[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hether you’re looking for a promotion, career change or simply trying to figure out your path, there’s a book on the market to help you through the challenge. Below are the top five reads to guide you through a job search, a job transition or an extreme career makeover.
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[tab title=”Number 1: What Color is Your Parachute?” icon=”entypo-book”]Aside from being the most popular job hunting book series for four consecutive decades, the major draw for “What Color is Your Parachute?” is its continually refreshing release date. The book is consistently updated to coincide with the times. It easily guides the reader through every step of the modern job seeking process, not only providing coverage of what 2014 employers are looking for, but also helping the reader discover a thing or two about what they’re looking for in a job. This book is an excellent resource for the unemployed, the underemployed and anyone seeking a change of pace. The activities are designed to inspire self discovery and the 2014 version offers useful insight into internet job hunting and the post recession market. [/tab]
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[tab title=”Number 2: Career Match: Connecting Who You Are With What You’ll Love to Do” icon=”entypo-book”]This book determines the color of your personality instead of the color of your parachute. Career Match opens with a startlingly precise personality test and then links your personality with its career match. This book is the E-Harmony of the business world. [/tab]
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[tab title=”Number 3: Rich Dad, Poor Dad” icon=”entypo-book”]The vast majority of successful entrepreneurs have cited this book as a must read. The book teaches an alternative view of the financial system and those who invest in it will never look at money or business the same way again. When used in collaboration with other resources, Rich Dad, Poor Dad has the power to turn an independent dream into a reality. [/tab]
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While this book isn’t precisely a job hunting guide, the essence of the book is basic human relations. This particular skill is an absolute requirement in the modern business landscape. There might have been a time when business wasn’t personal but with the rise of social media and the interweaving of online presence and job seeking, success has become a concoction comprised of talent and popularity. Job seeking introverts and the socially awkward could benefit immensely from this read.[/tab]
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The Tipping Point has met with mixed reviews but is definitely worth an open minded read. Just as Rich Dad, Poor Dad encourages the reader to view finances from a different perspective, this novel holds an innovative take on trends. Knowing that society and the job market have changed is imperative for job hunters. Examining social change as a whole could give you an edge on competitors.
No two job seeking experiences are created equal. One major key to success is to combine books from different genres to help sort things out. Career enhancement books are great for learning the market while self help books are designed to optimize your skills. It is also important to read through books that cover trends, business and otherwise. Change doesn’t have to be terrifying and if you’re armed with a basic understanding of social transition, the change you make could ultimately lead you to a happier lifestyle.
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[infobox title=’About Writer’]Cynthia Griffith is a blogger, author and songwriter and has been juggling music, fashion and literature for almost a decade. In 2012, Cynthia published her debut novel, The Sun Village Project, which broke into the Amazon Top 100. Today, Cynthia is an avid blogger for Alexan CityView. Cynthia Griffith is also the great, great, granddaughter of James Fennimore Cooper, author of The Last of the Mohicans and many other classic American tales.[/infobox]
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