Resources for Job Seekers

Business Etiquette Resources:

Can I wear my nose ring to the interview? :the crash course: finding, landing, and keeping your first real job. HF 5382.7 F449 2009
Business etiquette for dummies. HF 5389 .F696 2008
Career and corporate cool: how to look, dress, and act the part at every stage of your career. HF 5389 .W45 2007
2500 keywords to get you hired. HF 5383 .B355 2003
24 hours to the perfect interview: quick steps for planning, organizing & preparing for the interview that gets the job. HF 5549.5 .I6 D448 2004

Cover Letter/Resume Writing Resources:

Resumes for college students and recent graduates. HF 5383 .R434 2005
Resumes for first-time job hunters: with sample cover letters. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2005.
The resume makeover: 50 common problems with resumes and cover letters--and how to fix them. HF 5383 .M264 2003
Resumes for health and medical careers: with sample cover letters.
R 690 .R48 2004
Resumes for environmental careers: with sample cover letters. GE 60 .R48 2003
Great jobs for liberal arts majors. HF 5382.5 .U5 C252 2002

Job and Career Resources available through NCLIVE:

Type your search terms in to the NCLIVE database search program or search for a particular magazine title in NCLIVE. Read the abstract (that’s the symbol at the end of the title line with a magnifying glass) to see if the article meets your needs, and then look for the “HTML Full Text” symbol at the bottom of the entry. If you need help searching NCLIVE, please ask a librarian.

The following NCLIVE resources may be particularly useful under the Career, Job, and Test preparations section:

  • Career Library--Career and job descriptions, to helps match interests to occupations and education prospects.
  • Job & Career Accelerator--Create resumes and cover letters, learn interviewing techniques, and prepare for related exams. Access millions of job listings.

Internet Resources: