Career and Student Success Resources
Fall 2018
50 Ways to Get a Job
by Dev Aujla
This book reveals a tried-and-tested method for job seekers at any career stage. Filled with anecdotes, advice, and quick-step exercises, it will keep the reader poised, on-track, and motivated to find their dream job.
Designing and Proposing Your Research Project
by Jennifer Brown Urban and Brad Van Eeden-Moorefield
This APA concise guide will help students plan a research project, from developing a research question to designing the study, and choosing sampling and measurement strategies.
The New Rules of Work
by Alexandra Cavoulacos & Kathryn Minshew
Through quick exercises and structured tips, this title describes how to choose a perfect career path, land the best job, and wake up feeling excited to go to work every day.
Extraordinary Influence
by Tim Irwin
Based on brain science discoveries and interviews with top CEO’s, Irwin proposes using tactical affirmation to develop intrinsic motivation and align workers with their organization’s mission, strategies, and goals.
Knock ‘em Dead: The Ultimate Job Search Guide
by Martin Yate
This unique book is a practical, thoughtful, and carefully integrated blueprint to successful career management in an age of uncertainty.
Work It
by Carrie Kerpen
From mastering social media to navigating office politics and finding work/life balance, Work It arms every woman with the confidence and skills to achieve success and happiness on her own terms.
The Career Manifesto
by Mike Steib
Steib offers an action-oriented guide to help anyone find their calling and achieve their goals by answering three key questions, envisioning a goal, and then crafting and executing a plan to achieve it.
What Color is Your Parachute 2019
by Richard N. Bolles
The world’s most popular job-search book demystifies the entire job-search process, from writing resumes to interviewing to networking, helping readers find their dream job.
How to Be Everything
by Emilie Wapnick
Wapnick offers practical advice and exercises to design a life, regardless of age or career stage, that will be fulfilling and career satisfying.
