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12 Steps to a New Career: What to Do When You Want to Make a Change Now!
Make a life-changing leap and define a career path that will lead to a job you'll love.

200 Best Jobs for Renewing America
Find rewarding jobs that will benefit from the six main initiatives targeted for renewal through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

Getting Back to Work
Strategic career development and time-tested tools for finding a new job in today's tough economy, while also working through the psychological challenges you might face after being laid off.

Green Jobs for a New Economy
An indispensable guide for students and career-seeking adults, this book offers vital information on a wide array of professional and skilled green careers, with details on job trends, work environment, and earning potential.

The Smart New Way to Get Hired
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) has been found to be a better predictor of success than IQ. This book explains how to identify and grow your EQ to make good career choices, find the best job, and get the best offer.

Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door
Shows you how to be at your best when things are at their worst.

What Color is Your Parachute?
Teaches ways to find jobs when supposedly there are no jobs, and it provides a step-by-step plan that gives people the edge over other job-hunters.

Work at Home Now: The No-Nonsense Guide to Finding Your Perfect Home-Based Job
The ultimate guide for teleworkers.


201 Knockout Answers to Tough Interview Questions
Features a plethora of sample questions and winning answers.

60 Seconds and You're Hired
Covers unique techniques like "The 60 Second Sell" and "The 5-Point Agenda." Offers more than 100 answers to tough interview questions as well as pitfalls to avoid and negitiation techniques.

Job Interview Phrase Book
A clear, concise guide showing the best way to answer all the essential questions.

Nail It! 10 Secrets for Winning the Job Interview
In this book, NBA guru Pat Williams shows you how to build a business network, plan your career path, and package yourself to get the right kind of attention. The secret to nailing the job interview is to approach life as if every day is a championship game.

Winning Job Interviews
Packed with strategies and techniques that are practical, market-proven, and easy to use.


Cover Letters for Dummies
To stand out in today’s sea of qualified job seekers, learn to craft riveting new breeds of cover letters, create vibrant images online, and discover sensational self-marketing documents you never imagined.

Expert Resumes for Military-to-Civilian Transitions
Resumes aimed at service members who are leaving the military and looking for a civilian job.

Gallery of Best Resumes: for People Without a Four-Year Degree
A showcase collection of nearly 200 outstanding sample resumes and 12 cover letters representing the very best creations of professional resume writers.

Knock 'em Dead Cover Letters
Martin Yate shows readers the words and phrases to use that get them that critical first interview. Includes a step-by-step procedure for turning weak cover letters into strong ones; the latest strategies for online cover letters and job searching; and how to transform sloppy cover letters into powerful tools.

New Resume New Career: Get the Job You Want With the Skills and Experience You Already Have
Features 50 profiles of job seekers looking to either find a similar career in a different industry or a new career within the same industry. Transform your resumé!

Resume Magic: Trade Secrets of a Professional Resume Writer
Before-and-after resume transformations explaining resume creation and illustrating professional techniques with examples that show why the techniques work.

The Overnight Resume
Hundreds of tips to suit every situation and location.


 Web Links



Careers in Criminal Justice
75+ criminal justice careers as well as a proprietary criminal justice hiring outlook for 50 states.

Job Hunting - Selected Internet sites
Local and national employment information

Jobs at Cosmo Specialty Fibers
Timber industry jobs in Grays Harbor County at the Cosmopolis Pulp Mill.

Teacher Career Center
30+ teaching careers as well as a proprietary collection of the standard and alternative teaching certification processes for all 50 states.

Washington Criminal Justice Schools
29+ Washington schools with over 80 Criminal Justice programs offered.


America's Job Bank
A partnership between the U.S. Department of Labor and the state employment services, this site offers the largest pool of jobs available anywhere. Post your resume, create and save specialized job searches, and much more.

Career Guides by JobStar Central
Links to career tests, plus guides for specific occupations and careers that are hot right now.

Criminal Justice Careers
Offers 75+ criminal justice careers as well as a proprietary criminal justice hiring outlook for 50 states.

O*NET OnLine
The Occupational Information Network includes a Skills Search that will find careers that match your skills.

Occupational Outlook Handbook
Training and earnings, industry and occupation matrix and employment projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Teacher Certification Degrees
A free resource for those looking to enter or advance in the teaching / education field. This site contains information for 30+ teaching careers as well as a proprietary collection of the standard and alternative teaching certification processes for all 50 states. Further, they feature articles such as our career leadership interview series.

Teacher Certification Degrees by State
Teaching certification information for all 50 states, including alternative teaching certification paths and a comprehensive directory of schools offering teaching programs.

Washington State Criminal Justice Careers Outlook
Includes 29+ Washington schools with over 80 Criminal Justice programs offered.

Workforce Explorer: Career Center
Learn about career opportunities in Washington.

WorkSource Washington
Job listings, testing and interviewing tips, counseling, and resume posting. Includes Washington State Employment Security Department labor market and salary information.


Hoover's Online
One of the most comprehensive online company directories.

Northwest 100
The most successful public companies in the Northwest, ranked by the Seattle Times.

Researching Companies Online
A collection of links for researching companies online.


Interview Advice, Tips, and Techniques
About.com Job Searching section about interviews


American Fact Finder
View census information for U.S. states, counties, cities and towns.

Sperling's Best Places
Find and compare statistics on population, climate, crime, economy, transportation, education, health and housing for U.S. cities.


About Cover Letters by JobStar Central
Sample cover letters and simple guidance in creating a cover letter.

Cover Letters and Resumes
About.com Job Searching about cover letters and resumes

Resumes by JobStar Central
Provides sample resumes as well as guidance on how to choose the best resume format for you.

Susan Ireland Resumes
Gives step-by-step resume-writing advice as well as sample resumes. Includes a section on e-resumes.


Evaluating and Negotiating Job Offers (from The Riley Guide)
Advice on successfully negotiating salaries, accepting job offers and how to evaluate counter-offers.

JobStar Central Salary Information
Connect to over 300 salary surveys.

Salary Calculator
Cost of living figures for U.S. and international cities.

Salary Expert
Select your job title and location for a free salary report (in uppper right corner) for most countries worldwide.


Job Corps
Job Corps is a free education and training program that helps young people learn a career, earn a high school diploma or GED, and find and keep a good job. For eligible youth at least 16 years of age, Job Corps provides the all-around skills needed to succeed in a career and in life.

WorkSource Training
Training programs available via Washington state's WorkSource


 Database Links


LearningExpress Library
Test preparation guides for the GED, U.S. Citizenship, ASVAB, GRE, SAT and more. First time users click on New User button to register. Returning users click on Returning User button. Ignore the Home Access button.

Reference USA
Find employers by searching yellow page headings and geographic locations. Obtain contact information, executive names, number of employees, type of business, SIC code and more.

WOIS/The Career Information System Online
Descriptions and information about civilian and military occupations, education programs, and Washington schools, as well as colleges, universities, and vocational schools nationwide.


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