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Career
Planning
America's Top Jobs
for People Without a Four-Year Degree
3rd Floor 331.702 F239at
This resource
lists 173 jobs that do not require a four-year college degree. It provides
"information on skills needed, education and training required, pay,
working conditions, advancement opportunities, [and] projected growth."
Also included is a review of labor market trends and advice on making career
decisions.
America's Top White-collar
Jobs
3rd Floor 331.702 F239ao
This book provides
in-depth coverage for 112 white-collar jobs. The descriptions for each job
contain "the latest U.S. Department of Labor data and specify tasks and
responsibilities, working conditions, skills required, growth projections,
average earnings, training or education needed, and sources of additional
information."
Career Portfolio Workbook
3rd Floor 650.14 S25c
A portfolio is a "collection of documents and other easily portable
artifacts that people can use to validate claims they make about themselves".
This workbook covers methods for assembling a portfolio, for creating a resume
to work with a portfolio, using the portfolio to advance a career, and examples
of portfolios.
College Majors and
Careers
3rd Floor 331.702 P54c
This book is intended to help college students, counselors, parents, and
teachers discover
the different career opportunities associated with a given college major.
There are 61 entries arranged alphabetically from Accounting to Zoology. Each
entry lists high school courses related to the major, related occupations
and the level of education necessary for each occupation, leisure activities
that relate to the major, desirable skills for students pursuing the major,
desirable personal values and attributes related to success in the major,
and a list of professional organizations related to the major.
Job Searcher's Handbook
3rd Floor 650.14 R632j 2002
This book covers self-assessment
of values, interests and skills; the paper trail of a job search; organizing
and preparing for a job search; and some interviewing basics.
Quick Guide to College
Majors and Careers
3rd Floor 378.194 S53q
Trying to match
a degree with career opportunities? This book links 118 majors to 286 different
careers. Each chapter provides a career snapshot, related specialties &
careers, and essential knowledge and skills.
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Job
Hunting
American Almanac of
Jobs and Salaries
3rd Floor 331.11 W95a
This almanac provides a list of jobs in America with detailed job descriptions,
information on salary ranges, and job advancement statistics. The jobs presented
range "from entry level to top positions" in each field.
America's
Top White-collar Jobs
3rd Floor 331.702 F239ao
The main sections of this book are The Top Jobs Lists, Descriptions for All
Major White-collar Jobs, Career Planning and Job Search Advice, Labor Market
Trends and Details on All Major Industries and Jobs, and Useful Career Resources
and Internet Sites.
Best
Jobs for the 21st Century
3rd Floor 331.702 F239b
Descriptions of 686 best jobs are available in this book. Over 50 lists for
best pay, fastest growth, and most openings by education, gender, interests,
and age are also available in this book. The job is described, necessary knowledge,
and abilities needed for the job are provided.
Encyclopedia of Careers
and Vocational Guidance
1st Floor, Reference 331.702 E56e
A four volume set covers the background of 68 industries, careers in those
industries and employment opportunities.
Getting Your Foot
in the Door
3rd Floor 650.14 S95g
This book contains information about finding the best jobs, assessing abilities
and experience, refining a resume, crafting excellent cover letters, negotiating
a salary, and improving job-hunting skills.
Harvard Business School Guide
to Finding Your Next Job
3rd Floor 650.14 G21h
This book "offers a road
map for planning and conducting your search", starting with resume building,
choosing references, staying motivated, searching strategically, and working
through the job offer negotiations. It's good for "experienced professionals
and first-time job seekers".
Peterson's Hidden Job Market
3rd Floor 338.74025 P48p
"Search company profiles complete with contact names. Explore trends affecting
high-and low-tech jobs. Polish resume and prepare for interviews with handy
checklists." Covering marketing, sales, finance, accounting, operation management,
human resources, and administration, this volume is great for all types of
careers.
Occupational Outlook
Handbook
NW Owens Government Docs L 2.3/4 2010-11
Information on employment trends and outlook in over 800 occupations.
One Hundred Jobs
3rd Floor 331.702 H85o
This book provides personal insight and statistical information, such as salary,
hours, benefits, experience or requirements, union participation, computer
requirements, workplace, and risks, on a number of American jobs divided into
categories named: The Self-employed, The Civil Servants, The Money and Power
Professionals, The New Media Workers, The Skilled Laborers, The Service Providers,
The Food Handlers, The Transporters, The Artists, The Fringe-Dwellers, The
Educators, and The Caregivers.
The Everything
Online Job Search Book
3rd Floor 025.0665 G72e
This book is a good tool to use to find a job without leaving home, find jobs,
send a resume, and landing careers.
