Cool Careers For Dummies

Marty Nemko, etc. (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

456 Seiten

2001 | 2nd Revised edition
Hungry Minds Inc,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-7645-5345-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Sure, some people enter preschool knowing what they want to be when they grow up. But most of us aren't so lucky, and we don't get much help. Some parents say things like, "It's your life, you decide." Other parents go to the other extreme, expecting you to follow in their footsteps. In high school, you take a career test, but many high school students laugh at their test results: the utterly useless, "You could pursue a wide range of careers." This revised edition of Cool Careers For Dummies provides insight into landing a job for anyone who doesn't know where to look, doesn't have time to look, or doesn't want to suffer through a long back-to-school stint. It's designed for people of all walks of life to uncover rewarding, viable careers or get in on the ground floor of the next Big Things. What's more, this guide even offers tips to make even a humdrum job much better. Clearly organized by specific topic areas, you can easily find the topics that appeal to you.
You'll uncover information like Finding the right career for you, whether you've never had a career before or want to dump your old career for a new and improved one Getting smart about choosing, and making the most of, a career Landing the job you want even if the thought of networking gives you the creeps and you don't have a 500-name Rolodex Customizing your career to make any job better by tailoring it to your strengths and using wise approaches to your boss and co-workers And, you'll find a fast yet substantive introduction to more than 500 good careers, including many unlikely suspects! Despite taking career tests, plowing through fat career guides, and spending hours of reflecting, many people end up falling into their careers more by chance than by choice. Not a good way to ensure career happiness. There is a better way. Read all about it, in Cool Careers For Dummies.

Autor

Marty Nemko has career coached 1,600 clients. His column appears in the classified section of the L.A. Times and on Monster.com. Paul and Sarah Edwards career and self--employment books have sold over 1 million copies.

Inhalt

Introduction. PART I: Find the Right Career for You, Right Here. Chapter 1: Searching for a Career: Jennifer's Tale. Chapter 2: The Cool Careers Yellow Pages. Chapter 3: The 25 Most Revealing Questions. Chapter 4: Integrating Head and Heart. Chapter 5: What's That Career Really Like? Chapter 6: Finding the Courage to Commit. PART II: Getting Smart. Chapter 7: Degree--Free Career Preparation. Chapter 8: Degree--Based Career Prep. PART III: A Better Way to Land the Job. Chapter 9: What Really Works. Chapter 10: Creating Your Mind--Set. Chapter 11: The Right Resume in Much Less Time. Chapter 12: Finding Your Dream Employer. Chapter 13: A Better Approach to the Want Ads. Chapter 14: Getting Hired by Your Dream Employer - Even if They're Not Advertising Openings. Chapter 15: Networking Made Easier. Chapter 16: Interviewing Better. Chapter 17: Negotiating a Cool Deal (Even If You're Dealing with Scrooge). PART IV: Customizing Your Career. Chapter 18: 30 Days to a Good Job. Chapter 19: Making Any Job Better. Chapter 20: The Six Musts of Successful Self--Employment. PART V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 21: Ten (Plus Five) More Sources of Cool Careers. Chapter 22: Ten (Okay, 48) Extra--Strength Procrastination Cures. Afterword: Our Best Thoughts on How to Have a Happy Work Life. Appendix: The Cool Career Finder. Index. Index of Careers.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.3.2001
• Zusatzinfo: illustrations
• Verlagsort: Foster City
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 187 x 231 mm
• Gewicht: 656 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
• ISBN-10: 0-7645-5345-3 / 0764553453
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7645-5345-5 / 9780764553455
• Zustand: Neuware