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Career Change


(See also "FOLLOWING YOUR PASSION OR SPIRIT" and "TRANSITIONS & LIFE PLANNING")

ARTICLES

Baehr, Ann
"I'm Changing Careers - How Do I Format My Resume?"
Career Change Resumes - www.enetsc.com/ResumeTips28.htm

Duffy, Marcia Passos
"Resumes for Career Switchers"
http://www.manchester.edu/osd/Career/pages/docs/Resumes%20for%20Career%20Switchers.doc

Eagar, Heather
"You're Ready For A Career Change?Is Your Resume?
Resume Resource - www.resume-resource.com/article30.html

Hansen, Katharine
"Strategic Portrayal of Transferable Job Skills Is A Vital Job-Search Technique"
Quintessential Careers - www.quintcareers.com/printable/transferable_skills_technique.html

Hentz, Maureen Crawford
"Career Changers' Most Powerful Resume and Cover Letter Tool: Transferable Skills"
Quintessential Careers - www.quintcareers.com/printable/career_change_skills.html

Isaacs, Kim
"Resume Dilemma: Career Change"
Monster.com - http://resume.monster.com/articles/weakness_change/

Jobs & Careers Newspaper & Job Fairs website
"Writing A Resume For A Career Change"
Jobs & Careers Newspaper & Job Fairs - www.jobscareers.com/articles/writingresumecareerchange.html

The Princeton Review website
"Selling Your Career Change: How to Strengthen Your Resume"
The Princeton Review - www.princetonreview.com/cte/articles/hired/careerchange.asp

Reinhold, Barbara
"Retooling Your Resume to Change Fields"
Monster.com - http://resume.monster.com/articles/retoolingresume/

BOOKS

Bridges, William
Creating You & Co.: Learn to Think Like the CEO of Your Own Career
Practical guide for workers to see themselves as the leaders of their own businesses - i.e., themselves - and viewing employers as potential customers. Exercises help the reader define his/her "product" and spot his/her markets.
Perseus Books Group, 1998

Chope, Robert C.
Dancing Naked: Breaking Through the Emotional Limits That Keep You from the Job You Want
Focuses on emotional fitness and resilience in job searching and the workplace: career beliefs and identity; handling your emotions during a job search; and staying on track.
New Harbinger Publications, 2000

Dilenschneider, R.L.
50 Plus: Critical Career Decisions For The Rest Of Your Life
Kensington Publishing, 2002

Enelow, Wendy S. and Kursmark, Louise M.
Expert Resumes for Career Changers
JIST Works, 2005

Finnigan, Dan and Karasu, Marc
Your Next Move: Success Strategies For Midcareer Professionals
Sterling Publishing Company, 2006

Freedman, Marc
Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life
PublicAffairs; 1st edition, 2007

Griffiths, B.
Do What You Love For The Rest Of Your Life: A Practical Guide To Career Change And Personal Renewal
Ballantine Books, 2001

Halfand, David
Career Change
Comprehensive manual to help those facing change deal with the psychological, emotional, and practical aspects of choosing a new career.
McGraw-Hill, Second edition, 1999

Isaacs, Kim and Hofferber, Karen
The Career Change Resume
McGraw-Hill, 2003

Jansen, Julie 
I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This
Penguin Books, 2003

Kay, Andrea
Life's A Bitch & Then You Change Careers: 9 Steps To Get Out Of Your Funk & On To Your Future
Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2005

Krannich, Ronald L.
Change Your Job, Change Your Life: Careering and Re-Careering in the New Boom/Bust Economy
Impact Publications, Ninth edition, 2004

Lore, Nicholas
The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success
Fireside, 1998

Pollan, Stephen M. and Levine, Mark
Second Acts: Creating The Life You Really Want, Building The Career you Truly Desire
Harper Resources/Quill, 2004

Richards, Dick 
Is Your Genius At Work? 4 Key Questions to Ask Before Your Next Career Move                                                                                Davies-Black Publishing, 2005

Ryan, Robin
What To Do With The Rest Of Your Life
Simon & Schuster, 2002

Stevens, Paul
Stop Postponing The Rest Of Your Life / Expand Your Career Horizons
This is a practical guide for realigning career goals through thoughtful, systematic analysis called the "career audit." Provides the tools to identify, examine, nourish and maintain a truly satisfying work situation.
Ten Speed Press, 1993

ONLINE RESOURCES

Career Voyages - www.careervoyages.gov
 ? Another excellent Department of Labor website.
 ? This one includes guidance on changing careers: where to start, which industries are growing, how to qualify, how to get a job, is additional education worth the investment of time and money?

Vocation Vacations - www.vocationvacations.com
 ? Test drive a possible career!
 ? In addition to trips, they now have show on Travel Channel

What's Next? -- http://www.whatsnext.com/
 ? Magazine and website focusing on second careers; targeted at "men whose priorities are shifting: from traditional careers toward work that is personally fulfilling, from getting rich to giving back, from staying late at the office to seeing the world."
 ? Articles on health, money, travel and careers

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