Career Resources
Whether you need more interviewing tips, searching for the perfect career or re-entering the workforce you'll find some useful recommendations on this page. Be sure to check out our list of selected professional organizations also!
Recommended Reading
Interviewing:
Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions by Matthew J. DeLuca
What Color is Your Parachute? 2008: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard Nelson Bolles
The Play of Your Life: Your Program for Finding the Career of Your Dreams--And a Step-by-Step Guide to Making It a Reality by Colleen A. Sabatino
Career Match:Connecting Who You Are with What You'll Love to Do by Shoya Zichy
Surviving a Layoff:
Surviving A Layoff by Theresa Banks
Practical Money Making-Surviving Recession, Layoffs, Credit Problems, Generating Passive Income Streams, Working Full Time or Part Time and Retirement By Kim Issac Greenblatt
Older Workers:
Over-40 Job Search Guide:10 Strategies For Making Your Age An Advantage In Your Career by Gail Geary
Finding a Job After 50: Reinvent Yourself for the 21st Century by Jeannette Woodward
Second Careers: New Ways to Work after 50 by Caroline Bird
Rejoining the Workforce (Perfect for Stay-at-Home Moms):
Going Back To Work: A Survival Guide for Comeback Moms by Mary W. Quigley
Back on the Career Track: A Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms Who Want to Return to Work by Carol Fishman Cohen and Vivian Steir Rabin
The Comeback: Seven Stories of Women Who Went from Career to Family and Back Again by Emma Gilbey Keller
Career Professional Membership Organizations
Information Technology:
Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
Engineering:
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE)
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Project Managment:
Project Management Institute (PMI)
Sales:
National Association of Sales Professionals (NASP)
The United Professional Sales Association (UPSA)
Human Resources:
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
National Human Resources Association (NHRA)
Nursing:
American Academy of Nursing (AAN)
American Assembly for Men in Nursing (AAMN)
National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners (NAPNAP)
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
Teaching:
American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
National Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP)
Accounting:
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
AGN International-North America, Inc.
Association of Government Accountants (AGA)
Administrative Assistants:
International Association of Administrative Professionals (IAAP)