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Books About:

• CAREER EXPLORATION
EMPLOYMENT TRENDS
CONDUCTING JOB SEARCHES
INTERVIEWING
• BOOKS WITH COMPANY INFORMATION
CREATING RESUMES, COVER LETTERS, AND JOB SEARCH CORRESPONDENCE

Other Resources:

DIRECTORIES
PERIODICALS
• REPORTS
SOFTWARE
• EQUIPMENT
VIDEOS
OUT-OF-TOWN COMMUNITY INFORMATION

[Click on a resource in the index on the left to jump to that section]

BOOKS ABOUT CAREER EXPLORATION

A Guide to 200 Hospital Careers
America's Top Medical, Education, & Human Service Jobs
- Farr
America's Top Jobs for People Without Degrees - Farr
America's Top Jobs for People Without Four-Year Degree
America's Top Military Careers
- Farr
America's Top Jobs for College Graduates - Farr
America's Top Office, Management, Sales and Professional Jobs - Farr
America's Fastest Growing Jobs - Farr
America's Federal Jobs
America's Top 300 Jobs
Career America
Career Guide to America's Top Industries
Career Success Kit -
Hess
Careers for Animal Lovers & Other Zoological Types - Miller
Careers for Bookworms & Other Literary Types - Elberts & Gisler
Careers for Born Leaders & Other Decisive Types - Camenson
Careers for Car Buffs & Other Freewheeling Types - Lee & Lee
Careers for Caring People & Other Sensitive Types - Paradis
Careers for Computer Buffs & Other Technological Types - Eberts & Gisler
Careers for Courageous People & Other Adventurous Types - Goldberg
Careers for Crafty People & Other Dexterous Types - Rowh
Careers for Culture Lovers & Other Artsy Types - Eberts & Gisler
Careers for Cybersurfers & Other Online Types - Eberts & Kelsey
Careers for Enviromental Types & Others Who Respect the Earth - Kinney & Fasulo
Careers for Financial Mavens & Other Money Movers - Eberts & Gisler
Careers for Foreign Language Aficionados & Other Multilingual Types - Seelye & Day
Careers for Good Samaritans & Other Humanitarian Types - Eberts & Gisler
Careers for High-Energy People & Other Go-Getters - Eberts, Gisler & Gisler
Careers for Health Nuts & Other's Who Like to Stay Fit - Camenson
Careers for Introverts & Other Solitary Types - Camenson
Careers for Kids at Heart & Others Who Adore Children - Eberts & Gisler
Careers for Legal Eagles & Other Law-and-Order Types - Camenson
Careers for Music Lovers & Other Tuneful Types - Johnson
Careers for Nature Lovers & Other Outdoor Types - Miller
Careers for Self Starters & Other Entrepreneurial Types - Camenson
Careers for Shutterbugs & Other Candid Types - McLean
Careers for Sports Nuts & Other Athletic Types - Heitzmann
Careers for Talkative Types & Others with the Gift of Gab - Eberts & Gisler
Career Guide to America's Industries
College Majors and Careers -
Phifer
Do What You Are - Tieger & Barron-Tieger
Dictionary of Occupational Titles
Dictionary of Holland Occupational Codes

