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Career and Life Change Books for Career-Changers

 

For a complete list of college, career, and job books, check out the Quintessential Careers Bookstore.

 

Note: You can read reviews of some of these books in our Quintessential Reading: Career and Job Book Reviews section of Quintessential Careers.

 

Before beginning your search, you might want to check out this article, published as part of the 15th anniversary of Quintessential Careers: 15 Indispensable Career and Job-Search Books.

 

Career Change Resources: Find a great collection of career-change tools and tips in our Job and Career Resources for Career Changers.

 

FEATURED CAREER CHANGE BOOK: Career Change: Everything You Need to Know to Meet New Challenges and Take Control of Your Career, by David P. Helfand, Ph.D. (VGM). This book is a fantastic resource for people considering a career change. Straight-shooting, with lots of good ideas and resources. Highly recommended.

 

 

TOP CAREER CHANGE BOOKS

: Change Your Job, Change Your Life: High Impact Strategies for Finding Great Jobs for the Decade Ahead, by Ronald L. Krannich (Impact Publications).

 

Life's a Bitch and Then You Change Careers: 9 Steps to Get Out of Your Funk and On to Your Future, by Andrea Kay (STC Paperbacks).

 

OTHER CAREER CHANGE BOOKS:

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

 

Dare to Change Your Job and Your Life, by Carole Kanchier (JIST).

 

Do What You Love for the Rest of Your Life: A Practical Guide to Career Change and Personal Renewal, by Bob Griffiths (Ballantine Books).

 

Fearless Career Change: The Fast Track to Success in a New Field, by Marky Stein (McGraw-Hill).

 

The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success, by Nicholas Lore (Fireside).

 

Starting Over: How to Change Careers or Start Your Own Business, by Stephen M. Pollan, with Mark Levine (Warner Books).

 

This Time I Dance! Creating the Work You Love, by Tama J. Kieves (Tarcher).

 

 

 

Maximize your career and job-search knowledge and skills! Take advantage of The Quintessential Careers Content Index, which enables site visitors to locate articles, tutorials, quizzes, and worksheets in 35 career, college, job-search topic areas.

 

 

 

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