COMING SOON: The Career Development Professional’s Guide to Unlocking Self-Awareness
COMING SOON: The Career Development Professional’s Guide to Unlocking Self-Awareness
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Please note: Orders containing The Career Development Professional’s Guide to Unlocking Self-Awareness will not be shipped until publication on the 6th of November 2026.
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Self-awareness has long been recognised as central to career development, yet in practice it is often overshadowed by a focus on skills and interests. This book places self-awareness back at the heart of career guidance, drawing on existing research and reframing it for modern contexts.
This fascinating guide offers:
- Expert insights: Drawn from over 20 years’ experience as a practitioner, quality award assessor, and business owner, John Ambrose offers readers a unique blend of proven techniques and observed best practice.
- Practical tools: Ready-to-use resources, exercises and tasks are underpinned by clear theory summaries and references for further study and reflection.
- Future-proof strategies: Provides a universal theme with enduring relevance, supporting clients to navigate their place in an evolving world.
Well written and highly practical, this landmark text reframes self-awareness as the key to unlocking career potential for clients of all ages.
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Published: 6 November 2026
Edition: 1st
Length: 192 pages
Dimensions: 24.4 x 17 cm
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: Unearthing self-awareness in career development theory
Chapter 2: Self-awareness in careers education and guidance
Chapter 3: Career values and the skills family
Chapter 4: The broader self (qualifications, experiences, attitudes hobbies and interests)
Chapter 5: Personality and profiling (MBTI, Holland/RIASEC, Big 5)
Chapter 6: Profiling at work (DISC, Belbin, Insights Discovery)
Chapter 7: Allowable weaknesses
Chapter 8: Self-awareness in life management
Chapter 9: Barriers to self-awareness
Chapter 10: Self-awareness in business, leadership and management
Chapter 11: Neurodiversity, neurodivergence and disabilities
End note
Glossary
Meet the author: John Ambrose
John is a Partner and Director of Complete-Careers LLP. He has over 20 years’ experience as a career development consultant, lecturer, trainer and practitioner. John has a national profile, including a 2010 secondment to the Department for Children, Schools and Families.