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Books To Read When You're Unemployed
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What Color Is Your Parachute?  2006: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-ChangersWhat Color Is Your Parachute? 2006: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers by Richard Nelson Bolles
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the Job Hunting Bible
How to Survive Without a Salary: Learning How to Live the Conserver LifestyleHow to Survive Without a Salary: Learning How to Live the Conserver Lifestyle by Charles Long
Buy used from: $6.49
Highly Recommend!
Living Well on Practically Nothing: Revised and Updated EditionLiving Well on Practically Nothing: Revised and Updated Edition by Edward H. Romney
Buy new: $17.82 / Used from: $16.89
Another great one!
The Joy of Not Working:  A Book for the Retired, Unemployed and Overworked- 21st Century EditionThe Joy of Not Working: A Book for the Retired, Unemployed and Overworked- 21st Century Edition by Ernie J. Zelinski
Buy new: $11.53 / Used from: $4.73
Haven't read this one yet but I will just as soon as I get my hands on a copy.
The Complete Tightwad  GazetteThe Complete Tightwad Gazette by Amy Dacyczyn
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $13.99
the author of this one was on Oprah and got lots of press in the 90's. Helped me survive.
How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt, and Live Prosperously: *(Based on the Proven Principles and Techniques of Debtors Anonymous)How to Get Out of Debt, Stay Out of Debt, and Live Prosperously: *(Based on the Proven Principles and Techniques of Debtors Anonymous) by Jerrold Mundis
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $6.99
Immensely helpful
Earn What You Deserve: How to Stop Underearning & Start ThrivingEarn What You Deserve: How to Stop Underearning & Start Thriving by Jerrold Mundis
Buy new: $7.50 / Used from: $2.00
I'm reading this one now.
Cut Your Grocery Bills in HalfCut Your Grocery Bills in Half by Barbara Salsbury
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When you're too proud to apply for food stamps
Stories and Recipes of the Great Depression of the 1930's and More From Your Kitchen Today, Vol. 1 (Stories & Recipes of the Great Depression)Stories and Recipes of the Great Depression of the 1930's and More From Your Kitchen Today, Vol. 1 (Stories & Recipes of the Great Depression) by Janet Van Amber Paske
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $14.95
this one will keep you from having to resort to dumpster diving when you're hungry
The Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline Of LeisureThe Overworked American: The Unexpected Decline Of Leisure by Juliet Schor
Buy new: $12.87 / Used from: $0.01
Gives you something to think about while you are job hunting
The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't NeedThe Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don't Need by Juliet B. Schor
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $2.20
While you have all this time on your hands, might as well learn something and avoid the work, spend and debt trap
The Two-Income TrapThe Two-Income Trap by Elizabeth Warren
Buy new: $10.76 / Used from: $0.76
Why Middle-Class Parents Are Going Broke
Flight Attendant Job Finder & Career GuideFlight Attendant Job Finder & Career Guide by Tim Kirkwood
Buy new: $16.95 / Used from: $2.80
In case you want to find a job as a flight attendant
How to Get a Job in Europe: Names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and websites for over 2,000 employers in England, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, ... 18 other countries (The Job Finders Series)How to Get a Job in Europe: Names, addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers, and websites for over 2,000 employers in England, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, ... 18 other countries (The Job Finders Series) by Cheryl Matherly
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In case you want to leave the country altogether.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not!Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money--That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Buy new: $11.02 / Used from: $0.10
A classic. Will help you get out of the rat race so you'll never have to go job searching again. We hope.
The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition : A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual GrowthThe Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition : A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values and Spiritual Growth by M. Scott Peck
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $4.47
Might as well work on changing and making yourself a better person while you have all this time on your hands.
I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying WorkI Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Gratifying Work by Julie Jansen
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01
I did almost all of the exercises in this book and learned a lot about myself which helps in the job search. Has questions to ask future employers.