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 RECOMMENDED CAREER BOOKS TO GET

Luckily for you there is a lot of good information out there about employment and careers.  The problem is in picking which books are worth reading! Here are some top picks from Frankly Speaking to help! And the best part is you can purchase them right here through Amazon.com.

 

General Guides            signals a Frankly Speaking top pick!

Occupational Outlook Handbook 2000-2001 Bureau of Labor Statistics

America's Top 300 Jobs: A Complete Career Handbook U.S. Department of Labor

VGM's Careers Encyclopedia Craig T. Norback

Organization 2005 Four Steps Companies Must Take to Succeed in the New Economy Leslie Bendaly

Employment Outlook, 1996-2006 Darrel P. Wash

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Job Searching              signals a Frankly Speaking top pick!

 What Color Is Your Parachute? 2001 : A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers  Richard Nelson Bolles

Rites of Passage at $100,000+: Guide to Executive Job Changing John Lucht

Parting Company : How to Survive the Loss of a Job and Find Another Successfully William J. Morin, James C. Cabrera

TRY! A Survival Guide to Unemployment Karen Okulicz 

100 Great Jobs and How to Get Them Richard Fein

Knock 'Em Dead: The Ultimate Job-Seeker's Handbook Martin Yate

Want A New, Better, Fantastic Job? The How-To Manual for the Serious Job Seeker Pam Gross, Peter Paskill

Change Your Job, Change Your Life: High Impact Strategies For Finding Great Jobs Into the 21st Century Ron Krannich

The New Quick Job-Hunting Map Richard Nelson Bolles

Very Quick Job Search Get a Better Job in Half the Time! J. Michael Farr 

Very Quick Job Search Activity Book J. Michael Farr

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Interviewing Books       signals a Frankly Speaking top pick!

Winning Interviews for $100,000+ Jobs Wendy S. Enelow

Job Interviews for Dummies Joyce Lain Kennedy
The Perfect Interview John Drake

Sweaty Palms: The Neglected Art of Being Interviewed H. Anthony Medley

Get Hired!: Winning Strategies to Ace the Interview Green, Paul C.

Ace the Technical Interview Michael F. Rothstein

10 Minute Guide to Job Interviews Morgan, Dana

101 Dynamite Answers to Interview Questions: Sell Your Strengths! Caryl Rae Krannich

101 Dynamite Questions to Ask at Your Job Interview Richard Fein

101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions Ronald W. Fry

111 Dynamite Ways to Ace Your Job Interview Richard Fein

88 Mistakes Interviewers Make—And How to Avoid Them Auren Uris

96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire Paul Falcone

Ask the Headhunter: Reinventing the Interview to Win the Job  Nick Corcodilos

Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions Matthew Deluca

The Evaluation Interview Richard A. Fear

Interview Power: Selling Yourself Face to Face Tom Washington

Power Interviews: Job-Winning Tactics from Fortune 500 Recruiters Neil M. Yeager

The 250 Job Interview Questions: You’ll Most Likely Be Asked…and the Answers That Will Get You Hired! Peter Veruki

The Complete Q&A Job Interview Book Jeffrey G. Allen

The Essential Book of Interviewing: Everything You Need to Know from Both Sides of the Table Arnold Kanter

Conducting Better Job Interviews Robert F. Wilson

The Manager’s Book of Questions: 751 Great Interview Questions for Hiring the Best Person John Kador

Hiring the Best: A Manager’s Guide to Effective Interviewing Martin Yate

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Salary & Negotiation      signals a Frankly Speaking top pick!

Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1000 a Minute Jack Chapman
Dynamite Salary Negotiations: Know What You’re Worth and Get It! Ronald & Caryl Rae Krannich

Negotiate Your Job Offer : A Step-By-Step Guide to a Win-Win Situation Mary B. Simon

Job Offer! A How-To Negotiation Guide Maryanne L.  Wegerbauer

Are You Paid What Your Worth? The Complete Guide to Calculating and Negotiating the Salary, Benefits, Bonus and Raise You Deserve Michael O’Malley

Perks and Parachutes: Negotiating Your Best Possible Employment Deal, from Salary and Bonus to Benefits and Protection John F Tarrant,  Paul Fargis

Climbing Your Way to the Bottom Rob Sullivan

Negotiating For Dummies Michael C. Donaldson

The Art of Business Negotiation Harvard Business Review 

The Negotiating Game Chester L. Karrass

Creative Negotiating: Proven Techniques for Getting What You Want from Any Negotiation Stephen Kozicki,  Adams Media Business Book

Get More Money on Your Next Job: 25 Proven Strategies for Getting More Money, Better Benefits, and Greater Job Security Lee E. Miller

Getting Past No: Negotiating Your Way from Confrontation to Cooperation William Ury

Getting Ready to Negotiate: The Getting to Yes Workbook Roger Fisher, Danny Ertel

Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving in Roger Fisher, William Ury

Getting Together: Building Relationships As We Negotiate Roger Fisher, Scott 

25 Role Plays for Negotiation Skills Sandy Aherman

Smart Negotiating: How to Make Good Deals in the Real World James C. Freund

The Anatomy of Persuasion: How to Persuade Others to : Act on Your Ideas, Accept Your Proposals, Buy Your Products or Services, Hire You, Promote you Norbert Aubuchon

You Can Negotiate Anything  Herb Cohen

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Networking Books       signals a Frankly Speaking top pick!

Hook Up, Get Hired! Joyce Lain Kennedy

Creating Women's Networks Shelia Wellington Catalyst

Dig Your Well Before You're Thirsty: The Only Networking Book You’ll Ever Need Harvey Mackay

Dynamite Networking for Dynamite Jobs Ronald L. & Caryl Rae Krannich

Effective Networking Johnson, Krannich

Electronic Resumes & Online Networking Rebecca Smith

Foot in the Door : Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market KatharineHansen

The Golden Rule of Schmoozing  Aye Jaye

How to Use People to Get What You Want and Still be a Nice Guy: A Guide to Networking Know How Les Garnas

Is Your "Net" Working? Anne Boe,  Bettie B. Youngs

Making Your Connections Count: The Six Step Program to Building Your MegaNetwork Melissa Giovagnoli

Networking Douglas B. Richardson

Networking  Heenehan, Margaret and Meg Heenehan

Networking for Everyone: Connecting with People for Career and Job Success L. Michelle Tullier

Networking Skills That Will Get You the Job You Want Cherie Kerr

Networking to Find a Job Stuart Schwartz,  Craig Conley

Networking Your Way to Your Next Job…Fast Clyde C. Lowstuter

Power Networking: 55 Secrets for Personal & Professional Success Vilas, Sandy; Fisher, Donna

Power Networking: Using the Contacts You Don’t Even Know You Have to Succeed in the Job You Want Marc Kramer

The Smart Woman's Guide to Networking Joyce Hadley, Betsy Sheldon

The Secrets of Savvy Networking: How to Make the Best Connections for Business and Personal Success Susan Roane

The Vault.com Guide to Schmoozing Vault.com

The Everything Get-A-Job Book Steven Graber, Mark Lipsman

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Electronic & Internet Guides    signals a Frankly Speaking top pick!

Resumes in Cyberspace : Your Complete Guide to a Computerized Job Search Pat Criscito

Electronic Resumes & Online Networking : How to Use the Internet to Do a Better Job Search, Including a Complete, Up-To-Date Resource Guide Rebecca Smith

Electronic Resumes & Online Networking Rebecca Smith

Electronic Resumes : A Complete Guide to Putting Your Resume On-Line   James C. Gonyea, Wayne M. Gonyea (Contributor)

Jump Start Your Online Job Search in a Weekend Pat Kendall

110 Best Job Search Sites on the Internet Katherine K. Yonge

Job-Hunting on the Internet  Bolles, Richard Nelson

The Work-At-Home Sourcebook Arden, Lynie

Guide to Internet Job Searching 2000-01 Edition  Margaret Dikel, et al

Internet Resumes : Take the Net to Your Next Job! Peter D. Weddle

Adams Electronic Job Search Almanac 2000  Thomas F. Blackett(Editor), et al

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Executive Recruiters    signals a Frankly Speaking top pick!

