books about: job-search     books:       The Academic Job Search Handbook16 reviews Julia Miller Vick, Jennifer S. Furlong University of Pennsylvania Press, 2008 Essential guide to the academic job search The Academic Job Search Handbook is the essential guide for anyone pursuing an academic career. Now in its 4th edition, this book is recognized amongst graduate career professionals not only as a classic in our field, but also as an up-to-date guide book to preparing for and applying to faculty positions. Through straightforward advice coupled with sensitivity toward individual and ...             The Job Search Solution: The Ultimate System for Finding a Great Job Now! (Job Search Solution)50 reviews Tony Beshara AMACOM, 2006 Changed my mind! I can credit this book with giving me the courage (and the right mindset) to tackle bigger-salary jobs for which I was uncertain I was qualified. I had some six-figure jobs e-mailed to me through RiseSmart, but joked that it was pointless curiosity. Now I plan to go after those opportunities, using the techniques set forth in Beshara's book and my newfound positive attitude!             The 29% Solution: 52 Weekly Networking Success Strategies38 reviews Ivan Misner, Michelle R. Donovan Greenleaf Book Group Press, 2008 Excellent Reference to Keep You on Track The authors start out with the premise that although networking is proven to be valuable in business, it is still rarely taught in business schools. The book begins with a self-analysis test to help determine one's networking skills. Topics and assignments are broken down into 52 weeks, with spaces in some of the chapters for you to write in the book as you do that week's assignment. (Not ...             Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a Ph.D.86 reviews Robert Peters Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997 Practical Advice for Impractical People In the humanities, completing a PhD can take as long as 10 years. Reducing that time as much as possible is crucial for a graduate student. This book addresses many of the practical issues related to completing your graduate degree, from applying to grad schools to choosing a dissertation topic to find a job afterward. While different disciplines vary greatly in their requirements and ...             Knock ?em Dead 2009: The Ultimate Job Search Guide (Knock 'em Dead)2 reviews Martin Yate Adams Media, 2008 It sure helped me! This series has really helped me project myself in a more professional manner in the business world past (job interviews, networking events, etc.) - I believe the advice in this book directly helped me land my current job, which I love. Knock 'em Dead is great because it's so well-organized and easy to read. I only wish it could be a human instead of just a book! I still wanted a professional, ...             Knock 'em Dead, 2008: The Ultimate Job Search Guide (Knock 'em Dead)30 reviews Martin Yate Adams Media, 2007 Great book so far So far I can't complain. It has all the elements and secrets you need. I have not read it all, but so far it is very very helpful.             Ten Steps to a Federal Job: Navigating the Federal Job System, Writing Federal Resumes, KSAs and Cover ...32 reviews Kathryn K. Troutman, Laura Sachs The Resume Place, Inc., 2002 Life Saver! I purchased the book "Ten Steps to a Federal Job" in January of this year 2008. I filled out my first application after reading the book in March 2008 was interviewed May 21,2008 and offered a job with the Federal Government on June 4, 2008!!!!!!! I started June 23, 2008. I am so excited after 12 years of trying and going through the process so incorrectly, *I figured that out after reading ...             Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters: 400 Unconventional Tips, Tricks, and Tactics for Landing Your Dream Job76 reviews Jay Conrad Levinson, David Perry Wiley, 2005 great ideas to jumpstart your job search i'm not usually one to review books, but this book definitely helped me in my job search... i had been searching for a job in ny for 2.5 months with minimal responses from companies... once i started revamping my cover letters and refocusing my search, i got 8 calls from companies, interviewed well thru 3 final rounds, and so far i'm at 2 offers, working on the 3rd. just try it! fyi - there are a ...             Facebook: The Missing Manual10 reviews E. Vander Veer Pogue Press, 2008 Useful information about Facebook for newbies and the longtimers alike I have been a Facebook user since 2005, when the social network was limited only to college kids (I worked in a college: I was not a college student at the time). Seeing it evolve as it has in recent months has been a pleasant thing as it has allowed me to reconnect with old friends that I had effectively lost touch with. As a longtime user, I thought I knew most of what Facebook had to offer, ...             