Careers for Dummies - Paperback

by Marty Nemko (Author)

Feeling stuck? Find out how to work toward the career of your dreams

If you're slogging through your days in a boring or unrewarding job, it may be time to make a big change. Careers For Dummies is a comprehensive career guide from a top career coach and counselor that will help you jump start your career and your life. Dive in to learn more about career opportunities, with a plethora of job descriptions and the certifications, degrees, and continuing education that can help you build the career you've always wanted.

Whether you're entering the workforce for the first time or a career-oriented person who needs or wants a change, this book has valuable information that can help you achieve your career goals. Find out how you can build your personal brand to become more attractive to potential employers, how to create a plan to "get from here to there" on your career path, and access videos and checklists that help to drive home all the key points. If you're not happy in your day-to-day work now, there's no better time than the present to work towards change.

• Get inspired by learning about a wide variety of careers
• Create a path forward for a new or better career that will be rewarding and fun
• Determine how to build your personal brand to enhance your career opportunities
• Get tips from a top career coach to help you plan and implement a strategy for a more rewarding work life

Back Jacket

• Discover your best-fit career path
• Transition smoothly between jobs
• Create your personal brand

Launch a rewarding career, even in tough times

Still don't know what you want to be when you grow up? Or perhaps you have a career goal but are still on the launchpad? Or you're in your career but aren't as happy or successful as you want? This comprehensive career guide from a top career coach and counselor helps you jumpstart your career--and your life. Dive in to learn more about career opportunities, including under-the-radar careers and low-risk/high-payoff self-employment ideas. With this guide, you'll discover smart, new ways to become an expert in your career, learn how to levitate your application to the top of the pile, and uncover the keys to becoming a successful employee.

Inside...

• Get inspired by learning about a wide variety of careers
• Create a path forward for a new or better career that will be rewarding and even fun
• Find out how to create a compelling resume and LinkedIn profile
• Plan and implement a strategy for a rewarding work life

Author Biography

Marty Nemko, PhD, has been career coach to 5,400 clients, enjoys a 96% client-satisfaction rate, and was named "The Bay Area's Best Career Coach" by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. He has been interviewed in hundreds of major publications from the New York Times to theLos Angeles Times, and has appeared onThe Today Show andThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He hostsWork with Marty Nemko on a National Public Radio station in San Francisco. His first job? Piano player in a Bronx bar at age 13. His second? Taxi driver.