Directory of Executive Recruiters 1999 Kennedy Information

Kennedy’s Pocket Guide to Working With Executive Recruiters James H. Kennedy

Navigating Your Career: Twenty One Headhunters Tell You How it is Done Christopher W Hunt, Scott Scanlon

Rites of Passage at $100,000+: The Insiders Lifetime Guide to Executive Job Changing and Faster Career Progress John Luch

Executive Recruiters Almanac Steven Graber 

Executive Recruiters: A 5 Step Power Strategy for America’s Top Headhunters to Advance Your Career Scott Walmsley

Job Seekers Guide to Executive Recruiters

Job Seekers Guide to Silicon Valley Recruiters Christopher W Hunt, Scott Scanlon

Job Seekers Guide to Wall Street Recruiters Christopher W Hunt, Scott Scanlon

Student's Guide to On-Campus Job Recruiting Elizabeth Phythian,  D. Franz

The Best Directory of Recruiters Thomas P. Gove

The Global 200 Executive Recruiters: An Essential Guide to the Best Recruiters in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America Nancy Garrison Jenn

The Guide to Executive Recruiters Michael Betrus

Ask the Headhunter: Reinventing the Interview to Win the Job Nick A. Corcodilos,  Nichola Corcodilos, Nicholas Cordilos

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FINDING EMPLOYERS        signals a Frankly Speaking top pick!

The Directory of Federal Jobs and Employers Caryl Rae &  Ronald L Krannich

The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America  Levering, Robert; Moskowitz, Milton 

The VaultReports.com Guide to the Top Investment Banking Firms, an Industry Guide for Job Seekers Shen, Ed; Vault Reports Staff; Hamadeh, H. S.

MBA Employers: The VaultReports.com Guide to the Top 50 MBA Employers, an Industry Guide for Job Seekers Vault Reports Staff; Lerner, Marcy; Shen, Ed; Cantor, D.; Hamadeh, H.S.; Scott, Nikki; Gillies,

National Directory of Legal Employers, The (1999-2000) National Association for Law Placement

Peterson's Hidden Job Market 2000 Hansen, Karen

Petersons Top 2,500 Employers 2000 (1st Ed) Petersons Guides

The African American Network: Get Connected to More Than 5,000 Prominent People and Organizations in the African-American Community Bunkley, Crawford B.

The Almanac of American Employers 1998-99 (Serial) Plunkett, Jack W.

The Best Companies for Minorities; Employers Across America Who Recruit, Train, and Promote Graham, Lawrence Otis; Kantor, Rosabeth M. (Designer); Kanter, Rosabeth Moss

The Vault Reports Guide To the Top Consulting Firms Lerner, Marcy; Vault Reports Staff; Scott, Nikki; Prasad, Chandra Shekhar; Vault Reports

The VaultReports.com Guide to America's Top 50 Law Firms Walton, Kimm Alayne

Minority Organizations: A National Directory Editor, Elizabeth H.

National Trade and Professional Associations of the United States 1999 Downs, Buck; White, Sara E.; Wood, Andrew G.

State and Regional Associations of the United States, 1999 (11th Edition) Downs, Buck

150 Best Companies for Liberal Arts Graduates Woodruff, Cheryl; Greg Ptacek

The Unofficial Guide to Getting a Job at Microsoft Rebecca Smith

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What Should I Be?       signals a Frankly Speaking top pick!

