These books are essential guides for students who are getting ready to head out into the workforce of the 21st century.
Bernstein, Alan B., and Nicholas Reid Schaffzin. Guide to Your Career. 5th ed. Random House, 2003. 486 p. ISBN 0375763996.
In addition to offering profiles of more than 200 professions, the author helps you identify your interests and style by guiding you through the Birkman Career Style Summary™. After answering a series of questions about your personal preferences, you will identify your Birkman™ colors, which represent your career interests and style – not only what you like to do but also how you like to do it.
Beshara, Tony. The Job Search Solution: The Ultimate System for Finding
a Great Job Now! AMACOM / American Management Association, 2006. 288p. ISBN 0814473326.
This step-by-step system helps you take control of your job search experience. Interactive exercises and practical Dos and Don’ts compliment the real-life job search stories. The book reveals what business are really looking for when hiring, the real purpose of an interview, how family and friends can help in the job search process, how age and employment history factor into the job search, and much more.
Boldt, Laurence G. How to Find the Work You Love. Penquin/Compass, 2004. 158p. ISBN: 0142196290.
Author of Zen and the Art of Making a Living, Boldt shows readers how to find a new and sustaining career, introducing simple job-hunting strategies that emphasize four key components: integrity, service, enjoyment, and excellence.
Bolles, Richard Nelson and Mark Emery Bolles.What Color is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers. Ten Speed Press, 2005. 400p. ISBN: 1580086152.
For more than 30 years, What Color is Your Parachute? has been a staple in job searcher collections. The book is designed to work in conjunction with the Web site, http://www.jobhuntersbible.com/. This updated edition offers an extended preface that addresses job loss, vacancies, and outsourcing; updated references throughout on how to use the Internet in your job hunt; plus a new chapter on relocating and finding a job.
Bridges, William. Jobshift: How to Prosper in a Workplace Without Jobs. Addison Wesley, 1994. 257p. ISBN: 0201489333.
The book that identified the coming "de-jobbed" workplace and its impact on all our lives, Jobshift explores how we got to this place and what it will mean to society.
Fortgang, Laura Berman. Take Yourself to the Top: Success From the
Inside Out. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2005. 232 p. ISBN 1585424471.
A pioneer in the career coaching field, the author offers advice and tips for taking charge of your career. This self-help book will provide insight into assessing your career’s progress, getting out of a mid-career rut, identifying obstacles to reaching goals, and discovering your true life calling.
Greene, Brenda. You’ve Got the Interview Now What?: Fortune 500 Hiring Professionals Tell You How to Get Hired. Dearborn Trade, 2005. 208p. ISBN 1419511327.
This guide for interviewees, based on a survey of Fortune 500 hiring managers and human resource executives, will help set you apart from the rest of the crowd. It covers critical insights into every step of the interview process – from creating a lasting first impression, to determining the standard timeframe for filling a position.
Han, Peter. Nobodies to Somebodies: How 100 Great Careers Got Their
Start. Portfolio, 2005. 233p. ISBN 1591840864.
Based on the author’s interviews with leading CEOs, writers, artists, and entertainers, this book reveals how self knowledge translates into career success. Readers also learn about other requirements such as intelligence and hard work, integrity, flexibility, discipline, effective communication skills, drive, and some luck. Recommended for those who are looking for their first job after college or graduate school and are trying to find what they are meant to do.
Levinson, Jay Conrad, and David E. Perry. Guerrilla Marketing for
Job Hunters: 400 Unconventional Tips, Tricks and Tactics for Landing Your
Dream Job. Wiley, 2005. 288p. ISBN 0471714844.
Using the unconventional Guerrilla approach, the authors provide the ingredients for a successful job search. Topics include using the Internet for everything from research and job searches to your own Web site, blogs, and podcasting; creating a higher-powered value-based résumé; harnessing the full power of Google, LinkedIn, and ZoomInfo to uncover opportunities in the "hidden job market”; and branding yourself and selling your strengths in résumés, letters, e-mail, and interviews.
