Product Description

A practical and spiritual, step-by-step guide motivating readers to discover thier career path. The book helps readers recognize their potential, provides five original assessments for revealing talents, 300 careeers that fit personality, and dozens of internet sites for career research; also includes decision making using thoughts, feelings, and intution; goal-setting, and job search techniques. Inspiring and simple!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #606903 in Books
• Published on: 2000-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 180 pages

Review
"...Finally a career planning book has arrived that skillfully offers practicality with sprituality, instructions with creativity, and intelligence with compassion..." -- Debo Kotun, author of Abiku

"A definite must for anyone seeking direction and wanting personal growth... A top notch guide." -- Bob Davis, Master Teacher

About the Author
Tarin Frances holds a master's degree in career counseling and has taught career planning classes for over ten years as a professor at Golden West Community College in Southern California. She has taken thousands of people on the adventure of self-discovery and uses a very personal perspective for career planning. She believes that everyone can live their dreams!

Customer Reviews

great soul support
what i like most about "Magical Quest" is the emotional support it provides.

sure, the book is of course chock full of resources, and there are sections devoted to telling you what jobs are out there and the like.

but, in any job equation, there are two variables: YOU, and the job you take (or make). and -- probably owing to her experience in counseling -- tarin's book concentrates on YOU.

the book takes the approach that once you "know thyself" (thank you socrates, shakespeare, et al), you will be in a highly superior position -- a position where you can accurately assess any potential career, job, or manager, as to how well THEY fit YOU.

this is a wise approach. i mean, after all, haven't so many of us wasted time at 1 or more jobs struggling to be something we're not? or worse yet, not even *knowing* what we're good at, or want to do? and where has it gotten us? where we are today, right? :)

i spent a year for instance, in car sales, when i was a young man green behind the ears, trying to become "outgoing" and "extroverted", hoping that by going into a profession needing people with these traits, these qualities would rub off.

well, even though i sold a few cars, and picked up a few social skills (mostly how to be wary of crafty fellow salesmen/women!), i didn't become outgoing and extroverted. i stayed pretty much me. but the whole time i was MISERABLE!!!

while car sales is sort of a more dramatic example, most of us can still relate with jobs we've taken and later asked, "other than putting steak on the table, WHAT IN THE HECK AM I DOING HERE???"

this is where tarin excels. she really makes it not only comfortable, but FUN! to assess your strengths, weaknesses, and JOYS so you can find a job that fits YOU.

interspersed with poetry, quotes and parables, reading through "Magical Quest" is like having the wisest Mom who gently and lovingly tells you the facts of what's out there, but also has TONS of great little fun exercises to help you figure yourself out, (and make you smile and sometimes even laugh in between)..

once you've done that, the future is yours!

thanks, tarin, for a great spirit-guide-in-print, when you're looking for a job!

MAGICAL QUEST=SIMPLIFY YOUR CAREER CHOICE
Here's a refreshingly uplifting career book that I think people will really enjoy. While most books in this genre are lengthy and somewhat boring to read, Magical Quest is short and interesting without omitting any valuable content.

Like the best-selling "Parachute" book, this one has all the basic steps, various career options, exploratory exercises, resume templates, and ways to evaluate correctly. But Magical Quest is far easier to read, shorter, and more interesting (artistic touches).

This is a book you can skim through and skip from chapter to chapter. The author has a special talent with her freehand mindmapping techniques (you'll have to see it for yourself) that make this career defining book truly unique.

For the person looking for a more personal and enlightened approach to career decision-making, Magical Quest is a gem to be discovered. It's the short-version to choosing a fulfilling career (or personal quest) with all the important content and special artistic effects.

What ME? I don�t need a career�
Browsing the shelves in my favored bookstore, I was not sure for what I was looking. I was not after any kind of a career. Definitely not. But I noticed that fascinating Title: "Magical Quest." And could not resist it. So I took it home for a swirl. Whoa! I hit the jackpot. The Tarin Frances Lady suggests to "Look Into Your Crystal Ball." So I did. Mt life has not been the same since... I hate superlatives, but this is the best "How To" guide imaginable. The Tarin-Author teaches Career Counseling professionally. She better watches out. Her book will make her obsolete and she may be out of a job. So skillfully written, so superbly structured. And so graciously authoritative! It may well be a Teaching Book for Teachers. I took to heart the advice the book so generously offers. And now "I am exploring all my options with enthusiasm." Guess what? I got myself a new career. And I love it. I rated the book `five stars', the highest number allowed. Sorry, Tarin Frances, I whish I could give your book galaxy of stars. And thank you! You taught an old dog new tricks. Think what great gifts you bestow to the young.

Carolina K