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Exploring
Careers Bookstore
Need to
jumpstart your career search? The below books will help you find jobs to match
your personality and interests. You may find it's time for a change.


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100
Best Careers for the 21st Century
by Shelly Field
IDG Books Worldwide, 2000
This carefully researched guide describes scores of attractive job
opportunities in the career areas expected to grow fastest in the first
decade of the next century. Labor and economic trends are analyzed,
essential job skills are reviewed, and one hundred detailed job
evaluations are provided. |
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America's
Top Jobs for People Without a Four-Year Degree: Jobs In All Major
Occupation And Industries
by J. Michael Farr
Jist Works, 1998
Information on growth, earnings, and trends in major industries are
provided in this reference with more than 100 thorough job descriptions.
Special sections discuss career planning and job search techniques. An
appendix is also included with jobs grouped by education and training
required. |
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Career
Smarts: Jobs with a Future
by Martin Yate
Ballantine Books, 1997
This carefully researched guide describes scores of attractive job
opportunities in the career areas expected to grow fastest in the first
decade of the next century. Labor and economic trends are analyzed,
essential job skills are reviewed, and one hundred detailed job
evaluations are provided. |
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Careers
for Nonconformists: A Practical Guide to Finding and Developing a Career
Outside the Mainstream
by Sandra Gurvis
Marlowe & Co, 1999
Occupations that require individualism, creativity, and even
eccentricity are much more common than most people realize. For people
who have never fit the corporate mold and want to go their own route, Careers
for Nonconformists is an essential handbook. |
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Coming
Alive from Nine to Five: The Career Search Handbook
by Betty Neville Michelozzi
Mayfield Publishing Company, 1999
This comprehensive, accessible source draws together the essentials of
career change decision making and helps readers examine the career
search process as it relates to their whole life. It's intended for
anyone searching for meaningful life activities - from students to
retirees and managers of households to managers of corporations. |
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Discover
Your Passion: An Intuitive Search to Find Your Purpose in Life
by Gail A. Cassidy
Tomlynn Publications, 2000
Discover Your Passion is a concise, easy-to-read book for readers who
are looking for personally-satisfying work. Recent graduates, those
dissatisfied with their jobs, those about to return to the job market or
retire from it, or those who are already retired will benefit from
completing the self-assessment exercises provided. |
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Do
What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of
Personality Type
by Paul D. Tieger & Barbara Barron-Tieger
Little Brown, 1995
How well does your personality fit your chosen career? This bestselling
career guide shows people how to determine their personality type and
explains which jobs are best suited to each type. |
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How
to Choose a Career Now That You're All Grown Up: Evaluating Your
Interests, Abilities & Goals to Find the Career That's Right for You
by Anna Mae Walsh Burke
Lifetime Books, 1997
This informative, step-by-step guide for career selection and transition
shows how to identify new career challenges and goals, get a job after a
lifetime of school, and more. |
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Making
a Life, Making a Living: Reclaiming Your Purpose and Passion in Business
and in Life
by Mark S. Albion
Warner Books, 2000
This book addresses four major questions to consider when contemplating
your career choice: Who are you? What do you want? What can you do? and
Where can you go? The author answers those questions using dozens of
inspirational stories and aphorisms from sages as diverse as Mother
Teresa and Lily Tomlin. |
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Occupational
Outlook Handbook 2000-01 Edition
by The United States Department of Labor
NTC/Contemporary Publishing Co., 2000
From aerospace engineer to water treatment plant operator, this latest
edition of the respected reference covers approximately 250 different
occupations, encompassing a vast amount of data on opportunities,
training, qualifications, salaries, working conditions, career
advancement and job outlook. |
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The
Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of
Satisfaction and Success
by Nicholas Lore
Fireside, 1998
Through more than 100 self-tests, exercises, and other diagnostic tools,
this guide helps readers uncover their natural aptitudes, major
interests and values, and ultimate goals. |
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What
Color Is Your Parachute? 2000
by Richard Nelson Bolles, Dick Bolles
Ten Speed Press, 1999
A brand new edition of "the gold standard of career guides"
(Fortune). For nearly 30 years, What Color Is Your Parachute? has been
the guiding light for those in pursuit of satisfying and fulfilling
employment. This year's edition has been completely revised and
rewritten for today's job market. |
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You're
Certifiable: The Alternative Career Guide to More Than 700 Certificate
Programs, Trade Schools, and Job Opportunities
by Lee Naftali, Joel E. Naftali
Fireside, 1999
The first-ever comprehensive directory of certification programs
throughout the country, You're Certifiable provides the
essentials on how to get certified in the career of your choice, how
long it will take, how much it costs, and what to expect once you start
working. |
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Zen
and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career
Design
by Laurence G. Boldt
Penguin USA, 1999
An inventive and down-to-earth career guide, featuring 120 easy-to-use
worksheets. A new vision of work is proposed, helping people recognize
what they really want to do and offering practical suggestions for
finding that work. |
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