Additional Recommended Resources

Books

StrengthsFinder 2.0: Tom Rath - DO YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO WHAT YOU DO BEST EVERY DAY?

Chances are, you don't. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.

To help people uncover their talents, Gallup introduced the first version of its online assessment, StrengthsFinder, in the 2001 management book Now, Discover Your Strengths. The book spent more than five years on the bestseller lists and ignited a global conversation, while StrengthsFinder helped millions to discover their top five talents.

Online Assessment

About StrengthsFinder 2.0

"Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?" -- Benjamin Franklin

Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best every day? Chances are, you don't. All too often, our natural talents go untapped. From the cradle to the cubicle, we devote more time to fixing our shortcomings than to developing our strengths.

Social Networking Sites

About Linkedin

LinkedIn’s simple philosophy: Relationships Matter

Your professional relationships are key to your professional success. Our mission is to help you be more effective in your daily work and open doors to opportunities using the professional relationships you already have.

This isn’t networking—it’s what networking should be.

Forget exchanging business cards with acquaintances that don’t know your work, or trying to renew professional ties when you need a favor.

Job Sites

About Careerbuilder

CareerBuilder is among the top job sites. CareerBuilder has partnered with Gannett, Knight Ridder, Tribune, and other newspapers to provide local as well as national job listings. CareerBuilder.com powers the online job search centers for more than 1,000 partners, including 150 newspapers, America Online, and MSN.

Job Search Engines

About Indeed

Need to find job listings fast? The job search engine Indeed.com is an excellent resource for finding job listings fast. Indeed.com enables you to search millions of job listings from thousands of websites, job boards, newspapers, blogs, career pages, and associations to find job listings that match or are similar to your search query. All searches you do can be saved as an email alert, so new jobs are delivered daily.