Top Shelf Quick Pick. How’d You Score that Gig: A Guide to the Coolest Jobs and How to Get Them. As summer is almost upon us (and the piles of books being sent continues to multiply), I’m going to start a “quick pick” feature where I will be posting shorter reviews of books that cross my desk. First up is this nice little career guide by Alexandra Levit.
HYSTG is a career guide in the vein of Career Bliss: Secrets from 100 Women Who Love Their Work by Joanne Gordon and other books that help you match your personality and/or passions to the right type of job for you.
In the book, Levit divides people into seven categories:
- Adventurer
- Creator
- Data Head
- Entrepreneur
- Investigator
- Networker
- Nurturer
Which one are you? Take her quiz to find out. I admit, I took the quiz and wasn’t sure the questions were on point. However, when I got my results, they indicated that I was mostly an entrepreneur with data head and networker tendencies. Considering I’m a marketing data wonk who has her own business promoting networking, I’d say the test was downright accurate.
The rest of the book has a separate section for each category. Within each section it outlines eight “potential” careers that are suited to your passions/interests and what each job entails. While I already have/had a few of the jobs under entrepreneur (blogger/internet-based business owner) Some of the more interesting ones under my three top categories (entrepreneur, data head and networker) included meteorologist, talent agent and lobbyist. I’ll have to keep that in mind the next time I want to change careers.
Worth picking up for anyone who feels like her career isn’t matching up with her current personality/interests or wants to see if she’s cut out to be an entrepreneur. For more from Alexandra Levit, click here to listen to her recent guest spot on my internet radio show, Smash the Ladder with Anita & Diane.
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