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2001 : A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers Richard Nelson Bolles

What Color Is Your Parachute Workbook : How to Create a Picture of Your Ideal Job or Next Career Richard Nelson Bolles

Do What You Are : Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron-Tieger

Do What You Love, the Money Will Follow : Discovering Your Right Livelihood Marsha Sinetar

The PIE Method for Career Success : A Unique Way to Find Your Ideal Job Daniel Porot, Richard Nelson Bolles

Please Understand Me II: Temperament, Character, Intelligence David Keirsey

Gifts Differing : Understanding Personality Type Isabel Briggs Myers, Peter B. Myers

Type Talk at Work/How the 16 Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job Otto Kroeger

Doing Work You Love : Discovering Your Purpose and Realizing Your Dreams  Cheryl Gilman

Zen and the Art of Making a Living : A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design Laurence G. Boldt

How to Find Your Mission in Life Richard Nelson Bolles

Soul-Purpose : Discovering and Fulfilling Your Destiny  Mark Thurston

How to Find the Work You Love  Laurence G. Boldt

Think and Grow Rich Napoleon Hill

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Life & Work Balance       signals a Frankly Speaking top pick!

Total Career Fitness : A Complete Checkup and Workout Guide William J. Morin

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Stephen R. Covey

Finding a Path With a Heart : How to Go from Burnout to Bliss Beverly Potter

More Than Enough Dave and Sharon Ramsey

The Millionaire Next Door Thomas J Stanley,  William D. Danko

Financial Peace Dave and Sharon Ramsey

Take This Job and Thrive: 60 Ways to Make Life More Rewarding in Today's New Workplace Anita Bruzzese

Women in Career & Life Transition Sany Anderson

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Guides by Field         signals a Frankly Speaking top pick!

Best Jobs for the 21st Century J. Michael Farr,  LaVerne L. Ludden

100 Best Careers for Writers and Artists Field, Shelly

100 Best Careers in Crime Fighting : Law Enforcement, Criminal Justice, Private Security, and Cyberspace Crime Detection Lee, Mary Price; Lee, Richard S.; Beam, Carol; Dilks, Carol

100 Best Careers in Entertainment Field, Shelly

100 Jobs in Social Change Jebens, Harley

100 Jobs in Technology Hawkins, Lori; Dowling, Betsy 

100 Jobs in the Environment Quintana, Debra

100 Jobs in Words  Meyer, Scott A.

Alternative Careers in Science : Leaving the Ivory Tower Robbins-Roth, Cynthia 

Approach an Advertising Agency : And Walk Away With the Job You Want (Here's How) Ganim, Barbara A.

Breaking into Advertising : How to Market Yourself Like a Professional  Smith, Jeanette

Career Opportunities in Advertising and Public Relations  Shelly Field

Career Opportunities in Health Care  Shelly Field

Career Opportunities in the Music Industry (3Rd. Ed) Shelly Field

Career Opportunities in the Sports Industry Shelly Field

Career Paths in Psychology : Where Your Degree Can Take You Sternberg, Robert J. (Editor)

Careers for Competitive Spirits & Other Peak Performers  Goldberg, Jan

Careers for Computer Buffs & Other Technological Types  Eberts, Marjorie; Gisler, Margaret; Olson, Maria (Contributor)

Careers for Cybersurfers & Other Online Types  Eberts, Marjorie; Gisler, Margaret

Careers for Good Samaritans & Other Humanitarian Types  Eberts, Marjorie; Gisler, Margaret

Careers for History Buffs & Others Who Learn from the Past  Camenson, Blythe

Careers for Introverts & Other Solitary Types  Camenson, Blythe

Careers for Sports Nuts & Other Athletic Types  Heitzmann, William Ray; Heitzmann, Wm. Ray

Careers for Talkative Types : & Others With the Gift of Gab  Eberts, Marjorie; Gisler, Margaret

Careers in Accounting  Gaylord, Gloria L.; Ried, Glenda E.; Heitzmann, W.; Rowh, Mark

Careers in Advertising (Princeton Review) Lederman, Eva; Lazarus, Shelly (Foreword)

Careers in Business  Stair, Lila B.; Domkowski, Dorothy

Careers in Education  Edelfelt, Roy A.

