The Squiggly Career

The No.1 Sunday Times Business Bestseller - Ditch the Ladder, Discover Opportunity, Design Your Career

By: Helen Tupper, Sarah Ellis

Narrated by: Helen Tupper, Sarah Ellis

Brought to you by Penguin.

Career ladders and jobs for life are a thing of the past

Today, we're living in a world of squiggly careers, where moving frequently and fluidly between roles, industries, locations, and even careers, is becoming the new normal. Squiggly careers can feel stressful and overwhelming, but if you know how to make the most of them, they can be full of opportunity, freedom and purpose.

And to make the most of our increasingly squiggly careers we need to answer some important questions: What am I good at? What do I stand for? What motivates and drives me? Where do I want to go in the future?

In The Squiggly Career, you'll learn how to:
- Play to your super strengths
- Discover your values
- Overcome your confidence gremlins
- Build better support networks
- Explore your future possibilities

Packed with insights about the changing shape of work, exercises to fuel your growth, and tips and inspiration from highly successful people, this book will help you be happier, and ultimately more successful in your career.

© Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020

Critic reviews

Many of us never take a moment to think about how we can sculpt our careers to match our interests. I was swept away with how effortlessly The Squiggly Career turns some of the most daunting conundrums into simple and rewarding reflections. Like going one-to-one with a personal career coach, it's impossible to leave this book without having a massive personal breakthrough

The greatest goal for any 21st century professional is to have a squiggly career. The days of linear progression belong to history. The joys of trying new things, working it out and making it up are all of our working futures. Work is dead, long live the squiggly career!

An indispensable guide to creating your own working life

The Squiggly Career is no ordinary business book. Practical, pithy and personal it will revolutionize the way you think about work

A practical and excellent guide for anyone who wants to take charge of their career, play to their strengths and design a career on their own terms. Squiggly careers are the new normal indeed, I'll be reaching for this book time and time again and so wish it existed when I started out!

A fantastic book on how to maximise your chances of a happy and rewarding work life. It all starts with knowing yourself and your values - with simple exercises that make you think deeply about who you are and what you want to spend all that time at work actually doing. Jump in and squiggle

All the best careers are squiggly. That sounds fun - and it can be fun - but it also takes a lot of know-how and thinking, which is what this book provides. I wish I'd had it when I squiggled my way through multiple careers

The Squiggly Career is a brilliant guide. Read it and get the tools you need to thrive in your career now and in the future

As we all juggle side-steps, hustles and pivots, The Squiggly Career is about navigating work in a way that suits you. Discovering how to make the most of your own strengths and identify what you want out of your career, it's a timely and brilliant handbook for now.

Logical, practical and based on tried and tested methods

A book of action, not just advice

This is a book that requires action from YOU. They provide exercises for you to do to get to the root of who you are and what you want from yourself and your career, which definitely go hand in hand.

Their podcast, Squiggly Career, is even better in my view. But this book is great as well.

So helpful

This audiobook is so helpful in navigating your career and growing your skills along the journey. Would recommend to anyone looking to advance in their career.

Timely advice and a great listen!

Excellent advice, I can apply to my professional career and my hobbies as I think about retirement!

Offers helpful questions to ask yourself

At the risk of pottering along doing the same thing for the rest of your life. This book affects some helpful points of curiosity, that might give you something to think about.

Great advice

Insightful and thoughtful words of advice for a fulfilling life and career. Would recommend listening to it once per year.