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Authors: Shoya Zichy, Ann Bidou
Publisher: AMACOM
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

19 reviews
Sales Rank: 1320

Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.8

ISBN: 0814473644
Dewey Decimal Number: 650.14
EAN: 9780814473641
ASIN: 0814473644

Publication Date: February 9, 2007
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
For some, a job is just a way to pay the bills. For others -- those whose careers fit their passions and personalities -- it is a source of great satisfaction and success. Career Match is designed to help people discover their ideal work. Using the author's revealing ten-minute self-assessment, the book helps readers determine their personality style, then walks them through the range of career choices best for them. This indispensable guide will enable anyone to:

* identify the type of work that will inspire and exhilarate them
* recognize the type of boss and work environment they need to thrive
* confirm the rightness of the path they are on -- or help them find a better one
* speed up their job search

The book includes in-depth chapters for each personality type, detailed explanations of career options, and inspiring real-life stories of people who have found fulfillment in work that suits their personality. This invaluable resource will help anyone in need of direction match who they are with what they should do -- for a lifetime of gratifying work and greater success.

Book Description

"For some, a job is just a way to pay the bills. For others -- those whose careers fit their passions and personalities -- it is a source of great satisfaction and success. Career Match is designed to help people discover their ideal work. Using the author's revealing ten-minute self-assessment, the book helps readers determine their personality style, then walks them through the range of career choices best for them. This indispensable guide will enable anyone to:

* identify the type of work that will inspire and exhilarate them

* recognize the type of boss and work environment they need to thrive

* confirm the rightness of the path they are on -- or help them find a better one

* speed up their job search

Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Great book September 15, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

First I have to say that despite this being a great book it wasn't quite what I expected based on the title. There are some very helpful career tips - but it is vastly more useful as a personality guide. Specifically - communicating with people (and indirectly that is a huge component of what makes us love/hate our career, and is instrumental in getting or not getting the career we want).

The author gives a good history of why she started doing what she does (it is basically an interpretation of the myers-briggs personality test). However her color-coded system is organized in a much better way than any other source I've found. She uses categories like Green/Gold to describe someone rather than the four-letter system, which for me is far more comprehensible. The colors are neutral terms as well - rather than the Keirsey system of 'descriptors' like 'healer', 'mastermind', etc. Her goal is to help people deal with OTHER people in the workplace, and I think she gives you the tools to do just that.

The most convincing for me was that I jokingly made some coworkers take 'the test' at a work related party and the correlation was extremely high. Most people agreed not just with the overall summary of their character type, but also with the 'negative aspects' of their personality (which she cutely presents as 'challenges'). Spouses, if they were present, also agreed with the description.

So if you truly don't know what career to choose - this book may help point you in the right direction, but isn't going to get you to the office door (it's too general). If you are trying to figure out what would fit you best, or how to make things better at your current workplace (or even why you are not happy at your current workplace) so that you have a foundation to move forward from - then this is the book for you.

5 out of 5 stars

Great book for almost everyone who works September 10, 2008
It goes without saying that job satisfaction includes WHAT you do (i.e. job) and WHERE you do it (i.e. workplace). If you don't know what type of job fits you and your personality, you should take the ten-minute self assessment quiz in the book Career Match by Shoya Zichy. In this useful, easy to read career book she helps you discover the best job fit for your unique personality type. In addition, she matches your personality to such workplace factors as the work environment and your boss.

5 out of 5 stars

Career Match September 1, 2008
Really very well put together in a simple format. They take the Myers-Briggs type personality types and simply it into a primary color code. Well done and effective book. Good for anyone looking for a career or career change. Do What You Are, is another such book, but a little more detailed and complex. I really liked the simplicity of Career Match.

4 out of 5 stars

Informative!! June 6, 2008
I found this book to be very informative, but it was also so much fun that I couldn't put it down.The self-assessment test was very user-friendly and helpful.I was given a list of jobs that are good fits for me as a "Green/Gold Introvert".Although, as the book says, the list is not exhaustive, I did find it helpful, as well as informative.Pick up a copy and see what you think!!!

5 out of 5 stars

Easy & fast read, very accurate May 20, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

Read this book before you start looking for your next job! So you know what to look for.

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