Learn how to make a career plan that suits you - then make it happen

In this positive and reassuring book, Jonathan Black, director of The Careers Service at the University of Oxford, gives you the confidence and skills to choose your career - as well as the perspective to see the big picture and understand where you are heading.

How to Find the Career You've Always Wanted teaches you how to write a great application, network, succeed at interviews, negotiate a job offer and much more. It will alert you to the hurdles and challenges you might encounter as you cross your career map, how to cope with them, and how to seek assistance as and when you need it.

This book distills the wisdom and experience of someone who advises and helps people work out their own career plan for a living. It includes an extensive set of real life examples, and is grounded in statistics and sociological research.

'This is not just a book about careers; it is a book about how to lead a happy life' - James Hodgson, Headmaster, Bedford School

'We will certainly be recommending the book to all our parents - it's quite simply the best available' - George Fussey, Head of Career Education, Eton College

'Black is a wise, calming and pragmatic adviser to those climbing the fi st rungs of the career ladder' - Emma Jacobs, Financial Times