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Library Books

Find the titles listed below in the library. To find more titles, check the other sections listed below.

• Cover Letters That Will Get You the Job You Want HF5383 .W96
• Cover Letters They Don't Forget HF5383 .M29
• Electronic Resumes for the New Job Market HF5383 .W324, also in REF
  
• Internet Resumes: Take the Net to Your Next Job!HF5383 .W327


• 100 Best Resumes for Today's Hottest Jobs HF5383 .P685
• Resumes for Re-Entering the Job Market HF5383 .R448

• Click, You're Hired. Or Tracked...Pam Dixon of The Privacy Foundation writes about "job seekers who post their resumes online face considerable threats to their privacy."
• College Grad© - Resume Development and Posting (from a syndicated college newspaper columnist and former corporate recruiter)
• Cover Letter Tutorial (from Quintessential Careers developed by Dr. Randall Hansen, an associate professor of marketing at Stetson University)
• Help With Your Resume (from the Riley Guide, a comprehensive job search resource organized by Margaret Dikel, a librarian and Internet consultant)
• Resumania - what NOT to include on resumes (from Robert Half, founder of the specialized staffing firm Robert Half International Inc.) features mistakes made on resumes and cover letters
• Resumes and Cover Letters (from CareerJournal.com-Wall Street Journal)
• Resumes & Letters (from Monster.com of TMP Worldwide, "one of the world's largest recruitment advertising agency networks") features extensive information on resumes and cover letters.
• Resumes Online: Getting Your Resume Ready (from About.com, an online subject guide)
• The First and Best Cover Letters (from CareerLab, a career management consulting firm)
• Your Resume (from Purdue University Online Writing Lab)

• The Career Guide: Dun's Employment Opportunities Directory
  REF HF5382.5.U5 D8
• Dun's Regional Business Directory
  Reference Desk HG4058.H68 D86
• Hoover's Guide to Private Companies: Profiles of 500 Major U.S. Private Enterprises
  Index Tables REF HG4057.A1 H66
• Hoover's Handbook of American Business
  Index Tables REF HG4057 .A28617
• Hoover's Handbook of Emerging Companies
  Index Tables REF HG4057 .A33
• Hoover's Handbook of World Business
  Index Tables REF HG4009 .H66
• International Directory of Company Histories
  REF HD2721 .I63
• The National Job Hotline Directory
  REF HF5382.75.U5 W56
• Standard & Poor's Corporation Records
  Index Tables REF HG4501 .S76635

• Business & Company Resource Center - detailed company information and news
• Business Source Complete - scholarly and popular business-related periodical listings
• InfoTrac Custom Newspapers - Texas, national, and internation newspaper articles
• New York Times Index on Index Tables (newspaper article listings)
• ProQuest (including Houston Chronicle) - full-text articles from local newspaper-excluding classified advertisements
• Wall Street Journal Index on Index Tables (newspaper article listings)

• Annual Report Gallery - The most complete and up-to-date listing of Annual Reports and related financial information online. Covers a majority of the Fortune 500 companies.
• EDGAR - the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system, performs automated collection, validation, indexing, acceptance, and forwarding of submissions by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
• Hoover's Online Home Page (from the Reference Press, producer of business reference books and software products)
• Houston Business Journal Archives (or search/browse all 40 business journals around the U.S.)
• PR Newswire provides news releases and includes a 30-day searchable archives
• Yahoo! Finance Company and Fund Index (search for company by name or browse alphabetical list

• Ask the Headhunter : Reinventing the Interview to Win the Job
  HF5549.5.I6 C668
  
• Interviewing for a Job - Videocassette
  Circulation Desk HF5383 .I5847
• Networking
  HF5382.7 .N47 1994
• Networking Skills That Will Get You the Job You Want
  HF5382.7 .K5
  
• Power Interviewing - Videocassette
  Circulation Desk HF5549.5.I6 P67
• The Smart Woman's Guide to Interviewing and Salary Negotiation
  HF5382.6 .K56
• Sweaty Palms : The Neglected Art of Being Interviewed
  HF5549.5.I6 M35

