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Additional Resources and Readings

The 2-hour Job Search, by Steve Dalton
Strategize to Win: The New Way to Start Out, Step Up, or Start Over in Your Career, by Carla Harris
Networking Karma, by Gail Tolstoi-Miller
100 Conversations for Career Success: Learn to Network, Cold Call, and Tweet Your Way to Your Dream Job, by Laura M. Labovich and Miriam Saltpeter
Do Good Well: Your Guide to Leadership, Action, and Social Innovation, by Nina Vasan
Get a Job in 30 Days or Less: a Realistic Action Plan for Finding the Right Job Fast, by Matthew J. DeLuca
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, by Malcolm Gladwell
Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type, by Paul D. Tieger, Barbara Barron and Kelly Tiger
Get the Job You Want, Even When No One’s Hiring: Take Charge of Your Career, Find a Job You Love, and Earn What You Deserve, by Ford R. Myers
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2017: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers, by Richard N. Bolles
Dare to Succeed: A Treasury of Inspiration and Wisdom for Life and Career, by Van Crouch
Rework, by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
Negotiating your Salary: how to Make a $1000 a Minute, by Jack Chapman