CareerEducation & Transition Resources

Bolles, R. N. (revised annually). What color is your parachute? Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press.

Bolles, R. N. (2009). The job-hunter’s survival guide.Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press.

Bolles, R. N., & Brown, D. S. (2001). Job-hunting for the so-called handicapped or people who have disabilities. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press.

Brolin, D. (1997). Life centered career education: A competency based approach (5th ed.). Reston, VA: Council for Exceptional Children.

Erin, J., & Wolffe, K. (1999). Transition planning for students with visual disabilities. Austin, TX: PRO-ED.

Figler, H. (1999). The complete job-search handbook. New York: Henry Holt.

Figler, H., & Bolles, R. N. (2007). The career counselor’s handbook(2nd ed.).Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press.

Gottfredson, G. D., & Holland, J. L. (1996). Dictionary of Holland occupational codes (3rd ed.). Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources.

Irish, R. K. (1987). Go hire yourself an employer (3rd ed.). New York: Anchor Press/Doubleday.

Keirsey, D., & Bates, M. (1998). Please understand me II: Character & temperament types. Del Mar, Ca: Prometheus Nemesis Book Company.

Lathrop, R. (1989). Who’s hiring who?Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press.

Levinson, J. C., & Perry, D. (2009). Guerrilla marketing for job hunters 2.0. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.

Sher, B. (1979). Wishcraft: How to get what you really want. New York: Ballantine Books. [Note: this book available in free pdf format: ]

Tieger, P. D., & Barron-Tieger, B. (2001). Do what you are: Discover the perfect career for you through the secrets of personality type (3rd ed.). New York: Little, Brown and Company.

Wolffe, K. E. (in press). The transition tote system: Navigating the rapids of life. Louisville, KY: American Printing House for the Blind.

Wolffe, K. E. (1997). Career counseling for people with disabilities: A practical guide to finding employment. Austin, TX: PRO-ED.

Wolffe, K. E. (Ed.). (1999). Skills for success: A career education handbook for children and adolescents with visual impairments. New York: AFB Press.

Chapters of particular interest:

Wolffe, K. E. (1998). Transition planning and employment outcomes for students who have visual impairments with other disabilities. In S. Z. Sacks and R. Silberman (Eds.). Educating students who have visual impairments with other disabilities. Baltimore: Paul Brookes.

Wolffe, K. E. (2000). Growth and development of youths with visual impairments. In C. Holbrook, & A. Koenig (Eds.). Foundations of Education, Vol. 1. New York: American Foundation for the Blind.

Wolffe, K. E. (2000). Career education for children and youths with visual impairments. In A. Koenig, & C. Holbrook (Eds.). Foundations of Education, Vol. 2. New York: American Foundation for the Blind.

Wolffe, K. E. (2007). Transition planning for the world beyond school, In S. LaVenture (Ed.). A Parents’ Guide to Special Education for Children with Visual Impairments. New York: AFB Press.

Internet Sites

CareerConnect)

(CNIB/AFB Mentor Match)

(Bureau of Labor Statistics youth site)

(Collaboration on Workforce and Disability/Youth)

(Department of Labor’s youth site)

School for the Blind)

(Dick Bolles, author of What Color Is Your Parachute? And,What Color Is Your Parachute for Teens, who now has a blog, too!)

(Texas School for the Blind & Visually Impaired)

(Perkins School for the Blind)

(Helen Keller National Center)