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Careers Research Sources from Rowan University Libraries

This guide describes a variety of items which can help you research careers, resume writing tips, interviewing strategies, and more.

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Books on Interviewing

What Color Is Your Parachute? Guide to Rethinking Interviews by Richard N. Bolles
ISBN: 9781607746591
Powerful Phrases for Successful Interviews by Tony Beshara; (Foreword by) Phil McGraw
ISBN: 9780814433546
The Essential Job Interview Handbook by Jean Baur
ISBN: 9781601632821
Answering Tough Interview Questions for Dummies® by Rob Yeung
ISBN: 9781118679944
High-Impact Interview Questions by Victoria A. Hoevemeyer
ISBN: 0814473016

Resumes and Cover Letters

CVs, Resumes, Cover Letters and LinkedIn by Adrian Wallwork
ISBN: 9781493906475
Federal Resume Guidebook by Kathryn Kraemer Troutman
ISBN: 9781593578503
How to Write a Stellar Executive Resume by Brenda Bernstein
Call Number: Campbell Library Stacks (3rd Floor) HF5383 .B427 2018
ISBN: 9781510729292
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Knock 'em Dead Cover Letters: Cover Letters and Strategies to Get the Job You Want by Martin Yate
ISBN: 9780996662321

Career Exploration

Cracking the New Job Market by R. William Holland
ISBN: 9780814417348
What Color Is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard N. Bolles
Call Number: Campbell Library Stacks (3rd Floor) HF5382.7 .B64
Flourishing in Life, Work and Careers by Ronald J. Burke (Editor); Cary L. Cooper (Editor); Kathryn M. Page (Editor)
ISBN: 9781783474097
Dare: Straight Talk on Confidence, Courage, and Career for Women in Charge by Becky Blalock
ISBN: 9781118562642
Riding the Rocket: How to Manage Your Modern Career by Richard Maun
ISBN: 9789814408288
From the Marine Corps to College by Jillian Ventrone
ISBN: 9781442237209
The Career Code: Must-Know Rules for a Strategic, Stylish, and Self-Made Career by Hillary Kerr; Katherine Power
ISBN: 9781419718021
Ten Steps to a Federal Job by Kathryn Troutman
ISBN: 9780984667116

Job Openings and Career Selection

Ferguson's Career Guidance Center This link opens in a new window
Provides profiles of nearly 3,400 jobs and 94 industries.
Plus advice on career skills.
Reference Solutions (Data Axle) This link opens in a new window
Contains information on U.S and Canadian businesses, residential information compiled from white pages of telephone directories and information on U.S. health care providers. (NJ State Library)
PrepSTEP This link opens in a new window
Interactive practice tests for career and professional school exams. Requires users to register and login.
Provides a completely interactive learning platform of practice tests for jobs & careers, skills improvement, and U.S. citizenship, as well as job search & workplace skills. These include civil service tests, Praxis tests, law enforcement tests, as well as preparatory exams like GMAT, GRE, LSAT, and MCAT.