Get Your Career on the Fast Track: A Navigational Guide for the Modern Manager

Michelle L. Casto, PhD
Multi-Media Publications (2008)
ISBN 9781897326374
Reviewed by Paige Lovitt for Reader Views (4/08)


I am really impressed with “Get Your Career on the Fast Track.”  I have a Masters of Science degree in Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling and can say that I have never, ever seen a more concise book on helping people with their careers.  The author, Michelle Casto, PhD, designed this book to empower the reader to use “self-awareness, active reflection, and intuitive guidance,” in the career decision-making process.  These aren’t tools that we are all naturally gifted with, so she shows us how to learn about ourselves so that we can develop them.  This involves reading, completing assignments and journaling. In addition to providing a great deal of self-reflection, the activities and journal assignments are fun to do.  Everything that you need is in this book.

The typical books that help you find jobs tend to simply address the steps of finding a job.  They offer interviewing tips and resume samples.  Casto takes you beyond that and teaches you how to find a fulfilling career.  This is perfect for both people who are starting out and for people who are looking for a change in employment.  There is not one area of work that is not covered in this book.  Casto describes the different types of people that you might either be working with or be getting interviewed by.  She also defines the different types of work environments out there. 

“Get Your Career on the Fast Track” should be required reading for college students.  It would be an excellent textbook for personal-development courses.  I really enjoyed reading it.  Unless you are retired and have no plans to do anything, I highly recommend this book for everyone.  It would make the perfect graduation gift.

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