CIPA Review

 Living The Dream—A Guidebook For Job Seekers And Career Explorers

By Melissa Martin-Powell

 

 

 

“Unlike any career self-help book you’ve ever seen, Melanie Mulhall takes you on a journey (literally!) to help you approach the job hunt in a completely different way.

 

For anyone who has decided that working for money isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, Mulhall’s book shows you how to discover your passions and get the job that truly satisfies, spiritually and emotionally. She views the search for a job in a more Shamanistic sense: as a grand journey using mind, body, spirit and emotions.

 

After working in human resources for twenty years, Mulhall quit and became an apprentice to a shaman. Taking what she learned there and what she knows of the business world, she has come up with a process that helps the job seeker look beyond the culturally accepted model of career. From the very beginning process of looking inward and preparing yourself for the journey, through writing resumes and applying for jobs, up to accepting and starting your new job, Mulhall gives practical and spiritual guidance.

 

Even if you don’t think of yourself as ‘new age’ or ‘into this kind of thing’ there is something everyone can use in this book. The tips on resumes and cover letters are practical, yet make you look at the approach to writing these documents in a fresh new way. It is a different approach to your career and job search, and in this age of the employer’s market, every little bit helps. Mulhall emphasizes that this is a spiritual path apart from dogma and doctrine and ‘invites you to decompartmentalize your life enough to give your career and/or job search room for the soul’s instruction to it.’

 

Included is a CD to help guide you through the visualizations described in the book.

 

This book is for the job seeker who doesn’t want to be compartmentalized and wants to be honest, confident and open to finding the job that is your true calling.”

 

Melissa Martin-Powell

Windsor-Severance Library District