Coming Alive from Nine to Five: A Career Search Handbook [Paperback]

Betty Michelozzi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2, 1999 | ISBN-10: 0767402162 | ISBN-13: 978-0767402163 | Edition: 6

This is a practical guide to career planning and decision making that demystifies the career search and presents it as an opportunity for personal growth. The book deals with every aspect of making a career choice and developing a strategy for implementing career decisions, from initial self-assessment to resume writing and interview techniques. This is the only book that helps to expand awareness of personal goals, clarify values, and identify personal strengths as each relates to the world of work.

Product Details

• Paperback: 334 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 6 edition (July 2, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767402162
• ISBN-13: 978-0767402163
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,281,817 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most valuable career-development tool around!, July 23, 1998

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[e-mail] (Silicon Valley, Sunnyvale, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coming Alive from Nine to Five: The Career Search Handbook (Paperback)

I had taken a number of career definition tests in my career as an employment counselor (trying to figure out what was my true calling and how I could earn more money). Then I did the work in Michelozzi's book and came up with the scoring that indicated I would be good at counseling/social work (which I was already doing) or contract negotiations. I didn't even know what a contract negotiator was!

I discussed this outcome with my friend who worked at a large corporation. She introduced me to the head of their contracts department. I interviewed him and his staff about the work they were doing. They happened to have a trainee position open (which paid more than what I was getting as a counselor). Now, eighteen years later, I can truly say that Betty Michelozzi's book, Coming Alive from Nine to Five, is the one book which has completely turned my life around. I have loved almost every day of my changed career and I am far better paid at this work than I would e! ver have been as a counselor.

I recommend this book to all of my acquaintances who suspect it is time to change careers--and I recommend it to you. Thank you, Betty, for this truly wonderful opus!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for right and left brained..., June 10, 2003

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Bonnie G. (Carlsbad, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Coming Alive from Nine to Five: A Career Search Handbook (Paperback)

This book is a well balanced text for all career searchers. It is filled with solid information, great exercises, humor, practical steps, and hope. I use it as a primary text for the Career Exploration, [Community College] class that I teach. It is also used at other institutions.

The text is currently in revision which will make it a 5 Star Text. I would recommend you purchase the new 7th edition, to be released this summer.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, July 16, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Coming Alive from Nine to Five: The Career Search Handbook (Paperback)

Very well done. We use this text in our Career Planning Psychology class at Tarrant County Junior College, S.C., Ft. Worth, Texas, in the Women In New Roles Program. The class is blended and integrated with Human Relations Psychology. It is a college credit program (WINR) for women in transition of returning to school. It blends beautifully with our Human Relations Psychology text...