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For a complete list of college, career, and job books, check out the Quintessential Careers Bookstore.

 

Note: You can read reviews of some of these books in our Quintessential Reading: Career and Job Book Reviews section of Quintessential Careers.

 

Before beginning your search, you might want to check out this article, published as part of the 15th anniversary of Quintessential Careers: 15 Indispensable Career and Job-Search Books.

 

Online Career Assessments: Find some great online career assessment tests in our Career Assessment Tools & Tests.

 

FEATURED ASSESSMENT BOOK:

Follow Your True Colors to the Work You Love, by Carolyn Kalil (True Colors). For folks who are struggling with the meaning of other assessments, this book extends the work of Don Lowry's True Colors personality system by helping you identify your colors, helping you match your personality to your career.

 

 

TOP ASSESSMENT BOOKS:

Career Adventure: Your Guide to Personal Assessment, Career Exploration, and Decision-Making, by Susan M. Johnston (Prentice-Hall).

 

Career Tests: 25 Revealing Self-Tests to Help You Find and Succeed at the Perfect Career, by Louis H. Janda (Adams).

 

Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type, by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron (Little Brown).

 

THE OTHER ASSESSMENT BOOKS:

Career Change: Everything You Need to Know to Meet New Challenges and Take Control of Your Career, by David P. Helfand (VGM).

 

Careers, Appitude and Selection Test, by Jim Barrett (Kogan).

 

Discover the Best Jobs for You! Find the Job to Get a Life You Love, by Ronald L. Krannich and Caryl Rae Krannich (Impact).

 

Discover What You're Best at: The National Career Appitude System Directory (Fireside).

 

Now What? The Young Person's Guide to Choosing the Perfect Career, by Nicholas Lore (Fireside).

 

The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success, by Nicholas Lore (Fireside).

 

Test Your Own Job Aptitude: Exploring Your Career Potential, by Jim Barrett and Geoff Williams (Penguin).

 

 

 

Maximize your career and job-search knowledge and skills! Take advantage of The Quintessential Careers Content Index, which enables site visitors to locate articles, tutorials, quizzes, and worksheets in 35 career, college, job-search topic areas.

 

 

 

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