Recommended Books for Career Changers

Compiled by the DePaul University Libraries, February 2000. Locations where books are available are noted after the citation (LC, Loop Campus; LP, Lincoln Park; NA, Naperville; and OH, O'Hare)

Allen, Jeffrey G. The Career Trap: Breaking Through the 10-Year Barrier to Get the Job You Really Want. New York : AMACOM, 1995. 650.14A427C1995 (LC)

Bolles, Richard Nelson. What Color Is Your Parachute?: a Practical Manual for Job-Hunters & Career-Changers. Berkeley, CA : Ten Speed Press, 1996. 650.14 B691w (LC, LP, NA, OH)

Business Week Reinventing Your Career. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1997. 650.14L831R1997 (LC)

Career Transitions in Turbulent Times: Exploring Work, Learning and Careers, Greensboro, NC: ERIC/CASS Publications, 1997. 650.14 C271f1997 (LC)

Challenger, James E. The Challenger Guide: Job Hunting Success for Mid-Career Professionals, Lincolnwood, IL: Contemporary Books, 1999. 650.14 C437c1999 (LC)

The Encyclopedia of Career Change and Work Issues, Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press, 1992. 650.1 E56J (LC, LP)

Gerberg, Robert. The Professional Job Changing System: an Easier Way to Find the Right New Job. Englewood, CO: Princeton/Masters Press, 1997. 650.14J28PR1997 (LC)

Goodman, Gary S. Six-Figure Consulting: How to Have a Great Second Career. New York : Amacom, 1997. 001.023G653S1997 (LC)

Helfand, David P. Career Change: Everything You Need to Know to Meet New Challenges and Take Control of Your Career. Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, 1999. 650.14H474C1999 (LC)

Hunt, Christopher W. and Scott A. Hanlon, eds. Navigating Your Career: Twenty-one of America's Leading Headhunters Tell You How It's Done. New York : John Wiley, 1999. 650.14N32h1998 (LC)

Kramer, Marc. Power Networking: Using the Contacts You Don't Even Know You Have to Succeed in the Job You Want. Lincolnwood, IL: VGM Career Horizons, 1998. 650.14K89P1998 (LC)

Krannich, Ronald L. Change Your Job, Change Your Life!: High Impact Strategies for Finding Great Jobs in the 90's. Manassas Park, VA: Impact Publications, 1995. 650.14K89C1995 (LC, LP)

Lore, Nicholas. The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998. 650.14L86p1998 (LC)

Moreau, Daniel. Take Charge of Your Career. New York: Kiplinger/Times Business, 1996. 650.14M837T1996 (LC)

Otterbourg, Robert K. It's Never Too Late: 150 Men and Women Who Changed Their Careers. Hauppauge, NY : Barron's Educational Series, 1993. 650.14O89I1993 (LC)

Peterson, Linda. Starting Out, Starting Over: Finding the Work That's Waiting for You. Palo Alto, CA : Davies-Black Pub., 1995. 331.702P485S1995 (LC, LP)

Wendleton, Kate. Building a Great Resume: for Job Hunters, Career Changers, Consultants and Freelancers. New York: Five O'Clock Books, 1999. 650.14 W471b1999 (LC)

Yate, Martin John. Beat the Odds: Career Buoyancy Tactics for Today's Turbulent Job Market. New York : Ballantine Books, 1995. 650.14Y31B1995 (LC, LP)