Resources

Helpful Resources and Links:

CareerJournal from the Wall Street Journal

CareerBuilder

Occupational Outlook Handbook

Salary.Com

Idealist.org

Monster

Reference Checking Services

Resume Distribution Services: Send your resume to 100′s of targeted companies.

How Resilient Are You? by Al Siebert, PhD, author of The Resiliency Advantage. How do you react to life’s difficulties? Take this quiz. People with excellent mental health are resilient, agile, hardy, and thrive under pressure. They have stress-resistant personalities and learn valuable lessons from rough experiences. They rebound from major setbacks even stronger than before.

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Recommended Books and Publications:

“Do What You Are” – Discover the perfect career for you through the secrets of personality type.

“Working Identity” – Unconventional strategies for reinventing your career, by Herminia Ibarra.

“How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work” – Seven languages for transformation, by Robert Kegan and Lisa Laskow Lahey.

“The Way of Transition” – Embracing life’s most difficult moments, by William Bridges.

“Multiple Intelligences & Personality Type” – Tools and strategies for developing human potential, by Dario Nardi.

“Let Your Life Speak, Listening for the Voice of Vocation” – By Parker J. Palmer.

Articles:

Finding Your Way Through Career Change (PDF) by Stephanie Peacocke, SRP Consulting.

Comprehensive Coaching for Mid-Career Changers (PDF) by Stephanie Peacocke, SRP Consulting. Introducing a new Career Exploration, Development, and Transition Model intended for mid-career changers who are:

  • Unsure about where they want to go next
  • Fed up and feeling uninspired by where they are
  • Committed to finding and engaging in enlivening, rewarding work

How to Make Big Career Decisions a Little Easier (PDF) by Stephanie Peacocke, SRP Consulting. How do you feel about the work you’re doing? Are you enlivened? Is your career headed down the path you had in mind? Or do you find yourself wondering whether it’s time to make a career change that will help you meet your goals? If you’re considering such a change, the enormity of this decision may be weighing on you, as you evaluate a choice that will impact more than your work life.

How to Handle the Emotional Side of Job Loss and Job Search with Resiliency by Al Siebert, PhD, author of The Resiliency Advantage. Losing your job through no fault of your own can wipe you out emotionally. How do you find the energy to search for work? How do you deal with your anger? You know that prospective employers are turned off by an applicant who complains about a previous employer, how can you be pleasant, relaxed, and self-confident in an interview when you don’t feel that way? Here are some guidelines for skillfully handling the emotional challenge of dealing with job loss and searching for new employment.

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