Escape from Corporate America by Pamela Skillings is a What Color is My Parachute for the new economy. It is focused on helping disenchanted corporate workers find jobs, careers and work options that better fit their life goals and aspirations. While the book covers a wide range of career options, it stresses leaving big company jobs for entrepreneurship and small business. And like “What Color is My Parachute,” it is full of advice and exercises that help the reader plan for their new career.
The book is positive and upbeat about self-employment and small business, but without the over the top sugar coating and hyperbole that usually comes with “how to” entrepreneurship books. Skillings even points out that there are a lot of good corporate jobs and corporate employers. This is good because the decision to leave a corporate job and head out on your own should not be made lightly. And not everyone is cut out for and/or ready for entrepreneurship.
Escape from Corporate America does a nice job of helping the reader think through and plan career change decisions. While targeted at unhappy corporate employees, the book is useful for anyone thinking of changing careers. I also think corporate execs and HR managers should read this book. It does a great job of describing why so many corporate employees are unhappy.
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