Career Coward? New Job Search Books

If you're looking for a new source of information on job search here's an entertaining and educational read. This is a new book recently released on career and job search:

Career Coward's Guide to Changing Careers: Sensible Strategies for Overcoming Job Search Fears (Career Coward's Guides) by Katy Piotrowski


This is the second book in the Career Coward's series that promises to help you tackle one of the most intimidating job search situations you might ever encounter: changing careers.

Specifically if your you're unhappy with your current work, or, as is the case more often than we would like in the current economy, maybe you've been laid off in an industry that is losing jobs.
Katy Piotrowski is a career coach walks you through all the basic steps of tansitioning from your current career to a new one that would be more ideal.

It's worth a look!

Books for Job Hunters

Good Books for Job Hunters

Where do I start? A great place is at the library or bookstore - a bit low tech in today's age of online resources and tools but still a fantastic place to get your feet wet.

Here is one job-hunting classic to get you started:

What Color is Your Parachute: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters & Career-Changers, by Richard Nelson Bolles (Ten Speed).

What Color is Your Parachute is the best selling job-hunting book ever. It offers tried and true career advice, is updated every year, and would be worth keeping in your personal reference library. Truly a classic.

Of course there are a plethora of good job search books out there, but this is a good starting place and worth the money.