Earning and Learning - Bennett
Exploring Health Care Careers Volume 1 & 2
Exploring Tech Careers Volume 1 & 2
Great Jobs for Accounting Majors -
Goldberg
Great Jobs for Art Majors - Camenson
Great Jobs for Business Majors - Lambert
Great Jobs for Communications Major - Camenson
Great Jobs for Computer Science Majors - Goldberg
Great Jobs for Engineering - Garner
Great Jobs for English Majors - DeGalan & Lambert
Great Jobs for Foreign Language Majors - DeGalan & Lambert
Great Jobs for History Majors - DeGalan & Lambert
Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors - Camenson
Great Jobs for Math Majors - Lambert & DeCotis
Great Jobs for Music Majors - Goldberg
Great Jobs for Political Science Majors - Rowh
Great Jobs for Psychology Majors - DeGalan & Lambert
Great Jobs for Sociology Majors - Lambert
Great Jobs for Theater Majors - Goldberg
Nursing Job Guide
Occupational Outlook Handbook
Opportunities in Accounting Careers - Rosenburg
Opportunities in Automotive Service Careers - Weber
Opportunities in Biological Science Careers - Winter
Opportunities in Business Management Careers - Place
Opportunities in Commercial Art and Graphic Design Careers - Gordan
Opportunities in Computer Maintenance Careers - Kanter
Opportunities in Computer Systems Careers - Burns
Opportunities in Data and Word Processing Careers
- Munday
Opportunities in Detailing Careers
Opportunities in Electronics Careers -
Rowth
Opportunities in Engineering Careers - Basta
Opportunities in Eye Care Careers - Beilikoff
Opportunities in Financial Careers - Sumichrast
Opportunities in Fitness Careers - Miller
Opportunities in Parmedical Careers - Kacen
Opportunities in Pharmacy Careers - Gable
Opportunities in Health and Medical Careers - Snook, Jr & D'Orazio
Opportunities in Hospital Administration Careers - Snook, Jr
Opportunities in Human Management Careers - Traynor & McKenzie
Opportunities in Information Systems Careers - Hoyt
Opportunities in International Business Careers - Arpan
Opportunities in Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Careers - Stinchcomb
Opportunities in Marketing Careers - Steinburg
Opportunities in Medical Sales Careers - Ellis
Opportunities in Medical Technology Careers - Karni
Opportunities in Nursing Careers - Frederickson
Opportunities in Occupational Therapy Careers - Weeks
Opportunities in Office Occupations - Ettinger
Opportunities in Paralegal Careers - Fins
Opportunities in Printing Careers - Borowsky
Opportunities in Property Management Careers - Evans
Opportunities in Psychology Careers - Super
Opportunities in Public Health Careers - Pickett
Opportunities in Purchasing Careers - Banning
Opportunities in Real Estate Careers - Evans
Opportunities in Research and Development Careers - Goldberg
Opportunities in Retailing Careers - Dolber
Opportunities in Sales Careers - Brescoll & Dohm
Opportunities in Secretarial Careers - Ettinger
Opportunities in Social Science Careers - Marek
Opportunities in Sports Medicine Careers - Heitzmann
Opportunities in Speech-Language Pathology Careers - Hicks
Opportunities in Teaching Careers - Fine
Opportunities in Training and Development Careers - Gordon, Petrini & Campagna
Opportunities in Welding Careers - Rowe
Opportunities in Word Processing Careers - Munday
The American Almanac of Jobs and Salaries - Wright
The Complete Guide for Occupational Exploration
The Enhanced Guide for Occupational Exploration
The JobBank Guide to Computer & High-Tech Companies

The Nurse's Career Guide - Eagles
The Intenet: A Tool for Career Planning - Harris-Bowlsbey, Dikel, & Sampson Jr.
The Job Hunter's Word Finder - Bluemond
The O*Net Dictionary of Occupational Titles - Farr & Ludden
Who Do You Think You Are - Harary & Donahue
VGM's Handbook of Health Care Careers Second Edition
Your Career How To Make It Happen
- Julie Griffin Levitt


BOOKS ABOUT CONDUCTING JOB SEARCHES

The Complete Job Search Handbook - Figler
The Complete Job Search Organizer - O'Brien
Executive Etiquette - Stewart & Faux
Getting the Job You Really Want - Farr
Government Job Finder - Lauber
Guerilla Tactics in the New Job Market - Jackson
The Guide to Internet Job Searching - Public Library Association
Hook Up, Get Hired! - Kennedy
How to Hit the Ground Running in Your New Job - Clemens & Dolph
The Ivy Tech Career Guide
Job Finding Fast - Farr
The Job Hunting Handbook - Dahlstrom & Co.
The Job Search Handbook - Bayer
Knock `Em Dead: The Ultimate Job Seeker's Handbook - Yale
Non-Profit Job Finder - Lauber
Power Schmoozing - Mandell
Professional's Private Sector Job Finder - Lauber
Red Socks Don't Work - Karpinski
Researching Your Way to a Good Job - Crowther
Successful Job Search Strategies for the Disabled - Allen
Through the Brick Wall - Weudleton
What Color is Your Parachute? - Bolles
Job Strategies for People with Disabilities - Witt
Federal Jobs in Law Enforcement - Warner


BOOKS ABOUT CREATING RESUMES, COVER LETTERS, AND JOB SEARCH CORRESPONDENCE

200 Letters for Job Hunters - Frank
201 Killer Cover Letters - Podestra & Paxton
Cover Letters for Dummies - Kennedy
Dynamite Cover Letters - Krannich
Electronic Resumes - Gonyea & Gonyea
Gallery of Best Resumes for Two-Year Colleges - Noble
High Impact Resumes & Letters - Krannich
National Business Employment Weekly Resumes
Resume for Dummies
- Kennedy
Resume for Health and Medical Careers - VGM
Resume & Job Search Pro
The Resume Solution - Swanson

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BOOKS ABOUT INTERVIEWING

101 Dynamite Questions to Ask at Your Job Interview - Fein
Best Answers to the 201 Frequently Asked Interview Questions - DeLuca
Fashion Interviewing Technology
Information Interviewing
- Stoodley
Job Interviews for Dummies - Kennedy
Negotiating Your Salary - Chapman
New Women's Dress for Success - Molloy
Out-Interviewing the Interviewer - Merman & McLaughlin
Successful Interviewing and Resumes - Perrin & Dublin
Sweaty Palms - Medley

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BOOKS ON EMPLOYMENT TRENDS

JobShift - Bridges
The End of Work - Rifkin
Zen and the Art of Making a Living - Boldt

