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Career Books

What Color Is Your Parachute? 2022 by Richard N. Bolles; Katharine Brooks
Call Number: HF5382.7 .B65 2018
Publication Date: 2021-12-14
The world's most popular and best-selling career guide, fully revised and expanded for 2022.
Gigged: The End of the Job and the Future of Work by Sarah Kessler
Call Number: HD5854.2.U6 K47 2018
One in three American workers is now a freelancer. Gigged offers deeply-sourced, up-close-and-personal accounts of our new economy. From the computer programmer, to the Uber driver.
I Can Get Paid for That? by Jo Stewart
Call Number: HF5381 .S78 2018
This book is both an inspirational and practical guidebook, which profiles 99 interesting, unusual and relatively unexplored creative career options.

Books on using social media to find employment

Using social media is a popular tool in your job search. Check out the online catalog for books by typing Job hunting - computer network resources

LinkedIn for Dummies by Joel Elad
Call Number: ebook
Publication Date: 2021
The 2-Hour Job Search, Second Edition by Steve Dalton
Call Number: HF5382.7 D35 2020
Use the latest technology to target potential employers and secure the first interview--no matter your experience, education, or network--with these revised and updated tools and recommendations.

"A Practical Career Guide" series

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"How to Land a Top-Paying..." series

Click on the LINK to see a list of books in the series How to Land a Top-paying and to see their availability in the online catalog. This series of books includes information on how to get a job in a specific career.

Job hunting

Type in Job hunting or Career changes tn the online catalog for a list of books that will help you find a job in today's tough market.

Recalculating by Lindsey Pollak
Call Number: HF 5382.5 U5 P57 2021
Publication Date: 2021-03-23
This title helps with remotely interviewing, networking, skilling and reskilling for the future; and maintaining self-care and mental health.
Jobs in Artificial Intelligence by Beatrice Harris
Call Number: Q335.4 .H36 2024
This fascinating book introduces AI and related jobs through accessible and motivating text, vibrant photographs, and thought-provoking sidebars and fact boxes.
Esports Careers by Heather E. Schwartz
Call Number: GV1469.34 E86 S349 2024
Esports is one of the fastest growing industries to work in. People who work in esports combine their love of video games with skills in coding, leadership, and communications. From streamers to shoutcasters, meet the people who make esports possible.