We recommend the people and services listed below.
Company Research Tools
Manta is the largest free source of information on small companies, with profiles of more than 64 million businesses and organizations. Business owners and sales professionals use Manta’s vast database and custom search capabilities to quickly find companies, easily connect with prospective customers and promote their own services.
The Vault features “best to work for” company rankings as well as opinions from former employees.
Hoovers offers a subscription to information about large businesses. They have a free trial.
Books
The 100% Factor by Jodee Bock
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
The Twitter Job Search by Deb Dib, Chandlee Bryan, and Susan Britton Whitcomb
Cover Letters for Dummies by Joyce Lain Kennedy
Bully Free at Work by Valerie Cade
The Bully at Work by Gary Namie, PhD & Ruth Namie, PhD
Job Search Organization Tools
JibberJobber by Jason Alba
CareerShift by Val Atta
Healing Professionals
David Bialik, Psychological Consultant specializing in supporting and encouraging you to your highest potential.
Connie Bjerk, Certified Guided Imagery Therapist trained to do counseling for relaxation, stress reduction, pain control, habit control, problem solving, and personal and spiritual empowerment. She received clinical training in Mind/Body Medicine from Harvard Medical School and the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine.
Screening Tools
(NOTE: Please keep in mind that none of these tools is intended for self-diagnosis. Rather, they are intended to help you determine if there is a likelihood of an illness based on your self-reported symptoms. It is very important that a competent mental-health professional do whatever formal diagnostic tests, analysis, and therapy are necessary in order to make these determinations.)
Adult ADHD self-test
Screening tests for various forms of mental illness