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BOOKS WITH COMPANY INFORMATION

Hoover's Top 2,500 Employers
Job Hotlines USA

The 1997 National Job Hotline - Williams- Cubbage

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PERIODICALS

Black Employment & Education Journal
Fast Company
Hispanic Business
Job Choices
Journal of Career Planning


REPORTS

Career Services Annual Report - Ivy Tech Community College
Job Service Openings and Starting Wages Report - Indiana Workforce Development
Indiana Employment Review
Kennedy's Career Strategies
Salary Survey
- NACE
Spot Light on Career Services
The Graduate Report
- Ivy Tech Community College

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SOFTWARE

201 Killer Cover Letter Examples

Adams Job Interview Pro

Career Success Kit - Hess CD-ROM

Chronicle Career Development CD-ROM

This CD-ROM provides an overview of 600 occupations. Occupational information contained on this CD-ROM includes the work performed,the working conditions, salary ranges, education and training, personal qualifications, licenses, unions, or professional organizations associated with the occupation, types of employers, employment outlook, entry methods, and advancement opportunities.

Discover - A World of Possibilities

Discover is a computer-based career planning program which includes interest, ability, values, and experience inventories. It aids in developing a list of occupations to explore, of identifying majors related to specific occupations. It has a database of 497 occupations and 7000 schools. Finanacial aid information and information about how to get a job is also avaliable.

Electronic Resume Writing

Encyclopedia of Careers & Vocational Guidance

The encyclopedia has 2000 job titles contained in 521 occupations articles. It is easly organized for users to access information on occupational earnings, work conditions, employment and advancement opportunities, education/training requirments, day-to-day tasks, and more. Include references and information on 68 industries and resources on training programs, internships, and apprenticeships.

Hoover's Top 2,500 Employers

Multimedia Study Skills

This software allows the user the options of exploring a specific study skill needing improvement or completing the full program for a detailed lesson on how they can improve their study habits and grades. They may then return to individual sections of the program to review information or re-execute practice exercises. The CD-ROM is organized into two modules: study skills and test preparation. Subjects include learning styles, study times, assignment notebooks and calendars, note taking techniqques, reading, listening, remembering, and the 4 A's to test taking and test taking strategies.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator & Career Report

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is a personality inventory. The results of this inventory classify an individual's personality type. Type information then can be used to gain insight about self and others, to aid in decision making regarding business, career, or personal concerns, and to assist when wanting to improve work and personal relationships.

O*NET

O*NET descibes and classifies occupational information. 1200 job descriptions covering all major jobs and almost 100% of the labor market are included. Information can be found searching for the occupational title or through skills requirments.

Occupational Outlook Handbook

This software allows individuals to find a weath of information on over 1000 specific occupations. Information includes future job outlook, length of trining, skills, activities, suggested classes, and other important information about each career in the database. The system also allows you to search for occupations in the database by title, by interests and skills, or by individual topics such as employment outlook, salary, etc.

ProCD Business Listings of the U.S.

Resume Maker

Self-Directed Search

The Self-Directed Search is an inventory used to help match personality types with the kinds of careers and work enviroments that might suit their interests and skills.

The CPA Sourcedisc

Who Do You Think You Are? CD-ROM

A multimedia system of self-discovery which utilizes a personality test. Upon completion of the profile, instant feedback is provided regarding your expessive, interpersonal, work, emotional, and intellectual syles.

WinWay Resume

World Wide Web

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VIDEOS

A Two-Way Street: Interview Skills in Action
Career America - Career Opportunity with Federal Government
Career America - Student Employment Programs
Creating a Résumé
Effective Resumes - Reading Between the Lines
Heavy Metal Hot Careers in Welding
Informational Interviewing: A Foot In The Door
Interview to Win Your First Job
Looking Sharp: Practical Tips on Dressing for Success
Looking Sharp: Practical Tips on Grooming for Success
Nerves, Sweat, & Fear: The Basics of Interview Preparation
Putting It All Together: Best Career Plan
Ten Commandments of Resumes
The Job Search

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EQUIPMENT

Computer [2]
Laser Printer [1]
Ink Jet Color Printer [1]
Typewriter [1]
TV/VCR [2]
Head Phones [4]

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OUT-OF-TOWN COMMUNITY INFORMATION

Greater Cincinnati Street Guise 1998-1999
Greater Cincinnati Guide to Job Opportunities
Greater Cincinnati Guide to Entertainment
1998 Greater Cincinnati Business Connections
1999 Indiana Travel Guide
1998 Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce Business Desk Reference

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DIRECTORIES
1998 GTE Phone Book
1999 Native American Connections Yearbook/Directory
1997 Ivy Tech Community College Alumni Directory
Indiana's 1999 Hotel & Meeting Directory
Select Phone Book User Guide
1998 Administrative Personnel Directory of Indiana's Public and Independent
Colleges and Universities
Carmel & Clay 1998 Community Resource Directory

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