This past weekend, Memorial Day Weekend, marks the unofficial beginning of the summer season. In honor of the first weekend that most beaches open up in the US, I’m sharing with you my must read summer book list for career changers. Ok, so they may not be your typical beach reads but they are the top four books I have my clients pick up when working with me. If you want to stop talking about your career change and start DOING something about it, buy these books and start following the advice they offer!#1 Working Identity
By Herminia Ibarra

Ibarra is a former Harvard Business School professor who studied actual career changers and presents the truth about how people really make a career change. It’s not how think! This fantastic book sheds light on what it takes to make a career change and how normal career counseling advice may be misguided.

#2 I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was
by Barbara Sher

If you feel lost and confused about what your next career step is, this book is for you. Sher offers you practical strategies for getting out of the hole you’re in and discovering the things you could do for a living. She speaks to the reader who is really stuck and offers strategies for making progress when you just don’t know what you want.

#3 107 Tips for Changing Your Career While Still Paying the Bills
by Annemarie Segaric

This ebook is essentially coaching with me in a box. This 16 page ebook gives you EVERYTHING I work with my clients on condensed into 107 tips that are not only easy to read but more importantly, easy to implement. If you have wanted to work with a coach and want a do-it-yourself program, this ebook is a must purchase. It also comes with a bonus report, Entering the Workforce, that offers an in depth step-by-step process for how to get back in the workforce whether you’ve lost your job, taken time off, or taken a detour.

#4 Taming Your Gremlin
by Rick Carson

“I should have changed careers a while ago!” “I should have figured this out by now.” “This is not a good time to change careers–I have all of these responsibilities to take care of!” Any of these sound familiar? If so, this book is for you! We each have this inner critic to contend with but for some of you, your inner critic has gone haywire. Learn how your negative self-talk is the biggest obstacle to change and what you can do about it.

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Annemarie Segaric is a respected career change coach, motivational speaker, and the author of the ebook, 107 Tips for Changing Your Career While Still Paying the Bills. Ready to switch careers and don’t know where to begin? Visit www.segaric.com and download your own career change toolkit today.