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(CBS) Looking for a new job requires some homework along with pounding the pavement. But the good news is that the assignments can be self-selected and self-paced.

Mastery of these may even be life-changing. To help you on your way, The Early Show, as part of its Get A Job series, provides this book list: The selections range from self-assessment guides to how-to books on practical skills such as researching jobs online and writing a resume.

1. Power Interviews: Job-Winning Tactics from Fortune 500 Recruiters (revised and expanded edition) by Neil M. Yaeger, Lee Hough

2. The Pathfinder: How to Choose or Change Your Career for a Lifetime of Satisfaction and Success, by Nicholas Lore

3. Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type (revised and updated edition, featuring e careers for the 21st century), Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger, Little Brown and Co.

4. Whistle While You Work: Heeding Your Life's Calling, Richard J. Leider, David A. Shapiro, Berrett-Koehler Publishers

5. Now Discover Your Strengths, by Marcus Buckingham, Donald O. Clifton, Free Press

6. How to be a Star at Work: 9 Breakthough Strategies You Need to Succeed, Robert E. Kelley, Times Books

7. What Color Is Your Parachute? 2001: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers, by Richard Nelson Bolles

8. The Damn Good Resume Guide: A Crash Course in Resume Writing (third edition), by Yana Parker

9. Job Hunting on the Internet, by Richad Nelson Bolles

10. A Foot in the Door: Networking Your Way into the Hidden Job Market, by Katharine Hansen Hansen, 10 Speed Press

11. The Everything Get-A-Job Book, by Steven Graber, Adams Media Corp.

12. The Everything Online Job Search Book, by Steven Graber, Adams Media Corp.

Use The Early Show's Daily Journal to write down your goals and keep track of your progress:

GET A JOB DAILY JOURNAL
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