Resources

Online Resources

• Global Research Centers

  To facilitate faculty research and case development on an international scale, the Harvard Business School has furthered its global impact by establishing six Global Research Centers in key regions. Please click here to search for a Global Research Center in your region.

• Job Hunt & Career Advice

  JobHuntersBible.com
  Tips about the job hunt and research on the internet. Counselling and testing advice. Online personality, trait and career tests.

  Wet Feet
  Online career advice, articles and references. This link takes you to in-depth profiles of about 50 career areas.

  Yahoo!hotjobs
  Practical articles by reputable career management professionals.

  Career Games
  Features workshops and games that facilitate the PIE career development method practiced by Daniel Porot. (INSEAD MBA'66) Discover what you really like to do, take the pain out of your job search... Service is free.

  The Wall Street Journal
  Careers page of the Wall Street Journal.

  QuintCareers.com
  Content to empower your success in career and life. How do you find a new career or job?

  CareerNextStep
  Re-creates in a web-based medium, a proven career assessment and decision-making course that was developed at the Harvard Business School. There are costs associated with this service.

  Careers-in-Business
  Provides insights into different industries.

  Vault
  In-depth information on companies and industries—profiles and peer reviews of what it's like to work for 3,000+ companies.

  Additional info and Vault guides are available through e-Baker.

  Career Voyages
  Resource designed to provide information on high-growth, in-demand occupations along with the skills and education needed to attain these jobs.

• Additional Online Job Boards

  Check the following online Job Boards for positions that might fit your needs:

  • The Financial Times
  • The Economist
  • The Guardian (mainly US and UK)
  • The Telegraph (mainly US and UK)
• Industry Specific Resources

  The following resources can provide helpful tips for a specific industry.

  Finance.
  eFinancial Careers

  Energy.
  The Oil and Gas Journal

  Marketing & Advertising.
  BRANDWEEK
  Marketing Week
  BRANDREPUBLIC

Print Resources

• Career Advice
  • Getting Unstuck, Timothy Butler, Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
  • Working Identity: Unconventional Strategies for Reinventing Your Career, Hermina Ibarra, Harvard Business School Press, 2004.
  • Making a Life, Making a Living: Reclaiming Your Purpose and Passion in Business and in Life, Mark Albion, Business Plus, 2000.
  • Rewired, Rehired, or Retired? A Global Guide for the Experienced Worker, (Robert K. Critchley), Pfeiffer, 2002.
  • Rites of Passage at $100,000 to $1 Million+: Your Insider's Lifetime Guide to Executive Job-Changing and Faster Career Progress in the 21st Century, rev., John Lucht, Viceroy Press, 2001.
  • Second Acts: Creating the Life You Really Want, Building the Career You Truly Desire, Stephen Pollan and Mark Levine, Harper Paperbacks, 2003.
  • The Secrets of Executive Search: Professional Strategies for Managing Your Personal Job Search, Robert M. Melançon, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002.
  • The Ultimate Guide to Getting the Career You Want, Karen O. Dowd & Sherrie Gong Taguchi, McGraw-Hill, 2003
  • We Are All Self-Employed: How to Take Control of your Career, 2nd ed., Cliff Hakim, Berrett-Kohler, 2003.
  • What Color is Your Parachute?, Richard N. Bolles, Ten Speed Press, 2008.
  • What Should I Do with My Life?, Po Bronson, Ballantine Books, 2005.
  • In Transition: From the Harvard Business School Club of New York's Career Management Seminar, Mary Lindley Burton (MBA '76) and Richard A. Wedemeyer (MBA '63), HarperBusiness, 1991. (Can be ordered through Alumni Career & Professional Development at a discount: $14, hardcover; $10, paperback. Call 617.495.6582, or e-mail career_advisors@hbs.edu to order.)
  • How to Stay Stuck in the Wrong Career, Hermina Ibarra, Harvard Business Review, 2009.
  • In Search of the Perfect Job, Clyde Lowstutter, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
• Recruiter's Directories
  • Executive Grapevine International Directory of Executive Recruitment, 2009. Executive Grapevine International Ltd., 2009.
  • The Directory of Executive & Professional Recruiters 2009–2010, Kennedy Information, Inc., 2008.