Maryland Career Resource Center

Career Resource Materials

August 2014

Title / Author / Yes / No
The Attitude Advantage / Rosemary T. Fruehling & Roberta Moore/Goodheart-Wilcox
Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions / DeLuca, Matthew J.
Career Choices: A Guide for Teens and Young Adults / Mindy Bingham and Sandy Stryker
Career Cluster Exploration Pathway Exploration ( Multimedia Pathway Units (MPUs) / CEV Multimedia
www.cevmutimedia.com/pathways
Career Development Activities for the Elementary Grades / Miriam McLaughlin and Sandra Peyser
Educational Media Corporation www.educationalmedia.com
The Career Guide for Creative and Unconventional People / Eikleberry, Carol
Career Guide to Industries / U.S. Dept. of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics
Career Planning for the 21st Century / Donald Blocher, Mary Heppner, Joe Johnston/Love Publishing Company
Career Targets Interest Assessment for Middle School / COIN www.coin3.com
Career Targets Online (Middle School) / www.careertargetsonline.com
Career Tests: 25 Revealing Self-Tests to Help You Find and Succeed at the Perfect Career / Louis Janda, Ph.D.
The Career Training Sourcebook: How to Get Free, Low-Cost, and Salaried Job Training / Gilbert, Sara D.
Career Voyages / U.S. Dept. of Labor, etc.
Careers for Nonconformists: A Practical Guide to Finding and Developing a Career Outside the Mainstream / Gurvis, Sandra
Catalogs from New Mexico colleges and career/technical schools
CLIMB K-5 Online / COIN www.climbk5.com
College Cost & Financial Aid Handbook 2006 / College Board
Complete Book of Colleges / Princeton Review
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Perfect Resume – 3rd Ed. / Ireland, Susan
Creating Your High School Resume / Kathryn Kraemer Troutman/ JIST
Creating Your High School Portfolio / Kathryn Kraemer Troutman/ JIST
Creative Job Search Guide / Minnesota Dept. of Employment & Eco. Dev.
Developing Career and Living Skills / Mary Sue Burkhardt, Barb Terry/JIST Works
Discover What You’re Best At / Gale, Barry
Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type—Revised and Updated Edition Featuring E-careers for the 21st Century / Tieger, Paul and Barbara
Do What You Love, The Money Will Follow / Sinetar, Marsha
Engage Career Planning Curriculum (lesson plans) for Grades 7-9 / Doug Kueker and Scott Stump
www.relevantclassroom.com
Title / Author / Yes / No
From School To Work / J.J.Littrel, Annie Hunter Clasen & Peggy Pearson/Goodheart-Wilcox
The Guide to Internet Job Searching, 2004-2005 / Riley, Margaret
How to Get a Job and Keep It / Morem, Susan & U.S. Dept. of Labor
How to Write It: A Complete Guide to Everything You’ll Ever Write / Lamb, Sandra
How to…Career Development Activities for Every Classroom / University of Wisconsin/Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was / Sher, Barbara and Smith, Barbara
Inside Edition: A Job Hunter’s Guide for Adult and Youth Ex-Offenders / New Mexico Department of Labor
Job Hunter’s Guide / New Mexico Department of Labor
Job Hunting for Dummies / Messmer, max
Job Information for the Albuquerque Area / New Mexico Department of Labor
Job Information for the Las Cruces Area / New Mexico Department of Labor
Job Star / Bay Area Library & Information System
Junior Achievement of Central Maryland, Inc.
High School – Curriculum:
JA Banks in Action, JA BE Entrepreneurial, JA Business Ethics, JA Careers With a Purpose, JA Company Program (Entrepreneurship)
JA Economics, JA Exploring Economics, JA Job Shadow, JA Success Skills, JA Titan, and JA High School Financial Planning Program
Middle School Curriculum:
JA America Works, JA Economics For Success, JA Finance Park, JA Global Marketplace, JA It’s My Business
Elementary School – Curriculum:
Ourselves, Our Families, Our Community, Our City, JA More than Money, Our Region, Our Nation, JA Biztown / Junior Achievement of Central Maryland, Inc.
www.ja.org
Learning For Earning: Your Road to Success / John A Wanat, E. Weson Pfeiffer, Richard Van Gulik/ Goodheart-Wilcox
Making a Living Without a Job: Winning Ways for Creating Work That You Love / Winter, Barbara
Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change / Bridges, William
Labor Market Report (monthly) / MD Workforce Exchange https://mwejobs.maryland.gov/vosnet/Default.aspx
Occupational Wage Survey (annual) / MD Workforce Exchange
Occupation Employment Projections 2012 / MD Workforce Exchange
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2006-2007 / U.S. Department of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics
O*Net: Career Values Inventory / Jist Works www.jist.com
O*Net: Work Values Inventory / Jist Works www.jist.com
The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success / Lore, Nicolas
Title / Author / Yes / No
The Resume Handbook – 4th ed. / Rosenberg, Arthur and Hizer, David
Resume Magic / Whitcomb, Susan B.
Resumes That Knock ‘Em Dead / Yate, Martin
Self-Directed Career Planning Workbook / Gibaldi, Carmine P. and McCarthy, Thom
Survival Skills in the World of Work 3rd Edition / Fred Pyrczak/Walch Publishing
Very Quick Job Search: Get a Better Job in Half the Time / Farr, Michael
What Color is Your Parachute – 2006 / Bolles, Richard
What do I like to do? / Janet E. Wall
What Type and I? / Renee Baron
Wishcraft: How to Get What You Really Want / Sher, Barbara
The Wizard of Work: 88 Pages to Your Next Job / Gaither, Richard, with Baker, John
Work with Passion: How to Do What You Love for a Living / Anderson, Nancy
The Young Person’s Occupational Outlook Handbook / Jist Works www.jist.com
Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design. / Boldt, Laurence G.
Students with Disabilities Resources
Top Secret Job Skills: Declassified (Interactive CD)
Building Program Capacity to Serve Youth with Disabilities (Workshop/Training Curricula)
Solving the Employment Puzzle for Youth with Disabilities (Workshop/Training Curricula)
Transition Trek Game (Board Game)
Websites
www.myfuture.com (career exploration) / Department of Defense Joint Advertising Market Research and Studies (JAMRS) program
www.mynextmove.org (career interest inventories)
www.humanmetrics.org (personality inventories)

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