Books by Kim Kiyingi
From career-launching guides to literary fiction — real stories and real strategies from someone who’s been in the trenches.
From Campus to Career
Your step-by-step guide to landing your first internship and kickstarting your professional journey. Whether you’re a university student or recent graduate, this book covers everything from crafting a standout CV to acing interviews and making the most of your internship experience.
- Identify and target the right internship opportunities worldwide
- Build a professional CV and cover letter that gets noticed
- Interview strategies from an HR Director’s perspective
- Networking tips to access the hidden job market
- Turn your internship into a full-time career offer
What readers are saying
“This book is a must have for everyone whether you’re looking for an internship or already working, because it explains career growth in different sectors worldwide.”
Verified Amazon Reader — November 2024“An incredibly inspiring book! The author does an amazing job of guiding readers to not only succeed in their careers but also understand themselves better.”
Verified Amazon Reader — December 2024“Packed with practical tips and valuable insights to navigate the transition to my dream career.”
Verified Amazon Reader — January 2025
The Iron People
Spanning 2022 to 2035, set across wartime Ukraine. When Russia’s bombs turn her hotel into rubble, Lena boards a converted freight train and starts cooking — serving 127,000 meals across a country on fire. Eleven years later, a thirteen-year-old girl finds her mother’s logbook and retraces the route, station by station.
- A sweeping dual-timeline narrative of resilience and love
- Set against the real backdrop of wartime Ukraine
- Explores the line between legend and lived experience
- A story about feeding strangers when the world tells you to stop
The Layover List
Maia Santos has been trying to make it as a travel content creator for fourteen months. She has 47 followers and a spreadsheet she cannot look at directly. Then she films the most honest thirty seconds of her life in a hotel corridor in Istanbul — and by morning it has 4,000 views. Three airports. Seven cities. Dubai to Istanbul to Athens to Lisbon. A business lounge where they talk for three hours and she does not once reach for her phone.
- A slow-burn romance set across Dubai, Istanbul, Athens and Lisbon
- A travel content creator learning to be seen without a camera
- A man who watches from a distance and crosses continents for a glasses case
- A story about performing less and living more
The Erasure Games
Every citizen in the HRAR has a compliance score. It follows them from birth. It determines everything. Athena Osei has spent her life learning how the system thinks. What she does not know is why she was chosen for the Erasure Games — eighty days, thirty candidates, six behavioural categories. One objective: prove you are not a liability. The candidates who pass always come back different. Athena intends to pass. She is not willing to pay that price.
- A dystopian world built on compliance scores from birth
- Eighty days. Thirty candidates. One objective
- A candidate whose answers are too perfect — whose compliance looks engineered
- Passing costs something. Athena refuses to find out what
A Contract in Kindness
A story about compassion, professional boundaries, and what happens when workplace kindness becomes a liability. A Contract in Kindness explores the quiet cost of empathy in high-pressure organisations.
Frequently asked
Questions about Kim Kiyingi’s books
What is From Campus to Career about?
From Campus to Career is a step-by-step guide for university students and recent graduates. It covers how to find internships worldwide, build a CV that gets noticed, prepare for interviews, network effectively, and turn an internship into a full-time offer. Published by Austin Macauley Publishers (2024), available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Walmart.
Who is Kim Kiyingi?
Kim Kiyingi is a published author, CIPD-qualified HR Director, and PCC-certified career coach based in Dubai with 20+ years in talent development. He is the author of From Campus to Career (Austin Macauley Publishers, 2024) and the literary novel The Iron People. He writes on career development at Inspire Ambitions.
Where can I buy Kim Kiyingi’s books?
From Campus to Career is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Walmart, and Austin Macauley Publishers. The Iron People is available on Books2Read. Both titles are listed on Goodreads.
Is From Campus to Career suitable for recent graduates or only students?
Both. The book addresses university students seeking their first internship and recent graduates entering the workforce. The strategies for CV writing, interview preparation, and workplace navigation apply to anyone in the early stages of their career, in any field or country.
What genre is The Iron People?
The Iron People is literary fiction. It is a dual-timeline novel set in wartime Ukraine, spanning 2022 to 2035. It follows Lena, who serves 127,000 meals from a converted freight train during the war, and her daughter who retraces the route eleven years later. The novel explores resilience, love, and the line between legend and lived experience.
How many books has Kim Kiyingi written?
Kim Kiyingi has two published books: From Campus to Career (non-fiction, career development) and The Iron People (literary fiction). He is currently working on additional titles including A Contract in Kindness. Stay updated at inspireambitions.com/books/.
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