BOOKS/SOFTWARE/VIDEOS

Amazon: Online superstore for books, magazines, audio books, videos, DVDs and more. Thousands of listings for career books.

The ePolicy Handbook: This book by Nancy Flynn should be required reading for anyone using electronic communication at work. The same is true for Nancy's other books, including Blog Rules.

Marshall Goldsmith: Books to help successful leaders get even better.

Lead Your Boss: Advice from John Baldoni on "the subtle art of managing up," endorsed by the Harvard Business Review.

Media Partners: Corporate training videos on human resources, customer service and more.

Passionate Lives and Leaders: A new book series by Jim Lucas, author of The Passionate Organization.

The Retail Doctor's Guide to Growing Your Business: Advice from Bob Phibbs on transforming your business and increasing sales.

CONSULTING SERVICES

Advantage Services: A pre-employment screening company that provides background checks to employers in the U.S.
and Canada.

Career Directions: Outplacement assistance for companies to help downsized workers quickly re-enter the workforce. Also provides business resume services for small businesses.

Mark Eppler: Inspiring programs on customer service, management and leadership, and the problem-solving principles of the Wright brothers. Mark is also the author of several business books.

FirStep: Innovative workplace strategies for high performance. Help for finding and keeping talent, implementing performance-based reward systems, problem solving, and creating culture change. Founder John Putzier is the author of Get Weird! and Weirdos in the Workplace, and the co-author of The Everything HR Kit.

The Five O'Clock Club: Provides affordable, state-of-the-art outplacement services. Also lectures, career counseling seminars and private job-search coaching through certified career counselors.

Grimard Wilson Consulting: Coaching, consulting, and assessment services. Diane's new book, Back in Control, will help you stay sane, productive and inspired in your career transition.

New Media Services: Comprehensive virtual, digital, and social media strategies for the career and HR industries.

Sure-Hire: Offers pre-employment background checks to job seekers in the U.S. and Canada. Also free job postings and job searches for registered companies and job seekers.

RECRUITING SITES

4entertainmentjobs.com: Entertainment industry jobs, internships and career information.

CareerBank.com: Specializes in careers related to accounting and finance.

CollegeRecruiter.com: Job listings geared primarily to college students and recent college grads.

Freelance Work Exchange: Matchmaking service for freelancers and employers.

HomeJobStop: Free listing of positions geared for telecommuting professionals.

HotJobs: Job board.

HotResumes.com: Resume database.

JobBank USA: Specializes in providing career information--including job and resume database services to job candidates, employers and recruitment firms in the U.S. and worldwide.

Jobs In Sports: Job listings specifically related to sports.

RocketResume.com: Targeted electronic resume distribution service.

USJobBoard.com: Online recruiting site.

RESOURCE DIRECTORIES/SITES

The Riley Guide: Widely regarded as the best place to start an internet job hunt. Lots of links for recruiters.

What Color is Your Parachute?: Home page of the "Job Hunter's Bible." You can order the book from Amazon.

WorkTree.com: Career site index.

STAFFING SERVICES

Media Staffing Network: A full-service search and consulting firm specializing in media sales and management jobs.

Spherion: Staffing company with more than 1,000 offices throughout the world.