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Job
Hunting in Specific Fields
101
Career Alternatives for Teachers
3rd Floor 650.14 G53o
This book provides
a skills inventory to help teachers evaluate their skills before embarking
on a new career. Each alternative career provides a definition of the career,
transferable teaching skills, necessary skills, success tips, how & where
you will spend your day, career forecast, monetary rewards, "up the ladder",
related jobs, and places to gather more facts.
Career Opportunities
in the Music Industry
3rd Floor 780.23 F45c
"For each job, the reader will find a detailed quick-reference Career
Profile summarizing notable features of the job (duties, alternate fields,
salary range, employment prospects, advancement prospects and prerequisites);
a Career Ladder illustrating frequent routes to and from the position described;
and a comprehensive text pointing out special skills, education, training
and various associations relevant to each job". Music industry career opportunities
in business, retailing and wholesaling, symphonies, orchestras, operas, radio
and television, education, instrument repair, and the recording business are
included.
Career Opportunities in the Retail and Wholesale Industry
3rd Floor 381.023 F45c
This book contains "information on more than 80 specific jobs" in the sports
industry. Included are "details on salaries, skill requirements, advancement
prospects, trade associations, special opportunities, and much more."
Career Opportunities
in the Sports Industry
3rd Floor 796.023 F45c
This book contains "information on more than 70 specific jobs" in the sports
industry. Included are "details on salaries, skill requirements, advancement
prospects, trade associations, special opportunities, and much more."
Career Opportunities in Television, Cable, Video, and Multimedia
3rd Floor 384.55 R32c
This book is touted as a "complete guide to more than 100 exciting careers
in television, video, and new media." It also includes "details on salaries,
skill requirements, advancement prospects, trade associations, and special
opportunities," as well as career path charts, and "appendixes providing extensive
directories of key associations, organizations, and periodicals."
Careers for Homebodies
& Other Independent Souls
3rd Floor 331.702
G61c
This book helps individuals who wish to work from home to "explore many diverse
and satisfying" careers. Home-based careers included are "freelance writing
and editing, sales, and design", offering a product or service from home,
and owning a small business.
Careers for Scholars
& Other Deep Thinkers
3rd Floor 331.702 C18c
Find information on several jobs within the categories of College and University
Professors, Librarians and Archivists, Freelance Researchers, Social Scientists,
Psychologists, Museum Curators, Botanical Specialists, Animal Behaviorists,
and Professional Associations.
Careers
in Information Technology
3rd Floor
004.023 A64c
This text covers information on what to study when entering the information
technology field. First hand accounts are provided by professionals with careers
as an Internet specialist, desktop support supervisor, Web administrator,
information technology manager, small business owner, and software sales representative
and trainer. The book includes a chapter on equal opportunity employment and
working from home.
Careers in Publishing
3rd Floor 070.5023 C13c
Whether one is interested in publishing, writers, illustrators, photography,
literary agents, editors, book production, marketing and sales, publicity
and event planning, publishing law, or self-publishing, this is the book to
read.
Careers in Writing
3rd Floor 808.02 C181ca 2008
Chapters about writing fiction, nonfiction, freelancing for magazines or newspapers,
staff writers and reporters, screen writing , technical writing, and marketing,
advertising and public relations are included in this volume. It provides
first hand accounts about training needed, career outlooks, and the money
earned.
Exploring Careers
in Music
3rd Floor 780.23 E96c
This book "is an indispensable
guide for those eager to embark on a rewarding career path" in music. It features
music careers in the armed forces, direction, service/repair, education, libraries,
technology, therapy, recording/broadcasting, retailing/distributing and composition/arranging.
This series provides in-depth
information regarding the job search and career paths for persons in each
of these majors. These books include sample resumes and cover letters; interviewing
tips; how to research careers; and networking advice.
Great
Jobs for Communications Majors
3rd Floor 302.2023 C18g
This book talks about the job search and different career paths for communications
majors. It includes information on resumes, interviewing, graduate school
choices and tips for how to network.
Great
Jobs for Computer Science Majors
3rd Floor 004.023 G61g 2003
This book talks about the job search and different career paths for someone
with a computer science degree. It gives information on cover letters, resumes,
interviewing, graduate schools, and shows a few of the many career paths you
could follow.
Guide to Careers in
the Health Professions
3rd Floor 610.69 G94g 2000
This book contains listings of health professions, with "detailed information
about each profession, including job description, salary potential, and employment
outlook". Also, included is information on degree requirements and "advice
from career experts in 19 health fields".
How to Get a Job and
Keep It
3rd Floor 650.14 M84h
This book contains interview do's and don'ts, putting together a resume, how
to behave on the first day of a new job, crucial communication skills, habits
that lead to success, customer service tips, and how to handle sticky situations.
