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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.
Diversity Resources: Find great career and job-search tools and tips in our Diversity Job-Seeker Career and Job Resources.
FEATURED DIVERSITY CAREER 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.
TOP DIVERSITY CAREER BOOKS:
The Female Vision: Women's Real Power at Work, by Sally Helgesen and Julie Johnson (Berrett-Koehler Publishers). (Read our review.The Next Generation of Women Leaders: What You Need to Lead but Won't Learn in Business School, by Selena Rezvani (Praeger). (Read our review.
OTHER DIVERSITY CAREER BOOK:
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).
Pitch Like a Girl: How a Woman Can Be Herself, Ronna Lichtenberg (Rodale, Inc.).
Read our full review.
The Promotable Woman: 10 Essential Skills for the New Millennium,
Dr. Norma Carr-Ruffino (Career Press).
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).
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).
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.


