For a complete list of career books (including the best general
career books), check
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Please feel free to browse through this hand-picked collection of the best books for you,
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FEATURED BOOK:
Become the CEO of You, Inc: A Pioneering Executive Shares Her Secrets for Career Success,
by Susan Bulkeley Butler (Paribus Press). An uplifting and inspiring book for women -- and
all job-seekers -- who are looking to take charge of your careers and move those careers forward.
Great advice and direction, with a four-step approach that sets a clear course for achieving your life's dreams.
BEST BETS:
Seven Secrets of Successful Women: Success Strategies of the Women Who Have Made It -
And How You Can Follow Their Lead,
by Donna L. Brooks and Lynn Brooks (McGraw-Hill).
THE OTHERS:
The African-American Job Seeker's Guide to Successful Employment: Employment Skills for the 21st Century,
by Rebecca Enyia (Amber Books).
Best Careers for Bilingual Latinos: Market Your Fluency in Spanish to Get
Ahead on the Job, by Graciela Kenig (VGM).
Breaking the Glass Ceiling: Can Women Reach the Top of America's
Largest Corporations?, by Ann M. Morrison, Randall P. White, and
Ellen Van Velsor
(Perseus).
The Female Advantage: Women's Ways of Leadership, by Sally Helgesen (Doubleday).
For Sister: The Guide for Professional Black Women, by Paula McCann Harris (MadisonHouse).
The
Male Mind at Work: A Woman's Guide to Working with Men, by Deborah J. Swiss (Perseus Books Group).
Ms. Mentor's Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia, by
Emily Toth (University of Pennsylvania Press).
The Promotable Woman: 10 Essential Skills for the New Millennium,
Dr. Norma Carr-Ruffino (Career Press).
Swim With the Dolphins: How Women Can Succeed in Corporate America
on Their Own Terms , by Connie Brown Glaser with Barbara Steinberg Smalley (Warner).
Success on Our Terms: Tales of Extraordinary, Ordinary Business Women,
by Virginia O'Brien and Lynn Martin
(Wiley).
