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  Academic-360 www.academic360.com

  Academic Careers Online www.academiccareers.com

  The Academic Position Network www.apnjobs.com

   American Association of Medical Colleges, Women in Medicine http://www.aamc.org/members/wim/start.htm

  American. Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists www.aaps.org

   American Chemical Society. Employment Guide for Foreign-Born Chemists in the United States. American Chemical Society Department of Career Services, 1997.

   American Chemical Society. The Interview Handbook. Washington D.C.: American Chemical Society, 1995.

Association of Clinical Research Professionals http://www.acrpnet.org/

   Association for Women in Science (AWIS)  http://www.awis.org/

  

   Asher D. Asher’s Bible of Executive Resumes & How to Write Them. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1997.

   Basalla S & Debelius M. “So What Are You Going to DO With That?” A Guide to Career-Changing for M.A.’s and PH.D.’s. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.

   Beatty R. The Resume Kit, 3rd edition. New York: Wiley., 1995.

   Besson T. National Business Employment Weekly: Resumes, 2nd Edition. New York: Wiley, 1996.

   Building Engineering & Science Talent (BEST): http://www.bestworkforce.org/index.htm

   Boldt L. How to Find the Work You Love. Penguin, 1996.

   Boldt L. Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design. Penguin, 1993.

   Bolles RN. Job Hunting on the Internet: A Desktop Companion to the Website second edition. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1999. www.tenspeed.com/parachute

* Bolles RN. What Color is Your Parachute? 2003: A Practical Manual for Job Hunters & Career-Changers. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 2002.
Also see material on his website: www.jobhuntersbible.com/

   CareerBuilders www.careerbuilder.com

   Careers in Intellectual Property www.patents.com

    Chronicle of Higher Education http://chronicle.com/jobs

   Commission on Professionals in Science & Technology www.cpst.org

   DeNeef A Leigh, Craufurd Goodwin & McCrate E. The Academic’s Handbook. Durham: Duke, 1995.

   Dr. Seuss. Oh, the Places You’ll Go! New York: Random House, 1990.
(for cartoons on “moving on”)

   Drake JD. The Perfect Interview: How to Get the Job You Really Want. New York: AMACOM, 1991.

   Echaore-McDavid S. Career Opportunities in Education. New York: Checkmark Books, 2001.

   Eikleberry C. The Career Guide for Creative and Conventional People. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed, 1992.

Employment Links for the Biomedical Scientist:

          http://www.his.com/~graeme/employ.html

   ExecSearches.com www.execsearches.com/exec

  Farrell G. A Funny Thing Happened at the Interview. New Jersey: Edin Books, 1996.

  FASEB Careers Resources http://ns2.faseb.org/careerweb/default.htm

            FASEB Individual Development Plan for Postdoctoral Fellows

            http://opa.faseb.org/pdf/idp.pdf

  Federal Jobs

  Finding and Choosing a Postdoctoral Position (Industry)
http://recruit.sciencemag.org/

   Fisher R & Ertel D. Getting Ready to Negotiate: The Getting to Yes Workbook. New York: Penguin, 1995.

   Fisher R & Ury W. Getting to Yes, 2nd edition. New York: Penguin, 1991.
One of the few books recommended to us on how to negotiate for a new position (or improve your current position).

   Fiske PS. To Boldly Go: A Practical Career Guide for Scientists. Washington, D.C.: American Geophysical Union, 1996.

   Furman L & E. The Everything After College Book. Holbrook, MA: Adams Media Corporation, 1998.

   Gilman C. Doing Work You Love. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1996.

   Goldsmith J, Komlos J, Schine Gold P. The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career. University of Chicago Press, 2001.

   Heiberger MM & Vick JM. The Academic Job Search Handbook, 2nd Edition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992.

   Hirsch AS. National Business Employment Weekly: Interviewing, 2nd edition. New York: Wiley, 1996.

HigherEdJobs.com  http://www.higheredjobs.com/default.cfm

  

   Job Hunt www.job-hunt.org

   Job Hunters Bible (by Boles, see above) www.jobhuntersbible.com

    Lanks Karl W. Academic Environment: A Handbook for Evaluating Employment Opportunities in Science. Washington, DC: Taylor & Francis, 1996.

    King JA. The Smart Woman's Guide to Interviewing and Salary Negotiation, 2nd edition. Franklin Lakes, NJ: Career Press, 1995.

    Kreeger KY. Guide to Nontraditional Careers in Science. Taylor and Francis, 1999.

   Kronenfeld JJ & Whicker ML. Getting an Academic Job: Strategies for Success. London: Sage Publications, 1997.

    Lore N. The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success. New York: Fireside, 1998.

    Medley HA. Sweaty Palms: The Neglected Art of Being Interviewed. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1993.

Monster.com http://www.monster.com

*  National Academy of Sciences. Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1996. Available (free!) on-line at http://www.nap.edu/books/0309053935/html/index.html

   National Association of Science Writers http://nasw.org//

   National Research Council. Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1998

   Newhouse M. Cracking the Academia Nut: A Guide to Preparing for Your Academic Career. Cambridge, MA: Office of Career Services, Harvard U., 1997

   * PhDs.org www.phds.org/?section=15

PostdocJobs  http://www.postdocjobs.com/

   Powell CR. Career Planning Today: Hire Me!, 3rd Edition. Bloomington: Indiana University, 1995

   Re-envisioning the PhD http://www.grad.washington.edu/envision/phd/index.html

    Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society     http://www.raps.org/s_raps/index.asp

   Rich JR. Job Hunting for the Utterly Confused. New York: McGraw Hill, 1998.

   Richardson DB. National Business Employment Weekly: Networking. New York: Wiley, 1994.

   Robbins-Roth C. Alternative Careers in Science: Leaving the Ivory Tower. San Diego: Academic Press, 1998.

   Rosen S & Paul C. Career Renewal. San Diego: Academic Press, 1998.

  

   Salary Calculators online:

         Salary.com

               http://wwv.salary.com/home/layoutscripts/homl_default.asp

         The Salary Calculator:    http://www.homefair.com/Find_A_Place/Calculators/SalaryCalc/index.asp

        

* Scijobs.org www.scijobs.org

* ScienceCareers.org  http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/
This site was previously known as Science's NextWave. Be sure to browse for articles by Career Stage, Work Sector, or Discipline.

   Sher B with Smith B. I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It. Dell Publishing, 1994.

Society of Clinical Research Associates  http://www.socra.org/

  

   Stark PB. It's Negotiable: The How-To Handbook of Win/Win Tactics. San Diego, CA: Pfeiffer & Co, 1994.

   Sternberg R. Career Paths in Psychology: Where Your Degree Can Take You. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association, 1997.

True Careers www.careercity.com

University Job Bank www.ujobbank.com

*  Ury W. Getting Past No. New York: Bantam Books, 1993.

   Women in Higher Education http://www.wihe.com/$spindb.query.indexmain.wihe

   Yate M. Knock ‘Em Dead: The Ultimate Job Seekers Handbook. Holbrook, MA: Adams Publishing, 1996.

  Yate M. Completely Revised and Expanded Cover Letters That Knock ‘Em Dead. Holbrook, MA: Adams Publishing, 1995.

 

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