Specialized Jobs

• Federal Civil Service Jobs: The Complete Guide, 11th Edition; Hy Hammer; Arco Publications; $9.95; Includes job descriptions and sample test questions with answers.
• From Residency to Reality; Patricia A. Hoffmeir, Jean Astolfi Bohner; McGraw Hill; $24.00. Advice for job seekers in the medical professions.
• Green at Work: Finding a Business Career That Works for the Environment; Susan Cohn; Island Press; $17.95; A guide for green jobs; includes contact information for green companies.
• Guide to Executive Recruiters; Michael Betrus; ; McGraw-Hill; $24.95. A directory to thousands of recruiting firms and recruiters in the United States.
• Household Careers: Nannies, Butlers, Maids & More: The Complete Guide for Finding Household Employment or "If the Dog Likes You, You're Hired!," Linda F. Radke; Five Star Publications; $14.95. Job searching advice for household employees.
• How to Be a Successful Internet Consultant; Jessica Keyes; Computing McGraw-Hill; $19.95. A guide to employment for those with Internet expertise, especially the World Wide Web.
• Inside Secrets of Finding a Teaching Job; Jack Warner, Clyde Bryan, Diane Warner; Park Avenue Productions Publications; $12.95. Advice for job seekers from experienced teachers.
• Job Strategies for Professionals: A Survival Guide for Experienced White-Collar Workers; J. Michael Farr; Jist Works; $9.95. Farr describes strategies for finding a job and how to survive while unemployed.
• Judgment Reversed : Alternative Careers for Lawyers; Jeffrey Strausser; Barrons Educational Series; $12.95. Suggestions for applying the law degree in the business world.
• Making a Living While Making a Difference: a Guide to Creating Careers with a Conscience; Melissa Everett; Bantam Books; $10.95. Guidance for principled career development for job seekers, job changers and those trying to change the circumstances of their current jobs.
• On the Market : Surviving the Academic Job Search; Christina Boufis, Victoria C. Olsen; Riverhead Books; $12.95. A guide for college and university employment.
• Peterson's Hidden Job Market 1998: 2,000 Fast-Growing High-Technology Companies That Are Hiring Now, 7th Edition. Corptech (Compiler); Peterson's Guides; $18.95. A directory of expanding technology firms.
• Rites of Passage at $100,000 +: The Insider's Lifetime Guide to Executive Job-Changing and Faster Career Progress; John Lucht; Viceroy Press; $29.95. Includes a discussion of if and when to use headhunters in the job search.
• Sunshine Jobs: Career Opportunities, Working Outdoors, 2nd Edition; Tom Stienstra, Robyn Schlueter; Live Oak Publications; $16.95. Looks at different occupations that involve work outdoors.
• Teaching English Abroad, 3rd ed.; Susan Griffith; Peterson's Guides; $16.95. Describes opportunities in different countries and their regional regulations.
• Temp: How to Survive and Thrive in the World of Temporary Employment; Deborahann Smith; Shambhala Publications; $9.00. A guide to success at temp jobs.
• The Health Care Executive's Job Search: Tyler's Guide to Success; J. Larry Tyler; Health Administration Press; A "how-to" book on conducting a job search in the health care industry. While it is focused at the senior-level position, the advice and pointers apply equally to any management-level position.
• The Job Hunter's Guide to Japan; Terra Brockman; Farrar Straus & Giroux; $12.95. How to find a job in Japan.
• The World on a String: How to Become a Freelance Foreign Correspondent; John Pollack, Alan Goodman; Henry Holt; $12.95. Describes a path for those interested in going straight to a foreign desk assignment.