Recommended Reads (December) – Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You’ll Love to Do
Happy December! This month Director of Corporate Relations and Strategic Partnerships, Megan Marshall, read and reviewed Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You’ll Love to Do by Shoya Zichy. Take a look below!
“When a book’s first chapter is entitled, ‘Don’t Read the Whole Book’, I know that I’ve found a work that will keep me turning the pages. Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You’ll Love to Do by Shoya Zichy did just this. It piqued my curiosity about my own career match and personality style. It confirmed my own career choices based on personality and gave insightful career blind spots based on my Color Q Assessment (the self-assessment used in the book).
I read Career Match about a year ago and have returned to its content several times since. I have even gifted it to some early career professionals. As a career development professional, I am intrigued by career choice, personality types and how “who you are” affects work – particularly combining your core personality with your career. Career Match is a beacon of clarity in the maze of career decisions. The content is a combination of career selection through personality typing and guiding narrative to understand yourself as a professional. The book has simple thought-provoking exercises and expert insights into working styles. The simple and quick assessments guide readers to greater self-insight and toward professions that resonate with your unique skills and aspirations. The author uses a conversational style that makes the content accessible, turning what can be overwhelming and daunting into a pleasant journey of self-discovery. This book is not about finding a job, it’s more of a roadmap to finding fulfillment and purpose in one’s professional life. In addition, Career Match could be used to help strengthen your team by better understanding individual personalities. Even supervisors could use this book to learn about how to support team members.
I recommend Career Match not just for personal career insight (although I do think this is on target) but also to help understand others on your team, working styles and insight on what you might need from a supervisor or mentor.”
To purchase Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You’ll Love to Do, click the link below.
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