Career Match: Connecting Who You Are with What You’ll Love to Do, 2nd Edition

Is your job just a way to pay the bills? It doesn’t have to be that way. You’ll find that when your career fits your personality, it becomes a source of tremendous satisfaction and success. Career Match is designed to help you discover your ideal work.

Take the ten-minute self-assessment to determine your personality style and then turn to the corresponding chapter—the one that reads as if it’s written just for you—and:

• Identify career choices that will exhilarate you
• Recognize the type of work environment and boss you need to thrive
• Learn to leverage your natural strengths
• Customize and speed your job search

Updated to include hot new careers in areas such as gaming, web design, alternative energy, cybersecurity, food science, and more, the second edition features expanded chapters for each personality type and fresh stories of people who have found fulfillment in work perfectly suited to them.

If you’re looking for direction, this indispensable guide will help you match who you are with what you’re meant to do—for a lifetime of gratifying work and greater success.

Table of Contents

PART 1 The Jump Start: Defining Yourself and Others
Chapter 1 Don’T Read The Whole Book
Chapter 2 The Color Q Personality Style Self Assessment
Chapter 3 A Quick History Of Personality Typing

PART 2 Greens: “Let’s Humanize It”
Chapter 4 Greens Overall
Chapter 5 Green/Gold Extroverts
Chapter 6 Green/Gold Introverts
Chapter 7 Green/Red Extroverts
Chapter 8 Green/Red Introverts

PART 3 Reds: “Let’s Do It Now”
Chapter 9 Reds Overall
Chapter 10 Red/Blue Extroverts
Chapter 11 Red/Blue Introverts
Chapter 12 Red/Green Extroverts
Chapter 13 Red/Green Introverts

PART 4 Blues: “Let’s Change It”
Chapter 14 Blues Overall
Chapter 15 Blue/Gold Extroverts
Chapter 16 Blue/Gold Introverts
Chapter 17 Blue/Red Extroverts
Chapter 18 Blue/Red Introverts

PART 5 Golds: “Let’s Do It Right”
Chapter 19 Golds Overall
Chapter 20 Gold/Blue Extroverts
Chapter 21 Gold/Blue Introverts
Chapter 22 Gold/Green Extroverts
Chapter 23 Gold/Green Introverts

PART 6 Getting the Job
Chapter 24 Before I Do Something Stupid: Adjusting To Other Styles
Chapter 25 Would I Make A Good Entrepreneur?
Chapter 26 Money And Compensation

PART 7 Creating a Customized Roadmap for Your Professional Life
Chapter 27 A Roadmap For Putting It All Together