5 books to kick-start your job
Stumped about your next career move?
Start by reading these books to make things work your way
How to Win Friends and Influence People
by Dale
Carnegie
Nearly a century after its original publication, this book
continues to be a hit among people looking to be better with people. Warren
Buffett says the book helped him overcome his social awkwardness and ultimately
changed his life. The late Carnegie advises readers on how to have smoother
interactions with others — perhaps most importantly, by letting them talk about
themselves.
Designing Your Life
by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans
This book, by two Stanford professors of engineering, is a
bestseller for a reason: It’s at once reassuring, empowering, and enlightening
for anyone in the throes of the job - se a rch process. The most important
takeaway is that there isn’t just one career path out there for you. You
probably have lots of passions, and you can definitely have lots of jobs. The
authors share anecdotes alongside exercises to help you figure out which
careers would suit you best — like “mind mapping” and “Odyssey planning”. It’s
a fun and very actionable read that helps you see the careers forest for the
trees.
Insight
by Tasha Eurich
Before you head into a job interview and start pitching yourself
to a hiring manager, you’ll need to get a better handle on who exactly you are,
in terms of your strengths and weaknesses.
Eurich is an organisational psychologist who helps people
overcome obstacles to professional success — and the biggest one, she argues,
is being oblivious to your flaws and mistakes. The problem? Self-awareness is
the key to success at work. Insight guides readers through the process of knowing
themselves just a little bit better.
What Color Is Your Parachute?
by Richard Bolles
The most popular jobsearch guide ever has been revised every
year to reflect the realities of modern work. The late Bolles covers the basics
— résumé writing, interviewing, networking — but also helps readers pinpoint
their ideal career through the ‘Flower Exercise’. The book has stayed relevant
because Bolles focuses not only on the job search process but the emotional and
psychological side of job hunting.
Pivot
by Jenny Blake
Blake is a former Googler who’s “pivoted” — i.e. changed career
directions — multiple times, once when she was working at the tech giant, and
again when she left to launch her consulting business. Pivot guides readers who
are confused, intimidated, or just plain curious through the step-by-step
process of figuring out what you should do next — and then doing it. She’s
nothing if not cautious, telling readers they should run some tests to make
sure, for example, their startup idea is viable or if it is really their
passion.
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