To be
really well prepared for a job interview you need to have good questions to
ask, as well as effective answers to the employer’s queries. This book has questions in every category
from The Job to The
Company to The Industry to The
One Question You Should Always Ask.
There is
excellent advice here. Perhaps most
importantly (and good for a laugh), there are examples of Asking It Badly — ways to inquire which will make almost sure that you don’t get the job — and may get you thrown out of the office. Overall, this is the best book I have seen
on a very important topic.
…STBR
…Did you know that
the highest-paying job that requires long-term, on-the-job training(but no
degree) is securities, commodities, and financial services sales agent? Did you
know that Bus Driver is #7 on the list of best-paying part-time jobs?
This easy to
browse guide allows you to glance at various categories by state, income,
education, personality type, growth, openings and more…then provides a brief
description of the “500 Best Jobs for the 21st Century”
This book
is part literature, part personal philosophy
It is not a manual for immediate problem-solving. It is an evocative and insightful
exploration of the rich diversity of human qualities, from Beauty to
Compassion, from Pleasure to Terror, from Resignation to Joy.
Author: Tom Peters
Publisher: Knopf
Price: $ 15.95
If Dilbert
and Tom Peters ever attended the same party, they'd probably find themselves in
opposite corners. The cynical cartoon character would have a hard time in
Peters's upbeat, high-energy world of "Cool-Beyond-Belief." The Brand
You 50 is Peters's manifesto for today's knowledge workers
Career
Anchors: Discovering Your Real Values
Author:
Edgar Schein
Publisher:
Pfeiffer & Co.
Price:
$16.00
In
many cases, people select a career for all the wrong reasons, and find their
responses to the workplace are incompatible with their true values. This
situation results in feelings of unrest and discontent and in lost
productivity. To help people avoid these problems, the newly-revised Career Anchors is designed
to help people uncover their real values and use them to make better career
choices.
The Career Counselor’s
Handbook, Howard Figler & Richard Bolles $17.95
…STBR
Career X-Roads: The
Directory to Job, Resume, and Career Management Sites on the Web
Author: Gerry Crispin and Mark Mehler
Publisher: MMC Group
Price: $26.95
·
You should take full
advantage of the Internet to aid in your job search. This book:
·
Evaluates 500 sites,
·
Selects 50 sites as
“best of the best” for job-seekers and recruiters,
·
Shows thousands more
sites in the index, and
·
Provides tips and
advice from experts in the field.
…STBR
Author: William Bridges
Publisher: Perseus Press
A
follow-up to Jobshift. Helps readers identify their 'D.A.T.A.'--desires,
abilities, temperament, and assets--and how to parlay that information into a
workable career plan.
Authors: Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger
Publisher: Little, Brown
Price: $18.95
For
over 10 years, Do What You Are has helped hundreds of thousands of people find
the job that suits their personality type best. Using workbook exercises, the
book provides specific job search strategies, including information on how to
harness the power of the Internet to conduct the most efficient and effective
job search. It lists the wide array of occupations that are popular with your
personality type, including today's hottest career tracks in growth areas such
as e-commerce, biotechnology, new media, and telecommunications. Throughout,
the authors provide savvy career advice and highlight the strengths and
pitfalls of each personality type with real-life examples
Do What You Love For
The Rest Of Your Life, Bob Griffiths, $ 24.95
…STBR
Don’t Send a Resume:
And Other Contrarian Rules to Help Land a Great Job
Publisher: Hyperion
Price: $16.95
The old
rules--such as relying on classified ads and just one resume--no longer work,
according to marketing consultant Fox (How to Become a Rainmaker). Instead,
people must target companies and connect with executives, not HR staff, he
says. Fox discourages readers from endlessly submitting resumes, since the best
results come from contacts and new leads. While his advice is familiar, he
offers enough new strategies to make this book worthwhile
Entrepreneur Magazines
Small Business Advisor by Andi Axman ($29.95)
…STBR
The Everything Cover
Letter Book, Steven Graber $12.95
…STBR
Executive Job-Changing Work Book, by John Lucht
Worth
a look and can help develop a more effective campaign. Information includes how to eliminate
potential negative (p. 24), such as lack of a college degree, being severely
overweight, reference problems (deserved or not), foreign accent, age,
etc. There are also an interview
de-briefer (p. 225 ff.), interview questions, and “red flag” answers (p. 216),
plus more tips.
