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Coming Alive from Nine to Five: The Career Search Handbook

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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!

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.

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...

I loved that book. It is kind of hard. betty is a nut though i think she needs to review her work. Some of the work is no longer correct. Life has changed alittle since this book was written, at least in my expericence.

Some highlighting and writing, but as a used book, I expected it to have some. Was up to my expectations.

The book came in better than I imagined. The seller said it's like new with (I think she said it's bent a bit in the cover or maybe even also in the pages). The bents were so minimal. I would even consider that it was a brand new book. The seller wrote a description which painted the book to be in a bit worse condition (in my opinion) that it actually was. Therefore, this seems to be a very trustworthy seller. I'd definitely buy from this person (the person that gave the description) again.

Betty did a great job with this book. I read one of her first additions and she helped me find my focus which ultimately led me to my career. Anyone who is unsure of where they want to go with their career should pick up Betty's book.

The shipper said the book would be acceptable and it was. There was some water damage and frayed pages...but that's what I paid for. It came in a timely manner and I'm just happy to have it :)

This textbook arrived VERY quickly. I was really relieved since I ordered it late. It was in good condition with some writing inside (nothing too distracting).

The book was in great condition and received as advertised. I would like a next-day delivery option.