Cenedella, Marc
"The Top 10 Blunders of Online Job Hunters"
The Wall Street Journal's CareerJournal.com - www.careerjournal.com
Ibarra & Lineback
"What's Your Story?"
Harvard Business Review, January 2005
Outstanding article on telling your story during a career change.
BOOKS
Boldt, L.
How To Find The Work You Love
Penguin Books, 1996
Bolles, Richard Nelson
What Color Is Your Parachute 2007?: A Practical Manual for Job-hunters And Career Changes
Practical guidance. A classic. Explains the "hidden job market" well.
Ten Speed Press, Revised edition, 2006
Job Shift: How to Prosper in a Workplace without Jobs
Argues that our information-based economy demands more flexible employment models. Shows that traditional jobs - daily 9-to-5 duties, base salary with benefits, defined careers paths - are headed for extinction. Proposes a futuristic career blueprint to carry workers into the 21st century.
Perseus Books Group, 2000
Butler, Timothy
Getting Unstuck: How Dead Ends Become New Paths
Harvard Business School Press; 1st edition, 2007
Cohen, William A.
Break The Rules And Get A Great Job
Prentice Hall Art, 2001
Edwards, P. & S.
Finding Your Perfect Work
Penguin Putnam, 2003
Figler, Howard
Complete Job-Search Handbook: Everything You Need To Know To Get The Job You Really Want
Top notch job search advice, easy-to-read writing style. Author appreciates greatly the value of generalist educations and backgrounds.
Owl Books, Third edition, 1999
Gardella, Robert
The Harvard Business School Guide to Finding Your Next Job
Harvard Business School Press, 2000
George, Laura
Excuse Me, Your Job Is Waiting: Attract the Work You Want
Hampton Roads Publishing Company, Inc., 2007
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss
Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End
Crown Business, 2004
Kaplan, Robbi Miller
How to Say It In Your Job Search
Provides guidance on cover letters, resumes, and interviews.
Prentice Hall Press, First edition, 2001
Kaplan, Robbie Miller
The Whole Career Sourcebook
Discussion of the job skills and careers in greatest demand. Includes innovative ways to uncover job leads and provides advice on career development.
AMACOM, 1991
Kennedy Information
The Directory of Executive Recruiters 2003 (32nd Ed)
The largest recruiter directory of recruiting firms and individual recruiters in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico. Search by career specialty and geographic areas.
Lancaster, Hal
Promoting Yourself: 52 Lessons for Getting to the Top and Staying There
Free Press, 2004
Lassiter, Pam
The New Job Security
Ten Speed Press, 2002
MacKay, Harvey
We Got Fired! And It's the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Us
Ballantine Books, 2004
Morris, III, Thomas W.
Career Mechanics I: Solutions to Common Career & Employment Issues
Author approaches subject from four points of view - job seekers, employed professionals, hiring managers, and career coaches.
Tal San Publishing - Bramor Distributing, 2006
Musich, Susan & Schlesinger, Eric S.
Sams Teach Yourself 3-Job Hunting Today
Excellent guide to online job search research.
Sams Publishing, 2000.
Musich, Susan; Borchard, David; & Bonner, Cheryl
Your Career Planner
General guide through your search for a satisfying career.
Kendall / Hunt Publishing Company, Ninth edition, 2005
Reynolds, Smooch S.
Be Hunted! 12 Secrets to Getting on the Headhunter's Radar Screen
Wiley, First edition, 2001
Ryan, Robin
60 Seconds & You're Hired
Penguin (Non-Classics), Updated edition, 2000
Simonsen, Peggy
Career Compass
How to replace old employment concepts with a dynamic new paradigm that will define your career success in the bold business frontier of the future.
Davies-Black Publishing, 2000
Waldroop, James; Butler, Timothy
The 12 Bad Habits That Hold Good People Back: Overcoming the Behavior Patterns That Keep You From Getting Ahead
Currency; Reprint edition, 2001
Weddle's - www.weddles.com - telephone 317-916-9424
Weddle's 2007/8 Guide to Employment Related Internet Sites
Weddle's 2007/8 Guide to Employment Sites on the Internet
Weddle's 2007/8 Guide to Association Web Sites
2007
Wendleton, Kate
Targeting The Job You Want
This Five O'clock Club Series book discusses changes in the job market and career makeovers. Guidance for self-understanding, developing a career plan, brainstorming possible careers, matching them to your values, needs and interests, targeting and researching an industry or company, and developing a marketing plan.
Thomson Delmar Learning, Third edition, 2000
Wendleton, Kate
Job-Search Secrets That Have Helped Thousands of Members (Five O'Clock Club)
How to get meetings with the right people, beat out the competition, and negotiate the best salary.
