Review of Reconfigurement

[Leticia Martínez]

[Following is a volunteer review of "Reconfigurement" by E. Alan Fleischauer.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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Have ever felt like you were depressed or burned out due to your current job? Do you wish to make a 180-degree change in your career and do not know where to start? This self-help book is all about helping people out by giving them advice on how to plan their life ahead. E. Alan Fleischauer focuses his career-wise advice on two main points, which are, planning for retirement, i.e. how to not end up broken in your 60s. And lastly, what to do, and most importantly, what not to do while you are stuck in a period of changing jobs.

The aspect I liked the most about Reconfigurement is that it provides short tests that allow the reader to know themselves. Moreover, based on the sort of personality the test brought to light, it will tell the reader which kind of jobs fit better for them. I believe this is an amazing idea because one of the main struggles people suffer while changing jobs is which one to choose in order to not wind up as burned out as before changing jobs. Moreover, it reflects that choosing your ideal career path should be based mostly on your preferences regarding your interests, not on the money it will bring to the household or the effort it will take to land such a job.

However, it is not gold all that glitters, most parts of the book suffer from a lack of seriousness due to the constant goofing around. Not only in terms of telling jokes to make the reading experience more enjoyable but also, by using very colloquial language throughout the whole book, treating the reader quite informally. While it is true that trying to create a more lighthearted experience is not necessarily a bad thing, I believe some people may not treat the book as seriously as it should be treated.

I rate this book 4 out of 4 stars because I found the author’s advice very helpful and meaningful, the book provides lots of tips that will be helpful to the reader for their lifetime with not an overwhelming amount of pages.

I strongly recommend Reconfigurement to everyone, not only to people in their 40s or 50s, and I even believe it should be a recommended book for teenagers because of the job-seeking part of the book. Even if the retirement part is indeed intended and only useful for grown-ups, the other part comes in handy for everybody. If young people who are still choosing their career path would read this book, and subsequently pick their studies based on a career fit for them, they wouldn’t have to change careers and would also live more happily.

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Reconfigurement
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