job hunting

Encourages teens to cultivate strategies, skills, and values that will help them overcome the challenges they will face when they enter the job market, explaining the importance of learning good job skills and values before actually entering into the job market.

Offers career strategies and search tactics for finding a job during a down market, including twenty habits of effective job seekers and how to promote one's online career profile through blogs, websites, and social media.

A guide to writing better re?ume? and cover letters which details a twelve-step process designed to help people create the perfect re?ume,? includes dozens of model resumes for various fields, and discusses finding a job, using social media, and writing scannable and e-mailable re?ume?.

A guide to successfully interviewing for a job that provides tips on getting an interview, avoiding common mistakes, researching a potential employer, making a good first impression, fielding tough questions, and other related topics.

A guide for teens to earn income, covering finding a job, what to expect at the job, paying taxes, managing income, and more.

Provides 101 sample resumes for the technology field, including information on writing a good resume, choosing the right format, assessing skills and presenting them, writing an action-oriented cover letter, and finding the right job.

Provides the tools, resources, and information needed to find a good job, with information on researching options, networking, writing cover letters and resumes, and the interview process.

After being fired by a giant and a prince, a monster manages to outwit a witch and makes a cozy home for himself.

Pipelayers make an invaluable contribution to building projects large and small, playing a pivotal role in developing and refurbishing our national infrastructure. This book shows young readers how they can explore this fascinating and fulfilling subset of contracting, building a career from the ground up. Combining valuable industry data, engaging on-the-job imagery and potential scenarios, as well as safety and job-seeking tips, this book gives handy students a great glimpse at a trade and field often underrepresented in youth-oriented career training.

A step-by-step guide to writing a resume for blue-collar careers, discussing organization, content, and design; providing advice on the job search and interview process; and including over one hundred sample resumes.