Kategoria BISAC: Business & Economics >> Careers - Job Hunting

It isn't always obvious what a college major can offer to the workplace. Great Jobs books help you explore the possibilities in your major and provide: Guidance on how to present a major as a workplace asset during an interview A primer for new college grads on how to conduct a job search Ways to use a college major in the real world

A liberal arts degree offers abundant job possibities

You've worked hard for that liberal arts degree. Now what? Sometimes the choice of careers can seem endless; the most difficult part of a job search is narrowing down your options.

Great Jobs for Liberal Arts Majors will help you choose the right career out of the myriad possibilities at your disposal. It provides detailed profiles of careers in your field along with the basic skills necessary to begin a focused job search. You'll soon be on the fast track to landing a job that satisfies your personal,...

Further your success with a career in continuing education

Get started in a career that has a promising future and is financially rewarding. Opportunities in Adult Education Careers provides you with a complete overview of the job possibilities, salary figures, and experience required to enter the field of adult education.

This career-boosting book will help you:

• Determine the specialty that's right for you, from continuing education to administration to counseling
• Acquire in-depth knowledge of adult education
• Find out what kind of salary...

Refine your path to career success

Get started in a career that has a promising future and is financially rewarding. Opportunities in Petroleum Careers provides you with a complete overview of the job possibilities, salary figures, and experience required to enter the petroleum industry.

This career-boosting book will help you:

• Determine the specialty that's right for you, from scientific research to oil refining to petroleum sales
• Acquire in-depth knowledge of the petroleum industry
• Find out what kind of salary you can expect...

Market yourself toward a successful career

Get started in a career that has a promising future and is financially rewarding. Opportunities in Direct Marketing Careers provides you with a complete overview of the job possibilities, salary figures, and experience required to enter the field of direct marketing.

This career-boosting book will help you:

• Determine the specialty that's right for you, from business-to-business marketing to telemarketing to catalog production
• Acquire in-depth knowledge of direct marketing
• Find out what kind of...

Shape a solid future through metalworking

Get started in a career that has a promising future and is financially rewarding. Opportunities in Metalworking Careers provides you with a complete overview of the job possibilities, salary figures, and experience required to enter the field of metalworking.

This career-boosting book will help you:

• Determine the specialty that's right for you, from jewelry making to sheet-metal work to shipbuilding
• Acquire in-depth knowledge of metalworking
• Find out what kind of salary you can expect...

Write your way to success

Get started in a career that has a promising future and is financially rewarding. Opportunities in Technical Writing Careers provides you with a complete overview of the job possibilities, salary figures, and experience required to enter the field of technical writing.

This career-boosting book will help you:

• Determine the specialty that's right for you, from proposal writing to research to manufacturing
• Acquire in-depth knowledge of technical writing
• Find out what kind of salary you can expect
• Understand the...

Expert guidance on exploring and choosing the perfect job

Whether you're already a college student or are ready to go back to school, this series explores specific areas of interest and helps you determine which job in that field suits you.

• Breaks down specific educational requirements and additional training
• Surveys the salaries and job opportunities to help seekers find the perfect match

Give your future some positive therapy and enjoy a successful career

Careers that involve helping people are tremendously rewarding; they also offer diverse opportunities. In order to decide what job route is best for you, you need to begin with a clear plan: What will you specialize in? Do you need an advanced degree or certificate? How will you find the right position? Careers in Social and Rehabilitation Services has the answers. Here, you'll discover all the information you need to find a satisfying and secure job doing what you love. Whether you want to work at a...

Engineer a bright future for yourself

You've worked hard for that engineering degree. Now what? Sometimes the choice of careers can seem endless; the most difficult part of a job search is narrowing down your options.

Great Jobs for Engineering Majors will help you choose the right career out of the myriad possibilities at your disposal. It provides detailed profiles of careers in your field along with the basic skills necessary to begin a focused job search. You'll soon be on the fast track to landing a job that satisfies your personal, professional, and...

Get an advanced education on landing your dream job

Do you love being in a classroom? Do you make the library your second home? Do spirited discussions make you feel alive? If you answered yes to any of these questions, your career choice has already been made. Now you need to choose an occupation. Careers for Scholars & Other Deep Thinkers provides all the information you need to launch a career as a:

University professor - Museum curator - Archaeologist - Anthropologist - Archivist - Librarian - Researcher - Animal behaviorist

Inside you'll find...

An eye-opening first-hand account of life in a WWII shipyard from a woman's perspective

In 1942, Katherine Archibald, a graduate student at Berkeley, left the halls of academe to spend two years working in a nearby Oakland shipyard. She arrived with a host of preconceptions about the American working class, race relations and the prospect for their improvement, and wartime unity. Her experience working in a shipyard where women were seen as intruders, where "Okies" and black migrants from the South were regarded with barely-disguised hatred, and where trade unions preferred...

Whether you get the job or not is determined in the interview. . . .

The job interview is the single most crucial step in the whole application process. In Don't Blow the Interview, you'll learn:

-How to secure the interview, from resume preparation to query letters and more
-Ways to dress, walk, and talk for interview success
-Common interview questions--and how to answer them
-How to deal with illegal questions about age, sexual orientation, family status, etc.
-And lots more

Ralph Ferrone's Don't Blow the Interview: How to...

The Right Job, Right Now effectively bridges the gap between "What do I want to do?" and "How do I do it?" by presenting a complete step-by-step plan for long-term career satisfaction using self-assessment, self-marketing, and a comprehensive job search and career development strategy.

Based on the author's Kaleidoscope Career Model, this book shows you how to take charge of your career and takes you, step-by-step, through the complete job search process including:

Career assessment - what do you have to offer and what do you want in return?
Taking action -...

If you are looking for a job you need every advantage you can get. What Does Somebody Have to Do to Get a Job Around Here? puts a former Human Resources executive turned employee advocate in your corner. Cynthia Shapiro reveals the best-kept job secrets that employers don't want you to know including:
*Secret #8: A computer is deciding your job prospects.
*Secret #12: Professional references are useless.
*Secret #18: There is a "type" that always gets the offer.
*Secret #21: The Thank-You note is too late.
*Secret #28: Always negotiate.
* ...and thirty-nine more...