The Serious Job Seeker is for anyone who wants to do what they love and love what they do.The desire for satisfying and meaningful work is universal. The Serious Job Seeker is a book for anyone engaged at any level in the process of choosing a career, finding a job, making a change, or moving up the ladder. The ideas in this book come from 30 years of experience helping individuals through the career planning process. Cici Mattiuzzi has worked with students at the beginning of their career, and with seasoned professionals on the same quest. The need to find oneself in a meaningful career is essential to a person's sense of worth. Finding a company that values you and a boss who empowers you is priceless.Figuring out where to begin is the hardest part. The Serious Job Seeker takes you through the process from start to finish. If you are discovering your purpose, looking for a job, recovering from a layoff, interviewing, writing a resume, creating a portfolio, or negotiating a salary, this book is for you.All of the essential elements of an effective, proactive career plan and job search are included. The Serious Job Seeker engages you in a step-by-step self-assessment. It helps you find your motivated skills, interests, goals, and values, and teaches you how to link them to industries and companies that best suit you. It shows you how to explore occupations that are growing and avoid occupations that are declining. It will tell you how to avoid bad employers.The Serious Job Seeker will teach you to research and develop a list of target industries and companies based on your preferences. You will learn how to define who you are and find the very best employer for you. The Serious Job Seeker includes samples of high impact resumes and highly effective cover letters. It includes tips on how to approach employers and how to be successful in interviews.First time career seekers, students, career changers, and executives looking for a better ladder to climb will find this book an essential tool for identifying and attaining their full potential.

A job-search manual that gives career seekers a systematic, tech-savvy formula to efficiently and effectively target potential employers and secure the essential first interview. The 2-Hour Job Search shows job-seekers how to work smarter (and faster) to secure first interviews. Through a prescriptive approach, Dalton explains how to wade through the Internet’s sea of information and create a job-search system that relies on mainstream technology such as Excel, Google, LinkedIn, and alumni databases to create a list of target employers, contact them, and then secure an interview—with only two hours of effort. Avoiding vague tips like “leverage your contacts,” Dalton tells job-hunters exactly what to do and how to do it. This empowering book focuses on the critical middle phase of the job search and helps readers bring organization to what is all too often an ineffectual and frustrating process.

Are you stuck in an unsatisfying job or feel like you’re in the wrong profession? An industry that just isn’t a fit? Don’t just settle but succeed in the right career! Get unstuck and land a new career—one you’re genuinely passionate about. Switchers helps you realize that dream. Written by celebrated career coach and psychologist Dr. Dawn Graham, the book provides proven strategies that will get you where you want to go. The first step is to recognize that the usual rules and job search tools won’t work for you. Resumes and job boards were designed with traditional applicants in mind. As a career switcher, you have to go beyond the basics, using tactics tailor-made to ensure your candidacy stands out. In Switchers, Dr. Graham reveals how to: Understand the concerns of hiring managers Craft a resume that catches their attention within six seconds Spotlight transferable skills that companies covet Rebrand yourself—aligning your professional identity with your new aspirations Reach decision-makers by recruiting “ambassadors” from within your network Nail interviews by turning tough questions to your advantage Convince skeptical employers to shelve their assumptions and take a chance on you Negotiate a competitive salary and benefits package Packed with psychological insights, practical exercises, and inspiring success stories, Switchers helps you leap over obstacles and into a whole new field. This guide will help you pull off the most daring—and fulfilling—career move of your life!

The Proven Program Used by 600,000 Job Hunters! You put hours and hours of hard work into your job search and the companies you've contacted never call. It's a story all too common in the fast-paced, highly competitive world of job hunting. Nothing is more discouraging than sending one resumé after another into the job-hunting void. Eventually, you expect silence from the other end. The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search was written so this never happens to you again. These techniques, developed by author Orville Pierson, have been used successfully for ten years by Lee Hecht Harrison (LHH), the world's premier career services company. Here, Pierson provides you with the job-search techniques that up to now have been limited to the LHH consultants he trains. Orville Pierson has helped thousands of job hunters during his career, taking note of the characteristics that have led to success as well as failure. In The Unwritten Rules of the Highly Effective Job Search, he supplies key information on how professional job search consultants structure the job search project so you can apply the same winning strategies to your own search. You'll also be privy to inside information on how decision makers operate, enabling you to get the inside track on job openings before they are announced. This insider's guide covers every phase of the job search, leading you step by step through the process of creating a clear-cut plan-essential to every job search. Using the Pierson Method, you'll learn how to Develop a Target List (the key ingredient to every job search) Measure your progress Create a “core message” about yourself that decision makers won't forget Present yourself in the best possible light to prospective employers Using these strategies, Orville Pierson and LHH have helped 600,000 people land great new jobs. Employ the Pierson Method in your hunt for employment and you'll soon be doing what you love in the company that's right for you.

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"The Idealist Guide to Nonprofit Careers for First-time Job Seekers is a comprehensive resource for emerging professionals pursuing their first position in the nonprofit sector. Whether you are a current student, a recent graduate, or someone entering the workforce for the first time, this book will provide you with indispensable advice, relevant strategies, and nonprofit-specific resources to strengthen your job search. Written by nonprofit career experts, The Idealist Guide is designed to be easily accessible and convenient to read." -- Amazon.com viewed October 9, 2020.