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ECAC has a large collection of books on career planning and the job search. Whether you’re deciding on a major or want tips on how to prepare for a job interview, we have the resources you need. Many of these books are available to UT engineering students for checkout. Visit ECAC in ECJ 2.400 to explore the ECAC Library. We welcome your suggestions for additional titles!
 


List of Titles


Exploring Career Success:

  • Career Success in Engineering

  • Don’t Take the Last Donut

  • The Etiquette Edge: The Unspoken Rules for Business

  • Success

  • Field Work Savvy

  • Gestures: The Do’s and Taboos of Body Language Around

  • the World

  • Getting from College to Career: 90 Things to Do Before You

  • Join the Real World

  • Is There an Engineer Inside You?

  • Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands

  • The Play of Your Life

  • Professional Ethics and Etiquette

  • Soaring on Your Strengths

General Job Search and Internships:

  • The Almanac of American Employers

  • Plunkett’s Companion to The Almanac of American

  • Employers: Mid-Size Firms

  • Austin Business Journal Book of Lists

  • Careers in Engineering

  • Dallas Business Journal Book of Lists

  • Diversity Internship, Co-op and Entry-level Programs

  • Engineering Income and Salary Survey

  • Enhanced Occupational Handbook

  • Getting Your Ideal Internship

  • Great Jobs for Engineering Majors

  • Hoover’s Handbook of American Business

  • Hoover’s Handbook of Emerging Companies

  • Hoover’s Handbook of Private Companies

  • Hoover’s Handbook of World Business

  • Houston Business Journal Book of Lists

  • Industries & Careers for Engineers

  • International Job Finder

  • Job Hunting in New York City

  • Job Hunting in San Francisco

  • Job Search Handbook for People with Disabilities

  • Landing the Internship or Full-time Job During College

  • Next-Day Salary Negotiation: Prepare Tonight to Get Your

  • Best Pay Tomorrow

  • Salary Facts Handbook

  • San Antonio Business Journal Book of Lists

  • Vault College Career Bible

  • Vault Guide to Engineering Diversity

  • Vault Guide to Top Internships

  • What Color is Your Parachute?

Academic Job Search:

  • The Academic Job Search Handbook

  • The Academic’s Handbook

  • Tomorrow’s Professor: Preparing for Careers in Science and

  • Engineering

  • What They Didn’t Teach You in Graduate School: 199

  • Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career

Graduate School:

  • Getting Into Medical School

  • Getting Into Medical School: A Strategic Approach

  • Graduate Admissions Essays

  • Peterson’s Graduate Schools in the U.S.

  • U.S. News & World Report Ultimate Guide to Law Schools

  • U.S. News & World Report Ultimate Guide to Medical

  • Schools

Industry-Specific Resources:

  • Advancing Healthy Populations: The Pfizer Guide to

  • Careers in Public Health

  • As the Future Catches You: How Genomics & Other Forces

  • Are Changing Your Life, Work, Health & Wealth

  • Career Development in Bioengineering and Biotechnology

  • Careers in Biotech & Pharmaceuticals

  • Careers in Information Technology

  • Careers in Investment Banking

  • Careers in Nonprofits and Government Agencies

  • Careers in Specialized Consulting: Health Care, Human

  • Resources, & Information Technology

  • Careers in Supply Chain Management

  • Careers in the Environment

  • Eco Guide to Careers That Make a Difference:

  • Environmental Work for a Sustainable World

  • Guide to America’s Federal Jobs

  • Industries & Careers for Undergraduates

  • Industries & Careers for MBAs

  • Information Technology Jobs in America Corporate and

  • Government Guide

  • Plunkett’s Biotech and Genetics Industry Almanac

  • Plunkett’s Consulting Industry Almanac

  • Plunkett’s Energy Industry Almanac

  • Plunkett’s Engineering & Research Industry Almanac

  • Plunkett’s InfoTech Industry Almanac

  • Plunkett’s Renewable, Alternative & Hydrogen Energy

  • Industry Almanac

  • Sales and Marketing Careers in the Tech Sector

  • Top 20 Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Firms

  • Vault Career Guide to Investment Banking

  • Vault Career Guide to Supply Chain Management

  • Vault Guide to the Top 25 Consulting Firms

Interviewing:

  • 101 Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions

  • 201 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview

  • Ace Your Case! Guide to Consulting Interviews

  • Case in Point: Complete Case Interview Preparation

  • Competency-Based Interviews

  • Dress Like the Big Fish: How to Achieve the Image You

  • Want and the Success You Deserve

  • Dressing Smart for Men

  • Dressing Smart for Women

  • How to Say It: Job Interviews

  • Vault Guide to the Case Interview

Resumes, Cover Letters, and CV’s:

  • Best Resumes for College Students and New Grads

  • The Federal Resume Guidebook

  • Gallery of Best Cover Letters

  • Gallery of Best Resumes

  • How to Prepare Your Curriculum Vitae

  • Killer Cover Letters & Resumes

  • Real Resumes for Engineering Jobs

  • Resumes for Engineering Careers

 

 

Updated 19 August 2009
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