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Useful resources available from the library

Welcome to the real world: finding your place, perfecting your work, and turning your job into your dream career by Lauren Berger
ISBN: 9780062307309
Publication Date: 2014
The essential book every workplace novice needs--a smart, practical, and fun guide to help them navigate the minefield of personalities, learn to work with their boss, identify priorities, and ultimately kick butt at their first job.
Good work : how to build a career that makes a difference in the world by Shannon Houde
Call Number: 650.1 HOU
ISBN: 9781789665727
Publication Date: 2021
Guide to Fashion Career Planning by V. Ann Paulins; Julie L. Hillery
Call Number: 746.92023 PAU
ISBN: 9781501314643
Resumes for Dummies by Laura DeCarlo
Call Number: eBook
ISBN: 9781119539315
This Working Life by Lisa Leong; Monique Ross
Call Number: 650.1 LEO
ISBN: 9781743798065
Publication Date: 2022
Write a winning job application by Lloyd White
Call Number: 650.14 WHI
ISBN: 9780958104135
Linked : conquer LinkedIn. Land your dream job. Own your future. by Jeremy Schifeling; Lindsey Pollak (Foreword by); Omar Garriott
Call Number: 650.14 GAR
ISBN: 9781523514168
Publication Date: 2022

This Guide provides a Gateway to Resources in the Library and on the Internet, to help you look for meaningful employment and career options.

Are You Job Ready?
The programme takes you through the requisite skills and knowledge a senior secondary school student or tertiary student needs to be aware of to be able to perform successfully and comfortably in the workforce.
Creating a Powerful Resume
The do's and don'ts of creating a compelling resume.
Impress at Job Interviews
Tips for job interviews, resumes and self presentation.
Writing a great cover letter & CV
When you’re ready to apply for work, you’ll usually need to send in a cover letter and CV. Employers will see you are young, and you need to highlight skills you’ve picked up from school, clubs, or part-time work !

Badass Careers
Resume and cover letter advice, job hunting and interviews and optimizing your LinkedIn profile.
How to Write The BEST Resume in 2022
Includes how to structure a resume that is readable, tailoring your resume to certain jobs and keeping it relevant.
Burn Your Old Resume, the Future of Work Is Here
The way people have been taught to writes resume and land work is broken. Kerri Twigg illustrates a new way to teach people to look for work, switching up how they build resumes and managing their careers.

Seek
Job search website, set up a profile, save job listings and searching.
CareerOne
Search for jobs and set up a profile and email alerts about relevant jobs
Indeed
Job search website
Job Active powered by Jobsearch
Australian government job website. Contains a mixture of new jobs and postings collected from other job websites such as seek and careerone.
Star Interview Technique
The STAR approach may help you overcome interview nerves by giving you a method for responding to even the hardest questions.
50 top tips for a great interview