Career Planning References
- Cool Careers for Dummies, 2nd Edition:
Is your career path unclear? Are you stuck in a job you hate? Don't worry! This friendly guide helps you think outside the box and find a job you'll actually like. Written by a trio of renowned job-counseling experts (Marty Nemko and Paul and Sarah Edwards), it's like having your very own dream team of coaches! - Changing Careers for Dummies:
Want to make your dream job your real job? If so, this book is for you! In this friendly guide, expert Carol McClelland shows you how to figure out what would REALLY make you happy, then helps you muster up the courage to spring into action and make that dream a reality. - Your Dream Career for Dummies:
Changing careers by choice or due to circumstances beyond your control? Have no fear – this hands-on guide focuses on helping you find a new job, start a business, or return to school in a detailed, step-by-step manner. With concise, eye-opening self-assessments, you'll understand how to assess your current situation, explore various career ideas, and identify ways to utilize your talents and skills in jobs that suit your lifestyle. You'll see how to build a career that lets you express who you are, fulfill your needs and desires, and live the life you want. - Managing Your Career for Dummies:
Career expert Max Messmer shows you step-by-step how to become the CEO of your own career! These pages are brimming with cutting-edge advice on finding the work that you love – whether it involves climbing to the top of the corporate ladder, starting your own company, working from home, or turning your hobby into a career. - Graduate Admissions Essays:
Write Your Way Into the Graduate School of Your Choice, by Donald Asher. - Regional Life Science Employment Directory:
This guide in intended to assist graduates, with a technical degree in the Life Sciences, to secure a fulfilling, full-time position in the industry. The guide is organized by region and it lists the addresses and key contact information of each hiring division rather than a generic listing of corporate headquarters. - Writer's Market:
8,000 Editors Who Buy What You Write. Pay Rates, Royalties and Advances. Publishing opportunities, consumer magazines, trade magazines, book publishers, script buyers, phone & fax numbers, e-mail addresses & websites, specific editorial needs & submission guidelines. - The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century:
Compiled by the acknowledged leaders in environmental career information. This book is a completely revised and updated edition of what has become the standard reference on environmental careers. It is the most comprehensive and reliable resource available for anyone seeking information about environmental career opportunities and how to get started in one.
This book presents:
* A thorough consideration of environmental trends for the 21st century and the likely impact of those trends on career fields
* Valuable tips on career search strategies along with information about education, volunteering, and internships
* Case studies of representative work and individual profiles that give readers an up-close and personal look at a variety of environmental professions
* Resources for further information, including more than 100 of the top Web Sites for the environmental career seeker
Careers researched include:
* Fishery & Wildlife Management
* Parks & Outdoor Recreation
* Air & Water Quality Management
* Education & Communications
* Hazardous Waste Management
* Land & Water Conservation
* Forestry, Planning, and Energy - Peterson's Media Companies:
Hard-to-find industry information, from forecasts to sales rankings, with important company statistics, addresses, websites, and sales figures and overviews on more than 700 public and private media companies worldwide. Information on companies involved in information and entertainment products and services. Advertising, Books, CDs, Film, Internet, Magazines, Newspapers, Radio/TV. - Careers by Design, A Headhunter's Secrets for Success and Survival in Graphic Design:
Table of Contents Includes:
* What is Graphic Design?
* The Structure of Graphic Design
* Identity Design
* Print Design
* Environmental Design
* Promotional Design
* Industrial Design
* Digital and Interactive Design
* Getting Started: How do you get there?
* Your Portfolio
* Hiring Practices
* The Money Question (Salary)
* Moving On: When and How to Leave a Job
* What Kind of Training is Needed?
* Past, Present, and Future - Guide to Selecting and Applying to Master of Social Work Programs, 4th Edition:
Learn about the admissions process from an insider's perspective. You will discover what will help and hurt your chances of being accepted to the school of your choice, and you will find tips on deciding which school is right for you.
Some issues addressed in this book:
* What factors to consider when determining your interests in a school of social work
* What admission committees look for in an applicant
* Whether your GPA and test scores matter
* How to gain social work related experience that will help your application
* Who to ask for letters of reference and who not to ask
* What to include in your personal essay
* Which schools are accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, and why this is important
* Where to find out about social work licensing in your state - Days in the Lives or Social Workers, 2nd Edition (50 Professionals Tell "Real-Life" Stories from Social Work Practice):
Spend a day with Social workers in 50 different settings, and learn about the many career paths available to you.
Table of Contents includes:
* Health Care
* HIV/AIDS
* School Social Work
* Children, Youth, and Families
* Disabilities
* Mental Health
* Substance Abuse
* Private Practice
* Criminal Justice: Working with Offenders and Victims
* Older Adults and the End of Life
* Management
* Higher Education
* International Social Work
* Working in Communities
* Appendix A: Organization of Interest to Social Worker - Careers in Focus Series:
Each book focuses on a specific career area and examines 16-25 careers within that field, covering nature of the work, training and education required, earnings and salary information, opportunities for experience and exploration, advancement, employment outlook, working conditions, and sources of further information.
