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College and Career Center - March/April 2011
"To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun?"
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Effective Immediately : How to Fit In, Stand Out, and Move Up at Your First Real Job - Emily Bennington and Skip Lineberg
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/13/2010
Share Effective Immediately %3a How to Fit In, Stand Out, and Move Up at Your First Real Job ISBN-13: 9781580089999
 ISBN-10: 1580089992
Counsels new graduates and first-time employees on how to get on an employer's fast track, identifying the essential skills, tasks and milestones for a first year on the job that will promote top performance recognition. Original.
Harvard Business Review on Managing Your Career in Tough Times - Harvard Business School Press
Publisher: Harvard Business School Pub.
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/01/2010
Share Harvard Business Review on Managing Your Career in Tough Times ISBN-13: 9781422133439
 ISBN-10: 1422133435
Written for managers and professionals in all areas, this collection of articles published over the past 10 years offers examples, personal stories, and advice from survivors of the business world and the recent economic downturn. It shows how to protect your job in a recession, how to (not) stay stuck in the wrong career, the right way to be fired, and how great leaders rebound after career disasters. Contributors come from the fields of business, leadership, management, and organizational behavior. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
10 Make-or-Break Career Moments : Navigate, Negotiate, and Communicate for Success - Casey Fitts Hawley
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/04/2010
Share 10 Make-or-Break Career Moments %3a Navigate, Negotiate, and Communicate for Success ISBN-13: 9781580087230
 ISBN-10: 158008723X
Counsels tongue-tied professionals on how to identify and anticipate ten crucial communications moments, offering strategies for responding confidently in ways that will leave positive impressions on colleagues and other stakeholders. Original.
The New Job Security : the 5 Best Strategies for Taking Control of Your Career - Pam Lassiter
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 09/07/2010
Share The New Job Security %3a the 5 Best Strategies for Taking Control of Your Career ISBN-13: 9781580083775
 ISBN-10: 1580083773
Job security used to mean counting on a company to support you until retirement. Well, the rules have changed-companies downsize, jobs are outsourced, and pensions are eliminated as fast as the fluctuating economy. There's good news, however-the new job security is alive and well and centered in you, not in a company.
Coach Yourself to a New Career : 7 Steps to Reinventing Your Professional Life - Talane Miedaner
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/22/2010
Share Coach Yourself to a New Career %3a 7 Steps to Reinventing Your Professional Life ISBN-13: 9780071703093
 ISBN-10: 0071703098

Don't fear taking the leap into a new career with this seven step program from bestselling author and life coach Talane Miedaner. Whatever the situation or economic environment,Coach Yourself to a New Careergives you the tools to take matters into your own hands by assessing your needs and strengths, finding the right work fit, weighing options and possible sacrifices, and preparing your family for transitions.

Packed with expert advice and helpful examples from her many statistical clients—as well as her own career change process—Miedaner shows how anyone can reinvent their professional life.

Creative Girl : the Ultimate Guide for Turning Talent and Creativity into a Real Career - Katharine Sise
Publisher: Running Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 08/24/2010
Share Creative Girl %3a the Ultimate Guide for Turning Talent and Creativity into a Real Career ISBN-13: 9780762438693
 ISBN-10: 076243869X
Shows intelligent women how to turn their talents into a money-making career, explaining how to spark one's creativity, narrow down the correct career lifestyle, garner publicity and much more, in a book written by a woman who realized her own successful jewelry business. Original.
Job Hunting in Tough Times
by Diana Middleton, Wall Street Journal, p. D14, June 16, 2009.
 
Dennis Nishi, WSJ Online, June 10, 2010.
 
The Boomers' Career Survival Guide : Achieving Success and Contentment from Middle Age through Retirement - Ken Tanner
Publisher: Praeger/ABC-CLIO
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/15/2009
Share The Boomers ISBN-13: 9780313365218
 ISBN-10: 0313365210
This authoritative guide helps Baby Boomers navigate their way through a host of issues that typically affect careers from the midpoint onward toward retirement.
Cracking the Hidden Job Market : How to Find Opportunity in Any Economy - Donald Asher
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/28/2010
Share Cracking the Hidden Job Market %3a How to Find Opportunity in Any Economy ISBN-13: 9781580084949
 ISBN-10: 158008494X
Counsels job-seekers of all ages and levels of experience on how to craft a focused and successful job-searching strategy, challenging conventional beliefs on such topics as the opportunities of the present economy and the benefits of contingent jobs. By the author of Who Gets Promoted, Who Doesn't, and Why. Original.
Hired! : How to Use Sales Techniques to Sell Yourself On Interviews - Elinor Stutz
Publisher: Career Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 10/20/2010
Share Hired! %3a How to Use Sales Techniques to Sell Yourself On Interviews ISBN-13: 9781601631428
 ISBN-10: 1601631421
In today's tough economy, most people are desperate to get a job, any job, rather than seeking one that will provide the career satisfaction and growth they deserve. Worse, they treat the interview as an opportunity to focus on themselves.
48 Days to the Work You Love - Dan Miller
Publisher: Broadman & Holman
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2005
Share 48 Days to the Work You Love ISBN-13: 9780805431889
 ISBN-10: 0805431888
People working in jobs they hate can make successful career decisions by creating a compass from their natural skills and abilities, personality traits, values, dreams, and passions to direct them to a more fulfilling vocation.
101 Best Ways to Land a Job In Troubled Times - Jay A. Block
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 11/18/2009
Share 101 Best Ways to Land a Job In Troubled Times ISBN-13: 9780071663281
 ISBN-10: 0071663282
Describes how to find the right career path in an economic downturn, implementing such strategies as defining one's career goals, creating an effective résumé, and converting fear into a constructive job transition campaign.
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