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Recommended Reading List
Everything You Need to Know About the Job Search
Bolles, Richard N., What Color Is Your Parachute? Ten Speed Press, Box 7123, Berkeley, CA 94707. Updated annually.
Figler, Howard E., The Complete Job Search Handbook: Presenting the Skills You Need To Get Any Job, And Have A Good Time Doing It. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017, 1979.
Collard, Betsy A., The High Tech Career Book: Finding Your Place In Today's Job Market. William Kaufmann, Inc., 95 1st Street, Los Altos, CA 94022, 1986.
Durkin, Jon, Mid-Life Career Changes. O'Connor Research Foundation, Human Engineering Laboratory, 702 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94109.
Wegmann, Robert, Robert Chapman, and Miriam Johnson, Work In the New Economy: Careers And Job Seeking Into The 21st Century. JIST Works, 720 North Park Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46202, 1989.
Résumé Writing
Parker, Yana, The Damn Good Resume Guide. Ten Speed Press, Box 7123, Berkeley, CA 94707, 1986.
Interview Skills
Hellman, Paul, Ready, Aim, You're Hired: How to Job-Interview Successfully Anytime, Anywhere with Anyone. AMACOM, 135 W 50th Street, New York, NY 10020, 1986.
Medley, H. Anthony, Sweaty Palms The Neglected Art of Being Interviewed. Ten Speed Press, Box 7123, Berkeley, CA 94708, 1984.
Young Job Seekers
Haldane, Bernard and Jean and Martin Lowell, Job Power: The Young People's Job Finding Guide. Acropolis Books Ltd., 2400 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009, 1980.
Job Skills Requirements
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. (Also available online at no cost at http://hr.dop.wa.gov/bulletins/crp.htm.)
Guide for Occupational Exploration. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
Training
National Association of Trade and Technical Schools. 2251 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009, Phone 202-333-1021. (A list of accredited technical schools.)
Women Job Seekers
Educational Testing Service. Publication Order Services CN 6736, Princeton, NJ 08541-6736. (Classifies homemaker skills under various job titles in business.)
Workers with Disabilities
Klein, Karen with Carla Derrick Hope, Bouncing Back From Injury: How to Take Charge of Your Recuperation. Prima Publishing & Communications, PO Box 1260BB, Rocklin, CA 95677, 1988.
Witt, Job Strategies for People with Disabilities. Peterson's Guides, Princeton, New Jersey, 1992.
Kissane, Sharon, Career Success for People with Physical Disabilities. NTC Publishing Group, Chicago, Illinois, 1997.
Rabby & Croft, Take Charge: A Strategic Guide for Blind Job Seekers. 1989.
Hoffa & Morgan, Yes You Can: A Helpbook for the Physically Disabled. 1990.
Johnson, Willis L., Ed., Directory of Special Programs for Minority Group Members: Career Information Services, Employment Skills Banks, and Financial Aid Sources, 4th Ed., Garrett Park Press, PO Box 190, Garrett Park, MD 20896, 1986.
Federal Job Opportunities
U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Career America. Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402.
Employer Research
Contacts Influential, Marketing Information Service. 4220 Aurora Avenue N, Seattle, WA 98103. Updated annually. (Also available at most libraries.)