CAPS Resources

In additional to the personal assistance that we offer in the CAPS office, we have PCs, a conference room and a CAPS library with career-related books and material that are a great resource for research.

To assist you with your career planning, we have a validated assessment tool Choices that easily connects interests and skills with occupations & college majors.

We also conduct an aptitude test to discover your potential. Visit our center and book a session at your own convenience.

Choices.

List of Resources Available at the CAPS Library

List of Books on:

• A. Resumes

1. The Resume Kit
2. How to Write a Winning CV
3. How to Write Your First CV
4. 200 Damn Good Resumes
5. Don’t Send a Resume
6. Resumes for Engineering Careers
7. Resumes for Business Management Careers
8. The Right Way to Write Your Own CV
9. The Resume Hand Book
10. Resume for Dummies

• B. Cover Letters

1. Cover Letters to Knock ‘em Dead
2. Dynamic Cover Letters

• C. Interview Skills

1. Great Answers to Tough Interview Questions
2. Interviews Made Easy
3. 101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions
4. More Best Answers to the 201 Most Frequently Asked Interview Questions
5. The Interview Rehearsal Book
6. How to Turn an Interview Into a Job
7. Interview Strategies That Lead to Job Offers

• D. Job Hunting

1. E-Job Hunting
2. Online Job Search
3. Getting Your First Job
4. Career Smarts: Jobs With a Future
5. The Best Job Hunt Book In the World
6. The Job Application Handbook
7. The Job Hunting Handbook
8. Job File
9. Jobs Almanac
10. Break the Rules
11. O*NET, Dictionary of Occupational Titles
12. Negotiating Your Salary: How to Make $1000 a Minute
13. 101 Salary Secrets, How to Negotiate Like a Pro

• E. Specific Professional Careers

1. A Career Handbook for TV, Radio, Film, Video & Interactive Media
2. Get Your IT Career In Gear
3. Getting a Job Abroad
4. Do What You Are
5. Guide to Your Career
6. Careers for Persuasive Types & Others Who Won’t Take a No for An Answer
7. Careers in Communications & Entertainment
8. Careers in Art & Graphic Design

• F. University Guides

1. Graduate Schools in the U.S.A
2. Getting Into Oxford and Cambridge
3. Times Good University Guide
4. Complete Book of Colleges
5. Postgraduate Guide: Business, Economics, Law & Management 2002
6. Postgraduate Guide: Engineering, Science & Technology 2003
7. Guide to UK Education

• G. Internships

1. Internships

• H. How To Be Successful

1. Major in Success
2. Natural Born Winners
3. Who Moved My Cheese?
4. What Color Is Your Parachute?
5. Next Step: The Real World
6. Jumpstart Your Career In College
7. The Career Tool Kit
8. Keys to Engineering Success

• I. Jobs and Careers Overseas

1. The Global Resume and CV Guide
2. Job Seeker’s Almanac
3. Working Abroad
4. International Opportunities

• J. Self-Assessment

1. Essentials of Career Interest Assessment
2. Activities Manual

• K. Career Planning

1. 3 Easy Steps to the Job You Want

• L. Directory Listings

1. Dubai Commercial Directory 2005
2. Jebel Ali Free Zone Official Business Directory
3. British Business Group Directory
4. Dubai Facts and Figures
5. Yellow Pages Dubai
6. Telephone Directories Northern Emirates
7. Yellow Pages Northern Emirates
8. Hawk UAE Business Pages

Other Resources

1. Hobson’s Student Move-up 2001/02
2. Hobson’s MBA Casebook 20001
3. Graduate & Undergraduate Prospectus
4. Ambition- Career Magazine for the Middle East 20002
5. Hobson’s European Careers in Engineering 2002

• Company Compilations

1. UAE Company Listings: Engineering
2. American Firms in U.A.E
3. Company Profile & Information

• Student Handouts

1. How to Find Job Opportunities within a Commercial Bank
2. Contact List of Banks & Financial Institutions in U.A.E.
3. How to Register with a Recruitment Agency
4. How to Get a Job in Public Relations
5. Career with an English Degree
6. Student Assessment Form
7. Careers in the U.A.E
8. MBA Information
9. Interview Skills
10. Acting the Interview
11. How to Network
12. Information Interview Questions
13. Job-Hunting Notes
14. Job Seeking Skills
15. Guide for Employers
16. CAPS Registration Form
17. Guide to Perfect Resume
18. Resume Sample
19. Resume / CV Action Word List
20. Resume Workshop
21. Cover Letter
22. Cover Letter Template
23. Recruitment Agencies in the U.A.E.
24. Studying in the U.K.
25. Career Advising & Placement Services
26. Graduate Studies at USA/Canada

• Newspapers

1. Gulf News
2. Al Khaleej (Arabic)
3. Al Bayan (Arabic)