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Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You'll Love to Dox$8.94
  (25 reviews)
Best Price: $8.94
"Career Match" is a one-of-a-kind guide that uses the author's revealing 10 minute self-assessment to help people discover their ideal work. Featuring in-depth chapters for each personality type, the book shows readers how to find a career that fits their passion and personality, and then shows them how to get it. It is an invaluable resource for those in need of direction, whether they're seeking a new path or trying to confirm that they're already on the right one.
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Best Assessment
By A282TOIFQUH8XF on 2007-08-13
I compared the Color Match assessment test with many others and Color Match wins for several reasons. 1. Ease of testing 2.Accurate results 3. Excellent career suggestions. More importantly, I learned so much about myself. . . . why my last job was the wrong culture for me, what to look for the next time, how to make a business presentation to a "Blue", why some relationships just don't seem to work. There is so much here that is more than career. However, I will never hire again without giving this test to the candidate.
Surprisingly accurate
By A3P60QO5L6XW87 on 2008-01-13
I was surprised at how accurate this book was. And when I read the careers that matched my personality, the list contained my current career, a career I've been recently studying for hoping to make a change, as well as a few other careers that I've seriously considered in the past. In fact every career that I seriously considered was in the list. I was amazed. My wife took the test and she found hers pretty accurate as well and it's helping her with her in between jobs job search. For the price it's entertaining and fun, yet helpful at the same time. Highly recommended.
Truly Empowering Book
By A39UIV3PX5NFTW on 2007-02-08
Are you about to complete school and wondering what kind of work you should do? Considering a career change? Want a satisfying job? Then get this book today!
"Career Match" is a simply written book that will help you, in minutes, to learn more about yourself and the type of environment you will be most successful in, based on your personality type. Truly empowering for all those interested in self awareness and improvement.
Get to know yourself better and how to work with others
By A3731OSHD5AXYD on 2007-02-16
What I absolutely loved about this book is the way it is written. You will feel like the author is speaking with you. It feel personalized and customized as you read. The 4 color categories are very well described and if you can't figure out what your color is, there is even a test included in the book!!!
What's more is the fact that this book will help you understand what your skills and talents are and help you figure out what type of career/industry would the most ideal for you to be able to enhance your skills and add value to the organization.
Overall, I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to succeed, not only in the business/professional arena, but in personal relationships as well. You will learn to be more observant and react towards people the best way the message would get across to him/her. Get the book and you will see!
Oddly Reassuring, Highly Recommended
By A3CHHBNTC0MRBI on 2008-02-22
I have read a number of books of this type, and this is one of the most helpful I've found. The initial test is very quick and, for me, very accurate. Many of my preferences for how, where, and why I like to work are listed for my type. Seeing them written here assures me that there really are reasons for the work environment that I prefer, and the work types that I gravitate toward.
Of additional benefit are the sections on how to work with different types of people. I find that being a Red/Blue/Introvert, it's quite natural to have differences with my Gold/Green/Extrovert colleague. More importantly, it gives me some tips as to how my co-worker thinks, what they find important and how to deal with them. Even if it sounds crazy to me.
I also like that the occupational descriptions are very up-to-date, something that I find lacking in most career matching books or on-line tests. I have already recommended this book to several of my friends.
This is Myers-Briggs light; easier to understand than the standard four letter system. It's also more weighted toward application than theory, making it immediately useful, especially for Red/Blues who have little patience with something that doesn't yield some immediate results!
- Just Right
By A1YW70AUHVUHFX on 2007-03-17
Trying to find a career is not the easiest thing but it is easier if you know who you are. This book helps you do that. It puts things into perspective and helps you truly understand yourself and others.
You take a little quiz, find what Color matches you, find out whether you're an introvert or extrovert and read some great chapters which give you some amazing detail that will match you exactly. You might even think the author knew you personally because she is right on target.
There are many suggestions on how to deal with other people in general and how to improve your experience on the job. The greatest thing about this book is that it talks about not only things that relate to you and your personality style but about others, the people who you have to deal with on a daily basis.
This book is extremely helpful and is just right! I would suggest to get this book for a better understanding of everyone around you and especially yourself.
- Easy, insightful, great resource
By A3KPG7EL78W5M9 on 2007-12-22
Have read numerous versions of interest inventories, skill guides, and aptitude assessments in my hunt for 'what I want to be when I grow up' (in my forties now - but don't let that throw you, what I enjoy most is change.) At first glance, thought "okay - another one of these" but it's not just "another one" - it's one of the easiest to follow, and insightful. If you're just starting your search - this is a great place to start, if you renewing your search, it's a refreshing look at material that's been overdone and over analyzed.
- You think people who love their jobs are hypocrites? Think again
By A23BR9E0EDY5CO on 2007-07-17
From the mundane to the down-right stressful...whether you like it or not, work takes its toll on your physical and mental well-being. Believe it or not, there are people out there who love their career. So why putz around in a job you disdain? Why kick against the pricks when there are so many careers out there to pick from? If you hate your job, don't just sit there, do something about it!
