Resources
Book list
– recommended reading
The
following books represent a cross-section
of recommended reading in the area
careers and employment. Several publishers/internet
booksellers are also listed.
Career
review
Do
What You Are by Paul
Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company,
2001. ISBN 0-316-88065.
Introduces Personality Type
(Myers Briggs) and how to discover
your own, including popular occupations,
career advice and pitfalls for each
type. Revised edition includes Careers
for the 21st Century.
What
Colour is Your Parachute?
by Richard Nelson
Boles
Publisher: Ten Speed Press, re-printed
annually. ISBN: 089159318
"The Job-Hunter's Bible."
Workbook and resource guide with a
What, Where and How approach. Identify skills
and where to best use them. Employment
options, job-hunting tools, find your
mission in life.
Strike
a New Career Deal by
Carole Pemberton
Publisher: Pitman, 1995. ISBN: 027361455X
This book will teach you the new rules
of the career game and how to strike
a career deal on your terms.
Jobs
for The Over 50s by
Linda Greenbury
Publisher: Judy Piatkus, 1994. ISBN:
0749913401
Jobs for the Over 50s tells you which
jobs value your experience and maturity
and how to get them. Useful also for
people who are returning to work after
a break, even if not over the age
of 50.
A
Career in your Suitcase by
Joanna Parfitt
Publisher: Summertime Publishing,
1998. ISBN: 0952945304
Useful reading for every expatriate
spouse wanting to develop portable
skills. Includes interviews with partners
who have succeeded. The author has
been an expat spouse in UK, Oman and
Norway.
Portable
Careers by Linda
R. Greenbury
Publisher: Kogan Page, 1992. ISBN:
0749406364
Surviving your Partner's Relocation.
Self assessment , job search, the
'hidden' job market, own resources,
settling-in, overseas employment restrictions.
Writing
a CV
The
Perfect CV by Tom
Jackson
Publisher: Piatkus Publishing, 1998.
ISBN: 0749910593
How to write your CV. Defining your
skills and potential, job targeting.
Practical examples, including formats,
power paragraphs, layout, production,
cover letter, notes for women re-entering
the job market.
The
Brilliant CV by Jim Bright & Joanne
Earl
Interview
skills
Winning
at your Interview by
Michael Stevens
Publisher: Kogan Page, 1989; 1992
reprint. ISBN: 185091818X
Plan for the interview to present
yourself in the best way, rehearse
your responses. Understand the selection
process, how to answer questions effectively,
how you will be assessed.
Great
Answers to Tough Interview Questions
by Martin John Yate
Publisher: Kogan Page, 3rd edn, 1992.
ISBN: 9780749406738
How to get the job you want. Do you
see job interviews as a challenge
or have that sinking sensation? How
to be the best prepared applicant
for the job. Extensive index of questions.
Networking
Is
your "Net" Working?
by Anne Boe & Bettie B.
Youngs
Publisher: Stephen Kippur, 1989. ISBN:
0471615471
Guide to building contacts and career
visibility. Networking helps reduce
workload and increase productivity.
Includes working from home, surmounting
rejection, sales and customer service
success.
Networking
and Mentoring - A Woman's Guide
by Dr. Lily M. Segerman-Peck
Publisher: Piatkus Publishers, 1991.
ISBN: 0749910305
Network effectively and increase your
range of contacts, find out how mentoring
can benefit your job and further your
career, discover how to select the
right mentor for you, learn how to
be a mentor for others.
Networking
Success by Anne Boe
Publisher: Health Communications,
1994. ISBN: 1558743650
How
to turn business and financial relationships
into fun and profit. Build win/win
relationships, overcome fear of rejection,
increase self confidence, on and off
the job. Integrate networking into
your life.
Job
search
International
Jobs by Eric Kocher
Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1993. ISBN:
020162222X
An aid, written from a US base, to
finding work internationally or in
the US government, UN, banking, management
and consulting, non-profit, business,
journalism and communications, teaching
and law.
Electronic
Job Search Revolution by
Joyce L. Kennedy & T.J. Morrow
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons,
1996. ISBN: 0471115762
How to use the new technology that's
reshaping today's job market. American
based. Tips from human resource specialiAugust 27, 2008resses, telephone and fax
numbers of electronic job search services.
