The Best Work & Careers Documentaries

Personal Finance & Careers - 32 free documentaries about work & careers.

Start with Why Women Are Quitting Their Side Hustle: Leaving LuLaRoe (30 min, VICE), then The Lawyer Behind Elon Musk, Jay-Z and Megan Thee Stallion (23 min, Bloomberg Originals). All 32 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on work & careers is So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport.

• Why Women Are Quitting Their Side Hustle: Leaving LuLaRoe (30 min, VICE)
• The Lawyer Behind Elon Musk, Jay-Z and Megan Thee Stallion | The Circuit (23 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• From Cabin Crew to Hawker: How This Couple Keeps Love and Work Alive | On The Red Dot (23 min, CNA Insider)
• China's Youth Unemployment At Record Highs: Meet The Jobless Graduates | Insight (46 min, CNA Insider)
• How Hard Work makes People Poor - Meet the Working Class | Broke Series (58 min, ENDEVR)
• Asia's Jobless Youth: How India, China & Indonesia Are Tackling Unemployment | Shifting Horizons (46 min, CNA Insider)
• Jobless: Life Unemployed (59 min, Real Stories)
• The Victorian Jobs That Made You A Social Outcast | The Worst Jobs In History (49 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Strange Secret to Success - Earl Nightingale (17 min, After Skool)
• 30 And Jobless: Why's Unemployment Rising For Those In Their 30s? | Talking Point Forum (45 min, CNA Insider)
• Young Pro Bono Lawyers: Why We Gave Up Private Practice To Give Legal Advice For Free (19 min, CNA Insider)
• From Hospitality Graduate To Noodle Hawker: My COVID Career Switch | On The Red Dot - I Am A Hawker (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Can Bhutan's New Megacity Help Reduce High Youth Unemployment & Brain Drain? (22 min, CNA Insider)
• China’s Unemployed Youth: Why There Aren't Jobs For New Graduates | Money Mind (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Work Hard to Survive - Meet the Working Class | Broke Series (58 min, ENDEVR)
• Careers in the male domain - Female construction workers in Germany (44 min, DW Documentary)
• Fighting your parents over your career choices | Us & Them (38 min, DW Documentary)
• Why do we even work? | Inside the Global Search for Purpose and Productivity (46 min, Moconomy)
• Work Less, Achieve More - Why Working Too Much Cripples Productivity (19 min, Academy of Ideas)
• "Thank God I Had Cancer": Army Captain Switches Careers To Baking French Pastries | I Taught Myself (23 min, CNA Insider)
• How to Kick Off the Second Act of Your Career | The Businessweek Show (24 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• “I Feel Helpless”: South Korean Teachers Grapple With Stress & Abuse | Insight (47 min, CNA Insider)
• The Soul of Success: The Jack Canfield Story | The TRUTH About Overnight Success! (54 min, Moconomy)
• The Art of Building a Fulfilling Career - Turn a Passion into a Lucrative Occupation (14 min, Academy of Ideas)
• Overtime, Burnout & Family Duty: Why Do We Still Feel Guilty? | The Asian Guilt Code - Part 2 (47 min, CNA Insider)
• HISTORY OF IDEAS - Work (9 min, The School of Life)
• How Henrik Lundqvist Built His Second Career | The Deal (24 min, Bloomberg Originals)
• I Create New Career Pathways For Under-Resourced Youths | Extraordinary People (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Advancing At Work: How A Personal Brand Helps | Money Mind | Career (19 min, CNA Insider)
• Diagnosing Work Burnout & An Upcoming COVID Immunity Test Kit | On The Pulse (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Side Hustles: Professional Wrestler & Bonsai Artist | On The Red Dot (23 min, CNA Insider)
• Arianna Huffington on Success (13 min, The School of Life)

Top-Rated Books About Work & Careers

1. So Good They Can't Ignore You by Cal Newport (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
2. Deep Work by Cal Newport (3.9/5) - View on Amazon
3. Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett (3.3/5) - View on Amazon
4. Working by Studs Terkel - View on Amazon