Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You'll Love to Do
- 4h 44m
- Ann Bidou, Shoya Zichy
- AMACOM
- 2007
The 10-Minute Quiz That Will Change People’s Lives...and Help Them Discover Their Ideal Career.
For some, a job is just a way to pay the bills. For others—those whose careers fit their passions and personalities—it is a source of great satisfaction and success. Career Match is designed to help people discover their ideal work. Using the author’s revealing ten-minute self-assessment, the book helps readers determine their personality style, then walks them through the range of career choices best for them. This indispensable guide will enable anyone to:
- identify the type of work that will inspire and exhilarate them
- recognize the type of boss and work environment they need to thrive
- confirm the rightness of the path they are on—or help them find a better one
- speed up their job search
The book includes in-depth chapters for each personality type, detailed explanations of career options, and inspiring real-life stories of people who have found fulfillment in work that suits their personality. This invaluable resource will help anyone in need of direction match who they are with what they should do—for a lifetime of gratifying work and greater success.
About the Authors
Shoya Zichy has made five career changes within the teaching, journalism, private banking, commercial real estate, and training industries in order to find the work that draws on her most natural skills and best fulfills her needs. She finds that by following your passion, you create a unique brand that, in turn, effortlessly attracts the attention of others. Her work has been featured in Fortune, Barron's, Newsday, the Chicago Sun-Times, US 1, and on CNN. A frequent speaker and seminar leader, her client list includes ABN/LaSalle Bank, Deloitte & Touche, Merrill Lynch, Northern Trust, Prudential, UBS, and the U.S. Treasury. She lives in New York City and is the author of Women and the Leadership Q (McGraw-Hill, 2001); also available in Chinese and Korean.
Ann Bidou has published hundreds of articles and written regularly for publications such as the Chicago Tribune. She has long been a student of Zichy's Color Q system, and it has changed her life from Wall Street executive to small business owner in the Berkshires. She has written previously on the Color Q system for application by financial executives who manage pension plans.
In this Book
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Don't Read the Whole Book …
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The Color Q Personality Style Self-Assessment
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A Quick History of Personality Typing
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A Tour of the Prism Company — An Overview of the Four Color Groups
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Greens Overall
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Green/Gold Extroverts
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Green/Gold Introverts
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Green/Red Extroverts
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Green/Red Introverts
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Reds Overall
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Red/Blue Extroverts
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Red/Blue Introverts
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Red/Green Extroverts
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Red/Green Introverts
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Blues Overall
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Blue/Gold Extroverts
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Blue/Gold Introverts
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Blue/Red Extroverts
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Blue/Red Introverts
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Golds Overall
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Gold/Blue Extroverts
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Gold/Blue Introverts
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Gold/Green Extroverts
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Gold/Green Introverts
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Before I Do Something Stupid … Adjusting to Other Styles
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Would I Make a Good Entrepreneur?
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Money and Compensation
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A Roadmap for Putting It All Together
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Bibliography and Resources
