Tips & Tools  

Career Changing (Job Ending)

  • Before You Say "I Quit" : A Guide to Making Successful Job Transitions; Diane Holloway, Nancy Bishop; Macmillan Publishing Company; $10.95. Advice for persons unhappy with their current job.
  • Finding Your Perfect Work: The New Career Guide to Making a Living, Creating a Life; Paul Edwards, Sarah Edwards; J. P. Tarcher; $16.95. Focuses on descriptions of self-employment opportunities.
  • Kiplinger's Survive & Profit from a Mid-Career Change; Daniel Moreau, Dave Madden (narrator); Dove Audio; $17.95. Two cassettes that offer counsel on changing directions.
  • Mid-Career Job Hunting: Official Handbook of the Forty Plus Club; E. Patricia Birsner; Arco; $14.00; Job hunting strategies for the older candidate.
  • Midstream Changes: People Who Started Over and Made It Work; Nathan Aaseng; Lerner Publications Company; $18.95. Case studies of famous midlife career changes.
  • "So What If I'm 50?" : Straight Talk and Proven Strategies for Getting Hired in the Toughest Job Market Ever; Bob Weinstein; McGraw-Hill; $12.95. Describes opportunities and survival techniques for older job searchers.
  • Starting Over: How to Change Careers or Start Your Own Business; Stephen M. Pollan, Mark Levine; Warner Books; $10.99. Advice for starting over or breaking out on your own.
  • Starting Over, but Not from Scratch: Mental and Spiritual Health Between Jobs; Richard Kew; Abingdon Press; $8.95. A guide for dealing with gaps in employment.
  • Strategic Job Jumping: Fifty Very Smart Tactics for Building Your Career; Julia Hartman; Prima; $13.00. Discusses advantageous steps to undertake at important junctures in ones career.
  • When You Lose Your Job: Laid Off, Fired, Early Retired, Relocated, Demoted, Unchallenged; Cliff Hakim; Berrett-Koehler; $14.95. A guide for job loss and the resulting psychological and financial upheavals.