LibGuides: Innovation &amp; Entrepreneurship: Career Planning

Overview

Whether starting your own enterprise, or getting employed, it is important to prepare a plan for your career path ahead. Here are some resources to help you understand some of the aspects of career planning.

NUS career+

Career Development

Books & E-Books

Selected books are listed below:

Be Different!: The Key to Business and Career Success by Stan Silverman
ISBN: 9781949991758
Publication Date: 2019
Entrepreneurial You: Monetize your Expertise, Create Multiple Income Streams, and Thrive by Dorie Clark
Call Number: HB615 Cla 2017
ISBN: 9781633692275
Publication Date: 2017
Personal Brand Management: Marketing Human Value by Talaya Waller.
ISBN: 9783030437442
Publication Date: 2020
The Startup : Navigating Chaos to Elevate Your Career and Achieve Entrepreneurial Success by Jesko von Windheim
ISBN: 9783030450786
Publication Date: 2020
Thriving in the Gig Economy : Freelancing Online for Tech Professionals and Entrepreneurs by Adam Sinicki
ISBN: 9781484240908
Publication Date: 2019
Small Actions : Leading Your Career To Big Success
ISBN: 9789811232589
Publication Date: 2021

For more books and e-books, use the search box in NUS Libraries Portal or search in our library catalogue (LINC).

Other resources on this topic are listed below:

Firsthand.Co Blog
Firsthand.Co publishes the longstanding Vault Guides for various careers. Check out their blog for useful advice on your career and job.
MyCareersFuture.SG
This government portal provides a search for jobs and career advice.
Robert Half's Career Development
Get accurate and up-to-date insights of the employment trends from research done by Robert Half’s expert

These resources may be useful or help you understand better on this topic.

NUS Centre for Future-ready Graduates

Career Resources

Articles

Developing Employee Career Paths and Ladders
A Toolkits by Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
Transform or Perish
An article by Singapore Human Resources Institute (SHRI)

Websites, Blogs

The European Entrepreneurship Competence Framework (EntreComp)
The European Commission has developed this as a reference framework to explain what is meant by an entrepreneurial mindset
Skills Framework (SkillsFuture)
The Skills Framework provides key information on sector, career pathways, occupations/job roles, as well as existing and emerging skills required for the occupations/job roles

Salary Guides

Internet Sources

Other resources on this topic are listed below:

Ministry of Manpower (MOM) Singapore

NOTE: MOM is more comprehensive for Salary Guide in Singapore, as wide coverage of professions and industries. Data.gov.sg and The Straits Times are using data source from MOM.

Headhunters