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The Ultimate Job Hunter's Guidebook
ISBN: 9780618848041 | 0618848045
Edition: 5thFormat: Spiral Bound
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 8/20/2007
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Offering concise coverage of essential job-hunting and career strategies, this flexible, how-to book can supplement any business course or serve as the foundation for a career development class. The Fifth Edition continues to focus on real-world applications through experiential exercises and hands-on activities designed for individual or group use. New chapter-ending Success Stories focus on individuals who've used their initiative to transition from one career to another.
| SettingYour Course | |
| Planning Your Job Search Job Search | |
| Set Your Course Job Search | |
| Gather Your Tools Job Search | |
| Hire an Employer Job Search Step Four: Begin the Search | |
| Conducting a Self-Assessment | |
| Know Yourself Choose the Right Job for You | |
| Set Career Goals | |
| Try Informational Interviewing and Job Shadowing | |
| Planning and Organizing the Job Hunt | |
| Make Job Hunting | |
| Your New Job Organizational Tools for Job Hunters | |
| Managing Your Job Hunting Files, Documents and Notes | |
| Managing Your Attitude During the Job Hunt | |
| Gathering Your Tools | |
| Preparing Your R?sum? | |
| How to Write a R?sum? | |
| Types of R?sum?s | |
| What to Do About Gaps in Your Job History FAQs for Experienced Job Hunters R?sum? | |
| Alternatives R?sum? | |
| Software How to E-Mail Your R?sum? | |
| Writing Cover Letters | |
| Elements of the Cover Letter | |
| The Write Stuff Alternative | |
| Letter-Writing Strategies | |
| An Old Marketing Trick | |
| Use a P.S. to Make Your Case E-Mail vs. Postal Mail | |
| Types of Cover Letters Sample Cover Letters | |
| Obtaining References and Assembling a Portfolio References Available Upon Request Assemble a Portfolio | |
| Hunting for an Employer | |
| Targeting Potential Employers | |
| Generate Job Leads | |
| Turn Dead Ends into Live Contacts | |
| Read the Classifieds Making Contacts at Job Fairs Research | |
| Potential Employers Informational Interviews | |
| Long-Distance Job Hunting | |
| Taking Your Job Hunt Online | |
| Pounding the Virtual Pavement E-mail | |
| Etiquette Searching the Internet | |
| The Right Site Put the Internet to Work for You | |
| Have You Considered...? | |
| Federal Jobs Working for a Nonprofit Corporation | |
| Working for a Small Company | |
| Starting Your Own Business | |
| Taking a Different Job Path | |
| Further Education | |
| Backdoor Your Way into a Job | |
| Part-Time Jobs Working in a Related Position | |
| Temping Freelancing Entry-Level Positions | |
| Internships Volunteer Work | |
| Beginning the Search | |
| Filling Out Job Applications | |
| The Application Form Completing the Application Form | |
| Typical Application Questions | |
| Interviewing Preparation | |
| The Key to Interview Success | |
| Before the Interview | |
| During the Interview | |
| After the Interview Nontraditional Ways to Get an Interview | |
| Reasons for Unsuccessful Interviews | |
| Handling Rejection Ask for What You Want | |
| Evaluating Job Offers Choose the Best Job for You | |
| Negotiate Your Salary | |
| The End Is in Sight | |
| Learning Your New Job | |
| Your First Few Days on the Job | |
| Your First Few Weeks on the Job | |
| Your First Year on the Job Tips for Working with Your Manager | |
| Managing Relationships on the Job Finding a Mentor | |
| The Importance of Staying Current | |
| How You Will Be Evaluated Advice from Those | |
| Who Have Made It | |
| An Invitation to Share | |
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