The Smart Career Switch
Reinvent your career without starting from zero
For professionals who want to change industries, roles or even their whole career identity. You will learn to reframe the experience you already have, tell a clear new story about yourself, and run a focused job search that gets results.
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Your reading order
7 books- 1
Every career switch starts with a moment of disruption. This book explains the four stages of change, so you can move through the uncertainty with a clear map.
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With a map of the stages of change in hand, take on the hardest part of a switch: getting hired for a role you have never held. This book shows how to recast your skills and get past hiring bias.
- 3
Once you know how to recast your skills, use this framework to rebuild your personal brand from the ground up. It changes how the market sees you and positions you for the career you want, not the one you had.
- 4
With your new brand in place, stop sending applications into the void. The 2-Hour Job Search system shows you how to find advocates inside target companies, the most effective way for career switchers to get past skeptical screeners.
- 5
Even with a good search system, career switching is draining when you do it alone. This book introduces the Job Search Council: a peer support group that keeps you accountable, sharp and connected throughout your switch.
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When your search starts bringing interviews, generic advice will not help if your background does not fit the usual mold. Interviewology helps you find your own interview archetype, so you can play to your strengths instead of reciting a script.
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As you near the finish line, this book makes sure your mindset and plan are built for the long term. It covers ten laws that help a reinvention last after you land the new role.