Tieger, Paul D. and Barbara Barron-Tieger. Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type. 3d ed. Little Brown & Co, 2001. 386p. ISBN: 0316880655.
A lively, encouraging guide that includes an overview of personality types, workbook exercises, a self-test, indepth interviews and profiles, and a lengthy list of occupations that fit individuals with specific personality types. Weddle, Peter. WEDDLE’s WIZNotes: Finding a Job on the Web. Weddles, 2005. 125p. ISB 1928734340.
Short, but filled with practical tips and techniques, this book helps you take advantage of employment information and job opportunities on the Internet. Find out how to develop an effective online job search campaign while protecting your confidentiality. Other topics include using online discussion groups, online networking, commercial job boards, employer sites, and more.
Yate, Martin John. Cover Letters that Knock 'em Dead. 6th ed. Adam's Media, 2004. 301p. ISBN: 1593371071.
This revised and expanded edition covers brand-new cover letters that have been used in actual successful job hunts. There is more information on the latest jobs and expanded information on electronic cover letters and online job searching. While utilizing techniques that allow you to get your point across quickly, this book gives detailed guidance on how to customize your cover letters to allow potential employers know more about you.
Yate, Martin John. Knock 'em Dead: 2006. Adam's Media Corporation, 2005. 337p. ISBN: 1593374526.Whether you’re trying to land your first entry-level job, climb the corporate ladder, or return to the workforce after a significant absence, this book will answer all your questions. Find out about recent developments in the job market, including selecting a job search coach, networking, and conducting online research.
Yate, Martin John. Résumés that Knock 'em Dead. 6th ed. Adam's Media, 2004. 307p. ISBN: 159337108x.
Well-known career expert, Yate takes readers through the process of developing a résumé that will catch a potential employers attention. Chapters include "Three Ways to Sum Yourself Up," "Writing the Basic Résumé," "How the Internet Can Help in Your Job Hunt" and "What Do You Do With It?"
Here is a list of books that can help you discover and maintain a great career.
Career Information Center. 8th ed. Macmillan Reference USA, 2002. 13v. ISBN: 0028656377.
This set presents over 700 occupational profiles and describes more than 3,000 jobs. For each broad employment field, there is an overview of its job market followed by entries for individual careers that describe work characteristics, entry procedures, advancement possibilities, employment outlook, working conditions, earnings and benefits.
Cosgrove, Holly. Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance. 13th ed. Ferguson Publishing Company, 2005. 3,776p. ISBN: 081606055x.
This five-volume encyclopedia covers 93 industries and includes more than 700 career articles. Each article offers quick facts, a career overview, job description and requirements, companies hiring in this field, salary information, work environment, outlook, and more. Lists of additional readings, Web sites, and sidebars with industry jargon add to this valuable resource.
Farr, J. Michael. Enhanced Occupational Outlook Handbook. 5th ed. JIST Works,
2005. 784p. ISBN 1593570309.
With nearly 8,000 job descriptions, this book combines data from three sources
from the U.S. Department of Labor: the Occupational Outlook Handbook, the
Occupational Information Network, and the Dictionary of Occupational Titles.
Look for information on earnings, job growth, working conditions, required
education and skills, as well as a review of major labor market trends.
Swartout, Kristy, ed. Job Hunter's Sourcebook: Where to Find Employment Leads and Other Job Search Resources. Gale Research, 2005. 1,236p. ISBN: 0787659347.
This title is separated into two main parts: the first contains job hunting information organized by profession or organization in which 216 occupations are profiled, the second part contains general job hunting information including descriptions of reference works, newspapers, periodicals, audiovisual materials, software and databases.
O*NET Dictionary of Occupational Titles. 3rd ed. JIST Works, 2004. 699p. ISBN 1563709627.
The only reference that includes all the 1,100-plus jobs in the Department of Labor’s Occupational Information Network (O*NET) database, this book is a valuable resource for job hunters. Each profile provides a job description, as well as job-specific tasks, typical training, average pay, skills and knowledge, and generalized work activities.
