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    Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You'll Love to Do

    By Shoya Zichy and Ann Bidou

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    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAMACOM
    Release dateFeb 9, 2007
    ISBN9780814430187
    Author

    Shoya Zichy

    Shoya Zichy is a respected career coach and past president of the Myers-Briggs Association of New York. Her Color Q personality system has helped hundreds of thousands worldwide and been featured in Fortune, Barron's, USA Today, and on CNN. Ann Bidou is the coauthor of Personality Power and Your Own Terms.

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      I bought this to add to my classroom library. The book seems like like it will be a useful guide to teens in exploring, perhaps for the first time, how personality traits can guide them to a career that will be a good fit.