I have a love affairs with books. If you too feel that reading a book, paper or electronic, can play a meaningful role in your self-education, here are a couple of books to put on your reading list re: career planning.
The classic What Color is Your Parachute, by Dick Bolles, is easy to find at libraries and bookstores, and published in several languages. The Web links and addresses of resource people and places are updated annually, but a second-hand copy will do as well. This hefty book requires the reader to read with brain engaged and open to possibilities. Also pen in hand. There is a Parachute Web site, but it's too wide-reaching and not as well-organized as the book. This book is well-suited for more mature audiences - meaning, those with a bit of life experience.
If you are a creative thinker or otherwise artistic you want to read the Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People, by Carol Eikelberry, PhD. It's most useful for providing a structure to the vast range of possible career options to consider pursuing. Her research was based on college students, and uses the Holland theory of occupational themes (popular in career planning field, and explained in this and other texts) to organize information. Either edition of the book will do. The related Web site is a good complement to the book, but not so useful as a stand-alone.
This list will be expanded in later posts.
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