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• Career Match

  Connecting Who You Are With What You'll Love to Do

  Zichy, Shoya

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  Take the short quiz and see which of the 16 personality types you are. Career choices and work environments are suggested for each personality type.

• What Color Is Your Parachute?

  a Practical Manual for Job-hunters & Career Changers

  Bolles, Richard Nelson

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  From self-reflection exercises to tips for job searching to interview preparation, this book is the first one many people reach for. It's been in print for over 40 years and is revised annually to capture the changing job market.

• The Episodic Career

  How to Thrive at Work in the Age of Disruption

  Chideya, Farai

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  This isn't your grandfather's career anymore, it is highly unlikely that you will have the same career with the same company for 35 until retirement. Chideya offers a practical guide to navigating a volatile economy to find a fufilling job.

• What Next?

  Find the Work That's Right for You

  Moses, Barbara

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  Moses, Canada's "Career Guru," offers practical advice with self-assessment tools to determine your motivation or suitability for a profession and info on how to self-market.

• Brainfuse

  View on brainfuse.com

  Brainfuse has local and nationwide job boards collected in one place. It also has a resume review service with real career coaches and the opportunity to chat with them directly. You can access this database for free with your library card!

• Career Changer's Manual

  Your Complete Resource for Career Changing Success!

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  Hands-on activities to help guide a job-seeker through the career changing process.

• Born for This

  How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do

  Guillebeau, Chris

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  Does the grass look greener on the other side of the career fence? In this practical guide, Guillebeau shares his method for finding your perfect job. Also available in print.

• Job Hunting Online

  Miller, Jolie

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  Access lynda.com for free with your library card and check out this course on utilizing the power of online networking sites such as LinkedIn, Glassdoor and Monster.

• Work Your Strengths

  a Scientific Process to Identify Your Skills and Match Them to the Best Career for You

  Martin, Chuck, 1949-

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  Martin calls the 12 cognitive skills that determine your fit to a particular job Executive Skills. Take the online test to determine your strongest - and weakest - Executive Skills.

• The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People

  Eikleberry, Carol

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  With self-evaluation tools and descriptions for over 250 creative jobs (crossword puzzle maker - who knew?!), this book will help you channel your creativity into finding the job that speaks (sings or draws) to you! Also available as eBook.

• Roadmap

  the Get-it-together Guide for Figuring Out What to Do With Your Life

  Gebhard, Nathan

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  On a career path detour? The conversational tone of this career guide feels like getting advice from an old friend. And yes, it will ask you the hard questions.

• Down and Out in the New Economy

  How People Find (or Don't Find) Work Today

  Gershon, Ilana

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  Times have changed: marketing yourself as a business may be the approach you need to land your next job. Gershon shares what that looks like and what it means to merge job and self.

• The Art of Work

  A Proven Path to Discovering What You Were Meant to Do

  Goins, Jeff

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  Discovering your passions is just the first step in getting from a job to your calling. Yes, the unknown can be scary, but Goins will show you the way. Also available in print.

• Career Crusing

  View on careercruising.com

  Access this database for free with your library card! Explore your interests with the My Skills Matchmaker and discover more about different industries.

• Strategize to Win

  the New Way to Start Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career

  Harris, Carla A.

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  Careers can be like chess, all about strategy! You need to be planning two moves ahead to win. Harris covers topics from the five-year career plan to changing careers without having to go back to school.

• Job Hunting in 4 Weeks

  The Complete Guide to Success: Teach Yourself

  Catt, Hilton • Scudamore, Pat • McWhir, David

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  Part of the Teach Yourself series, this 28-day course breaks job hunting, resumes, cover letters and interviews into manageable daily lessons.

• What's Your Type of Career?

  Find Your Perfect Career by Using Your Personality Type

  Dunning, Donna, 1955-

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  You know what you're passionate about, but is it a good match for a career? Using checklists and exercises based on Myers-Briggs Indicators, discover your match!

• The New Rules of Work

  the Modern Playbook for Navigating Your Career

  Cavoulacos, Alexandra

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  It's a whole new world for job hunting: Technology has led to the creation of new jobs, career paths are no longer linear and the job search looks completely different than it did 10 years ago. Let Cavoulacos help you navigate this strange new world.

• Work

  Reimagined

  Leider, Richard

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  When you love what you're doing, is it really work? Take the Calling Card exercise to uncover your passions and values and learn how to find work that will allow you to be true to yourself. Also available as an eBook.