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Personal & Professional Development Resources: Transition Readiness Program

Transition Readiness Program

These resources can help you out with your transition from the military.

Finding a Job

150 Best Jobs for the Military-To-Civilian Transition by Laurence Shatkin
Call Number: 650.14 SHATKI
ISBN: 9781593579296
Publication Date: 2012-09-01
Answering Tough Interview Questions for Dummies® by Rob Yeung
Call Number: 650.144 YEUNG
ISBN: 9781118679944
Publication Date: 2014-02-10
The Big Book of Jobs 2012-2013 by McGraw-Hill Editors
Call Number: 650.14 BIG
ISBN: 9780071773515
Publication Date: 2011-08-16
Expert Resumes for Military-to-Civilian Transitions by Wendy S. Enelow; Louise M. Kursmark
Call Number: 650.14 ENE
ISBN: 9781593571818
Publication Date: 2005-08-01
How to Say It on Your Resume by Courtney Pike; Brad Karsh
Call Number: 650.14 KARSH
ISBN: 9780735204348
Publication Date: 2009-01-06
The Job Search Solution by Tony Beshara
Call Number: 650.14 BESHAR
ISBN: 9780814417997
Publication Date: 2012-01-12
Jobseeker's Guide 7th Edition by Kathryn Troutman; Paulina Chen (Cover Design by, Designed by, Consultant Editor)
Call Number: 650.14 TROUTM
ISBN: 9780984667185
Publication Date: 2015-06-01
Military to Federal Career Guide 2nd Edition by The Resume Place; Kathryn Troutman
Call Number: 650.14 TROUTM
ISBN: 9780982419021
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Networking for Veterans by Michael L. Faulkner; Andrea Nierenberg; Michael Abrams
Call Number: 650.14 ABRAMS
ISBN: 9781256888871
Publication Date: 2012-11-02
Roadmap to Job-Winning Military to Civilian Resumes by Barbara A. Adams; Lee Kelley
Call Number: 650.14 ADAMS
ISBN: 9780982322222
Publication Date: 2011-11-11
Self-Promotion and Self-Presentation Skills by Laura Stack; The Productivity Pro (Created by, Editor, Editor-In-Chief)
Call Number: EBOOK
ISBN: 9781627230315
Publication Date: 2011-09-26
What Color Is Your Parachute? 2017 by Richard N. Bolles
Call Number: 650.14 BOLLES
ISBN: 9780399578205
Publication Date: 2016-08-16

Veteran's Benefits

Claim Denied! by John D. Roche
Call Number: 343.730 ROCHE
ISBN: 9781597971164
Publication Date: 2008-12-01
For Service to Your Country by Peter S. Gaytan; Marian Wright Edelman; Dole (Foreword by); Marian Edelman Borden
Call Number: 362.860 GAYTAN
ISBN: 9780806534831
Publication Date: 2011-04-01
The Military Advantage 2012 by Terry Howell
Call Number: 331.2 HOWELL
ISBN: 9781591143932
Publication Date: 2011-04-15
Military Mental Health Care by Cheryl Lawhorne-Scott; Don Philpott; Sgt. Bryan (Foreword by)
Call Number: 355.345 LAWHOR
ISBN: 9781442220935
Publication Date: 2012-12-07
The Wounded Warrior Handbook by Janelle Hill; Cheryl Lawhorne; Don Philpott; Janelle B. Moore
Call Number: 362.1086 HILL
ISBN: 9781605907383
Publication Date: 2011-12-29

Starting a Business

The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
Call Number: 658.11 GUILLE
ISBN: 9780307951526
Publication Date: 2012-05-08
Entrepreneurial Women by Louise Kelly (Editor)
Call Number: EBOOK
ISBN: 9781440800788
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Entrepreneurship: A Real-World Approach by Rhonda Abrams
Call Number: 658.11 ABRAMS
ISBN: 9781933895260
Publication Date: 2012-07-31
The Founder's Dilemmas by Noam Wasserman
Call Number: 658.11 WASSER
ISBN: 9780691149134
Publication Date: 2012-03-25
The Hard Thing about Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
Call Number: 658.4 HOROWI
ISBN: 9780062273208
Publication Date: 2014-03-04
How to Write a Business Plan by Mike McKeever
Call Number: 658.1522 MCKEEV
ISBN: 9781413320787
Publication Date: 2014-11-15
It's Your Business by J. J. Ramberg; Frank Silverstein; Lisa Everson
Call Number: 658.022 RAMBER
ISBN: 9781455509003
Publication Date: 2012-10-16
Six-Week Start-Up by Rhonda Abrams
Call Number: 650 ABRAMS
ISBN: 9781933895093
Publication Date: 2010-04-16

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Transitioning Out of the Military

Down Range by James D. Murphy; William M. Duke
Call Number: 650.14 MURPHY
ISBN: 9781118790151
Publication Date: 2013-12-09
From the Marine Corps to College by Jillian Ventrone
Call Number: 378.1982 VENTRO
ISBN: 9781442237209
Publication Date: 2014-10-16
Life after the Military by Janelle Hill; Cheryl Lawhorne; Don Philpott; Janelle Moore
Call Number: 650.1 HILL
ISBN: 9781605907406
Publication Date: 2011-06-16
Military-to-Civilian Career Transition Guide by Janet I. Farley
Call Number: 650.14 FARLEY
ISBN: 9781593577315
Publication Date: 2009-09-01
Military to Civilian Transition Guide by Carl S. Savino
Call Number: 650.14 SAVINO
ISBN: 9781570233319
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Out of Uniform by Tom Wolfe
Call Number: 650.14 WOLFE
ISBN: 9781597977159
Publication Date: 2011-12-01
Transitions by Robert R. Ulin
Call Number: 650.14 ULIN
ISBN: 9781496967442
Publication Date: 2015-02-02