveals finding your dream job is no longer just a dream. When you follow his revolutionary four-step process, you’ll eliminate the frustrating trial and error associated with more conventional methods of finding a job you love. By reading this book, you’ll: • better understand your personal values, a crucial first step if you want joy in your job—these are your DreamJob Truths; • use the DJTI assessment to discover your passions even if you have no clue right now what your passions are—this is your DreamJob Type; • identify your aptitudes, personality type, behavioral style, and natural talents—these are your DreamJob Traits; • master how to leverage your Truths, Type, and Traits to land a job you’ll love—this is your DreamJob Transition; • find out how to crush any obstacles standing in your way of escaping paycheck purgatory to earn a passion paycheck.

Fully revised and updated in 2017, the revolutionary career guide for a new generation of job-seekers, from one of the U.S.’s top career counselors “So what are you going to do with your major?” It’s an innocent question that can haunt students from high school to graduate school and beyond. Relax. Your major is just the starting point for designing a meaningful future. In this indispensable guide, Dr. Katharine Brooks shows you a creative, fun, and intelligent way to figure out what you want to do and how to get it—no matter what you studied in college. You will learn to map your experiences for insights into your strengths and passions, design possible lives, and create goals destined to take you wherever you want to go. Using techniques and ideas that have guided thousands of college students to successful careers, Dr. Brooks will teach you to outsmart and outperform your competition, with more Wisdom Builders and an easily applied career development process. No matter what career you aspire to, You Majored in What? offers a practical, creative, and successful approach to finding your path to career fulfillment.

THIS IS NOT A SECRET: It's NOT impossible to find a career that makes you happy!I've had about as many jobs as anyone on the planet. I've been a teacher. I've been a tutor. I've been a writer. I've been an editor. I've been an entrepreneur. And these are just the jobs I liked! I've also hand plenty of jobs I HATED: salesperson, assistant, sandwich artist (really), roofer... So please believe me when I tell you that I really, really, REALLY know what it's like to work a job I hated and even making enough money to live on. I've been there. It doesn't have to be that way. There are careers out there for everyone. There are careers that let you apply your skills and follow your passions. There are careers out there that line up with your values and let you pursue the things that are important to you. So why aren't you going out and getting them? Think you're not qualified? Then I have another not-so-secret secret for you... You can find a career you love even if you're not qualified.I have the least marketable degrees in existence (poetry & philosophy). So I know: it's hard to get jobs with irrelevant degrees and no experience. But it's possible, and it's it's not even too complicated. You just have to know the right way to do it. I want to show you that it can be done because I'm living proof. Now, I have a good job in a technical field, and I run my own businesses. If a broke, philosophical poet can do it, YOU can do it, too! And we'll cover it in this book. You'll learn:- What careers make people happy- What contributes to job satisfaction- How to find careers you didn't even know were perfect for you- How to "Test drive" jobs you like so you know what they're REALLY like- Why your skills and values are the most important assets you own- How to pick a lifestyle instead of a job- How to inject your own happiness into whatever job you have- How to avoid unhappiness and dissatisfactionMost importantly, you'll learn how to prioritize your own happiness instead of your company's..I don't care about your company. I don't care about your boss. I care about YOU. I want YOU to be happy. Because I know that feeling-the feeling of sitting at a desk (or working hard manual labor) and thinking, "I hate this; what am I doing?" And I want to help you transform your professional life so that it supports your personal life, not the other way around. Sound cool?Scroll down, and click that buy button to learn how to streamline your entire financial existence in the next 90 minutes.

Why are so many people unhappy on-the-job? . As many as 7 out of 10 Americans are currently dissatisfied with their careers. . Expensive college degrees are seen by our society as a requirement to enter the American workforce. Yet, many students fail to graduate with the skills and knowedge necessary to embark on a satisfying career path.The result is an unprepared individual, saddled with debt, and frustrated with a system that has left them hanging with respect to making good career decisions. . The concept of work-life balance continues to elude our society as thousands of workers complain of 'living to work' instead of 'working to live.' It's no secret that career satisfaction eludes much of the American working population, but what's worse is the lack of resources and coaching to help today's employee find the career satisfaction they seek. In this innovative, step-by-step guide, workplace expert, professional development specialist, and nationally syndicated career advice columnist, J.T. O'Donnell (www.jtodonnell.com) unlocks the secrets to working smarter when it comes to creating a career you can get excited about.With more than 15 years experience, having coached thousands of individuals, O'Donnell will show you how to develop an authentic definition of professional success that will get you results. Here's what readers have to say: Her strategic approach really helped me flesh out what traits and experience I brought to the table for a potential employer in a different field. Her methods, encouragement and continued support have led me to find the right career path.- Helen D. I hated my job, wanted out, and didn't know where to begin. I had a decision to make: I could continue on the track to working my 9-5 job in front of a desk and let it define me and make me miserable, or look for something different. J.T.showed me that it's not your job that defines you at all;it's you who defines your job. She worked with me to figure out my strengths and work on my weaknesses. J.T.helped me learn that who I am is far more than the paycheck I bring in. Through that exploration of my own real desires, J.T.helped me to realize that I needed a far more creative outlet to be successful in. I can truly say that without J.T.'s help, I certainly would not be where I am today. I'm more aware of my life and the people in it...I absolutely love my job and really feel successful. I owe an immense amount of gratitude to J.T. for getting me to this place in my life. - Danielle H. The information in this book is so on target, I wish I'd found it earlier in my career.I can't begin to express what it is like to have finally found not just the reasons, but the solutions, to my past career disappointments.- John T.

A Career is a Promise offers a proven framework for finding purpose, fulfillment, and success.

The process of choosing and pursuing a career is often confusing and difficult. This guide provides a systematic plan to help both high school and college students as well as adults with the challenge of finding a career. A 20-step plan for this decision-making process includes identifying interests, understanding changes in the current labour market, recognising accomplishments, sorting out personality factors, and taking charge of special challenges such as learning disabilities and ADHD. Included are guidelines for parental involvement in the career-search process, as well as tips for avoiding burnout during the process.

The world of work is changing dramatically and jobs for life have become a thing of the past. Even people moving up the corporate ladder are questioning their choices and considering new possibilities, such as work/life balance or portfolio working. If you want to take charge of your career but don't know where to start, change can feel unobtainable - a pipe dream. This action-oriented and pragmatic book will help you overcome the barriers to deciding on a career and changing career, giving you a proven roadmap to achieve your goals. Taking Charge of Your Career will lead you step-by-step through the process of building your career strategy and making it happen. Full of exercises and self-assessment tools to help you make the right choices, it also includes real-life stories of successful career changers.