job hunting

This book shows you how to integrate the Internet into a comprehensive job-hunting strategy. Fully revised, this book is packed with must-have information and advice. A companion to WHAT COLOR IS YOUR PARACHUTE?, this book offers readers a comprehensive guide to using the Internet for the job hunt. Includes expanded or added sections on search engines, finding the hidden Internet, networking trends such as Friendster, and profiles of more than 500 websites.

Reveals where the best first job opportunities in the country are and what you need to do to get one of them. We give you an inside look of hiring procedures, salaries, benefits, and where entry-level hires usually work. We?ve interviewed hundreds of people who currently hold the entry-level jobs featured within these pages, and they share with you their experiences and opinions.

Designed to reflect the urgent realities of today's employment market.

Provides descriptions of three hundred jobs that do not require a four-year degree, discussing duties, pay, skills, growth, and other aspects of each position, and includes lists that rank jobs by interests, personality types, young workers, and other factors.

Gives examples on how to produce powerful letters that lead to interviews and job offers.

Draws on information from government sources to compile a list of the best jobs in today's economy, describing two hundred occupations that fall into the "best jobs" category as well as information on each job's required skills.

Provides job search help for business majors, describing five career paths--sales, retailing, health care, nonprofits, and research associate--and covering self-assessment, resumes and cover letters, networking, interviewing, and job offer considerations.

A job seeking guide that covers each step of the process, with detailed advice on writing resumes and curriculum vitae, getting interviews and succeeding at them--provides answers to more than two hundred interview questions--making a good last impression, negotiating offers, searching for jobs while employed, and searching for jobs online.

Explains how to find your first job and how to make your performance on that job the best it can be.

The Pirate Council tells Backbeard that he must stop wearing colorful clothing and look more fearsome, so he decides to quit being a pirate and get a job on shore, providing he can find work that matches his particular skills.