Bolles, Richard N. What Color Is Your Parachute? Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 2006.

Eikleberry, Carol, Ph.D. The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1995.

U.S. Department of Labor. Occupational Outlook Handbook (revised and updated every two years).

These online sites are useful for general career information as well as job-hunting tips and ideas.

AllBusiness www.allbusiness.com Information and forms for small businesses

BestJobsUSA www.bestjobsusa.com General purpose employment site operated by Recourse Communications, Inc.

Bizjournals www.bizjournals.com Links to Web sites of over forty print business journals

CareerBuilder.com www.careerbuilder.com

Career Explorer www.careerexplorer.net

CareerJournal.com www.careerjournal.com General purpose employment site from The Wall Street Journal

The Career Key www.careerkey.org

Career advice, planning, and resources

Career Momentum, Inc. www.careermomentum.com Career advice, clinics, and information

CareerOneStop www.careeronestop.org Site sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor that includes America's Career InfoNet (www.CareerInfoNet.org ) which includes national, state, and local career information and labor market data; America's Job Bank (www.ajb.org ), the nation's largest labor exchange; America's Service Locator (www.ServiceLocator.org ) with information about workforce centers, unemployment benefits, job training, education, and other services.

Careers.org www.careers.org Job, career, and education information and links

Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. www.challengergray.com Outplacement firm for executives, middle managers, and long-term employees; Web site includes press releases with current job-related news.

CNN Money http://money.cnn.com The Internet home of the publications Fortune, Money, Business 2.0, and Fortune Small Business

Computerwork.com www.computerwork.com Specialty employment site focusing on information technology professionals

Craigslist www.craigslist.com A community site that also has job listings in many cities around the world

Dice www.dice.com Specialty employment site focusing on information technology and engineering professionals

eFinancialCareers.com www.efinancialcareers.com Site that focuses on jobs in banking and financial sector

EmploymentGuide.com www.employmentguide.com General-purpose employment site affiliated with the print Employment Guide distributed outside convenience stores in the United States

ExecuNet www.execunet.com Specialty employment site focusing on executives earning $100,000 per year or more

FabJob www.fabjob.com Information for finding your “dream career”

Fast Company www.fastcompany.com Management, leadership, and career advice for business executives

Futurestep www.futurestep.com Middle management recruitment

HealtheCareers Network www.healthecareers.com Specialty employment portal connecting to over sixty medical and health care-related associations

HealtheHire www.healthehire.com Information and job-posting Web site for healthcare professionals

HRJobs.com www.hrjobs.com An association-based employment site that specializes in human resource management professionals

Idealist.org www.idealist.org Nonprofit job listings by region.

InformationWeek www.informationweek.com “Business innovation powered by technology”

JobCentral www.jobcentral.com Job board and employment Web site for nationwide employment opportunities.

Job-hunt.org www.jobhunt.org Job search guide and career resource center

JobsInLogistics www.jobsinlogistics.com Specialty employment site that focuses on transportation, supply chain, and other logistics professionals

JobsintheMoney www.jobsinthemoney.com Specialty job site for accounting and finance professionals

Jobs.net www.jobs.net Job hunting by location or category, as well as job-hunting tips and information

LatPro.com www.latpro.com Employment site that focuses on Hispanic and bilingual professionals

LiveCareer www.livecareer.com Free online career interest test

MarketingJobs.com www.marketingjobs.com Specialty employment site focusing on sales, marketing, and advertising jobs

Mediabistro.com www.mediabistro.com Specialty Web site for people working with media content

Monster.com www.monster.com Job-hunting help and career advice

MRINetwork.com www.mrinetwork.com Business recruitment firm

NationJob.com www.nationjob.com Job search, career, employment, and resume services for job seekers

Net-Temps www.net-temps.com Site that serves the staffing industry in both direct placement and temporary hiring

6FigureJobs www.6figurejobs.com Site that focuses on $100,000 per year executives and openings

TalentZoo.com www.talentzoo.com Specialty employment site that focuses on the advertising, marketing, and public relations industries and latest industry news

TopUSAJobs.com www.topusajobs.com General-purpose employment site

TrueCareers www.truecareers.com Site owned by student loan company Sallie Mae focuses on jobs for degreed professionals

USAJobs www.usajobs.com The U.S. government's official job site

Vault www.vault.com General purpose employment site that also publishes books and other resources for job seekers and employers

VetJobs.com www.vetjobs.com Specialty site that focuses on employment for U.S. military veterans and their families

Winning Workplaces www.winningworkplaces.org “Promoting workplace culture that makes dollars and sense”

Work Ministry www.workministry.com Job-support groups sponsored by faith-based and community organizations

Workopolis www.workopolis.com A Canada-based general purpose employment site owned by Bell Globemedia, Toronto Star Newspapers, and Gesca, Ltd.

WorkTree.com www.worktree.com Job-search portal

Yahoo! HotJobs http://hotjobs.yahoo.com General purpose employment site affiliated with the Internet portal Yahoo!

ZoomInfo www.zoominfo.com A search engine that focuses on information on individuals