• Employment Background Checks: A Jobseeker's Guide (from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, "a nonprofit consumer advocacy program, originally established in 1992 at the University of San Diego Center for Public Interest Law")
• Enforcement Guidance: Preemployment Disability- Related Questions and Medical Examinations (from The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) provides questions employers may ask about disabilities before and after a job offer is made.
• Get Networked (from JobStar, a service of the Bay Area Library and Information System in Oakland, California)
• Hidden Job Market - What Is It? (from JobStar, a service of the Bay Area Library and Information System in Oakland, California)
• How To Handle Difficult Interview Questions (from the Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Illegal Interview Questions (from Human Resources at the at the University of Chicago)
• Job Interviewing Tutorial (from Quintessential Careers developed by Dr. Randall Hansen, an associate professor of marketing at Stetson University) - see also Behavioral Interviewing Strategies
• Getting Started with Networking (from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks Career Services)
• Interview Center including the Virtual Interview where you can test your interview skills (from TMP Worldwide, a recruitment advertising agency network)

• Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1,000 a Minute
  HF5549.5.P7 C48
• The Smart Woman's Guide to Interviewing and Salary Negotiation
  HF5382.6 .K56

Texas

See also links to other Texas newspaper classifieds via Bona Fide Classified links sponsored by the Newspaper Association of America.

• Austin American-Statesman Classifieds
• Dallas Morning News Classifieds - Employment
• DFW Employment.Com (Dallas-Fort Worth area job openings from the Houston-based Employment Services On-Line, L.L.C., an Internet employment service company)
• Fort-Worth Star-Telegram Classified Ads - Employment
• Houston Employment.Com (local area job openings from the Houston-based Employment Services On-Line, L.L.C., an Internet employment service company)
• Houston.jobing.com
• IT Pinnacle - Houston Jobs in Technology and Software Development
• Lone Star College System Job Search
• San Antonio Express-News: SA Job Search
• Work in Texas Jobs from the Texas Workforce Commission)
• Yahoo! Careers - Job Search (specify Texas)

• Headhunter.net Quick Job Search (from Headhunter.net, a "national online recruiting and job awareness network")
• CareerBuilder Mega Job Search (search ads from the major metropolitan newspapers such as Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, St. Louis, etc.)
• FedWorld Federal Jobs Search (from the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Technical Information Service)
• HotJobs.com-Search Jobs by Keyword (from HotJobs, "a leading recruiting solutions company")
• Job Resources by US Region (from the Career Center @ Duke University)
• Monster.com Job Search Options (from TMP Worldwide, a recruitment advertising agency network)
• USAJOBS  Job Site of the United States Federal Government (from the United States Office Of Personnel Management)

Specific Occupations & Companies

• Career and Job Resources - by Industry (from Dr. Randall Hansen, Associate Professor of Marketing, School of Business Administration, Stetson University)
• Employment: Houston Employers (selected list of major local employers compiled by Houston Public Library)
• Job Listings: The Riley Guide (by a librarian/former Internet job columnist)
• The Quintessential Directory of Company Career Centers (from Dr. Randall Hansen, Associate Professor of Marketing, School of Business Administration, Stetson University)

• Jobweb(from JobWeb and the National Association of Colleges and Employers)
• 1st Steps in the Hunt (by the IBN: Internet Business Network, an Internet development and marketing firm)
• JobHunt: A Meta-list of On-Line Job-Search Resources and Services (by the Assistant Director of Residential Computing at Stanford University)
• JOBTRAK Job Search Tips (from the JOBTRAK Corporation, partners with college & university career centers)
  *includes a relocation salary calculator providing cost-of-living information
• Quintessential Career and Job-Hunting Resources Guide (from Dr. Randall Hansen, Associate Professor of Marketing, School of Business Administration, Stetson University)
• The Riley Guide - Employment Opportunities and Job Resources on the Internet (by a librarian/former Internet job columnist)

• Applications for Positions
• Cover Letters
• Employment Interviewing
• Job Hunting
• Job Vacancies
• Resumes (Employment)

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