JobBank Guide to Computer
& High-Tech Companies
3rd Floor 331.702 J62j
Find "detailed information on 5,600 computer and high-tech employers
nationwide -- with company profiles including descriptions; addresses; phone,
fax, and job line numbers; and hiring managers. Many listings also include
e-mail and Web addresses; common professional positions; educational requirements;
internships; and benefits." Also included are "professional associations
for computer and high-tech job seekers," as well as "guidance on
all aspects of the job search -- from preparing resumes and cover letters
to lining up interviews."
Opportunities
in Education Careers
3rd Floor 371.10023 E16o
Information on career opportunities in education, teaching at the preschool,
elementary school, middle and junior high school, high school, and college
levels is included in this volume. In addition, the areas of special education,
gifted programs, counselors, principals, administrators, librarians, and educational
consultants are covered.
Opportunities in Teaching
Careers
NW Owens General Online NWO ELECTRONIC BOOK
This book describes the teaching profession in regards to getting a quality
education, acquiring a position, teaching duties, the advantages and disadvantages
of location, teaching abroad, fields related to teaching, and educational
associations. The changing role of the teacher in today's society is accounted
in reference to school conditions, violence, involving and educating the community,
and teaching ethics.
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Resume
Building
101 Best Resumes to
Sell Yourself
3rd Floor 650.14 B65on
Resumes by top resume experts, sample cover letters, resumes that cover
jobs at all levels, resumes for over 70 job categories and 200 street-smart
tips to get you hired are included in this book.
101 Best Tech
Resumes
3rd Floor 650.14 B651o
This book covers ways to find job openings, skills inventory, styles
and formats for resumes, the five Ps of resume writing, cover letters, and
101 resume samples.
2500 Keywords
to Get You Hired
3rd Floor 650.14 B65t
This book provides keywords to use in resumes and interviews. Each
entry for the over 125 professions includes a brief resume that incorporates
keywords suggested.
Cyberspace Resume
Kit
3rd Floor 650.14 N43c
Included here is information on "how to build and launch an online resume."
It contains chapters titled: Resumes on the World Wide Web, What to Include
in Your Electronic Resume, How Resume Scanning Works, Preparing and Submitting
Your Scannable Resume, Your Own HTML Resume, and Specialty Resumes. It also
has a special section on Resume Banks.
Electronic Resumes
& Online Networking
3rd Floor 025.066 S65e
This book reportedly shows
the reader "how to use the Internet to do a better job search, including
a complete, up-to-date resource guide that reveals: where jobs are, how to
write a better resume, and how to let the right people know about you and
your skills."
The Everything Resume Book
3rd Floor 650.14 G72e
This book provides facts on resume basic do's and don'ts. It
contains "over 200 sample resumes", with "eye-catching examples of visual
layouts", and instructions on how to create an electronic resume.
The Global Resume and CV Guide
3rd Floor 650.14 T47g
Find information and employment
advice on "40 different countries, including the United States."
It also includes "resume/CV samples from around the world," as well
as "job sources, Internet sites, work permit/visa requirements, interviewing,
and cultural advice."
How to Say it in Your
Job Search
3rd Floor 650.14 K17h
This book covers information on writing a resume, preparing a scannable
resume, and working with electronic resumes. It also provides information
on writing effective cover letters, using electronic letters, responding to
advertisements, sending unsolicited letters, networking, writing thank you
and follow-up letters, and accepting or declining offers. It also has extensive
coverage of interviews and interviewing
McGraw-Hill's Big
Red Book of Resumes
3rd Floor 650.14 M14m
"McGraw-Hill
has collected more than 300 of the best resumes covering every major career
field." This book is intended to help write the best resume and get that
interview. The book is divided into two areas: crafting a winning resume and
within that the topics of writing a resume, the layout, and the cover letter.
The second part of the book focuses on sample resumes from resumes for people
reentering to resumes that fit a specific career.
Real Resumes for Media,
Newspaper, Broadcasting, & Public Affairs Jobs
3rd Floor 650. 14 R288r
"The Real-Resumes
Series is a series of books which have been developed to target specialized
fields or types of resumes." This edition focuses on the fields of media,
newspaper, broadcasting, and public affairs. The book is divided into two
parts: The first part is on advice about your job hunt and includes topics
such as using you resume, preparing for interviews, and cover letters. The
second part focuses on specific job resumes for people in the field of media
and public affair jobs.
Resumes for Banking
and Financial Careers
3rd Floor 808.0666 R43r
This book provides the elements of a good resume, tips for writing a resume,
an overview of the assembly and layout of a resume, sample resumes, and sample
cover letters.
Resumes for Business
Management Careers
3rd Floor 650.14 R4363
This book covers the fundamentals of creating a "successful resume for
a business professional". Writing tips for a "concise, stylish,
and effective resume" will help in landing a career in business management.
Resumes for Computer
Careers
3rd Floor 650.14 R43r 2002
Resume samples for people looking for a career in the computer field are supplied.
