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Using this Page
The resources in this page are categorised by type. If you are searching for an book, you can go straight to the “Best Books” section or peruse the links to “Best Blogs”, where books may also be available.
Those resources that also reflect one of the other Personal Development categories are marked with the appropriate icon:
Personal Wellness
Personal Productivity
Interpersonal Skills
If you would like to share your own views and experiences of these resources, please contribute via the Contact Form or the Career Development Forum (coming soon).
 Best Career Development SITES |
- Career Journal.com (Wall Street Journal)
job search, salary review - Quintessential Careers
job search, career advice - Alex.co.uk
CV, interview and job search tips and resources - Manager Tools
personal podcasts on management issues - Mind Tools - Essential Skills for an Excellent Career
personal power - Work At Home.org
work opportunities - Women for Hire
career development for women - Work It, Mom!
A community for working moms
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Best Career Development BLOGS |
- Brazen Careerist, Penelope Trunk
self-management, office politics - Success From the Nest, Tony Clark
home-based entrepreneurs - Escape From Cubicle Nation, Pamela Slim
entrepreneurs - Chief Happiness Officer, Alexander Kjerulf
happy work environments - Duct Tape Marketing, John Jantsch
small business marketing - Cheezhead, Joel Cheesman
online recruitment - Intensive Care for the Nurturer’s Soul, Hueina Su,
work/life balance - I Will Teach You to Be Rich, Ramit Sethi
entrepreneurs, investing - McArthur’s Rant, Scott McArthur
HR, organisations - Careerdiva.com, Eve Tahmincioglu
success at work - Get That Job, Daniel Johnson
job hunting, success stories - The Job Lounge, Susan Ireland
resumes - George’s Employment Blawg, George Lenard
employment law, HR - Secrets of the Job Hunt, Chris Russell
job search
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Best Career Development BOOKS |
- What Colour is Your Parachute? Richard Nelson Bolles
job hunting - First Break All of the Rules: What the World’s Greatest Managers Do Differently, M Buckingham & C Coffman
management - The Art of Possibility: Transforming Personal and Professional Life, R & B Zander
leadership, opportunity - Basic Black: The Essential Guide For Getting Ahead at Work (and in Life), Cathie Black
work success - Corporate Confidential: 50 Secrets Your Company Doesn’t Want You to Know, Cynthia Shapiro
corporate agendas - The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success, Nicholas Lore
career direction - Power of an Hour: Business and Life Mastery in One Hour a Week, Dave Lakhani
new work habits - I Could do Anything if I Only Knew What it Was, Barbara Sher
career direction - Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t, Jim Collins
industry leaders - Leadership and the One Minute Manager, Ken Blanchard
situational leadership
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Support Links:
Job Search
- Jobtrack - effective job search guide
- Sarina Russo - job-search tips
- Jobburner.com - job-matching site for tech professionals
- Quintessential Careers - job-seeker glossary of terms
Interviews
- Interview Up - interview preparation
- Business Balls.com - job interview tips and sample questions
- Dress to Impress - job interview attire tips
- Alex.co.uk - sample interview questions
Performance Appraisals
- Performance Pro - performance appraisal tips
- Business Balls.com - performance appraisal tips and templates
- JobDig - Writing your self assessment
Work from Home
- Working From Home - Tips and FAQs
Work/Life Balance
- Quintessential Careers - Work / Life balance quiz
- Entrepreneur.com - Work / life balance tips for overworked entrepreneurs
FAST FACT…U.S. Baby Boomers Held an Average of 10.5 Jobs Between the Ages of 18 and 40. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics 2006 |
