Product Description

A disturbingly large number of people today are unhappy with their work. In this helpful book, career coach Julie Jansen addresses this work-dissatisfaction epidemic. Using career assessment quizzes and personality exercises, Jansen helps readers understand their present work or career situation, discover the type of work for which they're best suited, and learn how to create the changes they need. Filled with real-life examples and including a useful resource section, this guide provides the inspiration and know-how to implement positive career change.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6043 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01-28
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

From Publishers Weekly
"Close your eyes and…imagine what it would feel like to be happy and excited and fulfilled in your work." Can’t do it? Career coach Jansen’s no-nonsense volume just might help. Herself a former disgruntled employee (she worked in broadcasting, recruiting, outplacement and other fields), Jansen is a big proponent of jobs that suit: work, after all, "is not ‘one size fits all.’" She identifies six reasons people find their employ unsatisfying, from boredom with an overly familiar routine, to insecurity in the face of discrimination or a toxic boss, to lack of focus on work due to an eye on upcoming retirement. Several quizzes and questionnaires ("When you think about the things you find meaningful, what comes to mind?"; "Do you prefer to be the leader rather than have others lead"?) help readers identify their job problems and the kinds of work they might find more meaningful, as well as build confidence in their choices. Jansen offers stories of those who made the career change successfully (or in some cases, found a way to renew their interest in their old positions) as well as guidelines for becoming more entrepreneurial. Her advice is seasoned and her tone encouraging, making this a solid resource for people who know they don’t like what they do; it might also be a wakeup call for others numbed into job complacency.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
A must-read for anyone who is working and feeling dissatisfied, unfulfilled or unhappy with their current work situation. -- Paul Tieger, author of Do What You Are

Review
A must-read for anyone who is working and feeling dissatisfied, unfulfilled or unhappy with their current work situation. (Paul Tieger, author of Do What You Are)

Customer Reviews

Over-rated
I can't believe how many people are giving this 5 stars. The various exercises are simplistic and redundant. Not much practical advise or inforamtion. I'm glad I only paid $0.97.

Not recommended.

Finding the career you love
This is a great book for anyone considering a career change but doesn't quite know where to begin or how to decide what they want to be when they grow up. The book is filled with various self-assessments to help the reader determine particular strengths or interests. It begins by assessing where you are now and looking at where you would like to be. Next, the book moves on to how to get to where you want to be by using the self-assessments and offers the "keys" to success. The self-assessments are a valuable tool to the reader.

MAKING LIFE EASIER FOR JOB HUNTERS
The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One This book, even the title alone!, is a great comfort for those of us who find it easier to say what we don't want to do than to identify the next right position for us. And if you're like me and have lots of different interests, any five of which might sound just fine today as long as we can pick five more tomorrow, the job of identification can be even harder. It's great to have the support of a book like Jansen's to make our daunting task a little easier.