Career is as important as one’s life, for this is the realization of one’s dream. It choosing a career, what must be your basis? Robert D. Lock’s, Taking Charge of Your Career Direction: Career Planning Guide, Book 1 provides a straightforward introduction to concepts to career choices.

This book is long described by the readers as the most complete, motivating and logical career planning book on the market today. It provides a simple introduction to the concepts of career choices and the importance of planning. It emphasizes the importance of self-exploration by empowering the readers to look at themselves, their strengths, and weaknesses, their background and values, and realistically evaluate the various opportunities in the world of work whether you’re just entering the working world or changing careers.

In this book the occupational trends occurring in today’s workplace and how can one make wise occupational choices and set realistic career goals by evaluating one’s own strengths, weaknesses, background and values with interactive exercises, activities and inventories was provided. As you realistically evaluate the various opportunities that await you in the business world, you will develop the skills you need to select an appropriate, promising career and to move toward a securing job. This book has a numerous personal inventories, core exercises and real life examples helping you take stock of which career is right for you. It also aims to empower the readers to assertively learn about themselves, access the complexities of the world of work, develop the necessary skills to select promising careers and in return you’ll be hired.

Are you just entering the working world or maybe you’re already there but haven’t established a career yet? This book will guide you as you make it through.