Ruth Schimel, Ph.D: Career and Life Management Services

Ruth M. Schimel, Ph.D,
Career and Life Management Consulting Services

Selected Reading for Your Career and Life Management

Suggested by Ruth M. Schimel, Ph.D., Career & Life Management Consultant

This list is a sampling of the thousands of books related to career and life management. I've chosen them because they reflect a range of possibilities from which to choose and suggest new approaches which you may not have considered.

Often book choices are based on practical needs or hope for a quick fix. To save yourself time, select one or two that truly interest you. Feel free to skim or put any book aside in favor of one that will engage you more.

Developing Your Career

Alboher, Marci. One Person/Multiple Careers: A New Model for Work/Life Success. 2007.

Burch, Geoff. Go It Alone: The Streetwise Secrets of Self Employment. 2003.

Damp, Dennis. The Book of U.S. Government Jobs: Where They Are, What's Available and How to Get Them, 9th ed. 2005.

Donald, Robert. Successful Career Management: Strategies Beyond Technical Preparation. 2006.

Gilkerson, Linda D. and Theresia M. Paauwe. Self-Employment: From Dream to Reality!: An Interactive Workbook for Starting Your Small Business. 2003.

Harrington, Brad and Douglas T. Hall. Career Management & Work-Life Integration: Using Self-Assessment to Navigate Contemporary Careers. 2007

Harvard Business Review on Managing Your Career. 2003.

Levinson, Jay Conrad. Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters:400 Unconventional Tips, Tricks and Tactics for Landing Your Dream Job. 2005.

Marling, Saundra and Jill Pfaff-Waterbury. Boomers’ Job Search Guide. 2005.

McClelland, Carol L. Changing Careers for Dummies. 2001.

Quast, Lisa. Your Career, Your Way. 2007.

Shekerjian, Denise. Uncommon Genius: Tracing the Creative Impulse with 40 Winners of the MacArthur Award. 1990.

Sher, Barbara. I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was. 1995.

Silber, Lee. Career Management for the Creative Person. 1999.

Troutman, Kathryn K. and Mike Causey. Federal Resume Guidebook: Strategies for Writing a Winning Federal Electronic Resume, KSAs, and Essays. 2007.

Making Progress with Others

Darling, Diane. Networking for Career Success. 2005.

Ferrazzi, Keithand and Tahl Raz. Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time. 2005.

Goleman, Daniel. Social Intelligence. 2006.

Improving Your Quality of Life

Burka, Jane B. and Leonora M. Yuen. Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It. 2004.

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life. 1997.

Dalai Lama. How to See Yourself As You Really Are. 2006.

Gigerenzer, Gerd. Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious. 2007.

Godin, Seth. The Dip: A Little Book that Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick). 2007

Hallowell, Edward. Crazy Busy. 2007.

Johnson, Robert A. Contentment: A Way to True Happiness. 2000.

Leider, Richard. Claiming Your Place at the Fire: Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose. 2004.

May, Rollo. The Courage to Create. 1975.

McInerny, D. Q. Being Logical: A Guide for Good Thinking. 2005.

Pink, Daniel. A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age. 2005.

Seligman, Martin E.P. Authentic Happiness: Using the New Positive Psychology to Realize Your Potential for Lasting Fulfillment. 2002.

Solomon, Robert C. Spirituality for the Skeptic: The Thoughtful Love of Life. 2002.

Turkle, Sherry. Evocative Objects: Things We Think With. 2007.