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Clothes Make the Man (or Woman) This article contains tips and tactics for dressing professionally while still maintaining your personal style.
Dress to Achieve This web site is especially designed to help college students and recent graduates understand the essentials of good dressing.
Gender Neutral Interview & Business Clothing How to dress professionally outside the gender binary.
How to Dress for Success as a Woman This how-to guide provides seven simple steps, including pictures, for dressing for success in business.
Is Casual Dress Your Norm? This article from about.com stresses the importance of having a professional wardrobe, and how it can change how others perceive you.
Pinterest: Best Non-Binary Professional Dress Images Browse non-binary styles on this Pinterest Board.

Dealing with Office Politics This article guides you through navigating office politics.
Email Etiquette This presentation from the Owl at Purdue provides tips in formatting and writing a professional-sounding email at work.
How to Handle Office Politics This article from the Wall Street Journal provides a number of tips for navigating the office minefield.
Lydia Ramsey's Blog This website offers all sorts of great advice (such as how to properly use the utensils at a business dinner and efficiently use a voice mail system) for people looking to impress prospective employers with their unbridled mastery of proper business etiquette.
Vacation and Sick Day Policies This article recommends looking at the Chamber of Commerce salary and benefits reports for your area.

Self Assessment: What's important to you? From the University of California/San Francisco, this guide will help you figure out what's important to you in a career.
CareerOneStop Skills Center An online tool that can help you learn how skills relate to occupations and how skill levels are measured.
ISEEK Skills Assessment A tool that helps you identify which skills are important to you and explore occupations that employ them.
University of Minnesota Transferable Skills A list to help you focus on the skills you can offer potential employers.

Aptitude Tests
Jung Personality Test Take this test to discover your personality type.
The Princeton Review Career Quiz Take the five-minute career quiz to find out more about your true calling.
SWOT Analysis SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats involved in a situation.
Temperament Sorter The Keirsey Temperament Sorter is a leading assessment for individuals, teams and organizations and delivers actionable, personal and organizational insights addressing opportunities and challenges.