Product reviews for Finding Square Holes

Anita Houghton is a careers counsellor and personal development coach. Her self-help book, Finding Square Holes, offers a comprehensive guide for anyone seeking a change in their career. Anita Houghton bases a major part of her thinking on the Meyers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI). Before you enter the job market, you first need to know yourself, what you have to offer, so that you can take control of the process.

She sets the frame: "One day you wake up and realise you'd rather be doing just about anything than going in to your current job." How do you go about changing your career? The answer is in the subtitle: Discover who you really are and find the perfect career. But only do this, she advises, when you are in the right frame of mind for exploring your passions " you don't get far if you are suffering from redundancy or in crisis. In other words, changing your career needs to be positive "towards' rather than an "away from'; "anything but this!" is not what it about. Clarify what you have to offer, understand what makes you happy, and you can take control of your own life and plan the career you want.

This entertaining and insightful book covers all aspects of making this important change. You are asked to consider your attitude to money, values, personal assets, limiting beliefs, self-motivation, networking and goal setting. Finding Square Holes offers guidance not only for the career-changer, but also for coaches or careers counsellors working with people who want or need to change jobs.