Bolles, R. N. (2005). What Color is Your Parachute? Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press. Published annually, this book has sold millions and millions of copies. It is a complete guide to the job hunt, and with each edition it continues to get better. Bolles includes an interview checklist, a complete discussion of salary negotiation, and many resources for seeking additional information. In this practical book, Bolles supports the theme that those who get hired are often those who know the most about how to get hired. Job hunting is more than winning interviews.

Dikel, M. R., & F. E. Roehm. (2004). Guide to Internet Job Searching: 2004-2005 edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Books. In this 276-page paperback, Dikel and Roehm offer advice on everything you will want to know about Internet job searching. Their Chapter 2, "Your Resume on the Internet," is especially informative and complete. The advantage of this resource is that they handle job information that is specific to given areas such as business, marketing, and commercial services, or law, social sciences, and nonprofit organizations, or humanities, recreation, hospitality, and personal services, They also cover natural sciences, health, and medicine as well as engineering, mathematics, technology, and transportation. They also discuss government, public policy, and public service. This is an amazingly thorough, competent, and instructive resource that takes you to the specific web pages you will need.

Jansen, J. (2003). I Don't Know What I Want, but I Know It's Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work. New York: Penguin Books. In this 272-page paperback career coach Jansen provides all the self-assessment tools you need to determine your work situation, values, attitudes, personal preferences, interests, favorite skills, types of meaning needed, roadblocks and opportunities, bruised and gun-shy situation, narrow business focus, ability to start a business, ten keys to success, and job-search readiness. And she tells you what to do with all the results once you have made the assessments. This is such a comprehensive self-assessment book, designed for anyone preparing to enter the job market, that you cannot help but come away from reading it a more confident, secure, prepared, and knowledgeable person who knows exactly the type of work for which you are best suited.

Krannich, R. L., & C. R. Krannich. (2002) America's Top Internet Job Sites: The Click and Easy Guide to Finding a Job Online. Manassas Park, VA: Impact Publications. There are nearly 100,000 websites that focus on employment. The Krannichs help guide readers to the best online career information, advice, and services. First, however, they introduce specialty websites for assessing personal skills, developing career objectives, conducting focused research, and doing precision networking prior to posting your resume online and responding to job listings. This is a well-organized, job-seeker friendly book that covers the complete gamut—everything necessary—to using the Internet in your job search.

[No author]. (2002, December 20). More Information on...Interviews. U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 17, 2005, from http://www.doi.gov/octc/ivmore.html. This website is an excellent place to begin looking for information. It includes a guide to web browsing information on developing a career strategy; advanced Internet tips; job listings by the federal government, state governments, and the private sector; a personality instrument; and occupational exploration opportunities. Also, it covers job hunting tools such as networking, job fairs, résumés, cover letters, and interview tips. The site offers articles of interest, a career reading list, a user survey, FAQs, and lists of related Web pages, articles, and books.

Peters, T. (2003). Re-Imagine! Business Excellence in a Disruptive Age. London, England: DK (Dorling Kindersley). Peters pushes people to ponder: Who are you? Why are you here? How are you unique? How can you make a dramatic difference? Who cares? Do you? Peters says these are starting points for figuring out your future. To the junior person in a business position he says: "Don't screw around. Start now. Find an excuse. Any excuse. Do something. Do anything. Get going. Posthaste." Four of his principles that relate to this chapter are: Wake up about the power of women as managers, leaders, and consumers. Experience is everything; you don't merely buy a product or service from a company, you have an ongoing experience with it. Get passionate; if you can't get excited about what you're doing, don't expect anyone else to care, either. And, finally, create a brand-new you; brands are not just for companies, but also for individuals. Think of, and market yourself, as a brand of one. Peters uses short sentences, numbered points, bold type, question marks, exclamation points, and capital letters to get attention and, too, to reveal his restless mind and love of learning.

Post, P. (2003). Essential Manners for Men: What to Do, When to Do It, and Why? New York: Harper Resource (Harper Collins Publishers, Inc.). Although Post helps men make the right decisions about what to do and say in situations that count, and the book is divided into three parts, "Daily Life," "Social Life," and "On the Job," the reading has been placed here, because it is likely that it is in the business arena where most help is needed. With sharp-witted and sensible advice, short, readable sections, tips, boxes, and candid anecdotes about his own etiquette blunders, Post does not mince words in his forthrightness. Two chapters are on communication: One discusses communication in daily life and the second one treats on-the-job communication. There are twenty-five others that provide a panorama of manners and advice for men.

Taylor, J. with D. Hardy. (2004) Monster Careers: How to Land the Job of Your Life. New York: Penguin Books (Published by the Penguin Group). There are five parts to this well-written, thorough, and worthwhile 402-page book: The New Job Search Basics, Preparing Your Search, Into the Marketplace, and Landing the Job. There are between three and six chapters in each part. There is advice here from career experts, input from Monster customers, employers, recruiters, and human resource professionals. There is information for building a personalized job search, for those who just don't know what they want to do, for those who want to write an effective resume and cover letter, and, too, for those nervous just thinking about a job interview. This is about how to harness the changes going on around you as well as putting you in command of your jobs and your career. It offers a step-by-step plan for carrying out an effective job search as well as information on how to thrive in your first months in a new job.

Whiteley, S., K. Elliot, & C. Duckworth, (2003) The Old Girls' Network: Insider Advice for Women Building Businesses in a Man's World. New York: Basis Books (A member of the Perseus Books Group). Although this is not a communications book it is a wonderful book for beginning entrepreneurs—men or women (but especially women). This is both an inspirational and instructive, step-by-step, how-to-do-it book full of specific examples, as well as sample forms, documents, letters, PowerPoint presentations, sources, and templates designed to cover all the necessary agreements needed for beginning business success. If the financial, emotional, collaborative, external, and market environments are cooperative, this book can be your start-up bible for self-accomplishment. It is well written and comprehensive.