A Career Carol

A Tale Of Professional Nightmares And How To Navigate Them

A Career Carol is an irreverent take on the classic Christmas Carol, graduation commencement speakers, and Generation Z expectations. A wry and insightful take on how to successfully navigate a 30–40-year professional career. A Career Carol, bridges analogue and digital eras. What constitutes a successful career may have dramatically changed over the last 50 years, but the deeper journey we make as human beings across different life cycles, is eternal. Drs Schuster & Oxley’s take a different and decidedly modern approach to business and life advice. They set out to share real stories of how to navigate the big crises that most of us will have to navigate at some point. In the process, they give the past an entertaining and relevant future. The world, and business literature in particular, is overdue for Shey Sinope. As we witness his journey from reclusive cynical social critic to tentative member of a flawed, and sometimes unkind society, we are amused, provoked, saddened, but ultimately uplifted.

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Tony A

"What a refreshing take on normally very corporate topic. I’d highly recommend to anyone at any career stage, particular to someone who enjoys challenging themselves with difficult questions."

Didier Perez

Belgium

"There are plenty of books out there which recycle the basics of human kind dilemmas and the way to relate to others. This book written by Dr Schuster and Dr Oxley presents a refreshing twist of our human nature in the form of a tale, targeting young people in an unpretentious easy going way, and using simple language. A must read for pragmatic and driven people looking to make the best of themselves."

Roman

Vienna Austria

"Can only recommend this book! It gives great career- and life lessons. Advice of how to deal with setbacks and recommendations of how to find your purpose. Especially the Gen Z, people who come out of school or people who are a little ``lost`` in life will benefit from this book. And all of it is packed into a great story. Seriously, one of the greatest books I have read. Can only recommend!!!"

DLS

Houston Texas

"Drs Helmut Schuster and David Oxley have crafted an accessible, entertaining, and valuable guide for navigating your professional career! While primarily aimed at Generation Z, their insights and advice are applicable to professionals of any generation grappling with their present career circumstances and deciding on next career steps. This book would be an ideal gift for soon-to-be graduates and anyone in the midst of their own existential career crisis!"