Resumes for
Dummies
3rd Floor 650.14 K35r
Contained here is information on resumes in the new economy, the value of resumes
as sales tools, resume creation, e-resumes and caber resumes, answers to common
questions concerning resumes, examples of first rate resumes, and common myths
and mistakes associated with resume building.
Resumes for Social
Service Careers
3rd Floor 650.14 R4362r
"This practical, up-to-date guide identifies the essential ingredients of
a successful resume for the social service professional". It includes information
on resume layouts and formats, vocabulary tips, and sample resumes.
Resumes that
get Jobs
3rd Floor 650.14 P868r 2002
Everything needed to prepare a resume is included in this book. There
are clear instructions, worksheets, lists of words, examples, and samples
of cover letters.
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Cover
Letter Writing
101 Best .Com Resumes
and Cover Letters
3rd Floor 808.0666 B65o
How to find job openings, inventorying personal skills, resumes, cover
letters, and tips to get hired are provided.
175 High-Impact Cover Letters
3rd Floor 650.14 B360
This volume covers the importance of cover letter, letters to employers,
letters to search firms, advertising response letters, networking letters,
resume letters, thank you letters, and cover letter do's and don'ts.
201 Dynamite Job Search Letters
3rd Floor 650.14 K89t 2001
Key letters for starting your job search, laying the ground work, developing
contacts and job leads, responding to ads, resume letters, follow-up letters,
and thank you letters are included in this volume.
Cover Letters for
Dummies
3rd Floor 650.14 K35c
Included here is information on using cover letters in the new economy,
do's and don'ts in cover letter writing, myths and misconceptions in cover
letter writing, how to write an attention-getting cover letter, letters that
respond to specific needs, cover letter anatomy, and how to initiate and respond
to letters. Also included are tips on working with recruiters, answering job
ads, salary issues, and tips from hiring professionals.
Cover Letters That Knock 'em Dead
3rd Floor 650.14 Y31c
Chapters in this resource include what is a cover letter?, four types of cover
letters, what goes in , what stays out, assembling a cover letter, the final
product, the plan of attack, and sample letters. Additional resources are
listed in the appendix.
The Everything Cover
Letter Book
3rd Floor 650.14 G72ev
This book includes information on cover letter basics, how to correct imperfect
cover letters, resumes, electronic resumes, Internet job searching, interviewing,
examples of cover letters for specific situations, how to respond to classified
advertisements, employment agencies, and networking.
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Interviewing
10 Minute Guide to
Conducting a Job Interview
3rd Floor 658.3112 L33t
This book talks about manager's responsibility of hiring new people, hiring
top-quality people, new ways to hire them, and avoiding hiring mistakes.
100+ Winning Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions
3rd Floor 650.14 H39o
This book "gives the instant answers the serious job seeker is looking
for in preparation for a job interview". The answers have been developed
to project confidence, the tone is positive and upbeat, the answers are easy
to remember, and the questions & answers are realistic.
250 Job Interview
Questions
3rd Floor 650.14 V56t
In addition to providing his top 250 questions, the author talks about
preparing for the interview, setting the tone, interview strategies, clinching
the deal, and the art of negotiation.
Complete Q & A
Job Interview Book
3rd Floor 650.14 A42c
Suggested answers to some of those difficult questions are provided in
this book. It covers educational background, character traits, initiative
and creativity, management ability, experience and training, questions to
ask the interviewer, and salary negotiations.
Everything Job Interview
Book
3rd Floor 650.14 A211e
Types of interviews, steps to interview success, ways to make an impression,
and sample interview questions that may be asked are covered in the volume.
Fearless Interviewing
3rd Floor 658.3112
This volume covers interview fears, skill assessment, what type of
information to gather before an interview, the first twenty seconds of an
interview, answers to common questions, and sample interviews.
Job Interviews for
Dummies
3rd Floor 650.14 K35j
Interview styles, research, rehearsal, appearance, references, expected
scenarios, questions to ask, telephone interviews, possible answers to typical
questions, and interviewer personality types are all chapters included in
this helpful book.
Succeeding at Interviews
3rd Floor 650.14 V51s
This book gives great answers, ask great questions, use proven tips to excel
on the day and get the job offer you want.
It talks about criteria-based interviews, psychometric testing, rapport with
interviewer and interview questions.
Successful Interview
& Beyond
3rd Floor 650.14 P62s
This volume looks at attitude, grooming, appearance, communication skills,
telephone etiquette, listening, the job market, and finally the interview
itself.
How
to Pay for Your Degree in Journalism & Related Fields
3rd Floor 378.3 S33h
This books gives funding ideas for students with a degree in journalism and
related fields. It talks about scholarships, fellowships, loans/forgivable
loans, grants, and awards.
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