Be Your Own Career Coach

Be Your Own Career Coach by Rus Slater, 206 pages

Just getting started in the workforce and not sure how to get the career you want? Have you spent a long time in a career and are now wondering how to get out of the rut you seem to be stuck in? In Be Your Own Career Coach, Slater offers advice on figuring out how to get what you want out of your career, no matter where you are in your career.

Yes, this review sounds a bit like a late-night infomercial, but I'd argue that this is entirely the right tone to strike when discussing this title. While this is a business book in that it focuses on career development, it's also something of a self-help book that raises plenty of questions about what you, the reader, want out of your career, and life in general. It can be an easy, quick read, or you can do as Slater suggests and write down answers to all of the questions he poses as you read, making this a much more time-intensive, soul-searching read. And while it may not slice or dice, it does offer plenty of appeal to anyone with a job...or anyone who wants one. It's certainly worth at least a skim, though you may find yourself doing a bit more introspection as you go along.