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What Color Is Your Parachute?
A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers
by Richard Nelson Bolles, Mark Emery Bolles
Completely revised and rewritten, designed to work in conjunction with the book's Web site. Works as a good companion for those just starting out in the 'real world' as well as for those who are thinking seriously about a career change. Softcover. Previous edition c2002.
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How To Find A Job: When There Are No Jobs
A Necessary Job Search Book & Career Planning Guide for Surviving and Prospering in Today's Hyper Competitive Job Market
by Paul Rega
Paul Rega is president of a retained executive search firm and a professional recruiter with over twenty-seven years of job hunting and career planning experience. His provocative new book, "How To Find A Job: When There Are No Jobs" strikes a nerve with millions of displaced workers and goes well beyond the principles of job hunting. Paul introduces a revolutionary concept in career management and personal... (more)
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Bait and Switch
The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream
by Barbara Ehrenreich
The New York Times bestselling investigation into white-collar unemployment from “our premier reporter of the underside of capitalism”—The New York Times Book Review Americans’ working lives are growing more precarious every day. Corporations slash employees by the thousands, and the benefits and pensions once guaranteed by “middle-class” jobs are a thing of the past. In Bait and Switch , Barbara Ehrenreich... (more)
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Programming Interviews Exposed: Secrets to Landing Your Next Job
by Eric Giguere, John Mongan, Noah Suojanen
Everything you need to know to succeed in the programming interview and get the job you want Whether you are a veteran programmer seeking a new position or a whiz kid starting your career, interviewing for a programming job requires special preparation. The interview is likely to consist of an hour-long interactive oral exam in computers, programming, and logic. This helpful guide will give you the tools... (more)
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Dude, where's my career? : the guide for baffled graduates
by Tanya De Grunwald
Offers help to the real-life graduate who's unprepared, uninspired, overwhelmed, freaking out - and losing confidence fast. This book aims to get you back on track.
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How to Find Work in the 21st Century
by Ron McGowan
How the Workplace has Changed. Before you can succeed in today's workplace, you have to understand how it works. It's not the same place that your parents or grandparents worked in and your approach to being successful in it will have to be different from theirs. Defining What You Have to Offer. This phase is critical if you want to succeed in the workplace of the 21st century but unfortunately it... (more)
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What Should I Do with My Life?
The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question
by Po Bronson
In What Should I Do with My Life? Po Bronson tells the inspirational true stories of people who have found the most meaningful answers to that great question. With humor, empathy, and insight, Bronson writes of remarkable individuals—from young to old, from those just starting out to those in a second career—who have overcome fear and confusion to find a larger truth about their lives and, in doing so, have been... (more)
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The 250 Job Interview Questions You'll Most Likely Be Asked... And the Answers That Will Get You Hired!
by Peter Veruki
Why do you want this job? Why should I hire you? Why do you want to leave your current job? Do you have convincing answers ready for these important questions? Landing a good job is a competitive process and often the final decision is based on your performance at the interview. By following the advice of prominent career planning and human resource expert Peter Veruki, you'll know you have the right answers... (more)
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Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions
by Martin John Yate
This new edition of the best-selling job-hunting book of all time should be your essential companion if you are looking for a job. Dealing with the whole process, from creating an outstanding CV and answering the most dreaded interview questions to negotiating a salary, it is suitable for job-seekers at any stage of their career. "Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions" is full of examples of tough questions... (more)
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A Leader Becomes a Leader
Inspirational Stories of Leadership for a New Generation
by J. Kevin Sheehan
A Leader Becomes a Leader opens with a window on history: Henry David Thoreau riding a borrowed horse and wagon into the woods around Concord, Massachusetts to Walden Pond in 1845. There, he writes a classic work that has a powerful effect on the lives and philosophies of seminal leaders in the next century as diverse as Mohandas Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Nelson Mandela. Thoreau believed that a... (more)
