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FURTHER RESOURCES
We have included a list of books and other resources which we find useful. You might wish to check them out and recommend relevant ones to clients to use in their career transition journey. Note this is not an exhaustive list – many more books and sites are being published all the time. It focuses mainly on UK resources.
Career/Life Transition
Working Identity Herminia Ibarra
Getting Unstuck Timothy Butler
The Art of Work Jeff Goins
Drive Daniel Pink
So Good They Can’t Ignore You Cal Newport
Born For This Chris Guillebeau
The Crossroads of Should and Must Elle Luna
The Pathfinder: How To Choose or Change Your Career Nicholas Lore
Body Of Work Pamela Slim
The Work We Were Born to Do Nick Williams
Zen and the Art of Making a Living Laurence G. Boldt
Do What You Are Tieger and Barron Tieger
Live the Life You Love Barbara Sher
Your Best Year Yet Jenny Ditzler
Making a Living Without a Job Barbara J. Winter
What Colour is Your Parachute? Richard Bolles
Screw Work Let’s Play John Williams
How to Get a Job in a Recession Denise Taylor
The Networking Survival Guide Diane Darling StrengthsFinder 2.0 Tom Rath
Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life Gregg Levoy
What Should I Do with My Life? Po Bronson
New Passages Gail Sheehey
Transition William Bridges
Your Money or Your Life Dominguez and Robin
Rebuilding Your Life after Redundancy Janet Davies
Confidence and Self-esteem
Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway Susan Jeffers
Taming your Gremlin Richard Carson
The Confidence Plan: Essential Steps to a New You Sarah Litvinoff
The Chimp Paradox Dr Steve Peters
Running Your Own Business
The Lean Startup Eric Ries
The $100 startup Chris Guillebeau
The E myth Revisited Michael Gerber
CV Writing and Interview Skills
You’re Hired! How to Write a Brilliant CV Corinne Mills
Great Answers to Touch Interview Questions Martin John Yate
Managing Brand Me Thomas Gadd and Annette Rosencreutz
Job Interview Success Jenny Rogers
Periodicals for Job Seekers
Third Sector and Weekly magazine and website covering jobs outside the private and public sectors
Jobs Websites
General
monster.co.uk
reed.co.uk
jobs
jobs.co.uk jobsite.co.uk fish4jobs.co.uk jobs
Specialised jobs sites
prospects.ac.uk Site for graduate career development, useful for non-graduates.
Jobs in broadcast, film and music industries. nhscareers.nhs.uk Jobs in the NHS.
Jobs in banking, accounting, insurance and finan- cial services.
jobsineducation.co.uk/ and tes.co.uk/jobs Jobs in educa- tion.
Pan-European jobs site specializing in the tech- nology industry.
agencycentral.co.uk and rec. Detailed listings of expert recruitment agencies in particular specialised fields.
Opportunities with ‘21st century’ value driven employers.
timewisejobs.co.uk Part time and flexible jobs.
charityjob.co.uk Services the charity industry. Website for freelancers.
and Film and TV Pro- duction jobs and resources.
Portal for media and PR. Jobs in fashion
Online assessments - Personality/strengths
Free personality tests
PERSONALITY
Other tests
self-directed- John Holland’s RIASEC assessment. The website which partners the book Strengthsfinder 2.0 (formerly Now Discover your Strengths). See also .
Myers-Briggs personality assessment.
Miscellaneous useful websites for career changers
Expert articles, career change stories, workshops and courses for individuals seeking more fulfilling work.
Information for individuals considering a social impact focused career.
Information and resources for getting unstuck.
Emilie Wapnick’s site for multipotentialites.
Portal for paid and volunteer work abroad, living abroad, study abroad and cultural travel overseas. Inspiring short talks on a huge variety of topics.
.uk Expert guidance on all aspects of employment rights useful for individuals facing redundancy. Free advice via a helpline at local call cost rate.
Voluntary work sites
.uk TimeBank UK is a national charity providing volunteers with information on voluntary work and volunteering pro- jects in the UK.
.uk Reach Skills matches skilled volunteers with third sector organisations.
do-.uk Do-it is a national database of volunteering oppor- tunities in the UK.
On line Courses
Free online e-learning leading to UK recog- nised qualifications.
Online courses for media professionals. Comprehensive list of courses. learndirect.co.uk Government on-line learning site.
Updated April 2018 V5
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