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Welcome to our curated collection of career-related books. These are some of our favorites, which alumni have found helpful. We're always looking for more suggestions!
Do you have recommendations for a book that we should add? Email me at msweeney@holycross.edu.
-Maura Sweeney '07, Director, Alumni Career & Professional Development
The 2-Hour Job Search by Steve Dalton
Who Should Read It
Someone who likes to use spreadsheets and follow step-by-step guidelines for learning how to network effectively.
Why It's Useful
It quickly and easily streamlines the networking process by helping you focus your energy on contacts who are most likely to help you land a job.
Becoming Who You Are by James Martin, SJ
Who Should Read It
Someone who is looking for a Jesuit perspective on how to apply career discernment to their own life and career.
Why It's Useful
This short book provides thoughtful examples of how to tap into your unique gifts in order to obtain career and life satisfaction.
Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
Who Should Read It
Someone who is looking for a brand new career, or a new approach to career exploration utilizing a creative and strategic approach.
Why It's Useful
The authors utilize design thinking as a construct for creating a career and life that's meaningful and fulfilling, and offer lots of resources and activities.
Designing Your Work Life by Bill Burnett & Dave Evans
Who Should Read It
Someone who is looking to make the most out of their current work situation utilizing a creative and strategic approach.
Why It's Useful
The authors utilize design thinking as a construct for reimaging your current employment and achieving greater happiness and success at work.
Mindset by Carol Dweck
Who Should Read It
Someone who is looking for strategies to gain resilience and acquire new skills, knowledge and experiences.
Why It's Useful
It provides lots of practical tips for developing a growth mindset in different scenarios-- from home, to work, to school, to competition. It shows that anyone can develop a growth mindset and achieve success.
Now What? 90 Days to A New Life Direction by Laura Berman Fortgang
Who Should Read It
Someone who is looking for a career change and wants a step-by-step process to follow in order to discover what that change should be.
Why It's Useful
The author is a pioneer in the life-coaching profession and shares advice from her decades of work with hundreds of clients. If you follow the steps, you will gain insight into who you are and what you desire.
Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath
Who Should Read It
Someone who is looking for an assessment to help them develop a better understanding of what they are good at and why they do what they do.
Why It's Useful
Gallup's data shows that people who utilize their talents are more engaged, successful and happy in their work. The book is a useful resource for people who take the CliftonStrengths assessment and want to learn more about their unique strengths and the strengths of others.
Switchers by Dawn Graham
Who Should Read It
Someone who has decided to make a significant career change and wants a step-by-step process to follow in order to make that change happen.
Why It's Useful
It offers an honest and practical view into what it takes to make a career change successfully. It outlines the difficulty and effort needed in order to make different kinds of changes, and provides guidance in order to overcome obstacles and achieve your goals.
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