Self-Assessment
Holland Interest Inventory (Self-Directed Search) | The SDS was developed by Dr. John Holland, whose theory of careers is the basis for most of the career inventories used today. Holland's theory states that most people can be loosely categorized with respect to six types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional
| Career Key | Self-assessment resource for helping get more focused | NYS Career Zone | Self-assessment tool based on the Holland Codes; select and assess Yourself | Enneagram | Describes nine distinct personality types each defined by a chief mental and emotional concern which underlies the development of the personality and highly influences the life experiences of the person who falls under that particular Enneagram type. | Enneagram's 9 Personality Types | | Job Hunter's Bible | Great resources and advice for career testing and sample online self-assessment inventories |
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Recommended Reading
Reading one book a month should be an essential component to your job/graduate school search. Try to read at least one book in each of the three stages of the career development process. In addition, you may want to also read a career book that focuses on one or two fields that interest you (i.e., Careers in Banking, How to Get a Job in Advertising). Stage 1: Self-Assessment - I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This by Julie Jansen
- What Color Is Your Parachute? by Richard N. Bolles
- Do What You Are by Paul D. Tigger
- Loving Your Job, Finding Your Passion: Work and the Spiritual Life by Joseph Allegretti
- Quarterlife Crisis: The Unique Challenges of Life in Your Twenties by Robins and Wilner
- Discover What Your Best At by Linda Gale
- Type Talk at Work by Otto Kroeger
- The Three Boxes of Life: And How To Get Out of Them by Richard N. Bolles
- Wishcraft by Barbara Sher
Stage 2: Career Exploration
- Occupational Outlook Handbook
- The Adams Job Almanac by Bob Adams, Inc.
- Major Options by Nicholas Basta
- College Knowledge & Jobs by New York State Department of Labor
- How to Choose, Change and Advance Your Career by Adele Lewis
- Dream Jobs: A Guide to Tomorrow's Top Careers by Richard Bly
- Hot Jobs by Charlie Drozdyk
- America's Top Jobs for College Graduates by J. Michael Farr
Stage3: Job/Graduate School Search
- Peterson's Guides to Graduate School by Peterson's
- Guerrilla Tactics in the New Job Market by Tom Jackson
- Sweaty Palms: The Neglected Art of Being Interviewed by H. Anthony Medley
- Dress for Success by John T. Molloy
- Network Your Way to Your Next Job by Clyde C. Lowstuter & David P. Robertson
- Dynamic Cover Letters for New Graduates by Katharine Hansen
- Over 40 and Looking for Work? by Rebecca Jespersen Anthony and Gerald Roe
- The Job Hunting Guide: Transitioning from College to Career by Ron and Caryl Krannich, PhDs
- Cover Letters, Cover Letters, Cover Letters by Richard Fein
- How to Write a Winning Personal Statement for Graduate & Professional School by R. Stelzer
- Financing Graduate School by Patricia McWade
- Coming Alive from Nine to Five by Betty Neville Michelozzi
- Power Interviews by Neil Yeager & Lee Hough
- Resumes, Resumes, Resumes by Richard Fein
- The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America by Robert Levering
Career Trends- Age Power by Ken Dykewald
- JobShift by William Bridges
- The End of Work by Jeremy Rifkin
- Trends 2000 by Gerald Celenti
Leadership- Primal Leadership by Daniel Goleman, Richard Boyatzis, and Annie McKee
- Jesus, CEO: Using Ancient Wisdom for Visionary Leadership by L. B. Jones
- Choosing to Lead by K. E. Clark and M. B. Clark
- Leadership and Ambiguity by M. D.Cohen and J. D. March
- Leading with Soul : An Uncommon Journey of Spirit by L. G. Bolman and T. E. Deal
- Leader to Leader by F. Hesselbein and P. M. Cohen
- The Leadership Challenge by Kouzes and Posner
- Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership by L. G. Bolman and T. E. Deal
- The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization by P. M. Senge
- Managing the Non-Profit Organization: Principle and Practices by P. Drucker
- Leadership is an Art by Max DePree
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