Sometimes, everyone needs a little guidance every now and then. It also pays to have the right resources that can guide you towards career development.
Natalie Lundsteen shares her list of stand out books that can help job seekers and new employees alike in building towards success.
- So What Are You Going to Do With That? Finding Careers Outside Academia, by Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius - This book is effective for those who suffer post - Ph.D. stress called "Ph.D Identitiy Crisis". The degree you earned in your academe is a credential, an added title to your name but it doesn't define your own capabilities.
- The Academic Job Search Handbook, by Julia Vick and Jennifer Furlong - This book is contains practical advice for newly graduated students entering the career world.
- The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job, by Karen Kelsky - This specific book is meant for those with Ph.D.s and making the best out of it. This book is also a worthy complement to The Academic Job Search Handbook.
- Give and Take by Adam Grant and Networking for Nerds, by Alaina Levine - These books delve more into the importance of networking. It is important that you find your place in the world and it all involves your comfort and communication level. Which means you need to interact with people in order to succeed. Hence, the title. Networking is essential to not only getting you the job but in order for you to move up (or sometimes move out to another place). It can come in handy. You just need the right attitude.
- Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, by Susan Cain - This particular book is meant for the introverts of the world. Introverts struggle in a world where a lot of people are mostly talking and doing. The book helps introverts understand and strengthen their capabilities in order to survive in a fast paced environment.
- Zen and the Art of Making a Living, by Laurence Boldt - This book is different from the rest of the career books because it focuses on working on the things you love. Find the kind of job that you enjoy and makes you more passionate in doing it. It's difficult to do so in an economy that strives to be global and everything is becoming industrious but it is still important to live your dreams - in the right way.
- How to Negotiate Your First Job, by Paul Levy and Farzana Mohamed - Lastly, this book will help you get the job and benefits you want. It is sometimes daunting to negotiate on the spot, on the phone and right on the table but it is important for employers to know what is important for you and if they can meet your needs. Of course, doing all these without being too agressive.
These are only some of the books that can help you traverse the world of careers and employment shared by Lundsteen.
