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Good Work

How to build a career that makes a difference in the world

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How to Build a Career that Makes a Difference in the World

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What will you get from this book?

Do you want to have a positive impact on the world?
Do you want have a successful career that makes a difference?
In short…do you want to do Good Work?

Let this step-by-step guide show you how.

Packed with useful tools and exercises, this step-by-step guide will help you figure out your passion and purpose, and how to effectively harness it to make real and positive change – on the world, and on your career.

Whether you want to battle climate change, promote diversity and inclusion, drive the ESG agenda, or, if you're not sure, but just want to leave things a little better at the end of every work day...

Let this book support you in turning that passion into action.

Market Insights
Understand the evolving impact and purpose jobs market
Career Change Map
Break down the process into iterative steps to land the dream job
Your Fit
Discover where your skills translate to take you next
Personal Branding
Reposition your career story to be more competitive
Key Marketing Tools
From your resume/CV to LinkedIn to elevator pitch
Recruiter's Perspective
Unpack what the hiring manager really wants
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Key Takeaways 

  • 6 tips for making a career change
  • A hiring manager's 4 key questions
  • 10 ways the job search has changed
  • The top 9 criteria of a killer CV
  • 5 tips for branding on LinkedIn
  • The 80/20 rule of networking
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Who this book is for

Anyone wanting to find a career path that is linked to a greater purpose, that makes a difference, and that positively impacts the environment, our communities, as well as the bottom line.

This book speaks to a range of impact issues, sectors and roles including:
sustainability, ESG, environmental, impact investing, responsible investing, CSR, social impact, philanthropy international development, sustainable development, circular economy, etc…

Job Seekers / Career Changers
Find that dream job that makes a difference

Mid Career / Senior Leaders
Build influence and legacy in the next phase of your career

Recent Graduates / Millennials
Discover where you fit into the purpose economy

Entrepreneurs / Freelancers
Position yourself as a brand to win work

“If you want to make a difference through your day job, then this book is for you. “Good Work” is a very practical guide that takes you through each iterative step to convert your passion into purpose and pay. It dispels the myths of finding a new job and leverages Shannon’s 20 years of recruitment experience to give you the hiring manager’s perspective. Unlock the secrets you never knew about how to position yourself to be relevant to hiring managers and recruiters alike, while growing your knowledge and networks around the issues you care most about. This is a must read for anyone wanting to make a career change into impact.”

“Shannon Houde’s “Good Work” is an invaluable tool for anyone seeking to attain a job that harmonizes personal purpose with the objectives of organizations in the impact economy. A career coach with specialized focus on the impact economy, Shannon has supported many emerging leaders in navigating their paths to meaningful work that aligns who they are with what they do. Now, with her best in class book – “Good Work”, Shannon has offered a detailed road map – a profoundly valuable ‘how to’ process to land a job in the impact sector. If you buy one book to assist you in your work/purpose journey, this is the one!”

“Shannon Houde’s book is a welcome addition in a field that I have watched deepen and grow as a sustainability recruiter and consultant over the past two decades. The expansion of the purpose economy is good for the world, but it also means that navigating your career path is more complicated than ever. In these pages, Houde distills the wisdom she has cultivated coaching individuals around the world into a straightforward framework for sustainability – and sustainable – career success. If you want to use your working hours to make a difference in the world, this book will show you how, whether you’re just starting out, making a career switch, or starting your own business in the impact sector.”

Joel Makower
Chairman, Executive Editor and Co-founder
GreenBiz Group Inc

Peter Lupoff
Former Chief Executive Officer
Net Impact

Ellen Weinreb
Managing Director
Weinreb Group ESG & Sustainability Recruiting

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“If you want to make a difference through your day job, then this book is for you. “Good Work” is a very practical guide that takes you through each iterative step to convert your passion into purpose and pay. It dispels the myths of finding a new job and leverages Shannon’s 20 years of recruitment experience to give you the hiring manager’s perspective. Unlock the secrets you never knew about how to position yourself to be relevant to hiring managers and recruiters alike, while growing your knowledge and networks around the issues you care most about. This is a must read for anyone wanting to make a career change into impact.”

Joel Makower
Chairman, Executive Editor and Co-founder
GreenBiz Group Inc

“Shannon Houde’s “Good Work” is an invaluable tool for anyone seeking to attain a job that harmonizes personal purpose with the objectives of organizations in the impact economy. A career coach with specialized focus on the impact economy, Shannon has supported many emerging leaders in navigating their paths to meaningful work that aligns who they are with what they do. Now, with her best in class book – “Good Work”, Shannon has offered a detailed road map – a profoundly valuable ‘how to’ process to land a job in the impact sector. If you buy one book to assist you in your work/purpose journey, this is the one!”

Peter Lupoff
Former Chief Executive Officer
Net Impact

“Shannon Houde’s book is a welcome addition in a field that I have watched deepen and grow as a sustainability recruiter and consultant over the past two decades. The expansion of the purpose economy is good for the world, but it also means that navigating your career path is more complicated than ever. In these pages, Houde distills the wisdom she has cultivated coaching individuals around the world into a straightforward framework for sustainability – and sustainable – career success. If you want to use your working hours to make a difference in the world, this book will show you how, whether you’re just starting out, making a career switch, or starting your own business in the impact sector.”

Ellen Weinreb
Managing Director
Weinreb Group ESG & Sustainability Recruiting

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Shannon Houde

Executive Leadership and Career Transition Coach

About Shannon

Your coach, mentor and career partner

Shannon Houde has spent two decades mentoring, coaching and training more than 1,500 change leaders and CSOs in the impact sector across 25+ countries and over 4,000 hours of one-to-one support.

She founded Walk of Life, the first-of-its kind international career advisory business focused solely on corporate sustainability and ESG, more than 15 years ago.

As an ICF-certified executive coach accredited in the Leadership Circle Profile™, Shannon was selected as a meta coach for the Goleman Emotional Intelligence certification program. She is a published author of the book "Good Work" and has been a GreenBiz columnist for more than 10 years.

Her coaching is underpinned by 30 years in recruitment and 10 years as a sustainability consultant and in-house practitioner within Fortune 500 companies, management consultancies and recruitment agencies including Adobe, Barclays, BlackRock, Deloitte and WWF as well as...

Shannon Houde

Executive Leadership and Career Transition Coach

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As an ICF-PCC certified executive coach, Shannon is a Leadership Circle Profile coach and was selected as a Meta Coach to teach on Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence Coach Certification course. PCC credential holders are trained, experienced coaches with a commitment to high ethical standards. Shannon is also certified in Harrison Assessments, The GameChanger Index, and Korn Ferry's ESCI 360.

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