Traditional Job Guides

If you're looking for something that's more "mainstream" than most of what we feature at whywork.org, and you'd just like to find out how to be happier in the world of work or find some self-exploration career exercises, try these:

What Color Is Your Parachute?
by Richard Nelson Bolles
CLAWS rating: 3.5

Take This Job and Love It: How to Find Fulfillment in Any Job You Do
by Matthew Gilbert
CLAWS rating: 3

Creating a Life Worth Living: A Practical Course in Career Design for Artists, Innovators, and Others Aspiring to a Creative Life
by Carol Lloyd
CLAWS rating: 3

Zen and the Art of Making a Living
by Laurence G. Boldt
CLAWS rating: 3