Career Change Library

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The Thriveherd Career Change Newsletter

The Thriveherd Newsletter is a regular source of career change guides, tips, resources and inspiration to help you at any stage of your career journey. It’s also where we announce events, offers and updates to help you get stuck and make your career change happen.

Recent newsletters have covered:

  • Burnout Isn’t Just Exhaustion – Here’s What to Do Next
  • Is AI a Threat to Your Career? Future-Proofing Human Careers in 2025 and Beyond
  • Career Change at Any Age – Key Points for Your 20s, 30s, 40s, or 50s – 🚀
  • Become a machine that crushes career goals in 2025. 💪 | The Thriveherd Newsletter
  • Want to Beat Imposter Syndrome? 💭 | The Thriveherd Newsletter
  • A Roadmap to Fulfilling Career Change 🌟 | The Thriveherd Newsletter
  • Career Change and the Art of the Possible
  • The Joy & Opportunity of Rediscovery
  • Growth Mindset For Career Change
  • Could a Multiplex Career Be Your Ideal Solution?
  • A Special Career Ghost Story
  • Which Careers Are Possible For You?
  • Impact, Analysis Paralysis and Career Change
  • Prioritisation, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Career Change
  • How Others Can Help Your Career Change
  • Find out your decision-making style
  • Avoid this if you want to change career

Career Change Reading List

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Career Change & Professional Reinvention

Confidence, Identity & Personal Development

Meaning, Purpose & Fulfilment

Work-Life Balance & Sustainable Success

Career Change & Professional Reinvention

Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career

– Herminia Ibarra

A research-backed approach to career change, emphasizing experimentation and identity shifts over introspection.

Designing Your Life: How to Build a Well-Lived, Joyful Life

– Bill Burnett & Dave Evans

Uses design thinking to help people navigate career and life changes through a structured, iterative process.

Roadmap: The Get-It-Together Guide for Figuring Out What to Do with Your Life

– Roadtrip Nation

Based on interviews with people who have taken unconventional career paths, offering real-world insights into career exploration.

Get a Life, Not a Job: Do What You Love and Let Your Talents Work for You

– Paula Caligiuri

A practical guide to career design, moving beyond traditional employment constraints.

Meaning, Purpose & Fulfilment

Man’s Search for Meaning

– Viktor Frankl

A profound exploration of purpose and resilience, drawing on Frankl’s experience as a Holocaust survivor and his development of logotherapy.

Passion Struck: Twelve Powerful Principles to Unlock Your Purpose and Ignite Your Most Intentional Life

– John R. Miles

Offers practical strategies for discovering and pursuing purpose-driven work.

The Power of Meaning: Crafting a Life That Matters

– Emily Esfahani Smith

A compelling look at the science and philosophy behind what makes life meaningful, with lessons applicable to career decisions.

Confidence, Identity & Personal Development

Me, Myself, and Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being

– Brian Little

Explores the role of personal projects in shaping identity and well-being, helping individuals understand their motivations and career fit.

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

– James Clear

A practical guide to habit formation that can help individuals implement consistent actions toward career change goals.

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

– Carol S. Dweck

Introduces the concept of a growth mindset and how it can enhance career adaptability and lifelong learning.

Work-Life Balance & Sustainable Success

Me, Myself, and Us: The Science of Personality and the Art of Well-Being

– Brian Little

Explores the role of personal projects in shaping identity and well-being, helping individuals understand their motivations and career fit.

Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

– James Clear

A practical guide to habit formation that can help individuals implement consistent actions toward career change goals.

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

– Carol S. Dweck

Introduces the concept of a growth mindset and how it can enhance career adaptability and lifelong learning.

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