Here's the book that resulted from my dissertation research. It will be available as a free e-book in the first half of 2008. Two preview chapters are available, one at this link, and the other as a PDF that you can request from me via e-mail: kathy@astoriedcareer.com.

Starting in March, I will also be serializing the book in a blog-within-a-blog, a spinoff of A Storied Career called Tell Me About Yourself.

Here are the contents of the book:

INTRODUCTION: Why Use Story in the Job Search?

Part I: Career-Propelling Story Basics
CHAPTER 1: Telling Stories about Change
CHAPTER 2: The Quintessential You Story
CHAPTER 3: How to Develop Career-Propelling Stories

Part II: Storytelling Media in the Job Search
CHAPTER 4: Networking as Storytelling
CHAPTER 5: Resumes that Tell a Story
CHAPTER 6: Cover Letters that Tell a Story
CHAPTER 7: Portfolios that Tell a Story
CHAPTER 8: Interviews that Tell a Story
CHAPTER 9: Personal Branding as Storytelling

Part III: Continuous Career Storytelling
CHAPTER 10: Propel Your Career Through On-the-job Storytelling

EPILOGUE