The Serious Job Seeker


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The Serious Job Seeker is for anyone who wants to do what they love and love what they do.The desire for satisfying and meaningful work is universal. The Serious Job Seeker is a book for anyone engaged at any level in the process of choosing a career, finding a job, making a change, or moving up the ladder. The ideas in this book come from 30 years of experience helping individuals through the career planning process. Cici Mattiuzzi has worked with students at the beginning of their career, and with seasoned professionals on the same quest. The need to find oneself in a meaningful career is essential to a person's sense of worth. Finding a company that values you and a boss who empowers you is priceless.Figuring out where to begin is the hardest part. The Serious Job Seeker takes you through the process from start to finish. If you are discovering your purpose, looking for a job, recovering from a layoff, interviewing, writing a resume, creating a portfolio, or negotiating a salary, this book is for you.All of the essential elements of an effective, proactive career plan and job search are included. The Serious Job Seeker engages you in a step-by-step self-assessment. It helps you find your motivated skills, interests, goals, and values, and teaches you how to link them to industries and companies that best suit you. It shows you how to explore occupations that are growing and avoid occupations that are declining. It will tell you how to avoid bad employers.The Serious Job Seeker will teach you to research and develop a list of target industries and companies based on your preferences. You will learn how to define who you are and find the very best employer for you. The Serious Job Seeker includes samples of high impact resumes and highly effective cover letters. It includes tips on how to approach employers and how to be successful in interviews.First time career seekers, students, career changers, and executives looking for a better ladder to climb will find this book an essential tool for identifying and attaining their full potential.




The 2-Hour Job Search


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A job-search manual that gives career seekers a systematic, tech-savvy formula to efficiently and effectively target potential employers and secure the essential first interview. The 2-Hour Job Search shows job-seekers how to work smarter (and faster) to secure first interviews. Through a prescriptive approach, Dalton explains how to wade through the Internet’s sea of information and create a job-search system that relies on mainstream technology such as Excel, Google, LinkedIn, and alumni databases to create a list of target employers, contact them, and then secure an interview—with only two hours of effort. Avoiding vague tips like “leverage your contacts,” Dalton tells job-hunters exactly what to do and how to do it. This empowering book focuses on the critical middle phase of the job search and helps readers bring organization to what is all too often an ineffectual and frustrating process.







The Professor Is In


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The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration. Those who do make it share an important asset that separates them from the pack: they have a plan. They understand exactly what they need to do to set themselves up for success. They know what really moves the needle in academic job searches, how to avoid the all-too-common mistakes that sink so many of their peers, and how to decide when to point their Ph.D. toward other, non-academic options. Karen Kelsky has made it her mission to help readers join the select few who get the most out of their Ph.D. As a former tenured professor and department head who oversaw numerous academic job searches, she knows from experience exactly what gets an academic applicant a job. And as the creator of the popular and widely respected advice site The Professor is In, she has helped countless Ph.D.’s turn themselves into stronger applicants and land their dream careers. Now, for the first time ever, Karen has poured all her best advice into a single handy guide that addresses the most important issues facing any Ph.D., including: -When, where, and what to publish -Writing a foolproof grant application -Cultivating references and crafting the perfect CV -Acing the job talk and campus interview -Avoiding the adjunct trap -Making the leap to nonacademic work, when the time is right The Professor Is In addresses all of these issues, and many more.




The Job Seeker & The Coach: How to Rescue and Fast-Track Your Job Search in No Time!


