( 3 reviews )
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Posted: May 12 2007
I purchased this along with Todd Bermont's '10 Insider Secrets to a Winning Job Search'. While I highly recommend the book (lots of helpful job hunting information all in one place), I found that the career transition workshop is pretty useless if you have an idea of what field you are hoping to transition into. The workshop is filled with page upon page of self assessment questions such as 'how would your friends describe you?' and 'what do you enjoy most in life?'. All this self assessment seems for nothing though when the final culmination is to brainstorm the 20 companies you can target when you finally get your act together and start cold calling and sending out resumes (for advice on that you need to buy the book). Throughout the workshop you get to read little snippets of self affirming mumbo jumbo that is meant to help you realize how amazing and special you are. Thanks, Todd!! Don't bother with this workshop, put the time you'd spend filling out page after page of self assessment to better use.
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( 6 of 6 found this review helpful ) Posted: Feb 13 2005
If you are frustrated in your career or you just don't know what you want to do when you grow up, this book is an ideal resource for you. I have read the Parachute book and others, but I found this little workbook to be the quickest and most effective tool I have seen to help decide what job I really want to work. The book is full of exercises and workshops. The book took me about four hours to fully complete. I found "10 Insider Secrets Career Transition Workshop to be well worth the investment in time, money and effort.
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( 7 of 8 found this review helpful ) Posted: Apr 12 2004
Wow, when I picked up this book, I had no idea what I was about to discover about myself. For years I have wasted my time with books like Parachute and Pathfinder trying to figure out what I really wanted to do for a living. This book was the first one that I really felt was talking to me. The entire book is like you are sitting at a desk with a career coach. I learned things about myself that I never really thought of before. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is unhappy in their current job or frustrated in their job search.
