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Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Getting a job means successfully navigating the application process, and today that requires the right mindset--and the skills to convey it to a potential employer. You need to focus on the organization's needs, not your own, often a challenge for recent and soon-to-be college graduates. In this book, writing professor Rachel Toor shows you how to identify those needs, decide whether you are a good match for a job, and then tell a clear, concise,...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017-]
Language
English
Description
Optimize your LinkedIn profile and get results Your LinkedIn profile is essentially a platform to shape how others see you, highlight your abilities, products, or services, and explain how your work impacts lives. Yet many people simply copy and paste their resume and expect job offers and networking opportunities to start rolling in but that isn't how it works. LinkedIn Profile Optimization For Dummies shows you how to create a profile that enhances...
Author
Publisher
PhD Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
This book is organized into three main sections. The first section, The CV OWNER'S Guide, to quote Fräulein Maria from the Sound of Music, starts at the very beginning, because it is a very good place to start. Start here if your are a true beginner to the art of CV writing. The second section, the CV STYLE GUIDE, provides folks with all the requisite tools and advice they'll need to start drafting, or redrafting, a CV. The final section of the book,...
Author
Publisher
Passionpreneur Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Pegah Gol, a senior recruitment expert with over a decade of experience in award winning recruitment and executive search firms, gathered and put together the basic -and hence, the most important- techniques from A to Z of job hunting process in this book "The Formula" to ease the process and help with career progression. Regardless of whether you are actively seeking your next opportunity, feeling unsatisfied with your current job or just graduated...
47) Ultimate job search: master the art of finding your ideal job, getting an interview and networking
Author
Publisher
Kogan Pages
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A one-stop shop for all job hunters, this fifth edition of Ultimate Job Search takes the stress out of job hunting and provides advice on every stage of the process including: preparing a poweful CV that will get you noticed ; sample cover letters and emails that are really persuasive ; making a great impression at interviews ; dealing with offers and rejections in a positive manner."--Back cover.
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Finding a new job can be stressful. Assessing positions and employers, meeting the requirements in a job description, competing with other job searchers, and submitting an application that will get noticed-each element comes with its own set of obstacles. And that's all before the nerve-wracking interview. The HBR Guide to Your Job Search is here to help. Whether you're fresh out of school, have been working for decades, or somewhere in between,...
Author
Publisher
Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A leading workplace expert provides an inspirational, practical, and forward-looking career playbook for recent grads, career changers, and transitioning professionals looking to thrive in today's rapidly evolving workplace"--
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From former White House aide to President Obama and Harvard graduate, Alejandra Campoverdi, comes a riveting and unflinching memoir on navigating social mobility as a first gen Latina, offering a broad examination of the unacknowledged emotional tolls of being a trailblazer. To be a First and Only in America is a delicate balancing act of surviving where you come from while acting like you belong where you're going. Alejandra Campoverdi has been...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"What is resistance? It's that sluggish feeling of not wanting to do something that you know is good for you. It's the inclination to do something that you unabashedly know is not good for you. It's the desire and tendency to delay something you should be doing right now. It is resistance that stands between you and happiness. In these pages you will learn not only what it is, but how to recognize and conquer it in your own life." -- back cover.
Author
Publisher
Simple Programmer
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Early in his software developer career, John Sonmez discovered that technical knowledge alone isn't enough to break through to the next income level - developers need "soft skills" like the ability to learn new technologies just in time, communicate clearly with management and consulting clients, negotiate a fair hourly rate, and unite teammates and coworkers in working toward a common goal. Today John helps more than 1.4 million programmers every...
Author
Publisher
SuperCollege
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"This book synthesizes three decades of academic advising into a user-friendly guide, detailing the path from high school, to selecting the right colleges, to the application process, to thriving as an undergraduate. Writing tips demystify the college admission essay, offering step-by-step guidance from prewriting to revision"--
Author
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Many people spend hours a week commuting into work. Some arrive to an office that is uninspiring or chaotic and wonder, "Why did I come in at all?" They spend all day answering emails and fiddling with computer systems, which they could easily do from home. Home Sweet Home Office is the guide to finding a job where you can ditch the commute and stuffy office environment and work remotely. Career expert Kerry Hannon walks you through getting a remote-access...
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"This essential resource addresses the challenges and opportunities of today's art world, providing a wealth of practical advice for any artist seeking to make a career of their art. Building a career as an artist involves so much more than creating art. Networking, marketing, writing, and curating are all critical concerns, as are the complexities of securing funding and showing one's work. The list of hurdles can quickly become overwhelming, however,...
Author
Publisher
Demos Health
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Dr. David Cifu and Cory Blake work at the Hunter Holmes McGuire Polytrauma Center (one of only four in the country), providing intensive rehabilitation care to service members who have experienced injuries to multiple organ systems. This type of injury that results in physical, cognitive, psychological, and psychological impairments has recently been identified as "Post-Deployment Syndrome." Overcoming Post-Deployment Syndrome offers soldiers and...
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"A talented journalist reveals the hidden patterns behind what we call "luck" -- and shows us how we can all improve outcomes that only appear to be random. "Do you believe in luck?" is a polarizing question, one you might ask on a first date. Some of us believe that we make our own luck. Others see inequality everywhere and believe luck is the only possible explanation. Karla Starr has third answer: "random" outcomes have predictable causes; we call...