Career Coward's Guide to Interviewing: Sensible Strategies for Overcoming Job Search Fears (Career Cowards)
by Katy Piotrowski / JIST Works,
February 2007

According to Myers-Briggs test results, 25 percent of the population is introverted. Career experts believe that many introverts know what to do to find a new job, but won't – or can't – do what it takes because they fear talking to strangers, looking foolish, or being rejected. The Career Coward's Guide to Interviewing helps insecure job seekers combat these fears when facing a job interview. This book analyzes each aspect of a successful interview and provides easy steps for facing self doubts and challenges in a unique and easy-totackle format. Readers will learn to think about risk, payoff potential, time to complete, and a bailout strategy for all the obstacles one may face.

Career coach Katy Piotrowski brings her expertise to JIST's brand-new Career Cowards series to help readers sell their qualifications without "bragging," develop courageous responses to tough questions, and have the courage to ask for a better salary offer. While other books certainly give strategies for a successful interview, this is one of the few guides that actually addresses the level of discomfort and awkwardness many people feel when trying to present themselves as an outstanding job candidate.

No-Nonsense Resumes: The Essential Guide to Creating Attention-Grabbing Resumes That Get Interviews & Job Offers
by Wendy S. Enelow, Arnold G. Boldt
Career Press; 1st edition, November 2006

Here's a resume book that clears away the clutter and gets down to the "brass tacks" of what it takes to write and design a resume that will get you interviews and job offers. Authors and professional resume writers Wendy Enelow and Arnold Boldt share their insights, knowledge and more than 35 years of combined experience to help you prepare a resume that will get you noticed, not passed over.

No-Nonsense Resumes begins with a thorough but easy-to-understand explanation of the key elements that are vital to creating an "attention-grabbing" resume, including how to: Strategically "position" your resume • Showcase your skills and achievements • Format and design a professional-looking resume • Select and integrate key words • Prepare and distribute your electronic  resume. Subsequent chapters offer specific tips on creating winning resumes for job opportunities in virtually every profession: Administration & Clerical; Accounting, Banking & Finance; Government; Health Care & Social Services; Hospitality Management & Food Service; Human Resources & Training; Law Enforcement & Legal; Manufacturing & Operations; Sales, Marketing & Customer Service; Skilled Trades; and Technology, Science & Engineering. Included in each chapter are sample resumes contributed by leading resume writers and career consultants worldwide.

How to Survive the Real World: Life After College Graduation: Advice from 774 Graduates Who Did (Hundreds of Heads Survival Guides)
by Andrea Syrtash (Editor)
Hundreds of Heads Books, April 1, 2006

After the parties, the frat rushes, the Big Test and the Big Game, the caffeinated all-nighters, and the pomp and circumstance, life comes knocking. Finding a job and keeping it; renting an apartment or sharing a sublet; dealing with your own money instead of your parents' money; looking for love (and looking and looking ...): who knew how complicated the world after college would be? Nearly 800 contributors to this How to Survive book found out, and happily share their hard-won insights. This useful, upbeat book collects stories, tips, and advice on finding the best place to live, entering adulthood without losing passion, taking care of one's health, finding a great job, and not going home for the holidays for the first time. Covering both the psychological adjustments and the nuts and bolts of daily life as a grown-up, How to Survive the Real World is witty, practical, and the perfect gift for the nervous grad.

Black Out: The African American Guide to Successfully Redefining and Understanding Your Employment Options Outside of Traditional Corporate America (Paperback)
by Michelle T. Johnson
Amber Books (January 31, 2007)

BLACK OUT brings you life experiences and shows you how to make your own transition outside of the traditional corporate box. It takes you beyond "survival" and guides you toward your destined career path. Hundreds of thousands of African Americans have successfully left Corporate America and many became world renowned and extremely wealthy pursuing their dreams, such as: Robert L. Johnson, Terry McMillian or Oprah Winfrey. Like those "travelers" who have made a successful career change, you can learn to identify your own path and understand how to overcome roadblocks along the way to your goal.