Cool Careers For Dummies: A Booksized Career Coach

by Denise Croft
With their book "Cool Careers for Dummies," Marty Nemko and Richard Bolles have added another great addition to the Dummies line of self-help books. "Cool Careers for Dummies" is meant to provide career coaching for job seekers who want some new ideas, with an emphasis on students approaching graduation and seeking advice. Using a career coach is to clarify what career goals are realistic, and will fit the client’s personality and skill set. This is all geared to achieving success, but there is a price tag associated with this. Using "Cool Careers for Dummies" is an excellent alternative to a career coach but at a fraction of the cost and more importantly, it is available 24 hours a day, whereas a coach will leave and go home. All of the ’dummies’ books are valuable resources for anyone that values concise information presented in a well formatted and understandable form. "Cool Careers for Dummies" is one of these books that explores the idea of identifying your own personal skill set and fitting it to an optimal career. The book places emphasis on finding jobs that more perfectly fit your personality, and whether or not you may need to further your education to obtain the job that is right for you. Once you have identified a job for which you are qualified, this book can help you find the keys to presenting yourself in the best possible light through an effective resume. Then, it explains numerous tips for successful interviews and give you valuable follow-up advice for use after the interview is over. Even after you have landed the job, "Cool Careers for Dummies" has additional useful information like how to stand out in the crowd and progress in your career while continuing to be happy with your job choice. "Cool Careers for Dummies" talks about the the excitement as well as the pitfalls of deciding to become self-employed. This book has a "yellow pages" section that covers hundreds of types of careers for those who want regular employment. It also addresses how to deal with small problems that crop up like office mischief and how to build productive interpersonal relations with others. This is a must-have book for those seeking a new career. The new book, cool careers for dummies, is an informative guide to help coach those in need of a new career. The book provides valuable career coaching. This book assists those in finding fun, exciting careers by matching the personality traits of the individual to the job. The book provides interview tips, the advantages/disadvantages to self-employment, as well as a guide to writing an outstanding resume. It basically does the job of career coaches, but this is a less costly alternative. A career coach can only help you for so long, but this book can be a valuable resource at any time.
About the Author:
Denise Croft is a well-known public speaker on career coaching and has written several articles and essays on this subject matter. You’ll find great resources, tips and tricks on career coaching on the following site: career coaching. You are welcome to reprint this article - but get your own unique content version here.
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