In Career Match, Shoya Zichy takes the world renowned Myers Briggs Type Indicator and simplifies it to a 5 min assessment. She matches your results to not only your ideal careers (with high pay and high growth potential), but also your ideal boss and work environment. She gives tips, "before you do something stupid," in helping you associate with co-workers and interviewers of diverse styles. Using her book as a guide, you can get a grip on life and what the world of work has to offer.
Is it possible to truly find a career that is fulfilling; that you gain energy from, dream about, and live for? By following the advice given in Career Match, you will be able to answer this question with a resounding, "YES." And who knows, maybe you'll love your job so much that people will call YOU a hypocrite.
- Excellent reference
By AFVPP44SNO1U6 on 2008-02-23
Great resource for people who is interest in finding out who they are and what they should be doing.
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By AXM5S8B5DNUMM on 2007-09-09
This is an interesting book. It doesn't take long at all to answer the questions to determine your "color". The assessment was pretty accurate and helped remind me of what I needed to look for in a new job.
- Hooray for Shoya!
By A78C5TKO81IRW on 2007-11-08
Whether you are just starting out in your career or heading into a mid-life change up, this book has lots to offer the person who really wants to make a difference. By recognizing personal strengths and matching these with others, a clear picture will emerge.
This book should be mandatory reading for every CEO desiring a well rounded team to face the challenges of business in the 21st century.
- Perfect tool
By A3JB9UKPDQ10ZJ on 2008-03-17
I work as a career consultant and will utilize this book with clients. It is a great re-thinking of some more standard and longer personality assessments. I took the quiz myself and read the pertinent chapters and they were right on the money as to my perfect employment.
- Good resource
By A34ONW1JTA4XIG on 2008-02-17
Very good at defining what kind of work will match someone's personality. I found it helpful because it reinforced what I was already told by career testing, etc.
- Easy & fast read, very accurate
By A2O6T2ZP2UTHAA on 2008-05-20
Read this book before you start looking for your next job! So you know what to look for.
- Informative!!
By A23T36V225D5P6 on 2008-06-06
I found this book to be very informative, but it was also so much fun that I couldn't put it down.The self-assessment test was very user-friendly and helpful.I was given a list of jobs that are good fits for me as a "Green/Gold Introvert".Although, as the book says, the list is not exhaustive, I did find it helpful, as well as informative.Pick up a copy and see what you think!!!
- Great book
By A1VFHYK6IBLUFY on 2008-09-15
First I have to say that despite this being a great book it wasn't quite what I expected based on the title. There are some very helpful career tips - but it is vastly more useful as a personality guide. Specifically - communicating with people (and indirectly that is a huge component of what makes us love/hate our career, and is instrumental in getting or not getting the career we want).
The author gives a good history of why she started doing what she does (it is basically an interpretation of the myers-briggs personality test). However her color-coded system is organized in a much better way than any other source I've found. She uses categories like Green/Gold to describe someone rather than the four-letter system, which for me is far more comprehensible. The colors are neutral terms as well - rather than the Keirsey system of 'descriptors' like 'healer', 'mastermind', etc. Her goal is to help people deal with OTHER people in the workplace, and I think she gives you the tools to do just that.
The most convincing for me was that I jokingly made some coworkers take 'the test' at a work related party and the correlation was extremely high. Most people agreed not just with the overall summary of their character type, but also with the 'negative aspects' of their personality (which she cutely presents as 'challenges'). Spouses, if they were present, also agreed with the description.
So if you truly don't know what career to choose - this book may help point you in the right direction, but isn't going to get you to the office door (it's too general). If you are trying to figure out what would fit you best, or how to make things better at your current workplace (or even why you are not happy at your current workplace) so that you have a foundation to move forward from - then this is the book for you.
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By A1RDVZDP2WYDPP on 2008-09-01
Really very well put together in a simple format. They take the Myers-Briggs type personality types and simply it into a primary color code. Well done and effective book. Good for anyone looking for a career or career change. Do What You Are, is another such book, but a little more detailed and complex. I really liked the simplicity of Career Match.
- Great book for almost everyone who works
By A6K0WG8MBNB4F on 2008-09-10
It goes without saying that job satisfaction includes WHAT you do (i.e. job) and WHERE you do it (i.e. workplace). If you don't know what type of job fits you and your personality, you should take the ten-minute self assessment quiz in the book Career Match by Shoya Zichy. In this useful, easy to read career book she helps you discover the best job fit for your unique personality type. In addition, she matches your personality to such workplace factors as the work environment and your boss.
- CAREER MISMATCH
By A9RYIOVW6ZP44 on 2008-10-09
Was a regretful purchase even at the reduced rate that I purchased it at. Only about 10 pages of the approx. 250 in the book apply to each specific type. It offers little to no more than what can be found on free online personality page under recommended career paths.
- Recommended Book
By A1WZJ9BE04CW6H on 2008-10-13
Quite a profound guide to personality discovery. I'm glad I found this book. It reassures me that I'm on the right career track. Knowing this encourages me to confidently strive even more!
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