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Online Swan Catalog (Click here)

                         
                                                           
  BOOKS DEALING WITH JOBS AND CAREERS    
                                  150 best jobs for your skills                  
  150 Best Jobs for Your Skills by Michael J. Farr
331.702/FAR
                         
                                                   
 

The Job Description Handbook by Marjorie Mader-Clark
658.306/MAD

Now What? The Young Person’s Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career by Nicholas Lore
331.702/LOR

The Work from Home Handbook: Flex Your Time, Improve Your Life by Diana Fitzpatrick
658.11/FIT

The Nonprofit Career Guide: How to Land a Job That Makes a Difference by Shelly Cryer
650.14/CRY

Government Jobs in America from Partnerships for Community
*REF/331.702/GOV

America’s Top Jobs for College Graduates by Michael J. Farr     
331.702 FAR 2002

The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures by Michael Landes
650.14/LAN

How to Say It: Job Interviews by Linda Matias
650.144/MAT

The African-American Job Seeker’s Guide to Successful Employment by Rebecca Enyia
650.1408 ENY 2002

 
                                  Top 100 careers for college graduates                  
  Top 100 Careers for College Graduates by Michael J. Farr
331.702/FAR
                   
                                                   
 

Firestarters: 100 Job Profiles to Inspire Young Women by Kelly Beatty
331.702/BEA

Amazing Resumes by Jim Bright
650.14/BRI

Cover Letter Magic by Wendy S. Enelow
650.14/ENE

 
                                                           
 

The Business and Job Center Reference Department

The Business and Job Center can be found on the third floor in the second computer room.  The following items can be located in that area.

Great Jobs for Foreign Language Majors by Julie DeGalan and Stephen Lambert
JOB CENTER/331.702/DEG

Great Jobs for Environmental Studies Majors by Julie DeGalan and Bryon Middlekauff
JOB CENTER/331.702/DEG

Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors by Blythe Camenson
JOB CENTER/331.702/CAM

 
                                  Great jobs for sociology majors                  
  Great Jobs for Sociology Majors by Stephen Lambert
JOB CENTER/331.702/LAM
                   
                                                   
 

How to Set Up Your Own Small Business by Max Fallek and the American Institute of Small Business
JOB CENTER/REF/658.022/HOW Vol. 1-2

Careers Without College: Emergencies by Linda Peterson
JOB CENTER/331.702/PET

National Minority and Women-Owned Business Directory 2008 by Diversity Information Resources, Inc. (DIR)
JOB CENTER/REF/670/NAT 2008

Encyclopedia of Business Information Sources by Paul Wasserman
JOB CENTER/REF/016.33/ENC

The Business and Job Center Resumes and Professional Vita

Gallery of Best Resumes by David F. Noble
JOB CENTER/REF/650.14/NOB

Resumes for Re-entering the Job Market with Sample Cover Letters by VGM Career Books
JOB CENTER/650.14/RES

 
          Real Resumes                
  Real Resumes by Anne McKinney
JOB CENTER/650.14/REA
                     
                                                 
  Developing a Professional Vita or Resume by Carl McDaniels
JOB CENTER/REF/650.14/MCD
                     
                                                           
 

NEWSPAPERS AND WANT ADS

Do not forget that many jobs can be located simply by looking through the classified ads in some newspapers. Here are some examples that can be found in the Library.

 
                                                           
 

The Proviso Herald

The Chicago Tribune

Chicago Defender

The Chicago Sun Times

N’Digo

La Raza

Crain’s Chicago

Triton College

 
                                                           

For other unlisted options, please see someone in the Reference Department

*Reference books always remain in the Library.

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