Careers

Daniel Porot, Frances Bolles Haynes

101 Toughest Interview Questions: And Answers That Win the Job!

Nothing is as crucial to landing the perfect job as a stellar performance in the interview. This portable handbook prepares job seekers for the 101 toughest and most commonly asked questions, and arms them with can't-miss, sure-hire answers.

Patrick Combs

Major in Success: Make College Easier, Fire Up Your Dreams, and Get a Great Job

Combs goes into the tough territory facing many young people heading into (or out of) college, offering the recent graduate's perspective and the experience of extensive lecturing on campus as he discusses planning goals, enthusiasm, and reality as a peer, not another authority figure.

Katharine Hansen

A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way Into the Hidden Job Market

This empowering and accessible guide shows career rookies how to get a foot in the doorand then kick it wide open. The revised second edition emphasizes the importance of contemporary social networking, such as discussion groups and forums, online portfolios, and blogging. Featuring a list of networking hot spots, confidence-building advice for the shy or intimidated, and a comprehensive guide to informational interviewing, A FOOT IN THE DOOR reveals proven strategies that will help those seeking their first real-world job land the position theyve been looking for.

Richard Nelson Bolles, Mark Emery Bolles

Job-Hunting Online

The Internet can be an invaluable tool in any job huntbut only when you know how to use it. Cowritten by career guru Richard Nelson Bolles and his son, nontraditional career expert Mark Emery Bolles, JOB-HUNTING ONLINE helps job seekers navigate the overwhelming amount of information available on the Internet to find the most useful sites and avoid common pitfalls. Filled with hundreds of annotated website recommendations and newly reorganized to follow the action steps of a successful job hunt, this time-saving desktop guide is essential to an effective online job search.

Donald Asher

How to Get Any Job: Life Launch & Relaunch for Everyone Under 30

Stephen Colbert was a philosophy major; YouTube cofounder

Andrea Kay

Life's a Bitch and Then You Change Careers: 9 Steps to Get You Out of Your Funk & on to Your Future

Renowned career consultant Kay offers a nine-step plan to get away from a hated job and into a new, more fulfilling career. Along the way, she provides helpful exercises and real-life examples of clients who have made the transition to a happier working life.

Tama J. Kieves

This Time I Dance!: Creating the Work You Love

Marc Freedman

Encore: Finding Work That Matters in the Second Half of Life

From the author of "Prime Time" comes this description of the competing visions of work that are capturing the hearts, minds, and the time of baby boomers who are not content--or affluent enough--to spend their next 20 or 30 years on the golf course.

Careers in International Affairs

Careers in International Affairs, now in its eighth edition, is the ultimate job hunting guide for anyone hoping to work in the U.S. government, international organizations, business, or nonprofits. This thoroughly revised edition provides up-to-date descriptions and data about careers in the global workplace and how to find them along with nearly 300 organization profiles.

Harry W. Kopp, Charles A. Gillespie

Career Diplomacy: Life and Work in the U.S. Foreign Service

"Career Diplomacy" is an insider's guide that examines the foreign service as an institution, a profession, and a career. Harry W. Kopp and Charles A. Gillespie provide a full and well-rounded picture of the organization, its place in history, its strengths and weaknesses, and its role in American foreign affairs. Based on their own experiences and through interviews with over 85 current and former foreign service officials, the authors lay out what to expect in a foreign service career, from the entrance exam through midcareer and into the senior service—how to get in, get around, and get ahead. "Career Diplomacy" reveals what America's professional diplomats do and how they do it. It is a rare, first-hand look in to the life and work of this country's professional diplomats, who advance and protect U.S. national security interests around the globe.

Jay G. Foonberg

How to Start & Build a Law Practice, 5th Edition

A classic ABA bestseller, you'll find over 100 chapters packed with techniques for getting started.

Herminia Ibarra

Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career

Ibarra presents a new model for career reinvention that flies in the face of everything readers may have learned from "career experts."

Harvard Busiess Review on Managing Yourself

This collection of reflective articles covers important topics that include launching a second career, revitalizing interest and commitment to your work, how to effectively manage your time after a lay-off, and strategies for making part-time arrangements work. Harvard Business Review on Managing Your Career offers professionals at any level practical guidance for building and managing their careers.

Geoffrey Colvin

Talent Is Overrated: What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else

Expanding on a landmark cover story in "Fortune" magazine, a top journalist debunks the myths of exceptional performance. Colvin offers evidence that top performers in any field are not determined by inborn talents but from practice and perseverance honed over decades.

Seth Godin

Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

The bestselling author of "Tribes" and "The Dip" returns with his most powerful book yet in which he explores why some people make a difference in their fields--and others don't.

Harvey MacKay

Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You

From the author of the bestselling work "Swim with the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive" comes this passionate yet practical book that divulges the best secrets for getting one's ideal job.

Katherine Crowley, Kathi Elster

Working for You Isn't Working for Me: How to Get Ahead When Your Boss Holds You Back

The guide for anyone who deals with difficult authority figures at work. Sooner or later, we all have to work for someone we can't stand-whether it's an inept supervisor, an undermining department head, or an overly demanding client. When that happens, some people quit, some suffer in silence, and others cope by sulking, obsessing, or retaliating. But you can take charge of this crucial workplace relationship. In this book, Katherine Crowley and Kathi Elster, authors of the bestseller "Working for You Is Killing Me," offer concrete examples of bad boss scenarios and a proven four-step program for improving each situation: a[Detect - Identify how this person drives you crazy. a[Detach - Discover concrete actions you can take to reclaim your power. a[Depersonalize - Learn how to take a boss's actions less personally. a[Deal - Devise a plan to get what you need and move your career forward.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Discovering Your Perfect Career

"What do you really want to do?" Finding the perfect career isnt easy, but its certainly attainable. This guide offers readers the chance to trade in their unsatisfying jobs for fulfilling careers. This book helps them by providing a process of self-assessment that includes questions on personality, talents, values, interests, and goals; advice on how to make a smooth transition from one career to another; and an action plan to take the steps toward landing the perfect career. -According to The Conference Group, only 48.9% of working Americans are satisfied with their jobs, the lowest level of job satisfaction since pollsters first began surveying the topic in 1995 -Career self-discovery books are among the best-performing in the career category

Jeri Sedlar, Rick Miners

Don't Retire, Rewire!: 5 Steps to Fulfilling Work That Fuels Your Passion, Suits Your Personality, and Fills Your Pocket

"80% plan to work after retirement a] hereas the guide you need." A recent AARP survey found that 80% of baby boomers plan to continue working in some form past the age of 65aeither for the money or for the fun of it. Todayas retirees are looking for work situations that are mentally and emotionally rewarding. The problem is that many are not sure how to find them. This new edition helps you define what kind of work is best suited for your passions and interests, and guides them through the process of obtaining such workawhether itas a part-time job, volunteer work, or a second career. aCombines practical advice with stories and lessons of real-life retirees aCovers hot-button topics that have become closely intertwined with the idea of rewiringanon- work activities, financial planning, workplace flexibility, work and family balance, and the nurturing of professional and personal relationships.

Marc Dorio

The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Job Interview

The relentless restructuring of corporate America has forced people to brush up on their interviewing skills. This book offers expert advice on handling every type of interview, including telephone interviews, stress interviews, panel interviews, mealtime interviews, computer-aided interviews, and more. Include step-by-step guidelines to help interviewees handle even the most off-putting questions.