Wanted -> A New Career: The Definitive Playbook for Transitioning to a New Career or Finding Your Dream Job

by Marlo Lyons

Wanted -> A New Career is THE definitive guide to help you leverage your skills from your current/previous job and transition them to the new career of your dreams, even if you have never done the new job before.

This playbook guides you…

* If you are unsatisfied in your chosen career and have no idea what you want to do - or can do - next
* If you were fired or furloughed and want a job outside your current field
* If you know what you want to do but have no obvious experience doing it
* If you have been out of the workforce for years and want a proven plan to reenter

These proven Career Transition Strategies® will help you feel confident pursuing the career that is right for you. This step-by-step playbook shows you how to:

* Determine what is important to you in your career and life so you don't move from one bad job/career to another
* Figure out what you want to do and provides prescriptive guidance how to go after it
* Highlight your transferable skills to any new career
* Tell your story in the context of the new career
* Fill in work history gaps
* Entice recruiters to pursue you
* Convince the hiring manager to see your diverse skill set as more valuable than your competition

Don't wait to make a move - you can have your dream job and Wanted -> A New Career will show you how to get it.

280 pages, Paperback

Published August 5, 2021

Reviews

[Elena · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wanted → A New Career is a clear, empowering, and genuinely practical roadmap for people who feel stuck, uncertain, or ready for a meaningful professional change. Rather than offering vague motivation or unrealistic promises, the book provides concrete tools for translating existing skills into new opportunities.

What makes this book especially valuable is its focus on confidence and clarity. It helps readers identify what they truly want, articulate their story in a compelling way, and reposition their experience as an asset rather than a limitation. The result is not just a job-search manual, but a reframing of identity and possibility.

This book meets readers where they are, whether burned out, displaced, returning to work, or simply restless, and gives them a structured way forward.

[Damon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Tremendous resource for anyone in career transition or feeling stuck on their path. Actionable and clear content from strategies for figuring out what matters most, what you want our of your career and how to get it down to the tactical of LinkedIn and resume formatting. Invaluable tool for execs at all levels on their career paths.

[Tatia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was so very helpful to me as I was considering a career change...and now is helpful to me as I plan my next steps!