Review - The Career Explorers Journal

Review - The Career Explorers Journal The Career Explorers Journal Quoteful This is my first attempt at reviewing a book. In May I was looking to review a Careers book and wanted a good practical one to start off with. Then I came across Paul Diamonds The Career Explorers Journal and started reading it. A 33-chapter, around 65-page quality careers book for anyone wandering around the topic of career change or discovering another challenge in their career. The Career Explorers Journal Quoteful The first thing that motivated me to read the Career Explorers Journal was the quotes. It starts with the following: You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any direction you choose Oh, The Places Youll Go! Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) Every chapter of the book starts with a quote and that is all you need to get motivated to read the rest of the chapter. The Career Explorers Journal is not only for those looking for a career change but its also a very good career management and analysis book for those who want to expand their career to their full potential. Whilst I was reading the book, I learnt quite a bit and realised how little I knew about my career ambitions. The Career Explorers Journal really provokes you to think about how much you know about your career. I wrote down a few answers, based on the questions in the book and look forward to hanging on to this journal more than any other career management tool for tracking my career progress. Career Explorers Journal 33 Chapters For Your Career The Career Explorers Journal is written in plain English and is different to other Careers books Ive read. Ive always read sports management books because I like the way sports (football) is managed, with high-profile players as employees, the PR,  etc. But Career Explorers Journal does not teach me a lesson, it helps me learn. The Career Explorers Journal has 33 Chapters and it talks to you through all the chapters. At every chapter I realised that this book is different to other books. It doesnt tell you to do this or that or thats what leaders do, or uses that sort of language. It simply asks you if youve considered the questions it asks. I could go into detail about the individual chapters but for $0.99 I think its a worthy investment in exploring how much more there needs to be done with our Careers, or even just satisfying some of the questions you may have about it. An Enjoyable Journey Reading Careers Explorer Journal The Careers Explorer Journal is an enjoyable read. The chapters are nice and tidy, written in plain English. Something that graduates and even the experienced ones like. Not everyone sits with a dictionary on their desk and its nice to see the book using simple language. I love the quotes in the book, well used and best suited for the chapter that follows. What we would like to see in the next edition is a dedicated graduate version. Too often, I believe, graduates think the company they are working for will develop them. It will but only for this specific company and there is so much more to explore in a career. Another thing I think will benefit the future editions is adding more resources to answer the questions the book asks, or creative crafts to note down lessons from the book. OK, I realise that this may just be because I was too lazy to sit with a book to write all my answers or lessons down. But all in all, I enjoyed reading the Career Explorers Journal which was very kindly submitted for review by Paul Diamond. You can find more about Paul and buy the book by visiting his site here. I strongly suggest giving it a look. Its worth it.   15