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The Graduate Jobs Formula: The Graduates Guide to Landing Your Dream Career
by Paul Redmond
Are you worried about your job prospects after graduation? Did you know there are 80 graduates fighting for every graduate job? The Graduate Jobs Formula is the new bible for students and graduates who want to know how to get their dream job after graduation. For many students the process of applying for a job after university can be a frightening prospect - and there are 80 applicants for every job! In today's... (more)
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The Resume is Dead
by Nelson Wang
The resume is dead.Your job opportunities, however, are alive and well. If you learn the secrets on how to be an artist and to create with emotion.This book will teach you how. This step by step guide also includes:★ 500 of the top interview questions and answers created by Fortune 100 HR experts★ How to create your own website and blog from scratch in under 10... (more)
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The Damn Good Resume Guide, Fifth Edition: A Crash Course in Resume Writing
by Yana Parker
One of the best-selling resume books of all time and a trusted resource for job-seekers for nearly three decades, this edition of The Damn Good Resume Guide has been completely revised and updated for today’s marketplace. Yana Parker has helped hundreds of thousands of job seekers write and refine their resumes to damn near perfection. Praised for its user-friendly style and savvy advice, The Damn Good Resume... (more)
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Winning Job-Hunting Strategies (The Winning)
This series provides first-time job hunters with essential advice, information and the confidence they need to get the job that they want. Each title offers: opportunities for self-analysis, including quizzes, practical help, e.g. where to look for jobs, informative case studies, exercises and checklists to aid preparation, tips and techniques, e.g. how to optimise interview performance, examples of successful... (more)
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Great First Job Guide: Get it, Keep it Love it
Written in conjunction with doctorjob.com, the UK's leading graduate website, this book helps students stand out from the crowd, reach their employment goals and get their ideal job. It is impartial, action-oriented and full of clear advice on how to find the ideal job. Career issues are covered in depth, but also, uniquely, the book will cover other real-life issues such as money (or the lack of it), adjusting to... (more)
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101 Great Resumes
by Ronald W. Fry
In 101 Great Résumés, you will find the résumé format that will work wonders for you, one that can showcase your unique background, situation and career goals and help you land your dream job. It features résumés tailored to the individual situations, challenges, and aspirations of today's job seekers.
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Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview
A Crash Course in Finding, and Keeping Your First Real Job
by Ellen Gordon Reeves
A witty, friendly, unexpected job hunter's bible that finally answers the real questions. Yes, if you're wedded to your nose ring, wear it to the interview. No, you shouldn't be e-mailing out hundreds of résumés. Writing with enormous authority and a compelling, lively voice, Ellen Reeves brings together her lifetime of experience of hiring, counseling, and résumé-doctoring into an essential guide for young job... (more)
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Win the Race for 21st Century Jobs
by Rod Colon
Put CEO Power into your job search and your career. Rod Colon shares the secrets learned in his 24 years as a Corporate HR Management Insider, Outside Agency Recruiter, Professional Networker, Career Coacd, and Entrepreneur. From his extensive multi-faceted experience, he has developed a unique methodology -- already used by thousands -- to land jobs even in the most difficult economic times. THE MACHINERY --... (more)
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Put Your Mindset to Work
The One Asset You Really Need to Win and Keep the Job You Love
by James Reed, Paul Gordon Stoltz
The right mindset can make you three times more likely to get the job you want-and even less likely to lose it later. What does it take to get and keep the job you want? Ninety-six percent of employers argue that it's not just about having the right skills for the position- it's all about the right mindset. As two leading experts on the subject, Reed and Stoltz know what employers really want from the... (more)
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Brilliant job hunting manual : how to get the job you want
by Angela Fagan
Job hunting. It's time consuming, hard work and extremely stressful. Knowing what sort of job you want, where to look, if your CV is up to date, and how to behave in an interview are issues every job hunter faces. Now in its second edition, this bestselling, no fuss guide for the smart job hunter has been fully revised and updated, with lots of new material on online recruitment. It's a complete start-to-finish... (more)

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