Each one of these nine career books is both highly rated by customers and one of the best selling books about job hunting that I could find. Click on a book cover or title for a full description, customer reviews, and ordering information (from Amazon.com).

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Book topics include figuring out what kind of job you want, finding a job, writing resumes, writing cover letters, interviewing techniques, and negotiating the best salary.
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A completely new book for 2005, it lays out a simple, step-by-step plan for finding meaningful work despite our economy’s jobless recovery. Featuring fresh explanations of old concepts and the introduction of new ideas, it defines the distinctions between "resume jobs" and "grapevine jobs," between "passive job-hunting" and "active job-hunting," between "weak ties" and "strong ties," and much more. These are not normal times. And this is not your normal PARACHUTE. It faces squarely the "workquake" that is shaking up the job market around the world, and gives not only simple steps but steady hope.
Dr. Wayne Ford shows readers how to get well organized and focus in quickly on obtaining a job that is the right one for them. Emphasis is on key actions that are necessary to locate that job quickly. The book features 28 speed tips placed strategically throughout. This easy-reading text shows what to do and what not to do in the search for a job. The many traps and pitfalls that job seekers often fall into are explained in detail. How to cut through the barriers and speed up each of the steps of the search helps readers to spend their quality time on the key activity areas.
Provides what you actually need to say at each point in the process. Goes step-by-step through the key components of any job search: resumes, cover letters, and interviews.

Perfect for anyone looking for a new job, a promotion, or planning a career change.
Explains how to find out whom you should be talking to, and how to get those people to agree to meet with you. You no longer need to wait for the phone to ring after sending out those resumes; learn how to get informational meetings and networking interviews with decision-makers.

Also includes complete information and advice on using the internet to find out about industries, research companies, and identify key decision makers to contact.
Looking for a job is intimidating, especially when significant experience is the main thing a job hunter is lacking. In Getting Your Leg in the Door When You Don't Have a Leg to Stand On, the author, a successful headhunter and job-hunting coach, shares insights and techniques that he learned from working with job hunters at all levels. He presents expert advice, case studies, and strategies for getting the interview, then demonstrating the qualities and skills most likely to convince an employer of one's abilities.
Monster founder Jeff Taylor, with former editor-in-chief Doug Hardy, has written an upbeat, inspirational, and indispensable guide to getting the job you want in the new world of work. Rich with real-world advice from recruiters, career counselors, human resource professionals, and successful Monster members who share their job-hunting expertise, Monster Careers provides a step-by-step plan for carrying out a super-charged job search—from exploring new career options to writing job-winning resumes and cover letters, to mastering the interview and negotiating a job offer.
Based on new research into hiring and staffing methods, executive search, electronic screening systems, and public and private job banks, The Perfect Resume puts you ahead of the pack, whether you are after your first job or a competitive senior slot. Learn how today’s employment process has radically altered the way resumes are used and jobs are filled. Understand how to start from the roots of your values, needs, and desires, not simply published help wanted listings. Assess your key strengths, capabilities, and experiences and focus them toward the situations you want most. Choose formats and delivery methods that are best able to penetrate electronic and bureaucratic prescreening systems and get interviews. Use e-mail and custom cover letters to spotlight your worth. Decide how to present yourself in a way that makes the most of your best.
Explaining why agencies, ads, resumes and the internet don't yield results, the book goes on to lay out a faster, better way to the job you want. 6 Weeks or Less: The Job You Really Want, Guaranteed points out that posted openings are the least desirable jobs. You also have a lot of competition for them.

This book shows how to be considered for jobs that are not listed, advertised or published – better jobs where you eliminate the competition.

Amazon has 14 customer reviews of this book, almost all of which are enthusiastic success stories.
A seven-day program that will guide you into a better job or new career.

Not much of a description, but you have to read the Amazon customer reviews to appreciate the worth of this book.