Researching
your way to a Good Job by
Karmen N.T. Crowther
Publisher: Wiley, 1993. ISBN: 0471548278
How to find and use informatAugust 27, 2008es, companies, jobs, careers.
section on researching publicly owned
US corporations.
Career
XRoads -- 2002 Directory to
Jobs, Resumes, and Career Management
on the WorldWideWeb. Lists about 500
job and resume sites, reviewed and
catalogued by region, industry, discipline
and more.
www.recruitersnetwork.com/books
The
ECIS International Schools Directory
(annual) by ECIS
Publisher: Fieldwork Ltd, London,
ISBN: 0901577618
ECIS (European Council of International
Schools) annual directory of more
than 800 international schools worldwide.
Useful for teachers seeking international
employment.
Teaching
English Abroad by
Susan Griffith
Publisher: Vacation Work, Oxford 3rd
edition, 1997. ISBN: 1854581600
For qualified and unqualified teachers.
A guide to training and finding a
job. Lists training courses, qualifications
and language schools in a range of
countries.
Solliciteren
en Internet by Joyce
Mulder & Joris Kuitenbro
Publisher: SIWU, 1997. ISBN: 90749000907
A guide, written in Dutch, to applying
for a job via the internet. Lists
and describes dozens of vacancy web
sites and profiles of large companies.
(Dutch & European slant)
Alles
over solliciteren op internet
by drs Jack J.R. van Minden
Publication date: 1999.
A guide written in Dutch to help you
look for a job. Includes hundreds
of internet sites covering vacancies,
writing CVs, company information,
salary indications and looking for
jobs outside the Netherlands.
TEMP
by Deborahann Smith
Publisher: Shambhala, 1994. ISBN:
087773934X
How to survive and thrive in the world
of temporary employment in the UK.
Includes marketing yourself, dealing
with agencies, negotiating pay and
benefits, getting through the first
day.
Looking
for work in..... by Expertise
in Labour Mobility
Detailed country guides containing
specific information on formalities
and job search in different countries,
including do's and don'ts for application
letters and interviews.
Self employment
How
to Become a Successful Consultant
... by Hubert Bermont
Publisher: Prima Publishing, 3rd edition,
1992. ISBN: 9781559581196.
How to become a successful consultant
in your own field. What it takes -
regardless of your field of expertise,
how to get first assignments, how
to operate your business, fee setting,
tips, do's and don'ts.
How
to Have a Brilliant Career
by Stuart Crainer
Publisher: Pitman, 1995. ISBN: 0273611755
How to have a brilliant career without
ever having a proper job is a guide
to managing a flexible career on your
own terms. It will appeal to those
who are self-employed, or considering
self-employment.
Import
Export by Carl A.
Nelson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 1995. ISBN:
0070462763
How to get started in international
trade, whether you're a budding entrepreneur,
a small business person eyeing the
global market, or simply attracted
by international trade's potential
and travel prospects.
The
Small Business Guide by
Colin Barrow
Publisher: BBC 4th edition., 1995.
ISBN: 0563370831
Sources of information for new and
small businesses. UK reference book
with a comprehensive index of topics
and listing of helpful organisations,
books and publications.
Teleworking
....in brief by Mike
Johnson
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann,
1997. ISBN: 0750628758
From people who work entirely from
home to the 'portable' manager with
no fixed site, teleworking provides
the opportunity. For the company it
provides major cost savings.
Volunteering
Volunteers in Action
by Brian & Ann Brown O'Connell
Publication Date: 1989.
Captures the spirit of the cross-section
of 80 million volunteers. Based on
US experiences. Illustrates with clarity
and precision the way that volunteers
can and do make a difference.
Understanding
Voluntary Organizations
by Charles Handy
Publisher: Penguin,
1997.
An introduction to organisational
theory within different types of voluntary
organisation.
Publishers
and booksellers
Amazon: www.amazon.com
Internet bookseller.
Barnes and Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com
Internet booksellerAugust 27, 2008ntercultural Press: http://interculturalpress.com/
Books on intercultural relations,
with a focus on living and working
in other countries
Kogan Page:
www.kogan-page.co.uk
Publisher of business books, including
on careers and jobs.
Recruiters Network:
www.recruitersnetwork.com/books
List of recruitment related books,
and where to buy them.
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