Careers in Finance Ring, Trudy

Careers in Law  Munneke, Gary A.

Careers in Marketing  Stair, Lila B. (Preface); Kennedy, Sarah (Editor)

Careers in Sociology Stephens, W. Richard

Getting Started As a Consulting Engineer Lindeburg, Michael R.; Sunar, D. G.

Harvard Business School Career Guide for Finance Tillman, Anthony L. (Preface), Harvard University Graduate School of Business

Harvard Business School Career Guide for Management Consulting  Nunn, Neil (Editor); et al

Health Care Job Explosion! : High Growth Health Care Careers and Job Locator Damp, Dennis V.; Taylor, Erin M. (Editor)

How to Be a Successful Computer Consultant Simon, Alan R.; Mougayar, Walid

Jump Start Your Career in BioScience Louise, Chandra B.

lifeworktransitions.com Knox, Deborah L.; Sandra S. Butzel

Making It in Book Publishing Mogel, Leonard

Management Consulting : A Complete Guide to the Industry Biswas, Sugata; Twitchell, Daryl

Music, Money, and Success : The Insider's Guide to the Music Industry Brabec, Jeffrey; Brabec, Todd 

Opportunities in Biological Science Careers  Winter, Charles A.; Belikoff, Kathleen

Opportunities in Commercial Art and Graphic Design Careers Gordon, Barbara

Opportunities in Financial Careers  Sumichrast, Michael; Burkhardt, Frederick

Opportunities in Photography Careers Konzo, Seichi; Bayne, James W.; Johnson, Bervin

Real People Working in Sales & Marketing  Camenson, Blythe; Goldberg, Jan

The 50 Coolest Jobs in Sports : Who's Got Them, What They Do, and How You Can Get One! Fischer, David

The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century Doyle, Kevin; Stubbs, Tanya

The Fast Track : The Insider's Guide to Winning Jobs in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, and Securities Trading Naficy, Mariam

The Guide to Careers in Sports Karlin, Leonard; Karlin, Len

Worktypes Jean M. Kummerow, et al

You Can't Play the Game If You Don't Know the Rules : Career Opportunities in Sports Management Carter, David M.

The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People Eikleberry, Carol; Bolles, Richard Nelson--Introduction

Jobs for People Who Love To Travel Opportunities at Home and Abroad Krannich, Ron & Caryl

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Guides by College Majors/Degrees  signals a Frankly Speaking top pick!

150 Best Companies for Liberal Arts Graduates Woodruff, Cheryl; Greg Ptacek

Great Jobs for Communications Majors  Camenson, Blythe; Kennedy, Sarah (Editor)

Great Jobs for Computer Science Majors  Goldberg, Jan

Great Jobs for English Majors  Degalan, Julie; Lambert, Stephen E.

Great Jobs for History Majors  DeGalan, Julie Ann; Lambert, Stephen E. (Contributor)

Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors  Camenson, Blythe; Lambert, Stephen E. (Contributor); Degalan, Julie Ann (Contributor)

Great Jobs for Math Majors  Lambert, Stephen E.; Decotis, Ruth; Degalan, Julie Ann

Great Jobs for Music Majors  Goldberg, Jan; Lambert, Stephen E.; Degalan, Julie

Great Jobs for Political Science Majors  Rowh, Mark

Great Jobs for Psychology Majors  Degalan, Julie; Lambert, Stephen E. 

Great Jobs for Sociology Majors  Lambert, Stephen E.

Guide to Nontraditional Careers in Science Kreeger, Karen Young 

Peterson's Liberal Arts Jobs : The Guide That Turns Learning into Earning Nadler, Burton Jay

Business School Companion : The Ultimate Guide to Excelling in Business School and Launching Your Career (Princeton Review Series) Hamadeh, H. S.; Richard, Andy; Richard, Andrew

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