Resources Suggested career planning books available from your local library or bookstore. The Age of Paradox. Charles Handy. Harvard Business School Press, 1995. In this book, one of the brilliant and engaging thinkers of our day helps to search for order in a time of numbingly rapid change. The content ranges widely over business, family, education, citizenship, money, rela- tionships, and myriad other subjects that touch the very core of our search for meaning and argues that although the paradoxes of modern times can- not be solved, they can be managed. The Age of Unreason. Charles Handy. Harvard Business School Press, 1990. The future world of work looks mighty different from the way it looks now. Catch a glimpse of it before it bowls you over. Altered Ambitions: What's Next in Your Life? Betsy Jaffe. Fine, 1991. When Jaffe asks women if their lives are different from what they expect- ed at age 25, 40, or even 60, she hears a resounding "Yes." Designed to help women be more flexible, savvy, and open to the changes they face in the 1990s and beyond, it shows how to reshape one's career, relationships, and health by tapping into strengths and overcoming weaknesses. Beyond Workplace 2000. Joseph H. Boyett with Jimmie T. Boyett. Nal- Dutton, 1995. Using examples from many actual companies, this extraordinary and insightful book provides not only a blueprint for the company of tomor- row, but a survival manual for working Americans who find themselves at the corner of all this change. The Career Is Dead; Long Live the Career. Douglas T. Hall. Jossey-Bass, 1996. This book shows that a "new career contract"--under which people adapt quickly, learn continuously, and change their work identities over time-- is indeed alive and well in the best-managed organizations. The Career Trap. Jeffrey G. Allen. AMACON, 1995. Most people hit a wall after ten years in a career. This book demonstrates how to vault that wall by assessing your skills, identifying potential oppor- tunities, and landing a better job with a raise in pay. The Challenge of Change in Organizations. Nancy J. Barger and Linda K. Kirby. Davies-Black, 1995. This book shows how to provide people with the kind of information and support they need to deal positively with the impact of change on their work lives. It focuses on what people as individuals need in times of change and transition. I 279