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Job Search, Third Edition, the second book in Lock's three-book career planning series, is a comprehensive guide to what an individual must do to find employment. The Third Edition presents the latest information available to help readers select and plan a successful job search, including new information on occupational alternatives, skills, and training requirements. Lock provides the ''nuts and bolts'' of job hunting. The developing sources of job leads, completing employment applications, preparing resumes and cover letters, and interviewing techniques. And he gives readers much more: a discussion of how to understand corporate culture, an in-depth look at how to examine different geographic areas for growth in population and employment opportunities, how to evaluate employment offers, and how to develop the skills necessary to keep a job.

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Job search is and always has been an integral part of people's working lives. Whether one is brand new to the labor market or considered a mature, experienced worker, job seekers are regularly met with new challenges in a variety of organizational settings. Edited by Ute-Christine Klehe and Edwin A.J. van Hooft, The Oxford Handbook of Job Loss and Job Search provides readers with one of the first comprehensive overviews of the latest research and empirical knowledge in the areas of job loss and job search. Multidisciplinary in nature, Klehe, van Hooft, and their contributing authors offer fascinating insight into the diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives from which job loss and job search have been studied, such as psychology, sociology, labor studies, and economics. Discussing the antecedents and consequences of job loss, as well as outside circumstances that may necessitate a more rigorous job hunt, this Handbook presents in-depth and up-to-date knowledge on the methods and processes of this important time in one's life. Further, it examines the unique circumstances faced by different populations during their job search, such as those working job-to-job, the unemployed, mature job seekers, international job seekers, and temporary employed workers. Job loss and unemployment are among the worst stressors individuals can encounter during their lifetimes. As a result, this Handbook concludes with a discussion of the various types of interventions developed to aid the unemployed. Further, it offers readers important insights and identifies best practices for both scholars and practitioners working in the areas of job loss, unemployment, career transitions, outplacement, and job search.