Testing the Water® is a series of practical guides to support you through particular life transitions. These publications aim to offer you a helping hand to make a positive transition, enabling you to make effective choices and setting you up for success.
Publications in the series include:
Testing the Water Helping you Take your First Steps from Education to Work – Career Guide
By Cathy Brown
ISBN: 978 – 1 – 906 542 – 48 – 1
Published by Barny Books
£19.99
Available from Amazon, Waterstone’s and other leading book sellers
“The Testing the Water Career Guide is an excellent resource. I would certainly recommend this to anyone making the transition from education to employment.”
Katharine Edwards, Manager, BBC Careerlink
This career guide may be helpful to you if:
you are at school, college and university and you want to prepare yourself for the transition to work
- you are looking forward to starting work and are wanting to prepare yourself
- you have some questions about work that you want to answer
- you have mixed feelings about starting work that you want to resolve
recently you have begun work but it isn’t working out as you planned
- you are having second thoughts about working in your particular joy
- you feel like doing a personal MOT to get back on track with your career
- you are thinking about going back into education
you are a HR professional and career counsellor and want to support students in their transition to work
- the career guide is based on research – it answers the popular questions students and recent workers have
- there is expert advice, activities, case studies and useful reference
- top tips are throughout the chapter and in the next steps
Click here to buy the book from www.amazon.co.uk
Testing the Water Is Self Employment for me? – Practical Guide
By Cathy Brown
ISBN: 978 – 1 – 903 1 72 – 98 – 8
Published by Barny Books
£12.99
Available from Amazon, Waterstone’s and other leading book sellers
“If find this a very useful and practical book. I recommend it to anyone contemplating doing their own thing. I wish such a guide had been available when I was setting up my own business.”
Keith Harrison, Special Professor, Nottingham University Business School
This practical guide may be helpful to you if:
you have dreamt of becoming your own boss
- you have toyed with the idea of setting up a business for a while
- you are not sure if you are cut out for self employment
- you are on the brink of starting a small business
you have begun self employment, but it is not working out as planned
- you are having second thoughts about being self employed
- you feel like doing a personal MOT to get you back on track with your business
- you are thinking about going back into employment
you are self employed and you are looking to reinvent yourself
- you have been successfully self employed for a while
- you want to change the direction of your business
- you want to start a new business
Click here to buy the book from www.amazon.co.uk
Testing the Water Getting Set for your Protirement: A Fresh Approach to Retirement – Practical Guide
By Cathy Brown
ISBN: 978 – 1 – 906 542 – 24 – 5
Published by Barny Books
£19.99
Available from Amazon, Waterstone’s and other leading book sellers
“Cathy Brown draws on a wealth of resources to create a really comprehensive guide to planning the next chapter of your life – and demonstrates that approached with careful planning, retirement can be extremely fulfilling and enjoyable.”
Katharine Edwards, Manager, BBC Careerlink Plus
This practical guide may be helpful to you if:
you are planning to retire and want to get ready
- you are looking forward to retirement and are wanting to prepare yourself
- you have some questions about retirement that you want to answer
- you have mixed feelings about retirement that you want to resolve
you have begun retirement, and want to make changes
- you are having second thoughts about being retired
- you feel like doing a personal MOT to get you back on track with your retirement
- you are thinking about going back into employment
you are an HR professional and want to support your employees in their transition to retirement
- the practical guide is based on research – it answers the popular questions retirees have
- there is expert advice, activities, case studies and useful references
- top tips are throughout each chapter and in the next steps
Click here to buy the book from www.amazon.co.uk