GED Success Prep Kit
($19.95)
…STBR
General Test Practice for 101 U.S. Jobs 5th
Edition by ARCO ($12.95)
…STBR
…STBR
Author: Bob Buford
Publisher: Zondervan Publishing
Price: $12.99
Advice
on transitioning through midlife and “what do I want to do with the rest of my
life”.
Headhunters Revealed
Author: Darrell W.
Gurney
Publisher: Hunter
Arts Publishing
Price: $14.95
Written by
an industry native, cuts away the myths and misconceptions of the recruiting
world and reveals everything about the mind and mechanics of search
professionals- things they do and don’t want you to know.
The Inventurers - Excursions In Life And Career Renewal.
Publisher: Perseus Press
Price: $14.00
A guide for individuals and
organizations to the current workplace, where secure jobs are increasingly
being replaced by temporary, free-lance assignments and consulting positions,
offers strategies for surviving and prospering amid the turbulence.
Author: Martin John Yate
Publisher: Adams Media
Price: $12.95
Provides
answers to scores of the most difficult interview questions along with advice
on every aspect of today’s job search. Plus up-to-date advice on recent
developments in the job market.
Also by Yate, and equally as
useful:
Price: $10.95
Price: $10.95
Lessons
from the Top: The Search for American Best Business Leaders
Author:
Thomas J. Neff and James M. Citrin
Publisher:
Currency Doubleday
Price:
$24.95
The
strategies, methods and motivational tools the most successful business leaders
in America use to help make their companies great.
The Lift-Your-Spirits
Quote Book, Allen Klein
Sometimes it just helps to pop in some fresh
thoughts and ideas to break the trance and get a different perspective on our
life in this moment…Klein can.
The McGraw-Hill Guide to Starting Your Own Business –
A Step-by-Step Blueprint for the First-Time
Entrepreneur. By Stephen C. Harper
Make Your Contacts
Count: Networking Know How for Cash, Clients, and Career Success
Author: Anne Baber, Lynne Waymon
Publisher: AMACOM
Price: $14.95
Setting up a
network of contacts is the single most important thing people can do to protect
and advance their careers. All businesspeople, no matter what they do for a
living, can use networking know-how to reach their goals, and this book is the
best place to start. Filled with quizzes, checklists, and sample conversations,
the book opens with a Strategic Networking Activities self-assessment test and
lets readers chart their increasing skills as they master the strategies needed
to effectively build business relationships.
Making
a Living While Making a Difference
Author:
Melissa Everett
Publisher:
New Society
Price:
$17.95
As business
and society continue to place greater emphasis on social and environmental
responsibility, opportunities for career-seekers with a conscience have never
been better. This book updates
the rapidly expanding career opportunities in socially responsible and green
business, industry, commerce, and non-profits.
This companion
book to LHH’s Mind Your Own Business Seminar will give the kind of information
that can clarify the decision-making process if you are considering starting
your own business… Easily understood with helpful guidelines and practical
exercises.
Author: Jack Chapman
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Price: $12.95
Teaches you when to bring up
the salary issue, how to respond to interviewers' offers, and simple strategies
that can help you double your salary. For the already employed, he also covers
how to make the most of raises and salary reviews, and much more.
New
Leadership 101, John C. Maxwell
John
Maxwell brings a positive and collaborative emphasis to leadership… this book
is filled with the kind of information that can retrain the brain to reframe
without shame… and brings along a positive gain!!!
Occupational
Outlook Handbook 2002-2003, U.S. Department of Labor $16.95
…STBR
Author: David Keirsey
Publisher: Promesus Nemesis Book Co.
Price: $11.95
A quick introduction to
personality typing the Myers-Briggs way. Useful for career search and
communicating with others… Helpful to understand our co-workers, spouses, and or
other playmates… Different is just different…not wrong!
