Cabrillo College Library  

Finding Out About Careers

A Library Research Guide 

|| Major Book Resources || Internet Resources for Career Exploration|| Books: General; Books: Specific Careers || 
|| Using the Internet|| Resume Writing & Interviewing || Getting to This Page ||

This is a guide to selected materials -- both in print form and accessible via the Internet -- about occupational choices, the job application process, and associated topics. NOTE: ref before a call number indicates that the book is in the library's Reference collection

Major Book Resources  

Career Information Center. 13 vols. Location: ref HF5382.5.U5C32 
Encyclopedia of Careers and Vocational Guidance. 4 vols. Location: ref HF5381.E52 2000 
Occupational Outlook Handbook, published annually by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 
    Location: ref HF5381.U62 2006/2007 (Also available on the Internet at www.bls.gov/oco/ )


Career Choices and Job Searching: General  

Best Jobs for the 21st Century, by Ronald L. Krannich, Caryl Rae Krannich. 
   Location: ref HF5382 .K68 1998 
La Búsqueda Rápida de Trabajo: Probadas Técnicas Para Encontrar Trabajo en Menos Tiempo
    The Quick Job Search: Proven Techniques for Finding a Job in Less Time, by J. Michael Farr. 
    Location: HF5382.75.U6 F36 1993 
Career Chase:Taking Creative Control in a Chaotic Age, by Helen Harkness. 
    Location: HF5384 .H37 1997 
Career Guide to America's Top Industries: Business Forecasts for 350 Industries.  
    Location: ref HR5382.5.U5C271 
Finding the Work You Love: A Woman's Career Guide, by Astrid Berg. 
    Location: HF5382.65 .B46 1994 
Insider's Guide to the Top 20 Careers in Business and Management.  Edited by Tom Fischgrund. 
    Location: HF5381.I55 1994 
Job Hunting Made Easy, by Carol Sonnenblick, Michaele Basciano, Kim Crabbe. 
    Location: HF5382.75.U6 S59 1997 
The Only Job Hunting Guide You'll Ever Need, by Kathryn and Ross Petras. 
    Location: HF5382.75.U6 P478 1995 
What Color is Your Parachute?: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters & Career Changers, by Richard Nelson Bolles. 
    Location: HF5382.7 .B64 1999  (Called JobHuntersBible.com, a version is also available online) 


Career Choices and Job Searching: Specific Careers

 Becoming a Chef: With Recipes and Reflections from America's Leading Chefs, by Andrew  
    Dornenburg and Karen Page. Location: TX911.3.V62 D67  
Career Bounce-back!: The 'Professionals in Transition' Guide to Recovery & Reemployment by 
    J. Damian Birkel. Location: HF5382.75.U6 B57 1998 
The Career Chase: Taking Creative Control in a Chaotic Age, by Helen Harkness.  
    Location: HF5384.H37 1997
Career Opportunities in Health Care, by Shelly Field. 
    Location R690.F54 1997 
Career Opportunities in the Food and Beverage Industry, by Barbara Sims-Bell.
    Location: ref TX911.3.V62S56 1994 
Career Opportunities in the Sports Industry, by Shelly Field.
    Location: ref GV734.F545 1999
Career Planning Guide for the Allied Health Professions, by Zubie W. Metcalf, Jr. 
    Location: R697.A4 M47 1997 
Choosing a Career in Law Enforcement, by Claudine G. Wirths. 
    Location: HV7922 .W55 1997 
College Board Guide to Jobs and Career Planning, by Joyce Slayton Mitchell. 
    Location: HF5382.5.U5 M563 1990 
Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century.
    Location: GE60 .D69 1999 
Earth Work: Resource Guide to Nationalwide Green Jobs.
    Location: ref GE60.E27 1994 
Exploring Health Care Careers: Real People Tell You What You Need to Know, ed. by D. Hayes. 
    Location: ref R690 .E97 1998 
Exploring Tech Careers: Real People Tell You What You Need to Know.
    Location: ref T65.3 .E95 1998 
Firefighter Career Starter: Finding and Getting a Great Job
    Location: TH9119 .F566 1998 
Firefighting by Blythe Camenson. 
    Location: TH9119 .C36 
Green at Work: Finding a Business Career that Works for the Environment, by S. Cohn.
    Location: HG5382.75.U6C64 1992 
High-Tech Careers for Low-Tech People, by William A. Schaffer.
    Location: TA158.S33 1999
How to Start and Succeed as an Artist, by Daniel Grant.
    Location: N6505 .G66 1997 
Introduction to the Health Professions, by Peggy S. Stanfield, Y.H. Hui. 
    Location: R690 .M55 1998 
Jobs that Don't Suck, by Charlie Drozdyk. 
    Location:  HD6278.U5 D76 1998 
Law Enforcement Career Starter: Finding and Getting a Great Job, by Mary N. Hesalroad. 
    Location: HV8143 .H47 1998 
Law Enforcement Career Guide. California
    Location: HV8145.C2 L39 1996 
Legal Profession: Is It For You?, by Wayne L. Anderson, Marilyn J. Headrick.
    Location: KF297 .A85 1996 
Major Options: The Student's Guide to Linking College Majors and Career Opportunities  
    During and After College, by Nicholas Basta. Location: HF5382.5.U5 B328 1991 
Medical Assistant, by by E. Russell Primm. 
    Location: R728.8 .P69 1998 
Music Business Handbook & Career Guide, by David Baskerville. 
    Location: ML3795 .B33 1995 
New Complete Guide to Environmental Careers, by Bill Sharp. 
    Location: GE60.S48 1993 
Nurses' Career Guide: Discovering New Horizons in Health Care, by Zardoya E. Eagles. 
    Location: RT82 .E24 1997 
Nursing Today: Transition and Trends, edited by JoAnn Zerwekh, Jo Carol Claborn. 
    Location: RT82 .N874 1994 
101 Careers in Mathematics, edited by Andrew Sterrett.
    Location: QA10.5 .A15 1996 
Opportunities in Culinary Careers, by Mary Deirdre Donovan. 
    Location TX911.3.V62 D66 1998 
Opportunities in Dental Care Careers, by Bonnie L. Kendall.  
    Location: RK60 .K44 1991 
Successful Independent Consulting: Turn Your Career Experience Into a Consulting Business,
    Location: HD69.C6 F66 1999
What Else You Can Do With a Library Degree.
    Location: Z682.35.V62 W47 1997 

