Course Description

How to Find Your Perfect Career

Description

Are you in the right job — one that you enjoy doing and feel really good about? If so, you’re one of the fortunate few. There are many reasons why people end up in jobs that aren’t right for them. Many people simply don’t know what they need to be genuinely happy in a job. Most of us make critical life-altering career decisions when we’re too young and inexperienced. Also, it’s easy to become trapped in an unsatisfying job because of financial or family obligations, and almost everyone finds it less stressful to stay in a bad job than to search for a good one. If one or more of these situations describes you, take heart. You deserve to have a job you love – and this course will help you do just that!

Objectives

• Learn how Personality Type is your key to lasting career satisfaction
• Discover your one true Personality Type
• Identify your work-related strengths and blind spots
• Learn what you need in a career for it to be satisfying
• Review dozens of potentially satisfying careers
• Learn how to tailor a job search to capitalize on your natural strengths

Course Creator

Paul D. Tieger is the author of four books about Personality Type, including the 500,000 copy bestseller Do What You Are. He has appeared on dozens of television and radio programs, including “Rivera Live” and CNN’s “Business Unusual,” and has been profiled in the New York Times.

Course Materials

Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You through the Secrets of Personality Type

Now updated for today’s hottest jobs — including telecommunications, biotechnology, and health care. This bestselling career guide shows people how to determine their personality type, and then explains which jobs are best suited to each type.

Recommended:

The Art of Speed Reading People: How to Size People up and Speak Their Language
Learning to use the power of Personality Type is the key to communicating more effectively. This book offers a revolutionary new tool for sizing up people and speaking their language.

The Everything Online Job Search Book
Today’s jobseekers can access all kinds of great information from their home computers. From searching thousands of listings on all the major Internet job sites to finding advice on how to write an electronic resume, The Everything Online Job Search Book has all the tools.

Knock’Em Dead 2001: The Ultimate Job-Seeker’s Resource with Great Answers to over 200 Tough Interview Questions
Now in its 15th year of publication, Knock ‘em Dead remains an invaluable resource for job seekers. The 2001 edition includes answers to more than 200 interview questions as well as advice on negotiating the best salary and benefits package.