This page of the guide provides resources for people changing careers. Whether you are rejoining the job market in the same field or a new one, pursuing work different from your previous training or experience, or looking for work after retiring from a long career, here you will find links to library books and databases, as well as other local, state and national organizations and websites with resources that can help.
Career Cruising: a resource you can use with your library card number to assess based on your interests what kind of career might be right for you.
Imagine Pittsburgh: Supported by the Allegheny Conference on Community development, this website has compiled outlooks for several key workforce sectors in our region.
PA CareerLink Mature Workers: Targeted to mature workers in Pennsylvania, this page outlines resource options for people looking to stay competitive in the workforce, find volunteer opportunities, or retire.
PA CareerLink Reentering the Work Force: Tailored for workers reentering the workforce for various reasons, this site links to many organizations that offer services and assistance to special interest workers and others who have recently not been working.
DigitalLearn: A resource from the library that offers short video instruction on digital skills that may help you reenter the workforce or brush up on knowledge you need to change careers.
Bestselling author, start-up founder, and business and life coach offers real-world solutions and methods for using existing skills and resources for changing careers, managing transitions, and thriving in the current job market.
In The Big Book of Job-Hunting Hacks , experienced job-hunting professionals offer detailed advice on every step of the job-hunting process. From how to navigate the interview process, to how to create the perfect resume, this book will help you stand out from your competitors.
From the founder of the influential website Career Contessa, an invaluable career resource for women feeling stuck or unfulfilled that combines actionable advice, learning tools to make impactful life changes, and an in-depth discussion of how to build a meaningful career on your terms.
A must-have guide to the world of work.
Featuring over 400 careers, with 134 main job entries and hundreds of related careers, this career planning guide will help you find your dream job.
Discover your own personal career coach!
So You're Career Confused! WTF Is Next? was written so that you can benefit from exploring who you are now, in order to determine your ideal career pathway.
Career Errors: Straight Talk About the Steps and Missteps of Career Development examines the career development encounters that people experience across their life-span. The book begins with a comprehensive examination of the career development process and why these eight phases must be understood in order for career satisfaction and success to be achieved.
Losing a job is one of the most devastating events one can experience. For trauma, it ranks up there with divorce, loss of a loved one, or permanent personal injury, and it happens more often that one would think. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, approximately 50,000 workers are fired or laid off each day. That is over 18,000,000 workers each year .
An indispensable guide to decision-making and risk-taking for anyone who finds themselves afraid of making a wrong choice in their career. This fresh, new approach comes from one of the most highly regarded and well-respected female tech executives in Silicon Valley, who made many wrong choices in her career, but learned how to turn those down moments into successes.
What does it mean to "go to work" when you're not actually leaving the house? This is the ultimate guide for remote workers who want to stay engaged as team members, maintain robust work relationships, and keep an eye on their long-term career goals.
With timeless advice, up-to-the-minute insights, and more than ten million copies sold over fifty years, the world's most popular and best-selling career guideisfully revised and expanded for 2022.
An entertaining, inspirational book about second acts in life and reinventing yourself from beloved television actress Patricia Heaton--Emmy Award-winning star of Everybody Loves Raymond , The Middle , and most recently, Carol's Second Act.
Whether you're living for the weekends or counting the minutes until 5 pm every day, life is too short to wish it away because you feel stuck in your job. The good news is that you have the power to stop living on autopilot and turn your career around.
A step-by-step guide to reinventing you. Whether you want to advance faster at your present company, change jobs, or make the jump to a new field entirely, the goal is clear: to build a career that thrives on your unique passions and talents.
Millions of mid- and late-career professionals are wondering why our careers are dying. We've been fired, downsized, job-eliminated, or we've left work voluntarily to raise children, care for loved ones, or go to school. Our unemployment rate is more than three times the national average. It takes twice as long to get hired, usually for far less money than we were making. Is it age discrimination? Maybe. But it's not that simple.
Back to Business makes returning to the workforce accessible for anyone who believes that finding a decent job after taking a career break is impossible.
From career coach and founder of the startup Ladies Get Paid -- the eponymous organization leading the fight for equality in the workplace--comes a "powerful call to action" (Reshma Saujani, CEO and author of Brave, Not Perfect ) that provides the tools you need to strategically navigate the workplace, achieve success, and become a true leader.
Today's hardworking professionals are navigating sudden waves of financial stress, management shakeups, and downsizing. Using the experiences of Titanic survivors as a powerful metaphor, executive coach Maggie Craddock offers lessons for a transformative approach to our professional lives, one that recognizes that "every man for himself" doesn't work long-term.
From the founder of the influential website Career Contessa, an invaluable career resource for women feeling stuck or unfulfilled that combines actionable advice, learning tools to make impactful life changes, and an in-depth discussion of how to build a meaningful career on your terms.
Mission Transition is an essential career-change guide for any transitioning veteran that wants to avoid false starts and make optimal career choices following active duty.
A book to help job hunters navigating the difficulties of the job market.
Helpful guide for older job hunters returning to the job market or changing careers.
What's next? is a question we all have to ask and answer more frequently in an economy where the average job tenure is only four years, roles change constantly even within that time, and smart, motivated people find themselves hitting professional plateaus.
Reynold Levy has spent countless hours advising hundreds of aspirants on how to identify and successfully compete to fill meaningful jobs. Drawing on his extensive career in the non-profit, commercial, and public service realms, Levy will help you think about your future creatively and prepare for it resourcefully.
Don't settle . . . SUCCEED in the right career! Are you stuck in an unsatisfying job In the wrong profession An industry that just isn't a fit Get unstuck! Land a new career--one you're genuinely passionate about. Switchers helps you realize that dream. Written by celebrated career coach and psychologist Dr. Dawn Graham.
In Get Hired Now!, ZipRecruiter founder and CEO Ian Siegel tells you exactly how to find a new job fast. With an insider's view of how over a million employers really make hires, Ian pulls insights from the data to give you step-by-step instructions for writing a resume that works, finding the right jobs to apply to, acing a job interview, and negotiating a job offer.
Take the Leap features inspiration and advice from more than sixty-five people who transformed their lives--and with this guide, so can you. These are game changers, rule breakers, and side hustlers who once stood where you are now, wondering if they should take a risk.
Tarnoff lays out a proven methodology of 5 key steps and 23 actionable strategies to give boomers the resources and confidence they need to pivot to a sustainable second act, encore career - one that can be not only financially successful, but personally fulfilling as well.
Like your personal GPS, Pollak equips you to handle workplace obstacles, helping you see them as challenges to navigate rather than impossible roadblocks. There is no perfect path to a dream career, but with Recalculating you'll be prepared with the necessary skills and tools to succeed.