Using the Internet for Career Searching & Job Hunting

Internet Resources

Career Choices (www.jobweb.com/Career_Development/choice.htm) From JobWeb
Career Exploration Links (http://www.uhs.berkeley.edu/Students/CareerLibrary/Links/occup.cfm) From UC Berkeley
Career Magazine  (www.careermag.com/) Information for the job search....and more
Career OneStop (www.acinet.org/acinet/crl/library.aspx) Career resource library 
Career Self-Assessment (www.californiacolleges.edu/career/careercenter/career_self_assessment.asp) Career path choices
Employment Development Department (www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/) Labor market information for California
Exploring Occupations (www.umanitoba.ca/counselling/careers.html) From the University of Manitoba
Jobs & Careers (libwww.cabrillo.edu/depts/jobs.html) Internet resources about careers & job searching
What Can I Do With A Major In...? (www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors/index.htm) From the Univ. of N. Carolina

Books

Career Exploration on the Internet: A Student's Guide to More than 300 Web Sites, ed. by Elizabeth H. Oakes. 
    Location: HF5382.7 .S777 1998 
Guide to Internet Job Searching, by Margaret Riley Dikel, Frances Roehm, and Steve Oserman. 
    Location: ref HF5382.7 .R557 
Job Searching Online for Dummies, by Pam Dixon. 
    Location: HF5382.7 .D59 2000 
 
Resume Writing and Interviewing  

Books

Ask the Headhunter: Reinventing the Interview to Win the Job, by Nick A. Corcodilos. 
    Location: HF5549.5.I6 C668 1997 
Electronic Resumes & Online Networking, by Rebecca Smith. Location: HF5383 S634 2000 
First Time Resume, by William McNeill. Location: HF5383.M232 2000 
Help! My Job Interview is Tomorrow! by Mary Ellen Templeton. Location: HF5381.T26 1997 
How to Write Better Résumés, by Gary Joseph Grappo and Adele Lewis. Location: ref HF5383 .L48 1998 
101 Best Resumes, by Jay A. Block, and Michael Betrus. Location: HF5383 .B534 1997 
100 Best Resumes for Today's Hottest Jobs, by Ray Potter. Location: HF5383 .P68 1998 
Power Resumes, by Ron Tepper. Location: HF5383 .T38 1998 
The Resume Kit, by Richard H. Beatty. Location: HF5383.B33 2000 
Resumes! Resumes! Resumes! Location: HF5383 .R4715 1997 
 
Internet Resources

CareerBuilder (www.careerbuilder.com) Have to register (it's free) 
Employment Interviewing (www.ctdol.state.ct.us/progsupt/jobsrvce/intervie.htm)
Resumes & Letters (content.monster.com/resume/home.aspx) From Monster.com 
WorkSearch (www.garywill.com/worksearch/) Resume Writing Resources 
                

 To get to this page on the Internet  

  1. Be on the Cabrillo College Library homepage  (libwww.cabrillo.edu)
  2. Click on Library & Internet Instruction 
  3. Click on Library Research Guides 
  4. Click on Finding Out About Careers

tns; rev. gr 9/07