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"Probably the most disruptive job search formula in the market today"! Nicolas D. founder of RecVolt.com, and serial recruitment entrepreneur. When Lisa loses her job, she only has four weeks to find work or leave the country. With her savings account empty and her VISA dependent on finding employment, her situation is dire. Can she revive her finances and escape the abyss in this challenging labor market? After connecting with an enigmatic career coach, she discovers job search tools, methods, scripts, and techniques she has never heard of. As her job search progresses with every new discovery, little does she know that her work with the coach will also change the way she sees herself, the job market, and her career forever. Inspired by a true story, Lisa's journey is both a suspenseful tale, and a self-help guide that will help YOU fast-track your job search and stand out from the competition with a series of proven formulas and little-known "hacks." What started as a series of job search coaching sessions turns out to be an eye opener into the hiring world and a step-by-step formula to truly stand out from the crowd. Lisa's job search serves as a step-by-step guide and a classic case study on how to Generate more calls from employers with a 100% proven Resume Writing Formula Secure more job interviews than the competition thanks to little-known Job Search Hacks Nail every job interview, (and tackle the most difficult questions) with the 3 S's method! ALSO INCLUDED A powerful 3-step salary negotiation technique to boost your personal finances from day one! Lisa is an American, conducting her job hunt in Dubai, a sunny, thriving trade hub which offers VISAs conditional on employment - and no unemployment allowance she can use as a parachute. As Lisa's coaching sessions progress, she finds that the coach's teachings about how to reach employers and impress them are universal, timeless, and perfectly apply to the American, European and Asian labor markets. Discover the simple economics of how to market and sell yourself effectively with little-known tools & techniques, along with ready-made scripts and email templates for each step of your job search process. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Author & Career Coach Hamza Zaouali has been an international recruiter since 2003, serving small & large organizations across multiple industries and job sectors. After setting up his own recruitment firm in 2010, he became an employer, which helped him study the topic of job search from multiple angles. In 2014, he established Name Your Career (www.nameyourcareer.com), a training & coaching practice helping job seekers and professionals achieve their career goals. His proven job search recipe has already helped thousands of job seekers worldwide (in over 150 countries) through his video programs and seminars. Today, Hamza continues to serve companies and professionals globally, as a recruiter, trainer, speaker and career coach.




The Empowered Job Search: Build a New Mindset and Get a Great Job in an Unpredictable World


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The Empowered Job Search is not your typical job search book. Our starting point isn't with cover letters or resumes, but YOU. Because the process can feel so disempowering, we help you develop the psychological tools to manage your emotions and build an empowered mindset to have true agency in your search. You'll discover powerful tools to navigate every step of your job search, from setting up your daily schedule and clarifying your ideal work, to creating a one-of-a-kind resume and cover letter. The book also includes interview tips, how to negotiate your offer, a framework for making difficult decisions, and how to start your new job from a place of power. Our approach is based in both theory and practice: we draw on positive psychology, Buddhist principles, and Nonviolent Communication, as well as our leadership and career coaching work with thousands of clients. At its core, The Empowered Job Search is a call to action to humanize the job search and create a better work world. We hope that you not only get a great new job, but also feel inspired to create a more compassionate, creative, and equitable workplace.




The Complete Job Search Book For College Students


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Using step-by-step, easy-to-follow techniques, The Complete Job Search Book for College Students, 3rd Edition, shows you all the essential aspects of a successful job-search campaign. From discovering what employers are really looking for, to taking a personal inventory and managing expectations, to staying focused on what's important—you'll learn everything you need to know about organizing an effective and practical plan. The Complete Job Search Book for College Students, 3rd Edition includes: *A step-by-step plan for landing your first job *Samples of resumes and cover letters that really work *A comprehensive list of online job-hunting resources *The latest information on the best career paths *"Inside" information for making the most of career fairs and university job resources *How to match your qualifications to employers' needs This book tells you how to write winning cover letters and resumes, with dozens of samples covering most fields of study—including new and growing interdisciplinary fields such as biochemistry and international studies/language. There's more—learn important interviewing skills and how to negotiate a job offer! If you want to stand out from the pack and win the job you want, you need The Complete Job Search Book for College Students!




Help Wanted


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Aaron M. Basko is Assistant Vice President for Enrollment Management at Salisbury University in Maryland, where he oversees Career Services, Admissions, and Financial Aid. He has also served as a university instructor for Personal Career Management. Aaron speaks for schools, homeschool groups, churches, and the media, and has written for a number of higher education and career-oriented publications. Visit his website at www.aaronbasko.com. Book jacket.




Art of the Job Search


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PEOPLE WILL NOT READ YOUR RESUME. On average, people spend six seconds reviewing your resume. Six seconds! That




Welcome to the U.S.A.-You're Hired!


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YOU WOULD LIKE TO FIND A JOB IN THE U.S. - WHAT SHOULD YOU DO? Betsy H. Cohen presents collective wisdom from a dozen experts in international job search and career development. Foreign-born job seekers - whether they be international students, relocated persons, immigrants, or refugees - will find an American job faster and more confidently after reading this book. Readers will learn the different stages of the job search process, and how to prepare for each one. The book's case studies and expert contributions provide many examples and recommendations to manage stress and make their search process smoother. The book teaches readers how to: Build and develop your American network Find potential job openings, both posted and non-posted Distinguish between the types of interviews and what to expect in each Present yourself to potential employers before, during, and after the interview Discuss salaries and set expectations for what transferable skills are worth Understand when to use immigration lawyers in the job search process Get recognition for accomplishments, leading to promotions and pay increases.