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| Authors: Shoya Zichy, Ann Bidou
Publisher: AMACOM
Category: Book
List Price: $15.00
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Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 3880
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
Publication Date: February 9, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Just Right March 17, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Trying to find a career is not the easiest thing but it is easier if you know who you are. This book helps you do that. It puts things into perspective and helps you truly understand yourself and others.
You take a little quiz, find what Color matches you, find out whether you're an introvert or extrovert and read some great chapters which give you some amazing detail that will match you exactly. You might even think the author knew you personally because she is right on target.
There are many suggestions on how to deal with other people in general and how to improve your experience on the job. The greatest thing about this book is that it talks about not only things that relate to you and your personality style but about others, the people who you have to deal with on a daily basis.
This book is extremely helpful and is just right! I would suggest to get this book for a better understanding of everyone around you and especially yourself.
Easy, insightful, great resource December 22, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Have read numerous versions of interest inventories, skill guides, and aptitude assessments in my hunt for 'what I want to be when I grow up' (in my forties now - but don't let that throw you, what I enjoy most is change.) At first glance, thought "okay - another one of these" but it's not just "another one" - it's one of the easiest to follow, and insightful. If you're just starting your search - this is a great place to start, if you renewing your search, it's a refreshing look at material that's been overdone and over analyzed.
 If you want to pick a career that fits you perfectly, there are better books December 9, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This is an enjoyable, well-written book. But basically, it is just a twist on personality type. Instead of using the usual 4-letter Myers-Briggs types, like INTP, it gives you a color for your personality. This is an enjoyable way to think of yourself, but it is just another career book with a cute idea for the casual career seeker. If you want to have a career that is going to give you a high-level of success and satisfaction, you are going to dig deeper than this book. I use three books with my clients, who are people very seriously committed to picking the right career. The first is Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type. This book has been around for a few years and is still the best book on personality type and work. I highly recommend it and consider it much more useful than Career Match.
By far the most powerfully useful career design books are by the man who created the field of career coaching back in the early 1980s, when the word coaching was otherwise just used for sports. Nicholas Lore founded Rockport Institute, probably the best career coaching service for people seeking the perfect career, and invented many of the leading-edge tools and methods in his field. He says to have both success and fulfillment, you need to choose work that fits you naturally. Books like Career Match focus on your personality, but Lore says that is not enough. You also have to understand your natural talents, what functions you do naturally and easily, what subject matter would be interesting enough, how important is it to you to have a purpose, a mission or make a difference and some other areas you want to get right, or, like many, you may feel you have chosen the wrong career.
His first book, The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success is probably the best career design guide ever written. It takes you through choosing the perfect career for you from beginning to end. Read some of the review of it and you will see that many others agree with me. His new book, Now What?: The Young Person's Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career is for people under 30, students and people fairly new to the career world. The author knows his audience. Many people under 30 want their reading fast, lean and to the point. More straightforward and streamlined, than The Pathfinder, it doesn't have as much depth on some important subjects such as what to do when you get stuck, how to make the best decisions. But it is completely practical and designed to turn you into a career detective, observing what you do best and uncovering the best clues about what would make a career fit you perfectly.
I recommend you get all three of these excellent books. After all, picking your career could be the most important decision you will ever make. Most people just put up with their work. Don't let that happen to you! If you have already decided on your career direction, the old classic What Color Is Your Parachute? 2009: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers is, I think, the best job hunting book but not so good for picking a fitting career.
You think people who love their jobs are hypocrites? Think again July 17, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
From the mundane to the down-right stressful...whether you like it or not, work takes its toll on your physical and mental well-being. Believe it or not, there are people out there who love their career. So why putz around in a job you disdain? Why kick against the pricks when there are so many careers out there to pick from? If you hate your job, don't just sit there, do something about it!
In Career Match, Shoya Zichy takes the world renowned Myers Briggs Type Indicator and simplifies it to a 5 min assessment. She matches your results to not only your ideal careers (with high pay and high growth potential), but also your ideal boss and work environment. She gives tips, "before you do something stupid," in helping you associate with co-workers and interviewers of diverse styles. Using her book as a guide, you can get a grip on life and what the world of work has to offer.
Is it possible to truly find a career that is fulfilling; that you gain energy from, dream about, and live for? By following the advice given in Career Match, you will be able to answer this question with a resounding, "YES." And who knows, maybe you'll love your job so much that people will call YOU a hypocrite.
Excellent reference February 23, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Great resource for people who is interest in finding out who they are and what they should be doing.
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