Summary
Getting hired takes time, planning, careful research, networking, and dedication. Finding a Job, Third Edition explains the tools, resources, and information needed to find the right job and land an employment offer. Readers will learn how to research career options, match their personality traits with careers, network, write cover letters and résumés, interview well, and much more. This eBook provides readers with practical advice that will give them a valuable head start to finding a job, along with true-or-false quizzes, tips for fine-tuning your job search, and exercises to prepare for networking, interviewing, and more.
Chapters include:
- Who Am I? Matching Your Personality, Interests, and Skills with a Career
- Obtaining Experience Before You Enter the Workplace
- Researching Career Options
- Networking and Tapping the Hidden Job Market
- Writing Effective Cover Letters, Résumés, and Career Portfolios
- What to Do Before, During, and After the Job Interview
- Assessing a Job Offer
- You're Hired! Now What?
About the Author(s)
Andrew Morkes is the founder and editorial director of College & Career Press in Chicago, Illinois. He has written about college-and career-related topics for more than 25 years. Andrew has written and edited many books for Ferguson’s including the Encyclopedia of Careers & Vocational Guidance and many volumes in the Careers in Focus, Discovering Careers, Vault Career Guides, and Career Skills Library series. He is also the author of Nontraditional Careers for Women and Men: More Than 30 Great Jobs for Women and Men With Apprenticeships Through PhDs; Nature in Chicagoland: More Than 120 Fantastic Nature Destinations That You Must Visit; and They Teach That in College!?: A Resource Guide to More Than 100 Interesting College Majors, which was selected as one of the best books of the year by the library journal Voice of Youth Advocates. Andrew is the author and publisher of “The Morkes Report: College and Career Planning Trends” blog. Articles about his work have appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Practical Homeschooling, and other publications. Andrew's poetry has appeared in Cadence, Wisconsin Review, Poetry Motel, Strong Coffee, and Mid-America Review.