Careers


What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
So Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest for Work You Love
Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type
The 4-Hour Workweek
How to Win Friends & Influence People
When I Grow Up: A Weird Al Rhyming New York Times Bestselling Picture Book That Celebrates Creativity
Rosie Revere, Engineer (The Questioneers (Picture Books) #2)
LMNO Peas
Ada Twist, Scientist (The Questioneers (Picture Books) #3)
Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
Strengths Finder 2.0
Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
Designing Your Life: Build a Life that Works for You
The Startup of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career
Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do
The Insanity of Advertising by Fred  GoldbergTruth in Advertising by John KenneyConfessions of an Advertising Man by David OgilvyOgilvy on Advertising by David OgilvyCopywriting for Beginners by Michael Fraiman
Advertising Books
13 books — 1 voter
Designing Your Life by Bill BurnettThe Ecology of Commerce Revised Edition by Paul HawkenMore Than Money by Mark AlbionSustainable Excellence by Aron CramerThe Heart of Sustainability by Andres R. Edwards
Careers in Sustainability
14 books — 2 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerBartleby the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Jobs, Career, Vocation
667 books — 56 voters
Make Me an Offer I Can't Refuse by Susan RiehleCars, Coffee, and a Badass Ninja Toilet by K.C. HiltonDesigning a Life by S.M. LordanLean In by Sheryl SandbergSpritzing to Success with the Woman Who Brought an Industry t... by Annette Green
Top Working Woman List
30 books — 9 voters

Barbara Ehrenreich
Suppose that the [career] transition zone encouraged free-ranging discussion. What might the topics of conversation be? For a start, people might want to address the question of what is happening in the corporate world today; in particular, why does experience seem to be so little valued and accomplishment so unreliably rewarded? Some may object that corporate world is a vague abstraction, concealing a rich diversity of environments, but it was in common use among my fellow job seekers, who ofte ...more
Barbara Ehrenreich, Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream

Carlos Bulosan
Now I can go into politics," he said. "Is it profitable?" I asked. "Yes, if you care to make a business of it," he said. "I don't know what to do yet, but there is fun and glory in it. ...more
Carlos Bulosan, America Is in the Heart: A Personal History

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