CaPS Acquisitions Update - June 2011
Check out our new career books and resources to help you to plan
and get your dream career.
CaPS, Brown Student Services Building (room 2200)
DVDs
- CaPS Graduate Career Month 2011 - Getting What You Want: The
Art of Negotiation Presentation [DVD]
- CaPS Graduate Career Month 2011 - Managing Your Finances as a
Graduate Student [DVD]
- CaPS Graduate Career Month 2011 - Pharma Careers 101: An
Overview [DVD]
Books
Specialized Studies and Study Skills
- Becoming A Writer
- Business School Confidential - A Complete Guide to the Business
School Experience: By Students, for Students
- Global Classroom, (The): An Essential Guide to Study
Abroad
- Law School Confidential - A Complete Guide to the Business
School Experience: By Students, for Students
- Med School Confidential - A Complete Guide to the Business
School Experience: By Students, for Students
- Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to
Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis
Résumé, Job Search, Networking and
Interview
- 101 Great Résumés (3rd ed.)
- 301 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview (2nd ed.)
- 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask before You Hire
- Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0: How to Stand Out From
the Crowd and Tap into the Hidden Job Market Using Social media and
999 Other Tactics Today
- Highly Effective Networking: Meet the Right People and Get A
Great Job
- Job Interview Phrase Book, (The), The Things to Say to Get You
the Job You Want
- Job-Hunting Online (5th ed.)
- Networking For People Who Hate Networking: A Field Guide for
Introverts, the Overwhelmed, and the Underconnected
Career Description
- Careers in Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- Rethinking Information Work: A Career Guide for Librarians and
Other Information Professionals
Country-Specific Information and Personal
Development
- Big Trip, (The): Your Ultimate Guide to Gap Years and Overseas
Adventures (2nd ed.)
- Living and Working in Australia (7th ed.)
- Self-Promotion for Introverts: The Quiet Guide to Getting
Ahead
- Transitions: Making Sense of Life's Changes (2nd ed.)
- US Immigration Handbook
Magazines and Serials (Online and Print)
Accessible via myFuture
(Shortcuts: View Career Resources -> Type: CaPS ->
Subscription. Click "Apply Search"):
- Artsboard: Canada's employment and
training e-bulletin for the Arts.
- Canada Employment Weekly: Weekly job
opportunities from across Canada.
- Current Jobs in Liberal Arts: An
entry-level employment.
- International Career Employment
Weekly: Weekly source of information on international
career positions.
- TIE - The International Educator:
News and international teaching jobs.
- Job Postings: A magazine that gives
students more than practical advice on education and job
hunting.
- University Affairs: A magazine for
and about Canada’s university community.
- Verge Magazine: A magazine for
exploring opportunities to study, work and volunteer abroad.
Labour Market Information / Online Career
Resources
-
Labour Market Information: CAPSScoop (June Issue)
- Going
Global (require VPN): Worldwide job and internship listings,
employer profiles, and country-specific career information.
- Big
Guide (require VPN): A comprehensive interactive web site that
helps students and young professionals build global career
skills.
- Vault
Guide (Career Insider) (require VPN): Downloadable career
guidebooks, insider company surveys, industry profile, career
advice.
- Bridge -
Worldwide Music Connection: Music-related postings. Contact
McGill CaPS for username and password.
- Devex
(require VPN): International development premium job board.
- Career Cruising:
An industry-leading online career guidance and planning system.
Contact McGill CaPS for username and password.
Search our book catalogue and website directory for more career resources,
covering graduate school, networking, occupational descriptions,
employer directories, self-improvement, and everything in
between.