Changing Careers for Dummies

As a pioneering career-change consultant, Carol L. McClelland, PhD, founder of Transition Dynamics, has helped thousands of clients, students, and readers discover more fulfilling careers and lives. Carol believes a good career is satisfying and supports you in living the life you want to live. She guides people from all walks of life to create careers based on their unique dreams of how they want to live. With her support, her clients start their own businesses, enter the corporate world, find niches in non-profits, return to school, or recreate their own position within the same company. To find out more about her career change programs, visit www.getrollingagain.com. Carol's unique understanding of the emotional aspects of changing careers grew from her professional and personal experiences. She became interested in transitions in 1983 while completing her Ph.D. in Industrial/Organizational Psychology at Purdue University. As an organizational consultant within a major insurance company, Carol facilitated various corporate transitions and mentored new employees while dealing with her grief surrounding her father's death and a period of severe burnout that led to her own career change. Carol shares her ideas about the emotional side of career changes and other life changes in The Seasons of Change: Using Nature's Wisdom to Grow through Life's Inevitable Ups and Downs (Conari Press, 1998). To find out more her retreats and programs on this topic, visit www.seasonsofchange.com. In addition to teaching career-related courses at Purdue University and San Jose State University, Carol presents at conferences and meetings and is a guest on radio talk shows nationwide.McClelland, Carol L. is the author of 'Changing Careers for Dummies' with ISBN 9780764553769 and ISBN 0764553763.