Specialized Jobs
- Federal Civil Service Jobs: The Complete Guide, 11th Edition;
Hy Hammer; Arco Publications; $9.95; Includes job descriptions
and sample test questions with answers.
- From Residency to Reality; Patricia A. Hoffmeir, Jean Astolfi
Bohner; McGraw Hill; $24.00. Advice for job seekers in the
medical professions.
- Green at Work: Finding a Business Career That Works for the
Environment; Susan Cohn; Island Press; $17.95; A guide for
green jobs; includes contact information for green companies.
- Guide to Executive Recruiters; Michael Betrus; ; McGraw-Hill;
$24.95. A directory to thousands of recruiting firms and recruiters
in the United States.
- Household Careers: Nannies, Butlers, Maids & More: The
Complete Guide for Finding Household Employment or "If the
Dog Likes You, You're Hired!," Linda F. Radke; Five Star Publications;
$14.95. Job searching advice for household employees.
- How to Be a Successful Internet Consultant; Jessica Keyes;
Computing McGraw-Hill; $19.95. A guide to employment for those
with Internet expertise, especially the World Wide Web.
- Inside Secrets of Finding a Teaching Job; Jack Warner, Clyde
Bryan, Diane Warner; Park Avenue Productions Publications;
$12.95. Advice for job seekers from experienced teachers.
- Job Strategies for Professionals: A Survival Guide for Experienced
White-Collar Workers; J. Michael Farr; Jist Works; $9.95. Farr
describes strategies for finding a job and how to survive while
unemployed.
- Judgment Reversed : Alternative Careers for Lawyers; Jeffrey
Strausser; Barrons Educational Series; $12.95. Suggestions
for applying the law degree in the business world.
- Making a Living While Making a Difference: a Guide to Creating
Careers with a Conscience; Melissa Everett; Bantam Books; $10.95.
Guidance for principled career development for job seekers,
job changers and those trying to change the circumstances of
their current jobs.
- On the Market : Surviving the Academic Job Search; Christina
Boufis, Victoria C. Olsen; Riverhead Books; $12.95. A guide
for college and university employment.
- Peterson's Hidden Job Market 1998: 2,000 Fast-Growing High-Technology
Companies That Are Hiring Now, 7th Edition. Corptech (Compiler);
Peterson's Guides; $18.95. A directory of expanding technology
firms.
- Rites of Passage at $100,000 +: The Insider's Lifetime Guide
to Executive Job-Changing and Faster Career Progress; John
Lucht; Viceroy Press; $29.95. Includes a discussion of if and
when to use headhunters in the job search.
- Sunshine Jobs: Career Opportunities, Working Outdoors, 2nd
Edition; Tom Stienstra, Robyn Schlueter; Live Oak Publications;
$16.95. Looks at different occupations that involve work outdoors.
- Teaching English Abroad, 3rd ed.; Susan Griffith; Peterson's
Guides; $16.95. Describes opportunities in different countries
and their regional regulations.
- Temp: How to Survive and Thrive in the World of Temporary
Employment; Deborahann Smith; Shambhala Publications; $9.00.
A guide to success at temp jobs.
- The Health Care Executive's Job Search: Tyler's Guide to
Success; J. Larry Tyler; Health Administration Press; A "how-to" book
on conducting a job search in the health care industry. While
it is focused at the senior-level position, the advice and
pointers apply equally to any management-level position.
- The Job Hunter's Guide to Japan; Terra Brockman; Farrar Straus & Giroux;
$12.95. How to find a job in Japan.
- The World on a String: How to Become a Freelance Foreign
Correspondent; John Pollack, Alan Goodman; Henry Holt; $12.95.
Describes a path for those interested in going straight to
a foreign desk assignment.
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