The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search: The Proven Program Used by the Worlds Leading Career ...26 reviews Orville Pierson McGraw-Hill, 2005 Telling it Like it Is Orville Pierson tells it like it really is! The job search process is hard work. A common complaint that my clients have is they find it difficult to stay organized, stay focused and maintain some semblence of structure in their daily job search activities. The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search provides a framework and methodology that gives my clients a sense of control ...             They Don't Teach Corporate in College: A Twenty-Something's Guide to the Business World32 reviews Alexandra Levit Career Press, 2004 Something for everyone in this book This book would be perfect required reading for anyone who intends to work in a business after they leave school. For those of us much longer in the tooth than the author, we forget just how much newbies do not know about the business world. Her insights are honest, refreshing, often humorous and absolutely bang on. I can just imagine how fantastic an employee she became through this ...             Job Search Secrets Unlocked!3 reviews Joseph S. Turner Opa Publishing, 2006 Only unemployed for 3 weeks. I followed the steps in this book and had more interviews than I could keep up with. I accepted a job offer 3 weeks after I read this book.             Occupational Outlook Handbook 2008-09 Edition (Occupational Outlook Handbook (Mcgraw)) U.S. Department of Labor McGraw-Hill, 2008 The Occupational Outlook Handbook has been respected as the job seeker's number-one source of critical decision-making data for more than 50 years. From able seaman to zoologist, the latest edition gives you comprehensive information on more than 250 occupations, encompassing nearly 90 percent of the jobs in the U.S. economy.             101 Smart Questions to Ask On Your Interview5 reviews Ron Fry Delmar Cengage Learning, 2006 It's not your answers, but your questions This book does a great job of helping you ask the questions that will get you a job. As a training manager, who trains managers and executives on how to interview, I feel I am qualified to say this book works. I know we look for people who can ask the right question. This book is a wonderful resource once you get the interview. This leaves us with the question, "How do you get an interview?" ...             Inside Secrets of Finding a Teaching Job: The Most Effective Search Methods for Both New and Experienced ...8 reviews Jack Warner, Clyde Bryan, ... JIST Works, 2006 Within a week of finishing this book, had two interviews and offered a position! I have gone on a few interviews and wasn't being offered any positions, which had been quite frustrating. I thought I have to be missing something and going into the interview not fully knowing what to expect. I decided to go see what would be available to help me secure a teaching job. This book has it ALL. It is an easy read with explanations and presentations of numerous topics in everyday ...             Knock 'Em Dead 2004: Great Answers to over 200 Tough Interview Questions, Plus the Latest Job Search ...16 reviews Martin Yate Adams Media Corporation, 2003 Great Book I read an older version of this book back in 1995. I interviewed for a highly technical engineering job and to my total surprise about 70% of the three hour interview was covered in this book (I was on my own with the technical questions). I got the job in a research department at a major university. Highly recommended.             Essential Etiquette Fundamentals, Vol. 1: Dining Etiquette15 reviews Mike Lininger Yellowstone Publishing, 2007 Fine Dining Made Easy The last book on CD my wife and I bought was terrible: mens' voices for female characters, etc. And what's the alternative on the radio? Pop music or Howard Stern? I spend twenty percent of my waking life in my car. I might as well spend it wisely. The Food Scholar is easy listening and presented in a way that makes the information easy to learn and remember.             The New Executive Assistant: Advice for Succeeding in Your Career6 reviews Melba J. Duncan McGraw-Hill, 1997 Outstanding insights from a former top assistant! This book has helped so many people! It's perfectly brilliant. I think it's insane that reviewers are commenting on publisher's type-o's instead of commenting on how significant this book really is. Obviously, Ms. Duncan proofed her own book and after meeting Ms. Duncan at an event, I mentioned the reviews about the errors in the book. Ms. Duncan and her staff has tried desperately for years ...             Job Search Magic: Insider Secrets from America's Career And Life Coach1 review Susan Britton Whitcomb JIST Works, 2006 One of the best This Job Search guide is so god that I felt compelled to write a review so others will know that it stands out from the rest. There are so many books out there on the job hunt and most say the same old thing - this one says a lot of the "same old things" but also holds a lot of practical advice and tips that you will only hear from someone who has been through a successful job search recently. ...             Mad Libs- Who Moved My Cubicle (Mad Libs)3 reviews Richard Price, Leonard Stern Chamberlain Bros., 2006 Mad Libs in the Office I purchased this for a co-worker's birthday and we are still playing versions of it in the breakroom at lunch. 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