The Job-Hunter's Survival Guide


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One hundred pages of lifesaving advice for people out of work. When over ten million people have needed help with their job-hunt—or with figuring out what to do with their life—there is one person they have turned to, more than any other. He is Richard N. Bolles, author of the #1 job-hunting book of all time, What Color Is Your Parachute? His name is well-known around the world. Just during the last twelve months, he has appeared in Time (“10 Ideas Changing the World Right Now,” March 2009), U.S. News & World Report (deemed “savior of the nation’s unemployed,” October 2008), NBC’s Today Show (broadcast in April 2009), and many other publications and shows. His book was the #1 best-seller on BusinessWeek’s paperback list as recently as last November. Never has his advice been more sought than during these brutal economic times. He has responded by writing a completely new book: The Job-Hunter’s Survival Guide, designed particularly for people who are hanging on the ropes, who haven’t time to do a lot of reading but need help desperately—and now. Early reviews have called this little Guide “brilliant” and “tremendously helpful.”




The Job Hunter's Handbook


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A job-seeker's guide to the factors which can make job hunting easier or more difficult. The book is arranged for easy reference, starting with acceptance and ending with zest, and takes the reader through the essential steps of finding employment, offering advice and suggestions at every stage.




The Job Hunters Handbook


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Need A Job?How to Find and Win Your Dream Job With "The Job Hunter's Handbook"It's really true, isn't it? They say it's really easy to get a job when you're already working and don't need one!When you are unemployed, however, and trying to live on the meager unemployment checks it can get real scary real fast!The checks won't cover a house payment or rent, let alone utilities and minor details like food for your kids! What's a person supposed to do?What happened?Somewhere between the "great depression" and the "information age," job hunting wasn't the stressful task it is today. A guy like your Dad or your grandfather worked the same job clear up to retirement. After putting in his 20, 30 or 40 years his boss would give him a gold watch and a pension for his faithful years of service.Sadly, that is no longer the case. Every day we see more and more jobs being eroded by more technology or actually re-assigning your position to someone half way across the world!Instead of planning on putting in your time then enjoying the fruits of your labor, you are lucky if the job lasts more than a year or so before you get the pink slip that tells you that the company is "re-aligning their resources" and your position is being eliminated!The problem is that this will hit most people when they least expect it and this process repeats itself every single day across the country. So, what can you do about it?One of the first things you should do is become "pro-active" instead of "reactive." The decision to eliminate your job or lay you off wasn't made in a day. It's the result of a process. You just aren't told about it until it's too late, leaving you in a bind.We aren't saying that you should not be loyal to your employer, just never have all your eggs in one basket. Learn how the job hunting process works today and always have a back up plan in place.Yes, have a plan in place. That old adage we mentioned in the first sentence is true. . ."it's really easy to get a job when you're already working and don't need one!"It's a hunt - know your prey!Remain on top of the current market trends that affect your company's industry. Keep your ear to the ground for rumors or innuendo and be ready to go to Plan B at a moments notice.Grab your copy of "The Job Hunter's Handbook," and follow all the instructions. Do this and you can avoid a lengthy period of unemployment!Actually put yourself in the position of always anticipating a worse case scenario. Do this and you will avoid stress knowing full well that a new job is just a few days away.That's the problem with most employment issues. People just wait around for the axe to fall and then they have to become "re-active" because they don't have a clue where to begin.When laid off the first place most people go is to the "classified" section of their newspaper. That may be okay but there is so much more that can be done."The Job Hunter's Handbook" will show you:* How to identify your skill set* How to hunt for a job* Define your objective* Prepare a professional resume* 7 Steps to improve interviewing skills* How to use networking to accomplish your task* Job seeker FAQs* Thinking outside of the boxFinding a job should not create a stressful environment. "The Job Hunter's Handbook" will be there to help you if you do lose your job, but better yet, use it to keep yourself in a "pro-active" mode so you can immediately put the principles to work when the axe falls. The peace of mind is well worth the few bucks to be prepared!Happy hunting!Tag: job hunt book, job hunter's workbook, job hunters survival guide, job hunting, job hunting for dummies, job hunting for the so called handicapped, job hunting handbook, job hunting in 2017, job hunting online, job hunting over 50, job hunting posters