* Careers in Focus : Writing
* Careers in Focus : Manufacturing
* Careers in Focus : Arts & Entertainment
* Careers in Focus : Environment - Career Opportunities in Theater and Performing Arts:
Intended for anyone seeking a career in theater or the other performing arts, this book is an extremely comprehensive guide to all career paths in the field - not only on stage but also behind the scenes. Includes an extensive set of 17 appendices, providing the names and addresses of institutions offering degree and non-degree programs, workshops, internships, trade associations/unions, theaters, arts councils, and orchestra, ballet and opera companies. An impressively research, in depth effort. - 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For:
This guide profiles 100 non-profit organizations offering good-paying positions in fields ranging from environmental preservation to public television. Includes tips on finding entry level positions, the pros and cons of working for each organization, rating for each organization (on stability, career prospects, pay and benefits and work environment). - Creative Careers in Music:
Talented people of all levels can find careers in today's music industry. From songwriters to producers, solo artists to band members, a wide variety of careers are fully described, showing the skills and training required for each and how to target the right markets and income sources. How to move from fantasizing about working in music to actually doing it, by people in the know. - Career Opportunities in the Music Industry:
An authoritative, comprehensive guide to careers in music-related fields, with information on nearly 100 specific fields. Includes job descriptions and requirements, employment and advancement prospects, salaries for entry level through top-paying posts and a career ladder showing typical career paths for each job. The appendix lists degree and non-degree programs, unions, associations, booking agencies. - Careers in Criminology:
From police officers to forensic scientist and judges, the criminal justice system offers a variety of interesting, promising careers. This new book examines the functions of each job, offers tips to help determine the best career for the individual, and includes interviews with professionals in the field. Highly informative and very up-to-date.
- Career Opportunities in Law Enforcement, Security and Protective Services:
A complete guide to more than 75 exciting careers in Law Enforcement, Security and Protective Services. Detailed position descriptions with salary ranges, special skills and requirements, advancement prospects, unions and associations and special opportunities. Criminal Justice majors may be interested in the following sections of this book:
Police Work ( which includes Deputy U.S. Marshal, FBI Special Agent, DEA Special Agent, Border Patrol and Secret Service); Special Police Units; Forensic Investigations; Private Investigations; Physical Security (includes Security Guard, Security Supervisor, Security Manager); Computer Security; Corrections; Emergency Services. - Career Paths in Psychology:
Subtitled "Where Your Degree Can Take You" this guide offers the perspectives of a variety of psychologists who have achieved great success in a number of areas, explaining how they got into their respective specialties; what they like and don't like about it; what a typical week is like; salaries and job opportunities and much more. Covers school psychology, community psychology, consumer psychology, private practice, industrial/organizational psychology, counseling psychology, clinical psychology, military psychology and more. Most readers will be surprised at the extremely broad range of opportunities open for psychologists. - 50 Cutting Edge Jobs:
Cutting edge jobs are on the cusp of the new economy - shaping the future of their industry and, by extension, the world. They're found in the industries ranging from health care to information technology, travel and the internet, and include job titles such as online journalist, retirement counselor, internet transaction specialist, forensic accountant, and health advocate. This new book includes job outlook projections, salary levels, training requirements, etc., plus personal, on-the-job interview for each job described.
- 100 Jobs in the Environment:
Covers jobs in wildlife (wildlife biologist, nature preserve manager), water quality management and conservation (hydrologist, wastewater engineer), energy sources and conservation ( energy auditor, wind farmer), public action (lobbyist, canvasser), more. - 100 Jobs in Technology:
Covers jobs in on-line services (internet access provider, web page designer), science (genetic research technician, physicist), business (cyber cafe owner, computer sales rep), computers (CD-ROM producer, virtual reality developer) more. - 100 Jobs in Social Change:
Covers opportunities in advocacy (community organizer, lobbying director), social and health services (family shelter director, HIV services counselor), education (guidance counselor, school-to-work coordinator, nonprofit work (fund raiser, recruitment), politics (legislative aide, campaign manager). - 100 Jobs in Words:
Includes jobs in book publishing (acquisitions editor, literary agent) advertising (accountant executive, copywriter), film and TV (scriptwriter, news reporter), nonprofit work (freelance administrator, fundraiser), newspaper and magazines (columnist, feature writer), electronic publishing and more. - The Top 100: Fastest Growing Careers for the 21st Century:
This guide covers the hot new emerging careers and more traditional but rapidly growing careers. Each career article includes comprehensive information on earnings, training and education requirements, conditions of work and advancement opportunities. 400 pages of concise information. - 100 Best Careers for Writer and Artists:
Shelly Field is one of a handful of career authors who consistently produce outstanding books, and this title is no exception. Profiling all the best job opportunities in communications and the arts, Field covers job responsibilities, salaries, educational and training requirements. Among the glamorous fields covered are theater arts, fashion, TV, film, advertising, journalism, publishing and more. - Top 2500 Employers 2000:
What a better place to start a job search than with the 2500 fastest-growing public and private companies - enterprises that employ millions of people in every job area from accounting to marketing to sales? This new guide gives contact information with names of the top hiring executives, gives "snapshots" describing the company's main product or service, cites the hottest career-oriented websites and includes a variety of indexes for fast, targeted searches. - Great Jobs For........Series:
This extremely popular series is authoritative and comprehensive.
* Great Jobs for Accounting Majors
* Great Jobs for Anthropology Majors
* Great Jobs for Biology Majors
* Great Jobs for Computer Science Majors
* Great Jobs for Economics Majors
* Great Jobs for English Majors
* Great Jobs for Geology Majors - Major In Success:
Make college easier, beat the system, and get a very cool job. You can excel in school and turn your dreams into career possibilities by following Patrick Comb's simple, step-by-step suggestions. This readable guide will walk you through: Setting up informational interviews; finding classes worth their weight in gold on the job market; hot tips for overcoming fears, ways to turn mistakes into breakthroughs and much, much more. - Best Jobs for the 21st Century:
The "best" jobs for you is a personal decision. But objective criteria can be used to identify jobs that are, for example, better paying than other jobs with similar duties. This book provides that type of information.