Surfing Your Career


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This is a guide to deciding on the right career and changing jobs using the World Wide Web. Sorted into occupational groups, it includes everything from accountancy to zoology with over 1000 Web sites listed.




Job Surfing


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Were you the kind of kid who took apart your radio or television to see how it worked? Or set up experiments involving the family pets? If so, chances are there's a budding scientist inside you. Whether you want to do cutting-edge genetic research or pursue a future in chemical engineering, the sciences offer some of the hottest areas for job growth now and in the near future. Whatever your dream job in science may be, this is the book to help you get it. Because the Internet is the only place that can truly encompass the breadth of job opportunities out there, you need to know the best sites for finding what you want. You'll find all the information you need in this book. - An overview of job opportunities in the sciences - Ratings and descriptions of more than 300 job-related websites - Formatting tips for posting your resume online - Creating a knockout online portfolio - Personal profiles and success stories from professionals




Job Surfing


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Using the internet to find a job and get hired.




Changing Your Career


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Thousands of people dream of changing career but not many succeed and many fail at the first hurdle because they aren't sure how to take the first steps. Packed with practical advice to help people turn their career dreams into reality, this book shows how to make a successful career transition - whatever your age. With advice on how to weigh up career options, strategies for getting into the ideal new career and information on how to present past skills in the most favourable way, this should prove a useful handbook for anyone wanting a career change. Now fully revised, the new edition also includes an easy-to-use action plan to help readers see through a successful career change.




Now, Launch Your Career


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Now, Discover the Success Secrets of the World's Top Professionals Are you lost and looking for the right career or trying for that "lucky break"? Now, you can gain invaluable advice from top professionals such as, Donald Trump, Mario Batali, Dr. Patch Adams, Richard Simmons, John C. Bogle, Rex Reed, Jim Davis, Jeff Foxworthy, Danny Gans, William Claxton, Peter Bart, Dr. Robert Ballard, Cirque du Soleil CEO Daniel Lamarre and many more. Let the successful contributors in Now, Launch Your Career help guide you to rewarding, interesting and fulfilling careers. Based on the survey techniques developed by Paul Carpino, M.A., career counselor to thousands of college students, Now, Launch Your Career offers personal insight in how to choose and embark on the road to career satisfaction. Now, you'll learn: What the world's top professionals like, enjoy, value and love about their job/career. What the world's top professionals dislike, resent or like least about their job/career. How the world's top professionals decided on, found or launched their job/career. Few achievements can give you the same satisfaction as a rewarding, successful, interesting and fulfilling career. With the personal advice letters in Now, Launch Your Career you can attain one of your greatest goals.




Surf When You Can


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Inspiring lessons learned from a lifetime of honor, service, and leadership from Captain Brett Crozier, the former commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and renowned Navy officer. Amid one of the darkest times in American history, it was a moment that captured the attention of the nation. Brett Crozier, captain of the most powerful and prestigious aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, walked off his ship for the last time while thousands of his sailors saluted and chanted his name in admiration. This remarkable moment occurred after Crozier made the decision to try to protect his sailors by pleading with his superiors for help when COVID-19 swept through the vessel. Two days later, he was relieved of command. Now, Crozier reflects on his life, career, and commitment to doing the right thing in a book that celebrates the power of kindness, the importance of teamwork, and the value of standing up for what you believe in. Through a series of captivating stories set all around the world, Crozier takes us along on the grand adventures of his extraordinary career and introduces the incredible people he met along the way. From his days as fighter pilot facing near-death experiences to commandeering suspected pirate vessels in the Persian Gulf, and of course, seizing any opportunity to enjoy one of his favorite hobbies—surfing—Crozier distills the lessons he has learned and the principles that have guided him, showing how you can apply them to your personal and professional life.




Surfing


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Get Career Fit


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Future-proof your career and plan your leap forward Gone are the days of slowly making your way up the corporate ladder to retirement. Now, with the rise of freelancing and the gig economy, the workplace is becoming more flexible and independent — which can leave hardworking people scrambling to find a way to stay relevant. Author Michelle Gibbings addresses your worries and gives you a way forward. This book sheds light on what you can do to reignite, reshape and liberate your career and offers a fool-proof plan for getting your career back on track. With Get Career Fit, you can build a career ready for any change the future may bring.




Wingnut's Complete Surfing


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From a world-class expert and one of the sport’s greatest legends comes the only total guide for surfing Surfing is a sport that anyone can pick up and enjoy with the right instruction. Yet many how-to books fail to address crucial basics such as wave dynamics, board design and performance, and strategies for paddling out through the wave breaks. Wingnut’s Complete Surfing covers all this and more, providing you with a complete guide.




Self-Managing Your Career


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Humanly speaking, no one cares as much about the outcome of your career as you do. But most people don't know how to manage their own career decisions, because no one has ever taught them. Faced with a rapidly changing world of work and a bewildering array of choices and challenges, the average individual stumbles along with a mixture of trial-and-error experience and well-meaning advice from friends and relatives. Sometimes things work out anyway. Often they don't. Dr. Marlowe C. Embree's new book, Self-Managing Your Career, can help! For a tiny fraction of the cost of individual career counseling, you can have the advice and assistance of a professional career coach available to you at the turn of a page. This 190-page workbook features 61 interactive exercises that will walk you step by step through every phase of the career self-management process. You won't just be passively reading, but actively exploring your past and building toward your future, with hands-on, practical help in such areas as: Establishing career priorities and goals Developing a life/work mission statement Identifying marketable skills Networking your way into the "hidden job market" Selecting an appropriate resume format Researching a company Preparing for job interviews Negotiating a job offer Managing personal finances ... and much more. Whether you're a first-time entrant into the job market or a seasoned veteran making a midlife career change, this book is an indispensable guide that will help you chart a path to success.