"Helps job searchers integrate the Internet into an efficient job-hunting strategy"--Provided by publisher.

Describes how constructing introspection through asset-based thinking can create positive change in one's life.

Find a Job Fast Using the Most Effective Methods! Need to find a job fast? Don't fret and sweet. Seven-Step Job Search comes to the rescue. In just seven easy steps, you can master the most important tips for landing a job quickly. Mike Farr, whose proven methods help people find better jobs in less time, gives you the essentials for a successful search: Summarize your skills, experience, and education. Explore the possibilities and set a specific objective before you go looking. Spend your time networking and getting interviews instead of sitting at home writing your resume. Build your resume quickly using helpful worksheets. Organize your time to get two interviews a day. Dramatically improve your interviewing skills. Follow up on all job leads.

A step-by-step reference for stay-at-home moms looking to reenter the workforce offers counsel on self-marketing, reintegrating with formerly junior co-workers, and assessing career options after extended periods of unemployment.

Gives tips and advice for using online social networking sites such as MySpace, Friendster, and Facebook to market oneself, find a mentor, and upload resumes and portfolios.

One-of-a-kind job search tool that taps into the Web resources sponsored by Uncle Sam and noncommercial entities. Job seekers, students, and anyone interested in important career information will find a goldmine of assistance through the little-known, but highly useful Web tools described in this book. This action-based, goal-oriented handbook guides the reader in accomplishing specific career and education goals - all by using high-quality, no-charge Web tools that help them pinpoint career interests, write resumes, find job openings, and more!

Explaining that shortcomings in soft skills, rather than technical skills, are what are holding back today's advancement-minded workers, a guide to self-management explains how to build one's social, communication and problem-solving abilities in order to further a career. Original. 15,000 first printing.

Vogt (counseling, U. of Wisconsin-Whitewater) offers advice to college students on the choosing of a major and other decisions leading them to their career path. Advice includes how to balance skills with passions and interests, seeking career information from non-school sources including practitioners, confronting internal beliefs and external influences (including how to think "what will I do first?" rather than "what will I do with my life?"), how to gain experience, and how to land jobs through attitude and presentation. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)