Five O'clock Books, 1996
Online Resources
All Job Search - www.alljobsearch.com
America's Career InfoNet - www.acinet.org
America's Job Bank - www.ajb.org
American University's School of International Studies Career Center - www.american.edu/careercenter/students/career/SIS_sites.html#general
Excellent list of companies and organizations with hyperlinks to each
BlueSteps - www.BlueSteps.com
The Association of Executive Search Consultants provides this service for retained executive search firms that are looking for experienced executives.
For a fee, you can make your "Executive Profile" and resume available to member firms. Other services offered.
Business.com - www.business.com
Directory of U.S. businesses organized by type with links to the companies
BusinessJournal - www.bizjournals.com
Published in many U.S. cities. In DC area, Washington Business Journal has good leads on government contract awards.
In addition to business news, these publications list jobs, job fair schedules, and networking events. You can subscribe via e-mail for free.
BusinessWeek - www.businessweek.com
Magazine and website are excellent sources of job search leads and advice
Career Babe - www.careerbabe.com
Career Explorer - www.careerexplorer.net/
CareerJournal of The Wall Street Journal - www.careerjournal.com
Magazine Free website with excellent advice on the job search, including salary information - one of the best.
They also have a good job board that enables you to search for jobs by key word, location, profession, and other factors.
Career Pro News - www.careerpronews.com
Career Resources - www.careerresources.com
CareerXRoads - www.CareerXRoads.com
Free job board; but very few jobs listed
Interesting articles and information on employment trends
Free monthly e-mail newsletter
DogFriendly.com - www.dogfriendly.com/server/general/workplace/
Over 370 employers listed by state; No actual job openings listed, but there are hyperlinks to the companies' websites
Also offers "Guidelines for Allowing Dogs In Your Workplace"
GCS - www.gcsplacement.com
Website includes temporary and fulltime jobs (free access). Primarily contract and procurement jobs in government and commercial contracts.
Fast Company - www.fastcompany.com
Magazine and website offering good information and resources, including "Interactive Directory of Companies"
Foreign Policy Association - www.fpa.org
Excellent website for jobs that interest foreign affairs professionals.
Free weekly Global Jobs Newsletter via e-mail.
Fortune Magazine - www.fortune.com
Free access to much of site, but some sections (like the famous 500) require subscription
Great articles on business trends, excellent small business section on website
Google Base - Jobs - http://base.google.com
Government Executive - www.govexec.com
Magazine available by subscription only, not at newsstands
Includes useful articles on government contractors and contracting trends, an annual list of the top 200 USG contractors, as well as guide to who's who in technology contractors.
Publishes a retirement-related column every Friday available by free e-mail subscription
International Career Employment Weekly - www.internationaljobs.org
Weekly newspaper has 500+ job vacancies. Includes some jobs in U.S. and a lot overseas.
Subscription charge reasonable. You can check out some ads for free on the website, but, to see all, you must subscribe.
Job Hunters Bible - www.jobhuntersbible.com
The website of Richard Bolles, the author of What Color Is Your Parachute?
Job-O-Magic - www.jobomagic.com
Directory of job boards to help you find the right ones for your profession and location
Also rates job boards in terms of effectiveness
Leaders Online / Careers - www.businessweek.com/careers/
MBA-Exchange.com - www.MBA-Exchange.com
Offers career tools and connections, articles on industries and corporations
MilitaryHire - http://www.militaryhire.com/
Offers a monthly newsletter and information on companies currently hiring.
Monster - www.monster.com
THE biggest job board; free access
Also offers job search advice, including good interview exercises
Part Time Careers - http://www.ratracerebellion.com/HBCareers.htm
Simply Hired - www.SimplyHired.com
Job board on which you can search for jobs at dog-friendly companies: www.SimplyHired.com/DogFriendly, searchable by keyword or location
For each job, they provide a connection to www.payscale.com for salary research on that type of job and to www.linkedin.com for networking with that company's employees
6FigureJobs.com - www.6FigureJobs.com
U.S. Chamber of Commerce - www.uschamber.com
Directory of chambers in U.S. plus a directory for Chambers abroad
Individual Chamber websites often have reports on local economy plus hyperlinks to local employment commissions, business organizations, and companies
University of California at Berkeley - http://career.berkeley.edu/major/major.stm
University of Manitoba - http://umanitoba.ca/student/counselling/resources/
Virtual Career Information Center - www.communitylibrary.org/careers/CareerWelcome.html
Weedles - http://www.weddles.com/
Free bi-weekly newsletter about internet resources for successful job search and career management
WetFeet, Inc. - www.WetFeet.com
Offers helpful articles career tools
Sells "insider guides" on various topics such as "25 Top Consulting Firms," "Advertising & Public Relations," "Job Hunting A to Z", and "Real Estate"
Women In International Security - http://wiis.georgetown.edu/
Excellent job listings for WIIS members
Also excellent networking opportunities
Yahoo! Hot Jobs - www.yahoohotjobs.com
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