Krantz, Les. Jobs Rated Almanac. 6th ed. Barricade Books, 2002. 352p. ISBN: 569802246.
This directory contains ratings for more than 250 jobs in all major career categories. Criteria for rankings include salary, stress levels, work environment, career outlook, security, and physical demands.
Plunkett, Jack W. The Almanac of American Employers 2006: The Only Complete Guide to America's Hottest, Fastest-Growing Corporate Employers. Plunkett Research, 2005. 748p. ISBN 1593920458.
This resource contains complete profiles of the 500 fastest-growing corporate employers in the U.S. The profiles include benefit plans, stock plans, salaries, hiring and recruiting plans, training and corporate culture, growth plans, and more.
Here is a list of periodicals with career information.
The Black Collegian. Black Collegian. 1969- . bimonthly. ISSN: 0192-3757.
Billing itself as the "career site for students of color," this extensive Web site is the electronic version of the print magazine. The site contains career resources for Black collegians and all people of color, as well as for career professionals. You will find job postings, an area for posting your résumé, graduate school profiles, and articles about studying abroad.
Career Magazine. CareerMag.com, 1994- . weekly. ISSN: not available
http://www.careermag.com
Select one of the 27 industry-specific career channels, and, with free registration, you can research industries, search jobs, and build a personalized portfolio. You will also find links to free industry publications, a personality test, résumé writing help, and salary reports.
Contract Employment Weekly. C.E. Publications Inc., 1969- . weekly. ISSN: 1063-9268.
http://www.ceweekly.com/
Published for contractors and consultants who are seeking work in engineering, IT/IS, or technical job disciplines, this weekly contains articles, editorials, news releases, and letters of interest to this clientele. Most sections of this site are only available to subscribers, but guests can access a list of annotated links to online career resources, a full-text article about contracting, a chat room, and a list on online recruiters.
Equal Opportunity. Equal Opportunity Publications., 1970- . frequency varies ISSN: 0071-1039.
http://www.eop.com/eo.html
This publication focuses on the needs of African Americans, Hispanics, Asian-Americans, and Native Americans. While the magazine is oriented towards minorities, the articles are useful to anyone in the job search process. Articles emphasize careers with rising potential for minorities, but also covers such topics as interviewing, job hunting, getting along in the corporate environment, and more. At the Web site, you will find a résumé database and three sample articles.
Fast Company. Fast Company, Inc., 1995- . bimonthly. ISSN: 1085-9241.
http://www.fastcompany.com
Fast Company reports on changes companies are making in order to operate in an economy driven by technology and innovation, as well as changes individuals need to make in structuring their future careers to take advantage of emerging opportunities. Articles cover career development, workplace trends, and creative ideas about the future of work. The Web site offers free full-text access to all issues from November 1995 to the present.
Occupational Outlook Quarterly Online (OOQ). U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1998- . quarterly. ISSN: 0199-4786.
http://www.bls.gov/opub/ooq/ooqhome.htm
Developed by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, OOQ Online is based on the print periodical Occupational Outlook Quarterly and mirrors its content. Articles are written in easy to understand language and cover a variety of career and work-related topics such as new and emerging occupations, training opportunities, salary trends, and results of studies from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Strategy & Business. Booz, Allen & Hamilton, 1995- . quarterly. ISSN: 1083-796X.
http://www.strategy-business.com
This publication’s mission is “to provide executives with commentary, research, and practical ideas that bridge the gap between theory and practice in contemporary global business.” It contains case studies, interviews, scholarly research, journalistic reports, profiles, and first-person accounts. Visit the Web site to access the searchable collection of full-text articles from 1995 through the present (with free registration)..
Wired. Wired USA, 1993- . monthly. ISSN: 1059-1028.
http://www.wired.com
Wired magazine is the journal of record for the future. Each month, Wired covers the people, companies, and ideas that are transforming the way we live. Go to this Web site for free access to selected articles from the current issue. All articles in back issues since 1993 are available in full text. Also of interest are the Web logs and a free electronic newsletter, Gadget Lab.