Tech Job Hunt Handbook


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Tech Job Hunt Handbook is a career management book—just for technology professionals—that reflects today’s new economic realities. The world of work is constantly changing, and staying professionally relevant while competing for more specialized tech jobs in areas like cloud computing, mobile and social applications, and big data in a highly competitive global economy is critical. The world is churning out hungry programmers and developers in record numbers, making the global labor market highly competitive. It is now essential to plan a campaign to get a better job as well as your overall career. Retooling your skills and re-branding yourself is mandatory whether you’re seeking a new job or intent on retaining current employment. Readers of the Tech Job Hunt Handbook will find tools, practical guidance, and recommendations on how to find the best new tech jobs, how to get noticed, how to ace interviews and get hired, and how to keep those new jobs—until it’s time for a better one. As you will learn, learning how to assess and then invest in career management skills leads to long-term competitive advantage and a happier working life. Tech Job Hunt Handbook—for recent graduates, risk-taking innovators, and tech veterans alike—shows how to build a comprehensive online professional profile, identify the companies you’re interested in and who you know at those companies, approach interviews with confidence, uncover opportunities in your current company, and understand the new emerging technology markets that could lead to a career rebirth. This book will help you: Find a new or better tech job. Stay relevant and employable despite constant new developments. Manage your tech career for long-term success.




What Color Is Your Parachute? Job-Hunter's Workbook, Sixth Edition


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An interactive companion to the world’s most popular job-search book, updated for 2021, that helps you translate your personal interests into marketable job skills. This fill-in workbook for the career classic What Color Is Your Parachute? is a helpful tool for recent grads, workers laid off mid-career, and anyone searching for an inspiring work-life change. Featuring • New information that addresses the job-market in the pandemic era • The Flower Exercise that gets everything about your skills and preferences in one place • The Party Exercise to help you discover who you work best with • The Transferable Skills Grid that helps you discover your most valuable skills and more of Richard N. Bolles's helpful charts and activities, this workbook allows job-hunters to roll up their sleeves and discover how their unique interests, passions, and dreams will give them, once completed, a picture of their dream job.




The Only Job Hunting Guide You'll Ever Need


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For job searchers at any stage of their careers, here are the guidelines, secrets, and savvy suggestions that lead to success. Hundreds of ingenious ideas and techniques have been updated to include the use of new technology, new resource listings, new tips on resume writing, and more.




What Color Is Your Parachute? Guide to Job-Hunting Online, Sixth Edition


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Before you start your Internet job-hunt, there are some things that you must know, like: • Why are job sites like Monster and CareerBuilder so stunningly ineffective? • What can you do to make sure your resumes survive the elimination process? • How do you find the information that search engines like Google can’t? • How can you tell the difference between a genuinely helpful job board, and a website designed only to collect resumes? • When are hobby forums more helpful than business networking sites? • When is the Internet not helpful when job-hunting? • What is the fatal flaw of all social networking sites? The Guide to Job-Hunting Online, 6th Edition, not only answers these questions and many more, but shows you how to comprehensively and effectively use the Internet for all aspects of your job-hunt. This companion to What Color Is Your Parachute?, the best-selling job-hunting book in the world, has been completely rewritten for our changing times and includes hundreds of updated website recommendations and descriptions. The Guide to Job-Hunting Online shows you how to quickly find the data that will be most helpful to you, how to identify and research the places where you will most enjoy working, how to leverage the power of social networking sites, and how to use your Internet time most effectively, avoiding the common pitfalls and setting you up for success.




The Academic Job Search Handbook


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For more than 15 years, The Academic Job Search Handbook has assisted job seekers in all academic disciplines in their search for faculty positions. The guide includes information on aspects of the search that are common to all levels, with invaluable tips for those seeking their first or second faculty position. This new edition provides updated advice and addresses hot topics in the competitive job market of today, including the challenges faced by dual-career couples, job search issues for pregnant candidates, and advice on how to deal with gaps in a CV. The chapter on alternatives to academic jobs has been expanded, and sample resumes from individuals seeking nonfaculty positions are included. The book begins with an overview of the hiring process and a timetable for applying for academic positions. It then gives detailed information on application materials, interviewing, negotiating job offers, and starting the new job. Guidance throughout is aimed at all candidates, with frequent reference to the specifics of job searches in scientific and technical fields as well as those in the humanities and social sciences. Advice on seeking postdoctoral opportunities is also included. Perhaps the most significant contribution is the inclusion of sample vitas. The Academic Job Search Handbook describes the organization and content of the vita and includes samples from a variety of fields. In addition to CVs and research statements, new in this edition are a sample interview itinerary, a teaching portfolio, and a sample offer letter. The job search correspondence section has also been updated, and there is current information on Internet search methods and useful websites.




The Ultimate Job Hunter's Guidebook


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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 of a career development class. The Fourth Edition features increased technology coverage and strategies for long-term career success. Exercises develop students skills in goal setting, interviewing, assessing values, and writing both resumes and cover letters.




Complete Job-Search Handbook: Third Edition


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Topics covered include self assessment skills, connecting skills, communication skills, skills for selling yourself, interviewing.