Power
Networking Second Edition : 59 Secrets for Personal & Professional Success
Author:
Donna Fisher
Publisher:
Bard Press
Price:
$14.95
Teaches the
reader powerful secrets to creating personal and professional networks, with a
self-assessment quiz to get started and several methods of eliminating the
roadblocks on the path to successful networking
Postal Exams - The Book
of U.S. Postal Exams by Veltisezar Bautista ($21.95)
Author: John Lucht
Publisher: Viceroy Press
Price: $29.95
Lucht offers inside tips on the
basic routes to a new executive-level position: personal contacts, networking,
executive recruiters, and the Web. One of the more frequently asked for titles
by clients. However, not entirely
consistent with LHH’s productivity model--heavy emphasis on direct mail.
Author: John Lucht
Publisher: Owlet
Price: $29.95
The workbook to help with the
homework in Rites of Passage.
SATs
- Ten Real SAT’s by The College Board ($118.95)
Planning
to take the SATs for College entrance requirements? Here’s the real deal that
will get you used to what the tests are really like… great practice and to get
past wondering what to expect…
The
Secrets of Executive Search ... Professional Strategies for Managing Your
Personal Job Search
Author:
Robert Melancon
Publisher:
Melancon & Company
Price:
$24.95
The
Secrets of Executive Search breaks down the search process into each of its
component pieces from resume development to offer negotiations, offering the
reader constructive help in each area while providing light anecdotal stories
from Melancon's experiences as an executive recruiter
Seven
Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
Author:
Stephen Covey
Publisher:
Simon & Schuster
Price:
$14.00
Stephen
Covey, an internationally respected leadership authority, realizes that true
success encompasses a balance of personal and professional effectiveness, so
this book is a manual for performing better in both arenas. His anecdotes are
as frequently from family situations as from business challenges.
Targeting the Job You
Want
Author: Kate
Wendleton
Publisher: Career
Press
Price: $12.99
Helps people figure out who they are, what they
enjoy doing, and what they want to do with their lives. The new
Third Edition includes complete information and advice on using the Internet to
find out about industries, research companies, and identify decision-makers.
Transitions,
William Bridges; $15.00
…Bridges
chose to make a transition…and still ended up feeling confused, uncertain, and
in chaos. He shares this experience and also the greater dynamics of what
transitions are about… the ‘bridges’ between the “Ending” and the “Beginning.”
Includes anecdotal info from members in a transition group.
We
Are All Self-Employed, Cliff Hakim; $24.95
Gone
are the days of company loyalty, this book challenges readers to think and act
like the self-employed. The book compares the ‘employed’ vs. the
‘self-employed’ attitudes and clearly describes the benefits of adopting a
self-employed attitude, regardless of your current working situation.
The author provides strategies for developing and sustaining a self-employed
attitude and describes how to be accountable for your own career management and
success for the long haul.
Weddle’s Job
Seeker’s Guide to Employment Web Sites (Annual)
Author:
Peter Weddle
Publisher:
AMACOM
Price:
$12.95
This
handy reference carefully, thoughtfully handpicks the best of the 100,000-odd
employment-related Web sites currently available.
Author: Richard Nelson Bolles
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Price: $13.95
In the words of Fortune
magazine, this is "the gold standard of career guides". Need we say more?
Author: Spencer
Johnson
Publisher: Putnam
Price: $19.95
A
guide to accepting and dealing with change in work and life. Uses a parable
about two little mice trying to get through a maze and look for cheese to
represent the trial most people go through in search of rewards like a loving
relationship, health, peace of mind, or another heart's desire.
Author: Caela Farren
Publisher: Bard Press
Price: $24.95
Using
the Web of Work concept to explain how professionals, industries,
organizations, and jobs evolve interactively, this breakthrough book teaches
you to anticipate how the technological advances you read about every day will
ultimately affect you and your work.
Win
/ Win Career Negotiations, Peter Goodman $ 15.00
…Clarity…
Communication… “Say it Now”… working toward collaboration in life and the work
environment… Goodman guides toward positive outcomes for all with a practical
realism worth trying.
The
Wisdom of No Escape and The Path of Loving-Kindness,
Pema Chodron; $10.00
Two
wonderful books about coming to grips with transitions and difficult
situations. Chodron combines differing spiritual perspectives to provide a
practical guide and understanding about Life and a meditative approach to
acceptance and present-moment living.